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GODDESS OF SPRING & DEATH film, reactions Dance Festival
GODDESS OF SPRING & DEATH, 8min., USA
Directed by Jessa M. Wright
A retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth, focusing on Persephone's personal freedom told through the medium of ballet.
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LGBTQ+ Festival Shorts - May 11/12 event
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MY FIRST TIME - COMING OUT, 20min., Australia
Directed by Carolyn Cage
Made for queer people and their allies, 'My First Time' takes an unfiltered and heartfelt look at unforgettable first universal queer experiences from members from Australia’s LGBTQ+ community.
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LGBTQ+ Fest 1st Scene: My Name is Jonas, by Cory David Bortnicker (interview)
A young gay songwriter in the grip of meth addiction must face his past when he learns he is actually a prophet who must save New York City from Judgement Day.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Mayor Bloomberg: Steve Rizzo
Officer: Sean BallantyneGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screen...
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ROMANCE Festival 1st Scene: REKINDLING, by Suzanna Scorcia (interview)
A Six Episode Web Series: When high school sweethearts Gwen and James cross paths 4 years following the mutual termination of their relationship, both individuals happily take a chance on revitalizing their young love, with the inevitable obstacles of statistics, past traumas, and fresh wounds wo...
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FAN FICTION Festival: Bob's Burgers Spec, by Bethany Yoder, Kate Yoder
Title: Word to the Pennywise
After Louise trades 1000 Pennies for a $10 bill, she discovers that rare pennies can be very valuable. She enlists Gene and Tina to hunt down her traded pennies, but finds something more valuable than money. Meanwhile Bob and Teddy challenge the notion "you are what...
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HORROR Festival Best Scene: The Horrors of Hell House, by Tim Connery
Horror/Comedy. In 1970, four actors come to an English manor house to rehearse a Hammer Horror-esque movie about devil worship, only to get caught up in the dark rituals of some genuine Satanists.
CAST LIST:
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BLACK Screenplay Festival Best Scene: BLIND JUSTICE, by Ramona L. Taylor
In 1912, successful Black Virginia lawyer George Washington Fields takes the case of Virgie Christian, a Black girl accused of murdering her white boss.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Sallie: Val Cole
George: Sean Ballantyne
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LGBTQ+ Fest: WHAT ARE BEST FRIENDS FOR?, by Kristine Spindler Denton (interview)
A woman who thinks she's left her past behind discovers her ex-best friend has left her a child she never knew about from a man who once was her whole world. No one can change your life quite like a best friend.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Emma: Val Cole
Terra: Hannah EhmanGet to know...
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FEMALE Festival Best Scene: LIMINAL, by Sarah Jones (interview)
Summary: After her mother kills herself, we go forward in time to see Adalia now with her own family struggles with the affects of PTSD and seeks help to understand her past with Dr Hugh.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Adalia: Val Cole
Robert: Steve RizzoGet to know the writer:
1. Wha...
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Best Scene Showcase Reading: AJNABIYEH, by Batoul Shay Mourad (interview)
As Israel occupies her home in 90s Lebanon, a stubborn teenage girl and her family who have returned to the homeland after growing up in Australia struggle just to get by socially as they brave the real danger around them, their judgemental peers. In this show, the scariest thing about The Middle...
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STUDENT Festival 1st Scene: The Artist’s Son, by Jack Amsler
Logline: A struggling actor is supported by a father who was forced to give up his dreams when he had his son.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Young Joseph: Sean Ballantyne
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Best Scene Showcase: DETERIMINED, by Brian McCarthy
After her music lesson, A YOUNG GIRL is molested by her music INSTRUCTOR. A young man witnesses the assault through a window.
The sleezy music instructor returns home. As he sits in his basement, dappling in porn, he is over powered and strangled from behind with a wire.CAST LIST:
Narrator: ...
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CRIME/MYSTERY Festival Best Scene: The Fourth Night, by Mike Briock
Genuine film noir crime thriller set in 1940. Los Angeles poses grave danger for New York Private Detective Steven Hawk who arrives in Los Angeles to find his client murdered. Steven is quickly pulled into a deadly and tangled web of blistering sexual tension, deceit, double-crosses, embezzlement...
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ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival 1st Scene: CARAMURU, by Tabata Godfrey
Summary: In 2121, a disease spread across the globe and turned everyone over 18 blind. Emmett and their parents lead Caramuru
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Nazar: Sean Ballantyne
Eagle #1/Oriana: Val Col
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Short Story: DEAD STARS, by Seji Storyteller
Horror story
Performed by Val Cole
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Poetry Reading: WHERE THE FICUS FELL, by Susan Rogers
Performed by Val Cole
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Short Story: The Incredible Adventures of Captain Hero! #34, by Lex Lawler
Genre - Superhero
Synopsis - A sidekick reflects on his life in the midst of a superhero battle.
Narrated by Val Cole
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Female Directors Shorts - May 10/11 event
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FLOWERS, 4min,. USA
Directed by Yijia Sun
Flowers are brought home by a man who attempts to transform them into his desired appearance.https://www.instagram.com/cherinocean/
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
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Environmental Festival 1st Scene: DENDAN, by Ryan Patrick Doyle
A headstrong marine cryptozoologist puts her career and life on the line to find a legendary sea monster that will completely rewrite the rules of marine biology. Ghostbusters meets Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Rafiki: Sean Ballantyne
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ENVIRONMENTAL Festival Best Scene: GEMINI WORLD, by Matthew W. Kelcourse
The climate apocalypse and extinction of mankind is about to erupt when a NASA pilot, recalled to lead her crew and precious cargo to an exoplanet 4,000 light years away, must defeat a vengeful enemy that hijacks her ship to be the first colonists on the new world.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve ...
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ENVIRONMENTAL Festival Best Scene: BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN, by Mitch Finn
An estranged couple spends their lives searching for reconciliation and freedom as captives inside a gorilla exhibit as subjects of a reality TV show.
http://www.mitchfinnwriter.com/
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Daryl: Sean Ballantyne
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Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival Best Scene Read: THE DRAGON KEY, by Lyn Pinezich
Three mismatched strangers - a shy teenage girl, a wary huntress, and a vain royal accused of treason - must learn to trust each other in order to rescue an exiled dragon king and stop a war that threatens their world.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Nestor: Sean Ballantyne
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Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival 1st Scene Read: THE WARMTH OF THE SUN, by Philip Fenlon
When an alien being arrives on Earth, a scientist must discover its true intensions.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
George: Sean Ballantyne
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Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival SHORT Screenplay Reading: IN CYRO, by Conner Stirling
Oliver, devastated by his daughter Victoria's death, preserves her body cryogenically, clinging to the hope of a future cure. As a technician in a subarctic cryogenic facility, he oversees the preservation of Victoria and other patients. His commitment to the job intensifies when frost damage thr...