BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
The "best scene" take from features and TV pilots of winning screenplays.
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LGBTQ+ Festival: Good Pussy: The Anatomy of a Crazy Cat Lady, by Bree Wyrd
When a suicidal comedian is involuntarily hospitalized by her family, her ride-or-die drag queen BFF, and her unorthodox psychiatrist devise a plan to break her out, recover her eight cats, and help her to discover her reasons to live.
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WILDsound Festival Best Scene: Snail Miller Criminal Confessions, by Tony Faria
Introducing "Snail Miller: Criminal Confessions," a razor-sharp satire that takes a hilarious jab at the world of crime-solving television.
Follow the adventures of SNAIL MILLER, Toronto's most unorthodox serial killer tracker, as he spearheads the RCMP's groundbreaking Victims Confessions Unit....
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DIVERSITY Festival TV Best Scene: THUNDERSTORM, by Maria Mathis (interview)
This eight-episode limited series is about the turbulent life, death, and afterlife of Henry "Stormy" O'Dell, a biracial escaped slave with paranormal abilities. Set in Gold Rush California, Henry's mission is to stop a serial killer as he struggles to avoid forfeiting his soul to a demon who has...
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DIVERSITY Best Scene Reading: FOLKTALE, by Donald Holmes Lewis, Ziggy Dantzler
When four young siblings spend a summer weekend at their grandmother’s home in the projects of Pawtucket, they listen to ghostly stories from the past but find themselves trapped in a dangerous and mysterious folktale of their own... with a fortune in slave trader gold at stake that can save the ...
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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.
http://www.storychaser.com/
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...