AN EVENING WITH ILLNESS is about a person slightly in denial of his addition, who is then forced to face it in a very unconventional way.

LISTEN to the full screenplay reading after the terrific interview with writer Donald Just.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo

Jack: Sean Ballantyne

Bartender/Waiter: Allan Michael Brunet

Lilith: Julie Sheppard

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SEVERENCE PAYBACK is a winning THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival screenplay. Great chat with writer Richard M. Kjeldgaard on the process of screenwriting, and his other award winning work.

Watch the winning screenplay reading HERE

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Female Voice/Amanda: Kyana Teresa
Female Voice #2/Teenage Voice: Val Cole
Male Voice/Parking Attendant: Allan Michael Brunet
Lindsey Voice: Julie Sheppard
Robert Voice: Bill Poulin

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He’s known to most for playing Jack Murdoch on the DAREDEVIL TV Series. Now he’s a filmmaker on the rise.

John Patrick Hayden went to film school and make the award winning short film AMEND. Playing at the DRAMA Festival this upcoming Sunday. Get your FREE tickets HERE and stream all day.

Great chat with the filmmaker about the process making this film from development to distribution.

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The art of writing a screenplay: Hunker down and get the words on the page. Go back and edit.

Great chat with winning screenwriter Sierra Hall on the process of writing her TV PILOT script SWEET VALLEY SPY, loosely based on the “Sweet Valley High” novel series. Now the characters have grown up!

Watch the Best Scene Reading HERE

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
The Narrator: Geoff Mays –
The Spy: Andy Kamp
Rick Astley: Rick Astley
Jess: Hannah Ehman
Liza: Julie Sheppard
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THROWAWAYS was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the ENVIRONMENTAL Feedback Film Festival.

Great chat with Andy Carpenter on the process of writing this script.

Watch the SHORT Screenplay Reading HERE

After a seemingly insignificant plastic toy is manufactured by a young child in Latin America, it begins a journey across the world by tractor trailer, a fast-food restaurant trash can, SUV, a garbage truck, and an ocean-freighter. Each mode of transportation offers glimpses into the lives of its transporters, whether mundane, privileged, or desperate. Finally making its way into the grateful hands of a young orphan trying to survive in the trash-wastelands of Malaysia, these throwaways prove that significance is relative.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Iris/Shelly: Julie Sheppard
Juan/Manager/Foreman: Geoff Mays
Man/Father/Rayyan: Sean Ballantyne
Oliver/Nathaniel: Allan Michael Brunet
Wife/Woman: Hannah Ehman

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“An ordinary day goes South in Los Angeles.” - is the summary of BUST. A 7 minute crime film that is a must watch.

Playing at the Crime/Thriller Festival this Sunday March 14th. RSVP to FREE to stream all day HERE.

Great chat with filmmaker Burak Tatar on how this film got made, why he keeps making films, and moving from theatre directing to film directing.

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As he drives down an old dirt road John has one thing on his mind: “Reunite with the woman he loves”. - That is the summary of CRUEL WORLD, written/directed/starring Dylan Mask. Playing at the Crime/Thriller Festival this Sunday March 14th. RSVP to FREE to stream all day HERE.

Great chat with Dylan Mask on growing up in the Niagara region, and the process of making CRUEL WORLD.

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“Solstice” is written along the lines of films like “April Fool’s Day” and “Wicker Man.” The story is about Angela who tries to overcome her fear of death while friends from her past are being murdered around her.

Conversation with the screenwriter Stephen John Beyer. He talks about his writing process, and the art of getting it done on the page.

Watch the best scene of SOLTICE HERE

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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The art of writing a spec screenplay from an existing television show. Great chat with screenplay writer Alberto “Mojo” Pena on the process writing an episode for the TV show Peaky Blinders.

Alberto talks about the process of writing a spec script. The greatness of Peaky Blinders. And how he got the nickname “Mojo”.

Watch the best scene screenplay reading of Peaky Blinders HERE

Tommy Shelby is missing, Shelby Limited is financially broke and Michael has teamed with the Billy Boys to take over and absorb the Peaky Blinders gang.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Jimmy: Geoff Mays
Michael: Sean Ballantyne

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THE LAST RIGHTS is an important film about a young Indian woman who challenges her society’s patriarchal traditions in order to give her deceased grandmother her last rites. Playing at the Female Filmmakers Festival this upcoming Saturday March 6th. Stream for FREE all day. Get your FREE TICKETS here.

Great chat with filmmaker Aastha Verma on the process making this film in India and the conflicts that occurred because of it.

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The art of writing a spec screenplay. Jay Servedio is just starting out in his career and he just won our TV SPEC Screenplay contest for his script based on the LETTERKENNY television show.

WATCH the winning 1st scene reading.

The hicks help Dary write a poem to woo a “cultured lass”; The hockey players run a bake sale for new jerseys.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Wayne: Allan Michael Brunet
Daryl: Steve Rizzo
Squirrley: Bill Poulin
Katy: Kyana Teresa

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COME ALIVE is a winning LGBTQ+ Festival script about a middle-aged gay couple’s attempt to rekindle their relationship that turns into an absurd, hormone-fueled quest to defeat alien invaders and save a new LGBTQ society.

