BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
The "best scene" take from features and TV pilots of winning screenplays.
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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
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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
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BEST Scene Reading: WATERSHED WOE, by Aditi Kumar
When her apartment building’s water runs out during a terrible heatwave, a young Indian woman must unite her angry neighbors with the building’s privileged, yet most wasteful resident to save what’s left - just so she can finally flush her toilet.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Mrs. Sinha: ... -
BLACK Festival 1st Scene: OLVIDADO, by D.B. Roderick
"Olvidado" is a compelling departure from the norm, inspired by real-life events. The story unfolds through the experiences of four distinct individuals: Nyles Silva, an esteemed African American documentarian renowned for his gripping television work; Alejandra Sanchez, a Mexican American Border...
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HORROR Best Scene: BETTER ATE THAN NEVER, by Jason Summerfield, Angel Garcia
Ben goes on a business trip with his boss Lloyd and his coworker Jennifer to visit Lloyd’s investor Madame Beatrice. Ben and Teri, Madame Beatrice’s granddaughter, fall in love during a fight tournament and plan to marry. But Ben discovers that they are a family of cannibals who eat their husband...
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BEST Scene Reading: PLACE YOUR BETS, by Andy Powell & Jan Scott
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Travis: Steve Rizzo
Lou: Hannah Ehman)
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Best Scene Reading: HEATHER & JAFFE, by Gabe Shelly
A superhero woman struggles to deal with her lover's cancer diagnosis.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Mr. Scott: Steve Rizzo
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BEST Scene Reading: DEPRAVED, by Susannah Roberts (interview)
When a masked killer starts mutilating students on a college campus it's up to two determined detectives to unmask the culprit before more innocent lives are lost. But not everyone is as innocent as they seem.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Harper: Hannah Ehman
Savannah: Elizabeth ... -
BEST Scene Reading: Bait and Switch, by Ray Keller, Richard Schmidt (interview)
When a bored and stifled home-baker housewife is kidnaped by the FBI because she resembles the missing girlfriend of a drug kingpin, she must escape and find that girlfriend in order to prove her own identity and innocence, or be killed.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Supervisor Bradley: Ste... -
BEST Scene Reading: THE WHITE FIELD, by Douglas Cole
The White Field is a fast-paced journey of a man, Tom, fresh out of prison and trying desperately to rebuild his life. But he is caught by mysterious, unseen forces beyond his knowledge or control. After his release from prison, he is dropped back into the world in the wastelands of the city. In ...
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BEST Scene Reading: Light Em Up, by Sami Garcia (interview)
Based on the best-selling book about Officer Sam Harris, a bomb squad leader, and her team of experts as they race against the clock to save innocent live from a serial bomber, including their own. Our lead also happens to be a lesbian , navigating her way through a male dominant culture, inspire...
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Best Scene Showcase: DETERIMINED, by Brian McCarthy
After her music lesson, A YOUNG GIRL is molested by her music INSTRUCTOR. A young man witnesses the assault through a window.
The sleezy music instructor returns home. As he sits in his basement, dappling in porn, he is over powered and strangled from behind with a wire.CAST LIST:
Narrator: ...
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FEMALE Festival Best Scene: LIMINAL, by Sarah Jones (interview)
Summary: After her mother kills herself, we go forward in time to see Adalia now with her own family struggles with the affects of PTSD and seeks help to understand her past with Dr Hugh.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Adalia: Val Cole
Robert: Steve RizzoGet to know the writer:
1. Wha...
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HORROR Festival Best Scene: The Horrors of Hell House, by Tim Connery
Horror/Comedy. In 1970, four actors come to an English manor house to rehearse a Hammer Horror-esque movie about devil worship, only to get caught up in the dark rituals of some genuine Satanists.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Petra: Val Cole
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FAN FICTION Festival: Bob's Burgers Spec, by Bethany Yoder, Kate Yoder
Title: Word to the Pennywise
After Louise trades 1000 Pennies for a $10 bill, she discovers that rare pennies can be very valuable. She enlists Gene and Tina to hunt down her traded pennies, but finds something more valuable than money. Meanwhile Bob and Teddy challenge the notion "you are what...
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BLACK Screenplay Festival Best Scene: BLIND JUSTICE, by Ramona L. Taylor
In 1912, successful Black Virginia lawyer George Washington Fields takes the case of Virgie Christian, a Black girl accused of murdering her white boss.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Sallie: Val Cole
George: Sean Ballantyne
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CRIME/MYSTERY Festival Best Scene: The Fourth Night, by Mike Briock
Genuine film noir crime thriller set in 1940. Los Angeles poses grave danger for New York Private Detective Steven Hawk who arrives in Los Angeles to find his client murdered. Steven is quickly pulled into a deadly and tangled web of blistering sexual tension, deceit, double-crosses, embezzlement...
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LGBTQ+ Fest: WHAT ARE BEST FRIENDS FOR?, by Kristine Spindler Denton (interview)
A woman who thinks she's left her past behind discovers her ex-best friend has left her a child she never knew about from a man who once was her whole world. No one can change your life quite like a best friend.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Emma: Val Cole
Terra: Hannah EhmanGet to know...
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ENVIRONMENTAL Festival Best Scene: GEMINI WORLD, by Matthew W. Kelcourse
The climate apocalypse and extinction of mankind is about to erupt when a NASA pilot, recalled to lead her crew and precious cargo to an exoplanet 4,000 light years away, must defeat a vengeful enemy that hijacks her ship to be the first colonists on the new world.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve ...
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Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival Best Scene Read: THE DRAGON KEY, by Lyn Pinezich
Three mismatched strangers - a shy teenage girl, a wary huntress, and a vain royal accused of treason - must learn to trust each other in order to rescue an exiled dragon king and stop a war that threatens their world.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Nestor: Sean Ballantyne
Darius: Steve Ri... -
Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival 1st Scene Read: THE WARMTH OF THE SUN, by Philip Fenlon
When an alien being arrives on Earth, a scientist must discover its true intensions.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
George: Sean Ballantyne
Woman: Val Cole