BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
The "best scene" take from features and TV pilots of winning screenplays.
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FEMALE Festival BEST Scene: Mary Kay & Johnny, by Amanda Minchin
A newlywed couple takes on a one time gig to make ends meet and wind up creating America’s very first sitcom in the process... based on a true story.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Mary Kay: Hannah Ehman
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BEST Scene Reading: DELTA STATION, by Ronald McQueen
A rescue mission to a remote space station finds only one evasive crewman, an obstinate AI and the station cat still alive. With no explanation for the missing personnel and with members of the rescue crew beginning to die, suspicion grows that one of these three is responsible.
CAST LIST:
Nar...
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BEST Scene Reading: ON THE RECORD, by Adam Goudchaux
In a nondescript near future, a grief stricken, neophyte print journalist embarks on a journey of self-discovery while working on a story about a new psychedelic drug.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Brian: Sean Ballantyne
Bow: Geoff Mays -
BEST Scene Reading: Spiritual Awakening, by James Odulaja
After being released from a psychiatric clinic, Dwayne is one a on-track mission to get revenge against the supernatural forces of Moonlight Ridge.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Edris: Sean Ballantyne
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1st Scene Reading: THE CONNECTING BETRAYAL, by Vivianne Rosenberg
A widow finds herself in a toxic relationship with a younger man after losing her husband and finds herself in a relationship where he is forcing her to give money to invest in his cryptobusiness. After some lengthy back and forth, Valerie is approached by an investigating officer who let's her ...
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Best Scene Script: PURE, by Nava R. Silton (interview)
Project Type: Feature Screenplay
Genres: Drama, Romance, LGBTQThis gripping drama is set in 21st century Brooklyn, New York, wherein Talia, a young Orthodox Jewish woman strategizes how to subtly conceal her perceptible bruises before disrobing and immersing herself into a Mikvah, a Jewish ritu...
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene: DELIVERED, by Clifford Evan
An artistically-gifted pizza delivery boy, caught up in a criminal enterprise that funds his creative pursuits, confronts otherworldly and possibly dangerous forces when a mysterious girl sprung from his dreams appears at his next drop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI_hkltVFM8
CAST LIST:
N...
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TV PILOT Best Scene Read: Tamara's Escape, by Rebecca Day Robinson (interview)
In 2052 after the dissolution of the United States 30 years earlier, a young woman, 17 year-old Tamara O'Neal, is smuggled out of the Confederacy to New Albion, liberal bastion based in the Colorado Rockies, to what her father thinks is safety. After a difficult transition to life in New Albion a...
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Chicago Festival Scene: THE PEBBLE CHAMPION, by Alan David Pritchard (interview)
When a grieving teenage boy, sent to live with the father he's never met, is haunted by memories and wrestling with his identity, it takes the magic of pebbles on water and the transformative power of kind friends to help him accept his past and welcome his future.
http://www.alandavidpritchard....
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Best Scene Reading: HAUNTED LAMENT, by Raed Hojiej (interview)
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Realor: Hannah Ehman
Soothsayer: Elizabeth Rose Morrisshttps://www.shadowhorsetheatre.com/dark-pony-radio
Get to know the screenwriter:
1. What is your screenplay about?
A couple who are dealing with a loss, and purchase their first home. Only to expe... -
Best Scene Reading: THE LAWS OF THE GODS, by Mary Oleske
LGBTQ+ Drama
This is a study in gender rights and the rights of all humankind. What truly makes one female or male?
A female attorney is assigned to represent a transgendering inmate seeking a transfer from a male to a female prison. This is a study in the struggle for the balance of rights: pe...
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Best Scene Reading: PIPE DREAMS, by Jack Sherry
A grieving female CIA analyst goes undercover on a mission to stop a Frenchman from smuggling uranium to Iran, only to learn that he is also undercover and is working for her husband, who is still alive.
Thriller
https://jacksherryscreenplays.com/pipe-dreams/
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth R...
