BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS

BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS

The "best scene" take from features and TV pilots of winning screenplays.

BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
  • LIFESOURCE, by Aleks Lyons. Best Scene Reading. FEMALE Film Festival (interview)

    A young oceanographer discovers her gradfather's plane - part of the Lost Patrol - and is thrust into an emotional journey with a rebellious reporter as the government tries to cover up what really happened that night in 1945. The duo uncovers an extraordinary truth of how water, our most preciou...

  • ATHOR, by Brian Streaty. Best Scene Script Reading FEMALE Film Festival

    A brilliant and unstable Egyptologist becomes entangled in an international incident when she agrees to search for a tomb that holds a mummified ancient alien. Her problems deepen when she becomes possessed by the alien's power.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Julie Sheppard
    Walter: Shawn Devlin
    Deborah...

  • FEMALE Festival Best Scene: All of Me, by S. Columbus

    A successful but lonely business owner wrestling with past trauma discovers that her journey to find love begins with understanding herself, helped along by her close-knit friend group and an unexpected bond with her friend’s son Evan who loves superhero movies. The story centers around Colissa w...

  • Screenplay Best Scene: AI UNPLUGGED: THE TRINITY, by Craig Trumbo

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Julie Sheppard
    O'Grady: Shawn Devlin
    McGrath/TD: Steve Rizzo
    Smyth/Chiffre: Sean Ballantyne

  • Screenplay Best Scene: Finding Elpis, by Banafsheh Esmailzadeh

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Julie Sheppard
    Erik Rhodes: Shawn Devlin
    Starman: Steve Rizzo
    Doomer: Sean Ballantyne
    Princess Almas: Hannah Ehman

  • Screenplay Best Scene: HOPPA, by Nigel Lee & Ashley Barrios

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Julie Sheppard
    Mark: Steve Rizzo
    Fawn: Hannah Ehman
    Rabbit: Shawn Devlin

    Get to know the writers:

    What is your screenplay about?

    Log Line: Struggling with insecurity and doubt about the longevity of their relationship, an American couple travels to Iceland for answe...

  • Screenplay Best Scene: Pippin A Bat for a Friend, by Fausto Politi

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Julie Sheppard
    Rocky: Shawn Devlin
    BEAN: Steve Rizzo
    Ugly/Mouse: Hannah Ehman

  • Screenplay Best Scene: SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LOVE AND JUSTICE, by S.W. Andersen

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Jessie: Hannah Ehman
    Sarah: Julie Sheppard

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  • Script Best Scene: Terran Tapes - The Annunaki, by Gerard O'Neill (interview)

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Jackdass: Shawn Devlin
    Jen: Hannah Ehman

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    This is the tale of the immortal Vampire Goddess Lilitu of ancient lore and her near human lover Dougal, their three identical red haired daughters and ...

  • Screenplay Best Scene: THAT SAME ROAD, by Pamela Green (interview)

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Julie Sheppard
    Everett: Steve Rizzo

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    My screenplay is a testimony about some things that my dad went through in his life and how God brought him out and also about a promise that God made to my dad years ago t...

  • Screenplay Best Scene Reading: The Great Montana Road Race, by Jeffrey J. Smith

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
    June: Hannah Ehman
    Clyde: Steve Rizzo

  • BEST Scene Script Reading: DADDY ISSUES, by Joshua Rose

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morris
    Derrick: Geoff Mays
    Adam: Steve Rizzo
    Adam Jr/The Old Man/Neighbor: Sean Ballantyne

  • HORROR Festival Best Scene: Ghosting, by Nathaniel Anglin (interview)

    A woman begins to suspect a connection between her younger
    cousin’s mysterious disappearance and a popular dating app that is resulting in gruesome deaths around Flagstaff, Arizona.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Sean: Geoff Mays
    Cory: Sean Ballantyne

    Get to know the writer: ...

  • FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene: DREAM ANGEL, by Lee Sobier

    https://youtu.be/cRuvAtUtSIY

    A woman stumbles across an evil spirit while removing nightmares from people's dreams.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Graycee: Val Cole
    Camella: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Voice/ Angela: Hannah Ehman

  • FEMALE Festival Best Scene: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER, by Monica Schimmer

    After a mistake on her bridal night, 25 years later, Lucy has to face the consequences of her actions- this time it may be too late.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Lucy: Hannah Ehman
    Randy: Geoff Mays

  • BEST Scene Reading: Trust Me, by A. E. Guaake (interview)

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Geoff Mays
    Elder: Hannah Ehman
    1st Guard/2nd Council Woman: Val Cole
    3rd Council Woman: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    My screenplay is about the Hulder, a mystical human-like creature with a cow’s tail, famous from...

  • NYC Feedback Festival Besti Scene: NO MEDALS, by Susan Rossi

    Boris, a Soviet army veteran sentenced to the gulag by Stalin, transforms from tortured prisoner to a guard in gulag camp when he causes a train wreck and steals a guard’s identity. His true identity and plan to escape to Finland are endangered by the scheming of a malevolent gulag officer, and w...

  • THRILLER Festival Best Scene: The Presage, by Les Lahage (interview)

    Leisal Werster lived in the woodsy shadows of Marstons Mills, Cape Cod. A former clergyman with a mysterious past and even darker secret who’s now on the run. Jessica Stone is no stranger to seeing tragedy in her life. With one year of college left she’s more determined than ever to see her dr...

  • SCI-FI/FANTASY Festival Best Scene: 1 11, by Regine Resbeut

    1.11 is a dystopia that takes places in 2060 when, to curb population growth, an algorithm selects each year, on a random basis, 100 million people around the world to be euthanized.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Arthur: Geoff Mays
    Ben: Steve Rizzo

  • ACTION Best Scene Reading: DOWNBURST, by Carlos Galinho Pires (interview)

    A group of different individuals meet on the worst day of their lives as they try to fight and survive an uncontrollable and destructive wildfire, whose cause is associated with a conspiracy theory.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Amelia: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Rui: Steve Rizzo

    Get to ...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...