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LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene Reading: THE DISTANCE, by Pann MuruJaiyan
Jackie Beeman, a young under privileged African American girl eyes for the boxing championship. The only obstacle is not the opponent but a Pastor who hates her guts. Coincidentally, Jackie soon gets a title shot, but at the same time she meets her college crush back in town. Whether she has the ...
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BEST Scene Screenplay Reading: EVACUATION, by Aubrey Reynolds
After losing his father in an air raid, Arthur and his brother are evacuated from Liverpool to Wales to safely wait out World War 2 with a kind farm family. There he comes to suspect the woods on the farm's edge are full of danger, and that his younger brother has been replaced with a changeling....
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Parenthood 2050 Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from April 2021 COMEDY Festival
PARENTHOOD 2050, 9min., USA, Comedy/Romance
Directed by Svetlana Bolycheva
Lylith and Henry a couple who cannot conceive visit a futuristic clinic to create a genetically modified baby by choosing all qualities from appearance to the character. However, the baby genome will be based on parents ge... -
Tutti In Ballo Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from April 2021 COMEDY Festival
TUTTI IN BALLO, 15min., Italy, Comedy/Family
Directed by Trullu
Sergio and his family have just returned to Sardinia (Italy) after many years in Russia.
Thanks to his wife Svetlana, Sergio receives a phone call for a job interview.
A unique board game "Let’s put our best foot forward" provides Se... -
Winning SHORT Screenplay Reading: 2A, by Drew Jacob
A Man and a Woman have an affair in hotel room 2A in this award winning romantic dramedy.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Selena: Hannah Ehman
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DANA GAVANSKI - I TALK TO THE WIND Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from April 2021 WILDsound Film Festival
DANA GAVANSKI - I TALK TO THE WIND, 5min., Italy, Animation/Music Video
Directed by Gaia Alari
A traditional hand drawn frame per frame animated music video for dana Gavanski's cover of I talk to the wind (original by King Crimson). Using a purely analog technique, the director and animator (one ... -
1pg. Short Screenplay; MY SON, THE SCREENWRITER, by John Connell
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Andy Kampf
Max: Steve Rizzo
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THRILLER Festival Best Scene Reading: June In California, by T.J. Morehouse
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
John: Geoff Mays
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MR. SEEK Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from April 2021 WILDsound Film Festival
MR. SEEK, 6min., USA, Drama
Directed by Brianna Celestina
A young boy and his father live a routine life in an attic of an abandoned house, but when night falls, things quickly change. -
LGBTQ+ Festival BEST Scene Reading: ONE NIGHT AT THE MORRISON, by Joan Beilstein
It’s 2040, and Victoria, age 75, has died from cancer. Before her death, Victoria reveals to one of her two daughters, Kelly, that twenty-five years ago, she had met the love of her life, a woman named Jessie, at a wedding weekend. Victoria asks Kelly to please contact Jessie when she dies so Jes...
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CRIME Festival BEST Scene Reading: EVIL FACES, by C.J. Doukakis and T.J Doukakis
Hollywood 1946. When a private detective is tasked with solving the possible murder of an old friend, he's plunged into a much larger and more sinister plot.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
George: Geoff Mays
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ART FOR GEORGE FLOYD Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from April 2021 FEMALE Film Festival
ART FOR GEORGE FLOYD, 19min., USA, Experimental
Directed by Dee Dee Stephens, Courtney Lloyd
An online protest created by performing artists just after the murder of George Floyd.
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SHORT Story Reading: THE DECEPTIVE MIRROR, by Vivian Dixon Sober
Performed by Steve Rizzo
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WHEN I BECOME WHO I AM Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from April 2021 FEMALE Film Festival
WHEN I BECOME WHO I AM, 10min., Denmark, Experimental
Directed by Lene Kamm
Who am I when nobody's watching? A personal story about growing up as a black woman in Denmark lacking identification models. A story about loneliness and searching for belonging. -
Message From The Future Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from April 2021 COMEDY Festival
MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE, 3min., USA, Comedy/Animation
Directed by Dano Johnson
A time traveler tries to save the future. It doesn't go well. -
CHLOE Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from April 2021 FEMALE Film Festival
CHLOE, 7min., USA, Drama
Directed by Martina Savoca-Guay
Accidentally left at home by herself, a young girl goes on an adventure and finds that the city isn't such a scary place after all. -
Thriller Festival BEST Scene Reading: STUNG, by Richard M. Kjeldgaard
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Angela/Angela: Kyana Teresa
Kyle/Scary Clown Mask: Allan Michael Brunet
Figure #1/Zombie Mask: Sean Ballantyne
Figure #2 and #4/Wife: Val Cole
Driver/Man/Skull Mask: Steve Rizzo
Alien Mask/Figure #3: Allison Kampf
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Once Beautiful Woman Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from April 2021 COMEDY Festival
ONCE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, 8min., Comedy
Directed by Frankie Guerrero, Jr.
A smart, satirical comedy about the ageism and sexism lurking in Hollywood. An actress gets a harsh reality check when there's a mix up at an audition and she finds herself on the other side of the hot young thing. -
1pg. Short Script: EXECUTIVE DECISION, by Paul Lewis
When the President is presented with evidence the Earth is about to be destroyed by an asteroid in 36 hours he has to make the most difficult challenge of his life: who does he tell?
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
President: Steve Rizzo
Science Director: Allan Michael Brunet
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SHORT Story Reading: Helping An Old Lady Across The Street. by John L. Steckley
"Helping an Old Lady Across the Street"
genre: fantasy
Performed by Steve Rizzo
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The Better Liar
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BEST SCENE Screenplay Reading: Out Of The Ditch, by Charley Vance
An addict hits bottom, vows change, works to regain the trust of her son, repair relationships and fends off an abusive, menacing dealer. The son and his girlfriend hatch a plan to get revenge on the dealer, but victory is short-lived, putting the lives of the addict, the son and girlfriend in je...
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Small World Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from March 2021 Experimental/Dance/Music Festival
SMALL WORLD, 4min,. USA, Dance
Directed by Danny Boulet
A dance exploration of the confines of a small world where everything changes and moves in unexpected ways. When what is up and what is down and what is still and what moves is in constant flux, the question arises- to what extent do we ad...
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It's Just Me Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from March 2021 DOCUMENTARY Festival
Directed by Jared Moossy
It’s Just Me is a portrait of Allie Cole, a Black transgender woman who sits on all the fault lines of all of America’s concerns about gender and class, just by being her authentic self. She negotiates the demands of activism, her fledgling non-profit, her parents and fi...