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1st Scene Screenplay Reading: PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS, by Brendan O’Connell

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The opening sequence between Helen and the recorded Emergency Operator creates an unsettling feeling of visual dissonance for the audience, particuarly when the “perky muzak” overtakes the heavy breathing and awkward moments of silence.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf
EMERGENCY OPERATOR (F): Hannah Ehman
HELEN (F): Val Cole
Recorded Voice and WOMAN (F): Kyana Teresa
EILEEN (F): Alicia Ryan

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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

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1st Scene Screenplay Reading: Day of the Bad Hair, by Jason Stratton

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A plucky small town girl must defend her home from a pack of carnivorous (and hairy!) alien outlaws.

CAST LIST:

Tawny – Tracy Rowland
NARRATION – Neil Bennett
Babs – Krista Barzso
Jimmy – Marcus Bernacci
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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

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1st Scene Screenplay Reading: Acceptance, by Laurent Auclair

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In the USA after a bad break-up, Sydneysider Michael meets Eve and agrees to join her in a road trip across the States to see the locations where his favourite movies have been filmed. The cathartic journey will allow them both to face their troubled past and to move on to a better future.

CAST LIST:

Backpacker – Marcus Bernacci
Backpacker – Rebecca MacDonald
NARRATION – Neil Bennett
Michael – David Jackson
Eve – Krista Barzso

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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

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1st Scene Script Reading: The Soul Reason, by Roy Tuck

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All Jim wants out of life is to do a job he’s proud of and to provide for his family. The one he’s been highly trained to do. Jim’s job just happens be the taking and recycling souls. One day, “on the job” an accident takes place that threatens to permanently alter his life and life on Earth.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Jim: Sean Ballantyne
Receptionist: Mercedez De Castro

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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

1st Scene Screenplay Reading: DON’T TELL A SOUL, by Dan Stone

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A spirit possesses the body of a high-school student and seduces other teens, feeding on their souls if they ‘tell,’ but things get complicated when she befriends a new kid in town as she tries to elude three bounty hunters.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

Ian: David Jackson
Priest: Ron Boyd
Olivia: Lyndsay Clarkson
Head Nurse: Victoria Murdoch

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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

1st Scene Screenplay Reading: Amateurs, by Alice Hartzog

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Genre: Comedy

Returning to his hometown following a disastrous breakup, a former rock star tries to redeem himself by helping others–and finds himself entangled in an unlikely romance

CAST LIST:

Drew: Sean Ballatyne
Davis: Gene Abella
Narrator: Laura Kyswaty
Hayes: Ted Powers
Shawna: Kiran Friesen
Punk Girl: Caroline Concordia
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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

1st Scene Screenplay Reading of Kyds Game by Marc Rosenberg

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An ex-CIA operative is recruited to collect damning video evidence that could turn the Russian population against its current President, but finds himself caught in a web of deceit and danger.

CAST LIST:

Wexler: Kevin Robinson
Boy Rebel: Kevin Gabel
Narration: Laura Kyswaty
Supervisor: Peter Nelson
Girl/Camera: Emily Weir

Marc Rosenberg is an American screenwriter and producer, with professional roots in Australia. Rosenberg currently splits his time between Los Angeles and Sydney,[1] having taught screenwriting and film production in the U.S., India, Norway, China and Australia.Rosenberg has contributed to Film International Magazine and written a screenwriting guide, The Screenplay Tree: Story Structure Made Easy.

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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Kyle Drier, John Johnson

Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy

Camera Operators: Hugh Fraser, Andy Camp, Aser Santos Jr., Zack Arch

1st Scene Reading of MARKED by Leah Pollack

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A mysterious outlaw called the “Wolf of the West” has been wreaking havoc upon settlers in the budding frontier. David Kessler, an aspiring paranormal scientist believes the Wolf is supernatural and journeys out West to prove it and to document any other strange phenomena he sees. Along the way he joins forces with Winnona Argento, a young woman who is more than she seems and Federal Marshal Travis Crabtree, a hardened but honorable lawman. Together they travel the West and face against myths, legends, and monsters as well as outlaws and bandits while at the same time learning to find the balance between pacifism and survival in this harsh terrain and time period.

CAST LIST:

Ticket Man:  Geoff Mays
Father:  Russell Batcher
Narrator: Kat Smiley
Sybil: Tiffany Davidson
Tobias: Bryan Kling
Mother: Katelyn Vanier

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Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Director: Matthew Toffolo

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Camera Op: Mary Cox

1st Scene Reading – LOVERS IN PARADISE, by Meg Bowen

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Genre: Romance, Crime, Action

A bank robbery goes awry and our two criminals have to steal a getaway car. Except there’s a girl tied up in the trunk, who might just be their best chance at walk-away money.

CAST LIST:

Janine: Alicia Payne
Kip: Dorian Shine
Narrator: Val Cole
Brad: Jolly Amoako
Juliette: Amrit Kaur

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Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Director: Kierston Drier

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Camera Op: Mary Cox

1st Scene Reading – UNTIL THE DAY, by Craig Andrews

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Genre: Drama

It is the spring of 1884 and Christine Lockhart, the daughter of a doctor, has just graduated with dreams of forging her own path in the world, taking charge of her decisions and loving a man of her choosing. Michael Karg, the son of a butcher, has simple ambitions and rose-colored optimism about courting Christine. The cloud on the horizon for both Christine and Michael is Christine’s money-hungry father.

CAST LIST:

Beverly: Zena Driver
Michael: Dorian Shine
Narrator: Val Cole
Christine: Amrit Kaur
Carolyn: Alicia Payne

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Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Director: Kierston Drier

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Camera Op: Mary Cox