Argentinian writer Gabriel De Lara receives national success with his novel, but in the wake of tragedy he struggles to produce the next best-seller. When a young, Canadian translator shows up at his door, he immediately recognizes that she is different. Catherine’s intentions are unclear at first, but she becomes instrumental in his creative process, […]

via SCI-FI 1st Scene Screenplay Reading: URRACA, by Eva Everett Irving — Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL

A huntsman battles a brutal winter and the spirits that inhabit the forest around his family’s home. CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Kyle Drier, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Denissa Palmer, Temitope […]

via SCI-Fi/FANTASY Short Screenplay Reading: The Last Breath Of Winter, by Thom Holland — Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL

Plans for a weekend of off-roading on a family ranch becomes a struggle of life and death when a young woman and her girlfriends encounter a mysterious trespasser. CAST LIST: NARRATION – GENE ABELA Sherriff Mack (50s) – 5 – SEAN BALLANTYNE Sandy – 14 – SARAH DESOUZA-COELHO Tina – 10 – JULIE C. […]

via Winning Sci-Fi Short Screenplay: A Trespasser on Rancho Rivera, by Douglas Harms, Joe D’Leon — Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL

CAST LIST: NARRATION – DIANA FRANZ Roy Hermus – 42 – SEAN BALLANTYNE Princess QQ – 43 – SARAH DESOUZA-COELHO — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, […]

via FANTASY Best Scene Reading: Roy Hermus Meets Princess QQ, by J. David Thayer — Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL

Extraterrestrials stranded on Earth live in people’s pools. CAST LIST: NARRATION – SARAH DESOUZA-COELHO Ray – 22 – THOMAS FOURMIER Vikki – 19 – DIANA FRANZ Crosby – 2 – SEAN BALLANTYNE — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival […]

via SCI-FI Best Scene Reading: Ray in Space, by John Celona — Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL

After the End is the story of a near future humanity misled to surrender to a technologically advanced alien race, the Enkidos, who promise beneficence, But whose real agenda is to enslave it and dominate Earth, to replace their own dying planet Durenki. CAST LIST: NARRATION – JULIE C. SHEPPARD Elaine – 23 – SARAH […]

via SCI-FI Best Scene Reading: After the End, by Dalia Gal — Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL

The ceasefire in the war between Earth and the citizens on nearby space colonies is jeopardized when a freighter on a diplomatic mission goes missing and former enemies Aleksey Amhail and Benjamin Thomas must put aside their differences to find the ship and preserve the peace. CAST LIST: Torque: Trevor Howes Abigail: Veronika Gribanova Rockaway: […]

via Winning Sci-Fi TV Pilot Screenplay: NOVA: FIRST FLIGHT, by Rachel Fischer — Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL

An orphaned street girl with mysterious time-traveling abilities battles future humans across time and space in a deadly fight for not only her future, but that of humanity’s. CAST LIST: Nurse: Olivia Barrett Warden: Ted Powers Narrator: Val Cole Alison: Mercedez De Castro Derek: Wilfred Lee Jim: Trevor Howes — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: […]

via SCI-FI BEST Scene Reading: Girl Out of Time, by Jay J. Falconer — Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL

A plane carrying two prisoners crash lands in North Carolina where hunters Ethan, Tommy and Dale come to their assistance. Major Reynolds and one prisoner, the attractive Amber, are the only survivors and are taken back to their hut. But the injured Reynolds warns Ethan that Amber is dangerous, and that the second prisoner must […]

via SCI-FI Best Scene Reading: MIMICS, by John Saunders — Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL

CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Awan: Hartley O. Gyamfi Woodsman: Shawn Devlin — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch

via SCI-FI Best Scene Reading: IN THE CHILL OF THE NIGHT, by Adam Norby — Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL