Month: June 2023

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Feature Film: ALL MY TOMORROWSBest Short Form Short Film: THE SOCIAL CAFEBest Long Form Short Film: CALF ROPEBest Cinematography: WAIT TILL IT DROPSBest Direction: CICLOSBest Performances: ELISABETHBest Documentary: ONLY HUMAN IIBest Sound & Music: KANHAJIBes Story: HAPPINESS IS AN ILLUSIONBest Comedy Film: BABY… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: June 2023 DIVERSITY Film Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Short Film: LIGHTBest Cinematography: WHO’S AT THE DOOR?Best Sound & Music: YAR (FRIEND),Best Performances: STATIC Best Direction: DELTA LOVERS Best Experimental: NIGHT RIDE FROM LA Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film: MONARCH SOMBRERO, 1min., Canada, AnimationDirected by Lisa MurrayA hand made,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: June 2023 Under 5 Minute Festival

Working for an organization that detains children of the LGBTQ community, a terrified father and son flee across the country after finding his sons name on the list of detainees, risking their lives to get to a free zone state where they’ll be safe from authorities. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allan Michael Armond: Steve Rizzo Lucas:… Continue reading DIVERSITY Festival Best Scene: DON’T SAY GAY, by Kevin J. Howard

Eliot Glassman, 15, openly gay and precocious, becomes emancipated from his suburban parents and friends, following incidents of physical abuse. Freed from his troubled suburban origins, he navigates (often on a skateboard) the dangers and delights of his new urban surroundings. Through it all, Eliot remains a positive life-force -– the ultimate wise ass, the… Continue reading FULL TV PILOT Script Reading: GOOFY FOOT, by Richard Redlo

When a jaded housewife realizes that her house is keeping her and her husband stuck in a repeating scene from the 1950s, she fights to awaken her husband from a mysterious trance so they can outsmart the house and escape before they forget who they really are and get stuck in the obsolete scene forever.… Continue reading 1st Scene Script: End of Scene, by Jen Butler

Andrew Brooks is a recent college grad who’s desperate to break into the entertainment industry but struggles to get his foot in the door. Over the course of three critical days, Andrew comes to realize what he must do to obtain his dream job: kill his competition. CAST LIST: Narrator: Hannah Ehman Andrew: Geoff Mays

In Mexico on average, 10 women or girls are killed daily nationwide. These rampant murders are attributed to machismo, gender inequality, domestic violence and a problematic justice system. Papalotzin is the Nahuatl word for butterfly , in my culture the Monarch Butterfly symbolized the spirits of our loved one that have come to visit us… Continue reading WINNING Short Screenplay: Papalotzin, by Fernanda Cabarcos

CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole Gary: Steve Rizzo Tino: Sean Ballantyne