Watch 1st Scene Winner: MINSAE: THE DARK KINGDOM, by Jennifer Sparkman

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MINSAE: THE DARK KINGDOM, by Jennifer Sparkman

SYNOPSIS:

In the early 1940s in North Carolina as the soldiers prepare to go to War, Julianne balances the life on the farm with her family and being a showgirl for the army brats.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Helen Kas
JULIANNE – Holly Sarchfield
MARGARET – Laura Kyswaty
DUNKEN – Vincent Marciano
CHESTER – Andy Bridge
HERMAN – David Schaap
RAVENNA – Joan Ban

Watch 1st Scene Winner: JACK’S MERMAID, by Lois Wickstrom

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JACK’S MERMAID, by Lois Wickstrom

SYNOPSIS:

When the mysterious toy store owner gives orphaned Jack a real mermaid, his aunt and uncle must learn the difference between real and imaginary, before the mermaid kidnaps him, and they never see him again.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Helen Kas
JACK – Andy Bridge
BUDDY – Vincent Marciano
BARSIN – David Schaap
DARA – Holly Sarchfield
DOLLY – Laura Kyswaty
GRANDMA – Joan Ban

 

Watch 1st Scene Winner: THE ACE MESSIAH, by Christopher E. Marchant

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THE ACE MESSIAH, by Christopher E. Marchant

SYNOPSIS:

A shop assistant in the world’s most violent city is offered a million dollars by his company bosses in return for taking the lead role in their moneymaking scheme; faking the Second Coming of Christ.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Helen Kas
MIGUEL – Vincent Marciano
FELIPE/JACK – Andy Bridge
FRED/EL GRECO – David Schaap

February 7 2016 Writing Festival

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It’s a matinee festival this week as we will be the pre-game show event for Super Bowl 50. This week the showcase is the best of TV screenplays, plus the February 1st Scene and Short screenplay winners.

Here are the details of the screenplays that will be performed. 

#1 – TV PILOT – MINDWALKER by Thorsten Loos

Genre: Crime, Fantasy/Supernatural, Conspiracy

SYNOPSIS:

When a grad student gets caught in the crossfire of a murder on campus, he finds himself able to travel outside his body, enlisting the help of an unlikely ally to find his way back home.

#2 – TV SPEC of the show THE BIG BANG THEORY by David Minaskanian

Genre: Comedy

SYNOPSIS:

The gang tries to lift Sheldon’s spirits after he suffers a devastating loss.

#3 – SHORT SCRIPT – ANIMAL SKINS by Bryan Ott

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction,

SYNOPSIS:

Vicious wind howls, pelting snow that rips both forest and flesh, as Pim…

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Watch 1st Scene Winner: STILL IN THE GAME by George R. Flowers

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STILL IN THE GAME by George R. Flowers

SYNOPSIS:

In a surreal film-noir dream, BARKLEY wanders down a street, in an animal-centric red-light-district. He banters with a prostitute, and then leaves, revealing that he is wearing no trousers.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Susan Wilson
Barkley – Allan Michael Brunet
Mel – Dan Fox
Hooker – Pip Dwyer
Kelly – Dan Cristofori
Prostitute – Christina Aceto
Karen – Krista Morin

Watch 1st Scene Winner: FLAT PENNIES by Robert Ward

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FLAT PENNIES by Robert Ward

SYNOPSIS:

“Flat Pennies” follows a paraplegic man’s internal and outer struggles – from a lonely existence in a dark apartment filled with a sprawling model railroad all the way to finding love, happiness, and sunshine with the next-door neighbor who’s raising a young child and saddled with an abusive ex-husband.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Susan Wilson
Ian – Dan Fox
Mrs. Guth – Pip Dwyer
Matt/Tyler – Ryan Anning
Antoinette- Christina Aceto

Best of the January 2016 Film Festival: Winners. Themes. Festival Videos

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WILDsound FEEDBACK TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL
Highlights from the Thursday January 28 2016 event.

The theme of the JANUARY 2016 FILM FESTIVAL was:
“MISIDENTIFY”.

Every film showcased on the night was about a mix-up of who someone is or what we have just seen.

AUDIENCE FESTIVAL AWARDS

Best Film: THE MEGA PLUSH

Best Overall Performances: Actors from THE FAUCET

Best Cinematography: ARTIFICIAL

Best Music: The music from YO SOY PEDRO

Watch the FEEDBACK Videos from all 12 films showcased at the festival

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20min, Spain, Sci-Fi/Thriller

festival posterDISAPPEARED
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5min, Canada, Fantasy/Romance

festival posterYO SOY PEDRO
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10min, France, Sci-Fi/Comedy

festival posterTHE MEGA PLUSH
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4min, USA, Animation/Action

festival posterOH MY OH AGAMI
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4min, Egypt, Documentary/Poetry

festival posterLOVE AT FIRST LIGHT
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1min, Ireland, Comedy

festival posterF**KING WORLD
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1min, Italy, Experimental

festival posterBURGLAR
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5min, South Korea, Crime/Action

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Watch 1st Scene Winner: THE SINGING TREE by Marilyn Pesola & Peter Moss

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THE SINGING TREE by Marilyn Pesola & Peter Moss

SYNOPSIS:

From the darkness of war comes the need for one man’s salvation. Civilian stationmaster Kurt Hellmann can’t reconcile the atrocities of war. He blames himself for the death of 123 Jews due to a prank telephone call and, later on, envisions himself as the last Nazi mass murderer. The last straw is when the Nazis shoot the woman he loved, a Jew he had been hiding in his quarters until he could smuggle her out of the country. Too cowardly to stop Rachel’s execution lest he sign his own death warrant, he carves a swastika into his chest as a reminder that he couldn’t save her, then flees the war to seek salvation for all the wrong reasons. In the jungles of Brazil, blinded by the deep void in the center of what he thought were his values, he longs for punishment but does nothing when an opportunity presents itself – until the Nazi hunter of his nightmares shows up with his name on her list, the irony of which is that they become friends. Hellmann’s salvation finally comes from an unexpected source that reunites him with Rachel forever.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Sedina Fiati
Hellman – Jarrid Terrell
Colonel Richter – Robert Notman
Lt. Becker – Steve Rizzo
Voice on Phone – Roman Spera
Soldier – Peter Nelson
Mother – Erynn Brook

Watch 1st Scene Winner: THE UMPIRE HAS NO BALLS by Debbie Bolsky

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THE UMPIRE HAS NO BALLS by Debbie Bolsky

SYNOPSIS:

“The Umpire Has No Balls” is the story of a young woman as she works her way through the umpire ranks to achieve her one goal in life – becoming a major league baseball umpire. Her problem? No woman’s ever broke through the stainless-steel ceiling of the MLB.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Ashley Arnett
Jessie – Melinda Michael
Dutch – John Goodrich
Catcher – Lucas James
Ken Griffrey Jr./Sr. – Andrew Tite

Watch 1st Scene Winner: LEGRAND by Angelina Carkic

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LEGRAND by Angelina Carkic

SYNOPSIS:

LeGrand is about a celebrated French detective who mourns the death of his unrequited love and unable to stay in the place where everywhere he turns he’s reminded of her he plans to leave the country. When a dismembered leg turns up in his antique shop, a hedge for his retirement, LeGrand takes on a last investigation and follows clues to New York.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Ryan Fisher
Legrand – Geoff Mays
Foulard – Andy Bridge
Thibodeau – Andrew Farr
Clair – Holly Sarchfield