BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
The "best scene" take from features and TV pilots of winning screenplays.
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CRIME/MYSTERY Festival Best Scene: MACHO MICCHU (pgs. 17 to 21)
Dr. Frank vows to climb Machu Picchu after his son is killed in Afghanistan and he suffers a major myocardial infarction. A feel-good story.
https://www.machopicchu.movie/
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Frank: Geoff Mays
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Best Scene Script: Biological Imperative, by Kari Kennon
A pregnant woman travels over a thousand years into the future to find a more hospitable world for her baby only to find that the future is plagued by similar forces of repression.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Director; Geoff Mays
Freya: Elizabeth Rose Morris
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN SPACE, Darryl Mansel & Joshua Bishop (interview)
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Broadcaster: Shawn Devlin
Old Gemini: Sean BallantyneGet to know writer Darryl Mansel:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Once Upon a Time in Space is about perseverance and struggle. It asks the question 'how far are you willing to go to obtain... -
Action/Adventure Scene SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, by Dara Sanandaji, Jeffrey Mulrain
Jay and Dollar seems like regular guys who hang out in hookah bars, however, these guys possess a special set of skills that will help the government get to the bottom of a terrorist threat.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Jay: Shawn Devlin
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COMEDY Best Scene Reading: THE BIG DATE, by Paul Edward Huenemann (interview)
https://youtu.be/z9NwiNizbSU
Harry loves Sandy and has planned “the big date” to propose, but between his twin, her twin, the guys from the Bobcat rugby team, Roxie, Linda, and One Eye'd Jacks, the world seems against it. Comedy.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Harry: Shawn Devlin
Sand... -
FEMALE Festival Best Scene: BITTER, by Jesse Speer (interview)
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Willow: Val Cole
Gert: Hannah EhmanGet to know the screenwriter:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Bitter is a belated coming of age story for anyone that feels like the paradigm of success has shifted. It takes the traditional geek vs bully high sch... -
BEST SCENE Script Reading: Listen When The Goddess Speaks, by Vanessa Schaefer
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Morgan: Val Cole
Grainne: Hannah Ehman -
THRILLER/SUSPENSE Best Scene: THE LANGUAGE OF WOLVES, by Nan Schmid (interview)
After being embedded with the U.S. military in Afghanistan, which ends in tragedy, a journalist heads to rural Maine to fully recover and finds herself on the frontlines of another battle, between a family of wolves and the ruthless land developer who wants them hunted down.
After a comrade dies...
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THRILLER/SUSPENSE Best Scene: MACHO PICCHU (pages 10 to 14), by Noah Greenspan
Dr. Frank vows to climb Machu Picchu after his son is killed in Afghanistan and he suffers a major myocardial infarction. A feel-good story.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Frank: Geoff Mays
Mack: Sean Ballantyne
Larry: Shawn Devlin -
Best Scene Script Reading: ENTANGLED, by Larry Elmore
A writer tasked with writing a true event is taken by the CIA to cover their tracks. However, his smart mind out smarts them when his characters learn their role in his book and save him.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Amira Khan: Val Cole
Ryan Tyler: Sean Ballantyne -
BEST Scene Script Reading: Charity, by Melody Brooke, Michael Henricks
It’s 1969 and 13 year old Charity faces sex, drugs, rock and roll, moonshots, school bussing and the Vietnam war armed only with her faith and her Good News Bible.
Coming of Age, Faith Based
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Steve: Shawn Devlin
Charity: Elizabeth Rose Morriss -
BEST Scene Script Reading: BLUE IDAHO, by Noah Zayn Mortier
Blue (formerly Logan) is a gifted transgender surgical nurse whose life spirals after a violent romance exposes her truth. Surviving a suicide attempt, she's sent to an off-grid trauma retreat, where healing begins amid a web of broken souls, betrayal, and revelation. Returning home to confront f...
