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LGBTQ+ Short Film Festival - June 2/3 event
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KANNAGI, 21min,. India, Drama
Directed by Ezhil Vinod Selvan
A story of two best friends going through adolescence and trying to understand their own gender and those around them. In this process, society changes their course of life.PHONETIME, 9min., UK, Drama
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DRAMA Shorts Festival - June 1/2 event
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GREY HAIRS, 11min,. Drama, China
Directed by Xi Li
Meng Liu, a victim of school bullying, has finally left campus. But these traumatizing experiences have built a wall in her heart that prevents her from studying and working normally. What’s more, those who bullie... -
DOC Feature Festival - "The Addiction Crisis in America" - June 1/2 event
Untreated & Unheard: The Addiction Crisis in America, 77min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Laura Casey, Spencer Parker
Substance use disorder kills more people every year than any other disease and yet only 1 in 10 people who need treatment get access to it. These are unheard stories of the addic... -
1pg. Short Script: The Furnace Room, by Nicolas Ardanaz
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Gary: Steve Rizzo
Tino: Sean Ballantyne
Narrator: Val Cole
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1st Scene Script: Kill The Competition, by Will Altmeier
Andrew Brooks is a recent college grad who's desperate to break into the entertainment industry but struggles to get his foot in the door. Over the course of three critical days, Andrew comes to realize what he must do to obtain his dream job: kill his competition.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah ...
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FULL TV PILOT Script Reading: GOOFY FOOT, by Richard Redlo
Eliot Glassman, 15, openly gay and precocious, becomes emancipated from his suburban parents and friends, following incidents of physical abuse. Freed from his troubled suburban origins, he navigates (often on a skateboard) the dangers and delights of his new urban surroundings. Through it all, E...
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Winning SHORT Screenplay: The Garden, by A.M. Chester (interview)
A short, short film about finding magic and the trauma of sudden loss when that magic goes away.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
The Woman: Kyana TeresaGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
The screenplay is about finding the magic within the joy of pregnancy and the d...
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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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LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene Script: Vice Versa, by Jason Lajoie
Set in 1947 Los Angeles and based on true events, a young woman uses her free time as a secretary at a movie studio to secretly produce the first gay magazine in the United States, Vice Versa, finding a community and herself in the process.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
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LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene Script: POSTMAN, by Anthony DiVastanzo
When the opportunity to move forward arrives at his doorstep, a mortician must decide whether to heal or hide.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
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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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Winning STUDENT SHORT: Coffee Beans and Tea Leaves, by James Phagoo (interview)
Getaway drivers, Peter and Bill await to do their jobs of transporting their boss, John, to safety. However, chaos ensues in the process.
CAST LIST:
Narrator - Val Cole
Bill: Allan Michael
Peter: Shawn Devlin
John: Steve Rizzo
Charlie: Sean BallantyneGet to know the writer:
1. What ...
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WINNING Short Screenplay: Papalotzin, by Fernanda Cabarcos
In Mexico on average, 10 women or girls are killed daily nationwide. These rampant murders are attributed to machismo, gender inequality, domestic violence and a problematic justice system. Papalotzin is the Nahuatl word for butterfly , in my culture the Monarch Butterfly symbolized the spirits o...
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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
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1st Scene: One Mad Apple, by Laurie Asbourne, Tom Pratt (interview)
A dark comedy feature inspired by a true story and based on the book of the same name. After a man moves to small town to care for his dying father, he embraces the community and his new life as a stepfather and husband, until he finds himself in the crosshairs of an unhinged townswoman who chall...
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FAN FICTION TV Spec Script Best Scene: Criminal Minds "Inner Life"
At Christmas, the profilers of the BAU pick up a cold case that turns out to be the kidnapping of a young woman, Mary, from Chinatown, held captive for nine months by unsub Gabriel. Alerted to Mary's disappearance by her Western boyfriend, Joseph, the team navigate closed Chinese culture, and mat...
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Winning SHORT Screenplay: 9066, by Cassie Phillips
This is a snapshot into the moment one Japanese-American family is forced from their home to live in an internment camp during World War Two, and what happens when one family member refuses to leave.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Canon: Sean Ballantyne
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COMEDY Festival 1st Scene Script: Down at the Val, by Neil Goodchild (interview)
The grandson of a golf course owner loses his job and has to return to the course, where his grandfather and two surprising new employees inspire him to try and help save it from bankruptcy.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Barbara: Kyana Teresa
Nate: Geoff Mays
Lazenby: Sean BallantyneGet t...
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1st Scene Script: End of Scene, by Jen Butler (interview)
When a jaded housewife realizes that her house is keeping her and her husband stuck in a repeating scene from the 1950s, she fights to awaken her husband from a mysterious trance so they can outsmart the house and escape before they forget who they really are and get stuck in the obsolete scene f...
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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
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SCI-FI/FANTASY TV 1st Scene Script: Hunt Man's Land, by Ryan Skinner (interview)
When A TV star finds out his best friend is dead it leads to uncovering a world of alternate realities, monsters, fantasy and more.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Past Man: Geoff Mays
Chester: Sean DevlinGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
A TV star ...
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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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HORROR Festival SHORT Screenplay: HAN, by Esther Um
A young Korean woman is haunted by a ghostly figure, in the aftermath of her mother's death.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Grocery Employee/Sarah's Father: Geoff Mays
Young Sarah/Sarah: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
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Artist Documentary Showcase - May 31st/June 1st event
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A BALLET FULL OF TANGO, 45min., Spain, Documentary
Directed by Nathalie Kraft
"A ballet full of tango" is a documentary of 45 minutes that closely follows the Pasodos Dance Company in Mallorca during the creation of their innovative work "Tango Woman Ballet".http...