Performed by Val Cole

POEM:

Seated alone on the couch, weary from the day’s labor,
full of hard drink and a heavy meal, he was content this
birthday affair may pass without incident.

A bottle of twenty-five-year Scotch adorned his lap.
He made certain she saw him swallow the sleeping pill she...

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1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of the poem is the comeuppance and downfall of a politician
who literally lied his way into office and was then found out.

2) What motivates you to write this poem?

What prompted me to write it? I suppose it was to see how I...

Performed by Val Cole

POEM:

One may pave the sided streets from his neighbors guile,
To a diligence of a leader; or to an acid’s chyle.
This zephyr from the switchgrass of soulstice,
is unabridged by my mama’s veiled smile.
One’s true veilon is dogged behind the child.
Child who refused to fin...

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

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1. What is your short story about?

On the surface it's about finding yourself as a trans person. It's about understanding yourself and having a support system that sees you and supports you. I think underneath that though, it's about being human. ...

Performed by Val Cole

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1) What is the theme of your poem?

- The poem celebrates the vibrant, scenic, and lively essence of San
Francisco. Its themes include:

Natural Beauty and Scenic Charm: Descriptions of the bay, the Golden Gate Bridge, green ridges, beaches, and star...

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Performed by Val Cole

POETRY:

Uncle Ricky, a Gentle Giant
Uncle Ricky, a brilliant soul
He gave his near and dear a softer grace
With his gap-toothed smile on his face
His laugh filled a room as he told his vivid stories.
A smooth swagger, a heart in bloom
A brothe...

Performed by Val Cole

POEM:

My light was out when the message bore
the state of the child’s condition
and brought me kneeling to the floor
and reading what the father knew—
the object as inviolable, though reason claimed we too
would not cease in giving way
when met by forces, I recalled
my ow...

Voice Over: Val Cole

Editor & Visual Design by Adam Bilyea

Produced by Matthew Toffolo

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POEM:

In naïveté the end begins, not knowing it is the last.

When Saigon was collapsing, my parents were separating.
My father had returned from Vietnam and they tried
to make it work but not all of ...

Voice Over: Val Cole

Editor & Visual Design by Adam Bilyea

Produced by Matthew Toffolo

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POEM:

I crave you, but I forgot
how to want. So I panic.

Distract myself like the days
I flirted death. Like the days
before I found the right
piece of myself to kill.

I yip and dance, shoot the moon...

Astronaut's Uniform, 30min., Russia
Directed by Dmitri Frolov
Mockumentary experimental film, which shows one day in the life of a young man.

https://www.instagram.com/astronauts_uniform/

Reflections of Us

When Francis assumes the identity of Damian, his gay, identical twin brother, to meet his perfect leading lady, Francis first must come to terms with his own homophobia against his brother, but at the same time keep his con going with Virginia, who’s attending Damian’s P-town wedding

CAST LIST: ...

Six years after the Zombie Apocalypse, a suicidal widow must protect an orphaned child as the world descends into literal Hell on Earth.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Geoff Mays
Sophie: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Fiona: Hannah Ehman

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1. What is your screenplay about?

Necrotica ...

Dr. Frank vows to climb Machu Picchu after his son is killed in Afghanistan and he suffers a major myocardial infarction. A feel-good story.

https://www.machopicchu.movie/

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Frank: Geoff Mays
Larry: Shawn Devlin

After using a cutting-edge “memory machine” to relive the best moments of his past, Oliver Parks wakes in a timeline where he never met his wife and his daughter no longer exists — and to undo it, he must outsmart a rival genius, manipulate time itself, and convince the machine’s washed-up invent...

A rising political star retreats to a secluded Virginia inn to draft a campaign platform that will secure him a spot on a presidential ticket—but as nightmarish visions blur with reality, he’s forced to confront the ghosts of those he sacrificed to climb the political ladder. Caligo Inn is a psyc...

After the sudden death of his father, a young man begins to unravel the truth about the silence that haunted his family for generations. As buried memories rise to the surface, he’s forced to confront his past and find the courage to speak the truth, no matter the cost.

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A rising political star retreats to a secluded Virginia inn to draft a campaign platform that will secure him a spot on a presidential ticket—but as nightmarish visions blur with reality, he’s forced to confront the ghosts of those he sacrificed to climb the political ladder. Caligo Inn is a psyc...

A female Veteran obsessed with her weight finds a magic scale that makes her lose weight fast but at a high cost.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Dr. Manger: Geoff Mays
Brend: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

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1. What is your screenplay about?

Obsession with food, weigh...

An Iraq War veteran is haunted by a tragic mistake he made on the battlefield. When the CIA accidentally kills his family in an illegal domestic drone strike intended for terrorists, they cover it up, but he is suspicious and sets out to investigate. As his quest for the truth unfolds, he must we...

Set in Churchill, Manitoba—The Polar Bear Capital of the World—Polar Break is a survival thriller where climate change isn’t exposition, but existential pressure. As the ice-free season pushes past record limits, starving bears flood the town. What begins as a containment mission spirals into a s...

After a wrongful execution sends rock star, John Santo to the morgue, he rises from the dead, thinking he has a second chance to clear his name, but when he’s thrust into a life-and-death struggle to rescue his kidnapped daughter, Angela from renegade pastor, Sonny Romeo -- Satan stands in John’s...

A gunslinger must rescue and return a youth to their family against all obstacles and attire.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Sal: Shawn Devlin
Lane: Sean Ballantyne

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1. What is your screenplay about?

A gunslinger is hired to rescue and return a young...