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1st Scene Reading: The Refugee And The Racer, by Noura Abd Alsalam
Biography/Drama/Romance
When the arrival of a female Syrian refugee fleeing a war-torn past completely disrupts the quiet life of an Italian former car racer who retired from ...
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Rita: Hannah Ehman
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BEST Scene Reading: WEDDING RESCUE, by Jack Sherry
Romantic Comedy
In order for a bride-to-be to drastically lower the budget for her wedding, she turns to her creative marketing boss who does not believe in marriage.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Jennifer: Hannah Ehman
Gerard: Geoff Mays
Ashleigh: Elizabeth Rose Morrisshttps://j...
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LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene: GUN, by Dana M St. Amand (interview)
When a private detective goes missing, his gun comes to life with the task of finding him.
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
A. I have a hard time answering this question deeper than the log line because I don't want to give away the ending. At it's most surface level,...
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Best Scene Reading: THE STYLITE, by Shane Hallawa (interview)
Teresa Amadei is a young stylite, a wandering, ascetic demon hunter, trained in the Way of Fire. Her teacher, Father Simon, a Byzantine martial artist monk, sends her on a journey to the city of Alexantine in the Midwestern US, where many are moving to escape the growing chaos in the world. Along...
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Best Scene Reading: SPEAK MONKEY SPEAK, by Steve Mikals (interview)
Will two chimps type Shakespeare? A pot smoking visionary enlists a struggling book shop owner in a screw-loose plan to jumpstart Evolution. Against long odds and a couple of Mob loan sharks, the rewards are higher consciousness, human speech, and a Nobel Prize for Literature.
CAST LIST:
Narra...
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Best Scene Reading: NO WORDS, by Frank Borne (interview)
With the exception of Grace Hart, students of Lexington Academy perform tunes at a fall concert. When she's suspended, her divorced parents, Adam and Emma, squabble over the cause of her mutism. The Harts have attempted to put their divorce behind them, each with younger lovers, Emma with hunky O...
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Best Scene Reading: GO YOUR WAY IN SAFETY, by Art Blum
A socially awkward teen with the psychic ability to channel spirits must confront the sinister government agency exploiting his powers, all while a looming extraterrestrial threat puts him and his loved ones in mortal danger.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Stary Rover: Steve Rizzo
Teddy ... -
Best Scene Reading: BROKEN SANDWICHES, by Fernando Mattos
Antonio wants to be the next host of his high school’s TV morning show. But imagine a senior who is an immigrant from Brazil with cerebral palsy, whose speech is slurred and who can barely stay standing still in front of the camera.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Roberto: Steve Rizzo
Antonio... -
BEST Scene Reading: AMERICAN LIBERTY, by Wade F. Wilson
In a daring tale of friendship and perilous adventure, William Grimes, an African-American man with the remarkable ability to pass for white, assumes the role of master to aid his friend Paterson, a free black man masquerading as his servant, on a courageous journey across the South to rescue Pat...
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Best Scene: STORMHEART, by Meshal Alsaleem
In a near future where scientists have developed a cure for aging, a cop-turned-convict is released from prison to help solve a murder case involving an anti-aging agency.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Laura: Hannah Ehman
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LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene: PRIDE, by Eliot Ashton Hutchins (interview)
Noah is a self destructive Drag Queen. Ethan is a closeted, quiet College professor. But the chemistry is instant. Together they must overcome their issues so they can have their happily ever after.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Noah: Hannah Ehman
Velour: Julie Sheppard
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FAMILY Festival BEST Scene TUKI THE TIGER by Alexis Krasilovsky & Shameen Akhtar
Against a backdrop of poachers, a cyclone and the war for Bangladesh's independence, a timid young tiger has to learn to fight to reunite her family.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Grandmother Tuki: Hannah Ehman
Tuki: Julie Sheppard
Anni: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
http://www.alexiskrasilov...