BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
The "best scene" take from features and TV pilots of winning screenplays.
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DIVERSITY Festival Best Scene: BUMBLEFUCK, by Lindsay Heiman (interview)
Stuck in bumblefuck nowhere and pressured by her family to join a campaign she morally opposes, an angsty teen (who's seen too many heist movies) plans a covert operation to sabotage her stepdad’s run for office.
Think Kelly-Anne Conway’s daughter, Claudia. A Gen Z teenager known for outwardly s...
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TV Festival Best Scene: DIE: Deadly Invisible Enemies Series, by Harold L. Brown
A renowned computer security expert loses everything when security is breached at the highest level of government and he enters an invisible underworld trading state secrets to the highest bidder.
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Narrator: Val Cole
Joe: Steve Rizzo
Kevin: Geoff Mays
Wayne: Sean B... -
FAN FICTION Best Scene STAR WARS: REVELATIONS, by Darius Gerard Clar (interview)
MAZ OJAL, a corrupt business tyrant, discovers large amounts of Kyber Crystal deposits and sets out to gather the find, using slaves in the process. A 90 year old YODA, his son DAGO, and other villagers are captured and enslaved to mine the Kyber. During a dispute, Dago is slain by one of the gua...
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COMEDY Festival Best Scene: SAVE THE DATE, by Nick Pappas
On the eve of his sister's lavish wedding, a meek guy in desperate need of a date meets the woman of his dreams who agrees to accompany him, but when she's subsequently kidnapped by her lawless and vengeful ex-boyfriend, he must find the courage to rescue her if he wants to save her life and his ...
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COMEDY Festival BEST Scene Reading: GENDER SWITCH, by Tristan Venture
When a newly installed 5G Cellular Tower malfunctions and causes a career-oriented woman and eternal man-child to switch bodies they must learn to accept their differences before destroying each other’s lives.
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Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Michelle: Kyan... -
ROMANCE Fest Best Scene: A Broken Heart & The Immortal Hen, by Benjamin Sarno
A teenage boy struggles to overcome a series of setbacks. Then he encounters his steepest hurdle yet.
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Bobby: Geoff Mays
Jane: Kyana Teresa
Grandma: Val Cole -
FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival BEST Scene: PHAEDRA'S ODYSSEY, by Julie A. Thornton
In a universe where Chaos and Order compete for supremacy, a group of wayward other-worldly beings abandoned on a primitive planet make a deal with Chaos in exchange for their freedom.
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Bastian: Sean Ballantyne
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Fest BEST Scene Reading: Harrowed, by Aaron A. Moore (interview)
A P.I. is hired to investigate the disappearance of a homeless man. During the investigation he discovers the truth about his family and his planet.
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Lloyd (M): Geoff Mays
Caller/Chad (M): Steve RizzoGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
My...
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ROMANCE: Topher & Nate & The Invaders From Mars, by Ryan P. Dooley (interview)
A down-on-his-luck gay man looks back on his former relationship with the love of his life... which just so happened to coincide with the Martian invasion of Earth.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Kyana Teresa
Topher: Sean Devlin
Nate: Allan MichaelGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay ...
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FEMALE Festival Best Scene Script: Outer Bankers, by Diann Ducharme (interview)
When Nolan, a powerful plantation owner, moves his family to a new oceanside home in North Carolina in the late 1860s, his highly educated daughter Abigail struggles to accept the role she's expected to play. Powerful forces work in the shadows, eager to corrupt the family and harness their power...
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DIVERSITY Festival Best Scene: DON'T SAY GAY, by Kevin J. Howard
Working for an organization that detains children of the LGBTQ community, a terrified father and son flee across the country after finding his sons name on the list of detainees, risking their lives to get to a free zone state where they’ll be safe from authorities.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allan...