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Best Scene Script Reading: BLONDE IN THE CONGO, by Bren Dahl (interview)
An adventure seeking young girl comes of age, joins the Peace Corps, gets posted in the Congo and takes a wild ride through culture clashes and love affairs.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Brian: Shawn Devlin
Anna: Val ColeGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
M...
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Best Scene Script Reading: I'LL BE DOGGONE, by Robert L. Cole, Jr.
A famed veterinarian to Hollywood’s rich and famous loses Mike Tyson's prized dog while he's out of town three days before a major dog show
https://www.instagram.com/robertlcolejr
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyn
Chip: Shawn Devlin
Jessica: Val Cole -
FEMALE Festival Best Scene: WAKING UP TO CHRISTMAS, by Susan Arscott
She thought she had it all—until she woke up in someone else’s
perfect life.
Logline: When high-powered executive Claire Beckett dozes off in
an airport lounge, she wakes to a life she never lived—complete
with a Christmas tree farm, a cozy cabin, and a quiet artist who
creates beauty from broken... -
CHICAGO Festival Best Scene: Sharp for Life, by Candee Kramer (interview)
Sarah Smythe believes she only needs to follow the cards supplied by her company to make her first knife sale until she finds the perfect customer but they’re too sharp!
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Mr. Jones: Geoff Mays
McCready: Val ColeGet to know the writer:
1. What is ...
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CRIME/MYSTERY Festival Best Scene: DIRE STREETS by Alessandro Inca (interview)
LOGLINE: In the 1940s, prisoners — including infamous mob boss Joe Blunda — were released to defend America from Nazi spy attacks. What happened to them remains a chilling mystery: none were ever seen alive again.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Steve: Shawn Devlin
Hoover: Geoff M... -
ROMANCE Festival Best Scene: THE ANSWER GIRL, by Stephanie Scott
When a brilliant but shy young woman goes
on a quiz show to finance her niece’s ballet career, she falls in love with her eventual competition—a contestant with the longest winning streak in history whose sole focus has been to win at any cost, including lying about who he really is.CAST LIST: ...
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Best Scene: SACRED STEEL, by Ryan Cooke
Trexel Unit AJN-A 852 burst into existence, his spirit unblemished and at peace. But tranquility proves fleeting, as the insertion of his core processor shatters his serenity. Now, driven by a maddening quest to reclaim his lost bliss, AJN-A 852 forms an unholy alliance with a ruthless scientist....
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SCI-FI/FANTASY Best Scene Reading: Project Z, by Tori Mosser
A young, aspiring screenwriter looking for inspiration is swept into a chaotic, superpowered fight that reveals abilities she never knew she had
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Presley: Geoff Mays
Adina: Val Cole -
COMEDY Festival Best Scene: GENDER REVEAL, by Stephen Lemieux (interview)
Mitchell Parkins is a 34 year old young man with a baby on the way, and a gender reveal party imminently closing in. Unfortunately, he's cursed. Going back hundreds of years, any time a Parkins finds out the gender of their child is a boy before it's born, they die on their 35th birthday. Worse, ...
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COMEDY Festival Best Scene: The Big Date, by Paul Huenemann (interview)
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Harry loves Sandy and has planned “the big date” to propose, but between his twin, her twin, the guys from the Bobcat rugby team, Roxie, Linda, and One Eye'd Jacks, the world seems against it. Comedy.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Harry: Geoff Mays
Sandy: Val ColeG...
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THRILLER/SUSPENSE Best Scene: Gang Agley, by Jeremy Hogan, Aaron Krygier
Mark Tyler gets out of prison after twelve years for a robbery gone awry. The loot is still out there. A corrupt cop, a local grifter, a femme fatale and the partner he left for dead all come marching out of his past to come for it.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Counselor: Geoff Mays
Mark... -
ACTION/ADVENTURE Best Scene Readng: ENTANGLED, by Larry Elmore (interview)
A writer tasked with writing a true event is taken by the CIA to cover their tracks. However, his smart mind out smarts them when his characters learn their role in his book and save him
CAST LIST:
.Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Amira Khan: Val Cole
Ryan Tyler: Geoff MaysGet to know the ...