BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
The "best scene" take from features and TV pilots of winning screenplays.
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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...
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FEMALE Festival BEST Scene: Mary Kay & Johnny, by Amanda Minchin (interview)
A newlywed couple takes on a one time gig to make ends meet and wind up creating America’s very first sitcom in the process... based on a true story.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Mary Kay: Hannah Ehman
Johnny: Geoff MaysGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay...
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BEST Scene Reading: DELTA STATION, by Ronald McQueen
A rescue mission to a remote space station finds only one evasive crewman, an obstinate AI and the station cat still alive. With no explanation for the missing personnel and with members of the rescue crew beginning to die, suspicion grows that one of these three is responsible.
CAST LIST:
Nar...
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BEST Scene Reading: ON THE RECORD, by Adam Goudchaux
In a nondescript near future, a grief stricken, neophyte print journalist embarks on a journey of self-discovery while working on a story about a new psychedelic drug.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Brian: Sean Ballantyne
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BEST Scene Reading: Spiritual Awakening, by James Odulaja (interview)
After being released from a psychiatric clinic, Dwayne is one a on-track mission to get revenge against the supernatural forces of Moonlight Ridge.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Edris: Sean Ballantyne
Brandon: Geoff Mays1. What is your screenplay about?
Spiritual Awakening is a co...
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1st Scene Reading: THE CONNECTING BETRAYAL, by Vivianne Rosenberg (interview)
A widow finds herself in a toxic relationship with a younger man after losing her husband and finds herself in a relationship where he is forcing her to give money to invest in his cryptobusiness. After some lengthy back and forth, Valerie is approached by an investigating officer who let's her ...
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Best Scene Script: PURE, by Nava R. Silton (interview)
Project Type: Feature Screenplay
Genres: Drama, Romance, LGBTQThis gripping drama is set in 21st century Brooklyn, New York, wherein Talia, a young Orthodox Jewish woman strategizes how to subtly conceal her perceptible bruises before disrobing and immersing herself into a Mikvah, a Jewish ritu...
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene: DELIVERED, by Clifford Evan (interview)
An artistically-gifted pizza delivery boy, caught up in a criminal enterprise that funds his creative pursuits, confronts otherworldly and possibly dangerous forces when a mysterious girl sprung from his dreams appears at his next drop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI_hkltVFM8
CAST LIST:
N...
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TV PILOT Best Scene Read: Tamara's Escape, by Rebecca Day Robinson (interview)
In 2052 after the dissolution of the United States 30 years earlier, a young woman, 17 year-old Tamara O'Neal, is smuggled out of the Confederacy to New Albion, liberal bastion based in the Colorado Rockies, to what her father thinks is safety. After a difficult transition to life in New Albion a...
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Chicago Festival Scene: THE PEBBLE CHAMPION, by Alan David Pritchard (interview)
When a grieving teenage boy, sent to live with the father he's never met, is haunted by memories and wrestling with his identity, it takes the magic of pebbles on water and the transformative power of kind friends to help him accept his past and welcome his future.
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