BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
The "best scene" take from features and TV pilots of winning screenplays.
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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 MorrissGet 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...
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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...
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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...
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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 RizzoGet to ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BEST Scene Reading: MAGGIE MAY, by Audrey Mosdell (interview)
MAGGIE MAY - first 5 pages
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Maggie May: Val Cole
Chelsea: Elizabeth Rose MorrissGet 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...
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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...
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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 MorrissGet 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...
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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...