Month: August 2017

Winning 1pg Short Screenplay – ORSON WELLES ASHES, by Debra Knox

Originally posted on Los Angeles feedback film festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGBiCKUqrvM  Genre: Comedy Charlie and Susan, a couple of Hollywood wannabes drive down Sunset Boulevard in a big black Lincoln with Orson Wells ashes in the trunk and discover what it means to not give up on your dreams. CAST LIST: Narrator: Julian Ford Charlie: Steve Rizzo…

Winning Under 5min. Short Screenplay – BABY LOUIE, by Mark Richards

Originally posted on Under 5 minute & Smartphone festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFcGmFbo0rI Genre: Comedy In the beginning, Louie’s had a lot going for him. But then he turned one and now, he’s going through an early life crisis. CAST LIST: Narrator: Julian Ford Louie: Steve Rizzo Daddy: Dan Cristofori Mommy: Penelope Corrin   Get to know the writer:…

Winning Under 5min. Short Screenplay – THE PLAGIARIST, by James M Freeman

Originally posted on Under 5 minute & Smartphone festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1mDMD9wpQE   Genre: Drama, Political A pompous professor is confronted with a scandal of his own making. CAST LIST: Narrator: Julian Ford Beecham: Dan Cristofori Hardy: Steve Rizzo Megan: Emily Weir Wright: Rachel Salsberg Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? Title of Screenplay:…

Winning LGBT Short Screenplay – CRYSTAL by Jessica Perla

Originally posted on LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdkaNAGgIVQ  Genre: LGBT, Drama, Romance After a conversation with an ex at a dog park, Crystal has doubts about her current relationship. CAST LIST: Narrator: Julian Ford Crystal: Penelope Corrin Paul: Steve Rizzo Devlin: Rachel Salsberg Get to know the winning writer: What is your screenplay about? It’s…

Winning FEMALE 1st Scene of GOD’S WORK IS NEVER DONE, by Tara C Hall

Originally posted on FEEDBACK Female Film Festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPZkzeo6w2g   Genre: Thriller, Horror, Crime A serial killer roams from small town to small town, preying on abusive, sadistic men who won’t be missed when they die both mysteriously and violently. CAST LIST: Narrator: Sean Ballantyne Rick Ford: Neil Bennett Bartender: Rais Moui The Woman: Connie Wang…

Winning TV PILOT of SIRINGO, by Nathan Ward

Originally posted on Los Angeles feedback film festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Uk8mtfLyg Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama, Western, History A TV series based on the life of the Pinkerton “Cowboy Detective” Charlie Siringo, who spent two decades working undercover across the violent American West, infiltrating gangs including Butch Cassidy’s. The show crosses the Western with undercover crime dramas like…

Winning FAN FICTION Screenplay of D FOR DEXTER, by Jessi Thind

Originally posted on FAN FICTION Film and Writing Festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJf7xcmf9bA Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama A new Dexter spin-off series: Dexter’s now in Canada running a private forensics agency looking for missing persons; their captors his new target. When an annoying teenager keeps pestering him for a job, Dexter gets distracted and misses his chance…