Watch the May 2016 Winning Short Screenplay.

CARRION Short Screenplay:

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Drama, Family

CARRION is a dramatic short film about two 11-year-old girls who scour the crumbling streets of Detroit looking for items needed to perform black magic against their abusive foster father.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Sean Ballantyne
LUCIA/MAMA JO – Lavinia Latham
WREN – Isabella Bontorin
OTIS – Mark Sparks

Get to know writer Karen Palmer:

What is your screenplay about?

“Carrion” is about two 11 year-old-girls who scavenge the streets of Detroit looking for items to perform witchcraft against their abusive foster father.

Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

It’s a hopeful story, told in a place and through a premise that initially seem pretty bleak. We could use more stories like that!

How would you describe this script in two words?

Emotionally powerful.

What movie have you seen the most times in…

This week’s writing festival is showcasing the best of TV screenplays from around the world. We are showcasing a Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV PILOT, a Sitcom/Comedy TV PILOT, and a spec screenplay from the hit television show “The Mindy Project”.

Here are the details of the scripts we’ll be performing: 

#1 TV PILOT: THE REAPER: REBELLION “AFTERLIFE” by Mark S. MacDonald and Darsey Meredith

Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy

Synopsis: 

Eva, who may or may not be Eve from the Book of Genesis, inadvertently creates Death in the world by inciting her siblings and lover to eat the Divine Apple from the Tree of Life.  It’s an interesting spin on the immortal story about how the humans lost paradise and incurred the wrath of God.

#2 TV PILOT: SMITHEREENS by Hersh Rephun

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: 

The story of a man, in pieces: This one-hour episodic dramedy series chronicles the journey of a man fished out…

WILDsound Announces its 3 Feature Screenplay Winners for April 2016. Each script was performed by professional actors at the festival. Watch now:

#1 – Feature Screenplay – CATCH THE DEVIL
April 2016 Reading
Written by Martin Blinder

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: History, War, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: A Civil War true adventure tale of three Union soldiers, the first winners of a Congressional Medal of Honor, whose audacity and bravery trumped the superior lethal technology of the Confederate South in their daring raid into the heart of Dixie.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Danielle Nicole
EVERETT – Geoff Mays
MABEL – Scott McCulloch
VARIOUS – Hugh Ritchie

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#2 – Feature Screenplay – DEAD NORTH
April 2016 Reading
Written by Alexander Nachaj

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Horror, Comedy, Adventure

Survivors battle zombies and rival groups in post-apocalyptic Northern Canada

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Frances Townend
OWEN – Rob Notman
MAG – Christina Santos
PILOT – Kaleb…

Watch the winning writing festival novels, stories, films, and screenplays for April 2016.