Great chat with screenwriter L. Andrew Cooper on the process of writing this script.

Watch the winning best scene reading: https://vimeo.com/503731254

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Alvy: Bill Poulin
Tim: Allan Michael Brunet
Ron: Steve Rizzo
Michelle: Julie Sheppard
Duke: Geoff Mays

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SUMMONING DEMONS is a winning HORROR Festival SHORT Screenplay. Terrific interview with screenwriter Larry Dwyer on the process of writing this script. Plus, Larry also chats about the festival he created that shows classic Horror films: www.ConnecticutCultClassics.com

Watch the Winning Screenplay Reading: https://vimeo.com/503753018

A couple, expecting a child, toy with the demonic.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Deborah: Hannah Ehman
John: Allan Michael Brunet

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Friendship. Relationships. LGBTQ+, Mothers, Ashes., Death, Forgiveness, Mediums, Connections - There a lot of essence in the COPPERLAND screenplay written by the guests to the podcast today.

Candid chat with writers Eila & Holly Algood on the process of writing the screenplay. LISTEN to the best scene reading after the interview.

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Four intelligent, complex women are drawn together. A lesbian couple, their friend and a young woman are looking to find peace relating to their deceased mothers. The fight for equal rights shows up both from the past and present. There is an exciting discovery to bring solar energy to mainstream culture. A huge secret is revealed causing tension and turmoil yet offering new potential for depth in the relationships between the women.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Grace: Julie Sheppard
Raven/Dorothy: Hannah Ehman
Cate: Kyana Teresa
Maggie: Allison Kampf

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A based on a true story screenplay about a female serial killer at the beginning of the 20th century. Candid conversation with the writer of HELLE’S BELLE, Kari Karsten, about the process writing this screenplay from the research to finding the structure.

Summary of Script: In the early 20th century a young woman discovers a way to prosper from her husband’s death, leading her down a lifelong path of murderous treachery that threatens to be discovered by a local police detective investigating a sinister series of mysterious events.

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The Five Stages of Quarantine is the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the Jan. 2021 Under 5min. Film Festival. RSVP to watch the festival this Friday Jan. 15th. Streaming online for FREE: https://under5minutefilmfestival.com/next-festival-event/

Great chat with writer/director Dan Bricker on the process of making this film as a one man film crew.

Summary of FILM:

Just as Jeff is about to tell his roommate he’s moving out, he’s informed that the city is shutting down and they will be quarantined together.

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ON THE RIDE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the January 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. There is a special screening streaming all day on Saturday January 9th.

You can RSVP/WATCH the festival at https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/next-film-festival-event/

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Summary of ON THE RIDE, 13min., USA, Drama:

On his morning bike ride, Scott grapples with the memories of a trauma he experienced with his husband Todd. When his route suddenly takes an unexpected turn, Scott finds himself on the doorstep of a stranger intimately connected to the past he can’t shake.

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Upcoming screenwriter Jacobo Fe is a recent graduate from the UCLA Screenwriting program. He wrote a winning script based on a the true story about Sir Douglas Bader, a British pilot during WWII, who, after losing both of his legs, became a flying ace.

Listen to interview with Jacobo, plus a best scene reading performance after the interview.

Watch the best scene reading: https://vimeo.com/492733632

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Bader: Shawn Devlin
Halahan: Sean Ballantyne
Coach: Matthew Camp

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A young woman with a genetically evolved, cognitive ability is transported to a secret island, for her protection. But upon learning the real forces in charge of the island, she steps up and leads a revolution to take action against inaction.

Based on the novel of the same name by Lauren Lola.

Watch the Best Scene Reading: https://vimeo.com/493906055

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Sonya: Hannah Ehman
Gian: Allan Michael Brunet

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CRACKSMEN is a terrific high concept feature screenplay written by comic book writer/screenwriter Daniel Corey:

“Cracksmen are a new class of criminal that specialize in slipping into an alternate dimension to commit crimes. Jake is one of the best, but to escape the mob, he has to strike a deal that will get him in trouble with syndicates on both sides of reality.”

Watch the Best Scene Screenplay Reading: https://vimeo.com/491979244

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Jake: Steve Rizzo
Leo: Sean Ballantyne
Isis: Allison Kampf

Writer Biography – Daniel Corey

Daniel Corey is a writer and content producer who has created for comics, live theatre and virtual reality.

Daniel’s projects include the graphic novels BLOODWORTH and PROPHET, which he wrote and distributed through his company, DangerKatt, as well as MORIARTY and RED CITY, which he published through Image Comics (home of THE WALKING DEAD). MORIARTY has been adapted into a VR comic book titled MORIARTY: ENDGAME VR, which earned him the #2 spot on Onalytica’s Top 100 VR Influencers list.

He has also worked in broadcast news for NPR and ABC, serves on the Creative Writing Program Advisory Committee at Full Sail University, and speaks at pop culture conventions around the country.

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