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COMEDY Festival Best Scene Script: Le Tour Kashmir, by David H. Miller
East beats West when Punjab’s fastest rick-shaw driver covertly enters the sub-continent’s biggest cycling race, but her road to victory is fraught with colorful contenders, scheming politicians, and a ruthless American coach.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Claus: Steve Rizzo
Pr... -
COMEDY Festival TV Best Scene Screenplay: BELLADONNA, by Danielle Tjoelker
In 1750 London, sisters Mary and Bella Roberts are accidental stowaways on a pirate ship, which sets them on a path towards a life of crime.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Windsor: Hannah Ehman
Mary: Kyana Teresa
Bella: Elizabeth Rose Morriss -
BEST Scene Script Reading: OUT OF ADVERSITY..., by Elliot Stanton
The strained relationship between two British First World War soldiers changes from antagonism and distrust to one of kinship and respect. A brave decision to make the ultimate sacrifice then solidifies their union.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Private Cavendish: Allan Michael Brunet
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FEMALE Festival BEST Scene: EXPIRED, by Wendy Braff
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Five female friends over 50 have had enough of being dismissed and ignored by a society that thinks of them as "expired." When they decide they're no longer going to give a fuck, their lives truly begin.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Deborah: Elizabeth Rose Morriss ... -
DRAMA Festival BEST Scene: DEATH CLOAK, by Markus Meedt, Catherine O'Shea
Khalida, an asylum seeker in Liverpool, comes into possession of a cloak that resets time by 1 hour, every time she dies.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
Nadine: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Khalinda: Kyana Teresa
Curious Guest/Event Host/KItchen Hand: Steve Rizzo -
BEST Scene Screenplay: My Name is Blue, by Simone Brazzini (interview)
After an obsessive teenager sneaks into the trailer of their lifelong idol, a recently canceled actor, the two embark on a cross country journey of forced dreams and the impossibility of escaping the past.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
Blue - SImone Brazzini
Jack: Geoff Mays
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BEST Scene Screenplay: MONDAY'S HERO, by Larry Downes (interview)
In a college football-crazed town, after the big game, three of the players are accused of a hate crime of beating a gay man to death. The task of defending them falls to the school’s former All-American football star turned lawyer. CHRIS CAMPBELL, the lauded letterman now with a briefcase, is ai...
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene: THE DEVIL PULLS THE STRINGS, by J. W. Zarek
THE DEVIL PULLS THE STRINGS, described as The Librarians meet The Magicians is a 76,000-word urban fantasy with series potential, set in modern-day Wentzville, MO, New York City, and 1813 Genoa, Italy, where time travel, twisted history, secret societies, Slavic mythology, Paganini's music, and o...
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene: MOKSHA, by Saurin D. Lakhia
In the late 22nd century, a queer Indian-American man uses psychedelic science to lead humanity to its new interstellar home, but must first confront his past after finding out a secret from Earth involving his estranged mother and her mass ritual suicide cult.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devli...
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COMEDY Festival Best Scene: REVOLVING DOORS, by Jim Falletta (interview)
Two down-on-their luck wannabe musicians moonlighting as karaoke "stars" at a bar that caters to senior citizens must overcome a host of obstacles on their road to music stardom, including their overbearing landlord, a divorced parent who moves in unexpectedly, and most importantly, their own pro...
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COMEDY Festival Best Scene: SERIOUS LAUGHS, by Aaron James Sutch (writer int.)
A struggling stand up comedian must literally and figuratively kill when a zealous heckler takes a comedy club hostage; threatening the lives of fans, comedians, and comedy itself.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Sylvester: Sean Ballatyne
Pascal/Gun Rang Boss:
Sanders: Geoff Mays
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TV Festival Best Scene: SUBDIVISION, by Casey Leary (writer interview)
A tyrannical HOA wreaks havoc on a community until some "others" try to exist and then to rebel.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Steve: Sean Ballatyne
Gladys: Hannah Ehman
Betty : Elizabeth Rose MorrissGet to know the screenwriter:
1. What is your screenplay about?
A couple newcomers fin...
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DIVERSITY Fest Best Scene: D.D.S- Drama of Dental Surgeon's, by Steph Gallagher
An intelligent young woman regrets her hookup with an ex. Her co-workers suggest she get back in the dating game, but her studies stand in the way. Work place drama distracts her and a budding relationship with a new man threatens a situation where personal and private life overlaps and is sure ...