In-person & hybrid festival with multiple screenings and interviews with filmmakers & screenwriters to promote and enhance the creator and their projects.

The monthly festival that showcases the best of Thriller/Suspense Genre Stories and Films from around the world.

THRILLER festivals occur 12 times a year in Toronto & Los Angeles. Go to the website for information on the next events.

This is a HYBRID film festival with live screenings for the audience feedback video you will receive, plus an optional virtual 2nd showcase to enhance the film’s exposure. Festival also conducts blog and podcast interviews with the filmmaker. We have also started a filmmaker’s WhatsApp group with over 100 joined to date to chat about next project and make contacts etc….

With THRILLER screenplays and films, there will always be a market. This is a genre that will always be popular. Agents and producers are always looking for the next great writer and the next great filmmakers who tell great THRILLER stories. So if that is you, we will showcase your script or short film and make sure the right people see your work.

All festival dates have been moved to private screenings with the same Audience FEEDBACK videos made for the short & feature films, and recorded script readings performed by professional actors for the screenplays. This is our way of showing community over distance so everyone around the world can experience our Audience Feedback videos.

Submit your film or story and get it showcased at the Festival.

Screenplay Festival occurs monthly.

Awards & Prizes

The #1 Thriller/Suspense Festival and Contest in the World today!

– 0ffers screenwriters, novelists and storytellers at all levels the fantastic opportunity to hear their stories read aloud using TOP PROFESSIONAL ACTORS (see below for recent performance readings).

– Offers filmmakers to get their works showcased at a sold out Film Festival. Then the filmmaker will receive and audience reaction video on their film.

– One of the best places in the world for the writers to sell their script and/or obtain and agent.

NEW Showcase: Submit your FEATURE FILM and receive an audience feedback promotional/testimonial video of your film. Great video to use to get into more festivals and/or promote your film. All submissions receive feedback on their film no matter what.

Rules & Terms

Accept only films and screenplays that fit into the Thriller/Suspense Genre.

WATCH Winning Thriller Screenplay and Story Readings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HaH-7HJqsw&list=PL-0CVDAfvxiq66NCYK5WkUt3GK7f9e05-

WATCH Audience FEEDBACK Film Festival Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2dqDJcQNpY&list=PL-0CVDAfvxir6Bsb1MUKQmvsa-CIyc5kW

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  • Winston James

    The leaders of the Thriller/Suspense Festival are awesome. It's really a good festival. They're responsive and their focus is truly all about the films and filmmakers. I appreciated my film winning Best Visual Design. And either way your films get good exposure. You won't be disappointed!

    May 2026
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  • Lee Anne Matheson

    From the moment my husband and I were notified of our Award-Winning status from WILDsound for the Best Feature Length screenplay in the Thriller/Suspense genre, our interactions with Matthew Toffolo, and all of the staff, were respectful, responsive, helpful, and genuinely sincere about our creative endeavour. We had questions along the way about the many steps we participated in from a Podcast, to Best Scene Reading, to our Fav scene transformed into a Script Movie, plus a movie credit on IMDb Pro, to a detailed Blog Q&A where we shared our process. The feedback from Matthew was priceless! We feel supported, validated, and confident moving forward. It was awesome to hear Matthew say, "Your screenplay is done! Move forward on your next screenplay." We feel winning the contest in January, 2026, and the resulting marketing since then, has helped us to promote our screenplay. We hope 'Awaken the Medium', inspired by real life events, will one day be on the (big) screen. Thank you so much to Matthew and the WILDsound staff.

    May 2026
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  • Antonia Washington

    I had a great experience with the Thriller/Suspense Festival. Winning Best Short! Was nothing short of amazing. Their team was very quick to respond, highly professional, and open to new and creative content. Communication was smooth throughout the process, and they created a welcoming experience for filmmakers. I appreciate their support and would definitely recommend them.

    April 2026
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  • Siamak Dehghanpour

    It was an honor to receive the recognition for Best Performances by the festival’s viewers.

    March 2026
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  • Jack Bates

    The audience feedback reels are a bonus!

    March 2026
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