BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS

BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS

The "best scene" take from features and TV pilots of winning screenplays.

BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
  • BEST Scene Script Reading: DADDY ISSUES, by Joshua Rose

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morris
    Derrick: Geoff Mays
    Adam: Steve Rizzo
    Adam Jr/The Old Man/Neighbor: Sean Ballantyne

  • HORROR Festival Best Scene: Ghosting, by Nathaniel Anglin

    A woman begins to suspect a connection between her younger
    cousin’s mysterious disappearance and a popular dating app that is resulting in gruesome deaths around Flagstaff, Arizona.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Sean: Geoff Mays
    Cory: Sean Ballantyne

  • FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene: DREAM ANGEL, by Lee Sobier

    https://youtu.be/cRuvAtUtSIY

    A woman stumbles across an evil spirit while removing nightmares from people's dreams.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Graycee: Val Cole
    Camella: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Voice/ Angela: Hannah Ehman

  • FEMALE Festival Best Scene: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER, by Monica Schimmer

    After a mistake on her bridal night, 25 years later, Lucy has to face the consequences of her actions- this time it may be too late.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Lucy: Hannah Ehman
    Randy: Geoff Mays

  • BEST Scene Reading: Trust Me, by A. E. Guaake (interview)

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Geoff Mays
    Elder: Hannah Ehman
    1st Guard/2nd Council Woman: Val Cole
    3rd Council Woman: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    My screenplay is about the Hulder, a mystical human-like creature with a cow’s tail, famous from...

  • NYC Feedback Festival Besti Scene: NO MEDALS, by Susan Rossi

    Boris, a Soviet army veteran sentenced to the gulag by Stalin, transforms from tortured prisoner to a guard in gulag camp when he causes a train wreck and steals a guard’s identity. His true identity and plan to escape to Finland are endangered by the scheming of a malevolent gulag officer, and w...

  • THRILLER Festival Best Scene: The Presage, by Les Lahage (interview)

    Leisal Werster lived in the woodsy shadows of Marstons Mills, Cape Cod. A former clergyman with a mysterious past and even darker secret who’s now on the run. Jessica Stone is no stranger to seeing tragedy in her life. With one year of college left she’s more determined than ever to see her dr...

  • SCI-FI/FANTASY Festival Best Scene: 1 11, by Regine Resbeut

    1.11 is a dystopia that takes places in 2060 when, to curb population growth, an algorithm selects each year, on a random basis, 100 million people around the world to be euthanized.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Arthur: Geoff Mays
    Ben: Steve Rizzo

  • ACTION Best Scene Reading: DOWNBURST, by Carlos Galinho Pires (interview)

    A group of different individuals meet on the worst day of their lives as they try to fight and survive an uncontrollable and destructive wildfire, whose cause is associated with a conspiracy theory.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Amelia: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Rui: Steve Rizzo

    Get to ...

  • COMEDY Best Scene Reading: Wit Happens, by Shaun Delliskave (interview)

    “Wit Happens” is a dramedy blending sharp satire and heartfelt comedy, capturing the unlikely bond between two souls at different stages of life. As Jack learns to break out of his “one-trick pony” role, Barbara guides him in finding his unique voice—one that has the power to connect, heal, and i...

  • COMEDY Festival Best Scene: NUNS WITH GUNS, by Mark Wakely

    Four nuns in a crime-ridden neighborhood ask a shady parishioner for a few discreet guns to help them protect their frequently robbed church, only to accidentally receive high-powered weapons and a gold megaphone meant for a local crime boss. Using them to thwart two robbery attempts in their chu...

  • BEST Scene Reading: HAPPY YET?, by Laura M. Gray

    Summary: A group of women in their 40s find themselves navigating the next chapter of their lives by facing issues of cheating, menopause, building careers, becoming mothers and friendships.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Geoff Mays
    Isabel: Val Cole
    June: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

  • BEST Scene Reading: KEVIN'S NOT DEAD, by Sarah Edmonds (interview)

    G-man and Greg are just two guys trying to get through the day by doing the bare minimum. However, when a vampire hunter appears at their place of business, the pair start to suspect that their sunscreen-loving coworker Kevin is her target. After a few near-misses with the hunter’s traps, G-man a...

  • BEST Scene Reading: MAGGIE MAY, by Audrey Mosdell (interview)

    MAGGIE MAY - first 5 pages
    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Maggie May: Val Cole
    Chelsea: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    Maggie May is a story about falling in love with your best friend and the fallout of that experience. This theme is set to the b...

  • BEST Scene Reading: WE'RE GOING ON A CRUISE, by John McCann

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Fem (F): Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Dealer (M): Geoff Mays
    Ale (F): Val Cole

  • BEST Scene Reading: THE POLSKI AFFAIR, by Ken Gildin

    After losing her family in the Warsaw ghetto, Rosa Feurmann is sent by the Resistance to the Hotel Polski to uncover the Germans’ covert plan there. Her intimate relationship with the Nazi commandant of the Hotel results in her survival, but her guilt haunts her and affects her family for decades...

  • BEST Scene Reading: A Better Hero, by Robert Feldges (interview)

    Based on the animated series "Teen Titans" and characters appearing
    in DC Comics.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Kid Flash: Geoff Mays
    Zoom: Steve Rizzo
    Jinx: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?
    On kid flash from the original Teen titans...

  • BEST Scene Reading: Terran Tapes, by Gerard O'Neill

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Geoff Mays
    Billie: Val Cole
    Jez: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

  • BEST Scene Reading: THE SWORDBEARER SAGA, by Tim Morell

    The story is the final chapter in the saga of a warrior’s journey from brutal conqueror to epic hero and of the love that led to his redemption.

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Ravenwolf: Geoff Mays
    Elan: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

  • BEST Scene Screenplay: Empty Calories, by André Lolan

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Julie Sheppard
    Ringmaster/Artist/Dad: Steve Rizzo
    Francois//Baker/Goat: Hannah Ehman
    IMPRESARIO/Chef: Geoff Mays
    HANDLER//Usher: Sean Ballantyne

  • BEST Scene Reading: SOULS OF VIRIDIAN by Ayin Weaver

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
    Micheal: Geoff Mays
    Rachel/Cleo: Hannah Ehman
    Chaim: Steve Rizzo
    Davina/Rita: Julie Sheppard

  • FEMALE Festival Best Scene: LITTLE HAVANA, by Natasha Zimmerman

    When two women decide to shirk the domestication they seem destined for, they are thrust into the criminal underbelly of 1960s Miami.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Harold: Steve Rizzo
    Jo: Julie Sheppard
    Elmer: Geoff Mays

  • LA LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene: DESERT RATS, by Vid Harper (interview)

    Ash is a young man living a privileged yet empty life with his older boyfriend, Tom. When he receives a phone call from his estranged brother, Ash finds himself in the small desert town of Mesquite, Nevada where he reluctantly faces his past traumas with help from an unexpected source... his form...

  • FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene: SOLAR SAILOR, by D..Hunter Fein (interview)

    In the vast loneliness of space, Captain Jonah Marcus pilots humanity’s first solar sail spaceship on a mission to the edge of the solar system. As he faces the psychological and physical challenges of deep space, he uncovers a mystery that threatens not only his mission but his very identity.

    C...