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The Artifact Short Film, Audience FEEBACK from Chicago Film Festival
THE ARTIFACT, 24min., USA, Thriller/Action
Directed by Ralph Klisiewicz
Two men use digital technology to record virtual experiences. They discover that their recordings are potentially hacked and are then hunted by a woman-like artifact. Soon lines of reality and recorded experiences are blurr...
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YESTERDAY, MY DEAD BOYFRIEND MESSAGED ME ON GRINDR Short Film, Audience FEEBACK March 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Directed by Curtis Lee
In an attempt to move on from the grief, Julian logs onto Grindr only to be bombarded with messages of detached filth. Giving up on the app, he goes to turn it off before an all too familiar voice comes through the phone… Kinsey’s.
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THRILLER Festival Best Scene Script Reading: The Dark Valley, by T.J. Morehouse
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
V.O.: Shaun Devlin
Ella: Kyana Teresa
Sam: Allan Michael Brunet
Parking Lot Attendent/Stoner Dude: Andy Kamp -
Experimental Festival 1st Scene Screenplay: Penelope's War, by Nancy "Sunny" Ellis & Marc L. Ellis
This absurdist tongue-in-cheek musical comedy is about a sassy, single mom, suffragette, who must save her Colorado mining town from ruin by organizing the women and by joining forces with a colorblind, Victorian, chauvinistic doctor/inventor, who has unwittingly created a sex toy to cure female ...
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LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: Strays, by Robert Wooldridge
Pete is ruthlessly efficient in his role as loss prevention officer at a grocery store, scanning cameras, ready to catch potential thieves. Feeling the Christmas spirit, he lets a new shoplifter, Nick, off, and buys him shopping. But this is the start of a growing infatuation with the young man, ...
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CHICAGO Festival Winning SHORT Screenplay: An Evening With Illness, by Donald Just
On the day of receiving a bad medical diagnosis, a man used to many drunken nights at a local bar awakens in an unfamiliar place for an evening he will never forget.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Jack: Sean Ballantyne
Bartender/Waiter: Allan Michael Brunet
Lilith: Julie Sheppard
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THRILLER Festival Best Scene Reading: Solstice, by Stephen John Beyer
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Angela: Julie Sheppard
Peter/Julius: Steven Rizzo
Fred/Thomas: Allan Michael Brunet
Amy: Kyana Teresa
Clayton: Andy Kamp
Ken: Bill Poulin----
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TV Screenplay 1st Scene Reading: The Soldier And The Spy, by Mike Garcia
A CIA operative and a former Green Beret must work together to stage a coup in Chile, 1973 before KGB agents can foil it. (Inspired by true events)
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Danh: Geoff Mays
Guards/Bryan: Steve Rizzo - 13
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LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene Script Reading: Strange Desires, by Doug Allen
When a middle-aged gay man's sartorial choices create an identity crisis, he is forced to reconsider his relationships with the men in his life, and ultimately what it means to be a man.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Jasper: Allan Michael Brunet
Phil: Shaun Devlin
Receptionist: Andy Camp
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LA Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: Miserable People, by Jeff Hindenach
A young man suffers from the uncanny ability to absorb the worst memories of people he comes into physical contact with, which forces him into a lonely life of seclusion. But when he starts seeing happy memories for the first time in his life, he embarks on a mission to find the woman from the fl...
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FEMALE Festival TV 1st Scene Screenplay: Sweet Valley Spy
Liza has a budding career at a pharmaceutical company. Her twin sister, Jess, talks to a bottle of tequila and dates a guy who tells dead-baby jokes. When Liza mysteriously disappears, Jess gets a crash course in the family business - espionage.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison
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FAN FICTION Festival Winning SHORT Screenplay: Godzilla and the Technicolor Guards, by Hank Biro
For over fifty years, Godzilla is held captive in outer space, until astronauts rescue and teleport him back to Earth to assist with destroying the monsters and the human threatening his home-world.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Mission Control/Notice VO - Geoff Mays -
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DIVERSITY Festival 1st Scene Script: QUASH, by John McCarney
Inspired by true events... A Vietnam Vet on the verge of
homelessness, loses custody of his children and will do anything to
get them back. He takes a job with a community service group in the
middle of a gang war and is confronted with more than he bargained
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Look What You Have Done! Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from March 2021 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival
LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!, 10min., Switzerland, Thriller
Directed by Monica De Almeida
Look what you have done ! (Regarde ce que tu as fait !) is a psychological thriller short film, featuring three actors playing in a No Exit mysterious atmosphere.
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TV FESTIVAL Best Scene Script Reading: Stealing The Mona Lisa, by Erik Corradino
After his daughter is kidnapped, a US Navy SEAL must steal the Mona Lisa for a crime lord to get her back.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
Boris: Bill Poulin
Ivan: Sean Ballantyne
Anastasiya: Allison Kampf
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COMEDY Festival TV 1st Scene Reading: Stazie In The Spotlight, by Christina Hodel
Stazie Sattler, 16, is part of the popular family band trio: The Garage Grrrlz. While her mom, Meg, and sister, Cora, are alongside her as musicians and vocalists, Stazie yearns to headline her own Las Vegas show. The teen singing sensation’s attempts at a solo career go awry when she tries to ad...
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THRILLER Festival Best Scene Script Reading: Recital, by Penny Brommersma
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Aker: Allan Michael Brunet
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival TV Best Scene Reading: Spores, by Pat Brown
While searching for their missing parents, a botanical researcher and her conspiracy-minded brother discover deadly Mycorrhiza wreaking havoc on the largest rainforest on the west coast as aliens prepare to terraform Earth for themselves.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
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COMEDY Festival WINNING Short Screenplay: Too Hard, by Matt Clifford
Maybe a Die Hard themed Christmas party isn't the best idea...
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Anders: Geoff Mays
Josh: Sean Ballantyne
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Couple Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from March 2021 DRAMA Festival
Directed by Einav Namer-Yelin
Early morning, dry and hot. This morning Dubi and Noa manage to grab a few moments of intimacy, before the day starts. But soon it changes to a debate about who will take Mia(3) to kindergarten. It’s Dubi’s turn, and that’s that. But instead, Dubi drives to the fiel...
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The Climbing Perch Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from March 2021 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival
THE CLIMBING PERCH, 15min., USA, Thriller
Directed by Daniel Gomez Bagby
On the verge of death, a man must decide whether or not to trust a stranger with questionable intentions.
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ACTION Festival TV 1st Scene Reading: Orpheus, by Richard Giarraffa
Set in Ancient Greece, our protagonist Orpheus gets entangled with the god Apollo, who teaches him how to play his lyre, becoming a muse and an instrument used by gods for their bidding. Within the year he turns 18, Orpheus performs alongside other Apollo protégés and is chosen to go abroad with ...
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Winning SHORT Screenplay Reading: Day For Magic, by Robert Fitl, Lee Taylor
Birthdays are supposed to be magical... but for Nicole, magic seems to be working against her.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Reporter: Andy Camp
Twisted T/LEPRECHAUN: Geoff Mays
Nicole: Hannah Ehman
Frances: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
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THRILLER Festival Best Scene Reading: Sacrifices, by Richard M Kjeldgaard
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Homeless Guy/News Broadcaster: Allan Michael Brunet
Man/Shadow Figure: Bill Poulin
Detective Byrne: Steve Rizzo
Torres: Sean Ballantyne
Jessica: Julie Sheppard
Girl Figure/Female Voice: Allison Kampf-----