GOING NATIVE! is a winning TV PILOT screenplay. A satire following a group of Taínos (indigenous Puerto Ricans) whose lives are forever changed when introduced to America’s first douchebag – Christopher Columbus.

WATCH the Winning best scene reading of GOING NATIVE!

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Christopher Columbus: Sean Ballantyne
Craig: Steve Rizzo

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JUBILEE NATION is a WILDsound winning screenplay. The production company turned the entire screenplay into a “Script Movie”, the longest production of our unique genre to date.

“Jubilee Nation” is an alternative history political erotic thriller set in a utopian 1960’s fictional black nation, where the Civil War resulted in a different outcome, and the South is ceded to the slaves forming a separate black nation after the war.

Watch the Screenplay Movie on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOZGNs0gjCg

The story focuses on a tormented black journalist, plagued by an addiction to sado-masochistic sex, who’s sexual perversions lead him to discover a plot to overthrow the country when he enlists the help of his faithful white servant to foil the conspiracy. It has elements of love, sex, reverse discrimination, corruption, and violence in its story plot. It is a nostalgic look at what could have been America if it had a radically different history.

Conversation with screenwriter Henry Myers on the writing of the script.

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KURT & BLEST is a winning COMEDY Festival TV screenplay.

Conversation with screenwriter David Gray on his journey as a writer.

When an Angel and a Demon decide to open a restaurant, they did not expect that working with humans would be their biggest challenge.

Watch the Screenplay Reading:

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
LIVE: Hannah Ehman
IZZY: Sean Ballantyne
BOY/JAKE: Steve Rizzo
MOTHER/GOD: Kyana Teresa

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MISFORTUNE COOKIES is the 2021 winning HORROR Festival screenplay. Conversation with writer Don Stroud on the process writing the screenplay, followed by the best scene reading.

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After killing an elderly Chinese chef during a botched robbery, a desperate teenager and her redneck cohorts struggle to stay alive when the chef's spirit returns from the grave, brutally picking them off one-by-one with fortune cookie-themed deaths.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

RUDY RAY: Steve Rizzo

DELMER: Geoff Mays

GARNELL: Allan Michael Brunet

PANSY: Kyana Teresa

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“Intergalactic Io” was the winning feature screenplay for 2021 at the LGBTQ+ Film & Screenplay Festival. Conversation with writer Seth Nesenholtz on the process of writing this screenplay and the art of writing “camp” movies.

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Space thief Io finds herself caught in a galactic war while attempting to sell a stolen crystal. Now the most wanted person in the galaxy, she races against the clock to save her alien dog and face responsibility for the war she inadvertently started.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
DOMINATRIA: Val Cole
NIRYAT: Julie Sheppard

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TAGS was the POLITICAL Festival winning screenplay. Conversation with screenwriter Stephen Glickman on the process writing the TAGS.

“A young woman abandons her dying mother to free laboratory animals; capturing the world’s attention and forever changing the vivisection industry (based on real events)...”

You can WATCH the Screenplay Reading HERE

CAST LIST:

Narration: Steve Rizzo

Sarah: Hannah Ehman

Marcu: Bill Poulin

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JEWELS OF LIGHT is a TV PILOT screenplay winner. Interview with screenwriter Tessie Herrasti on the process and journey writing the pilot. Followed by the audio version best scene reading.

“In the world of Upprunkna, a guilt-ridden elven warrior is tasked with the care of a powerful and untrusting royal. Together, they begin a journey that will unite the most adventurous beings of the different realms and force them to work together in order to restore the vital energies of a darkening era. But, one of them holds an ominous secret.”

Watch the BEST SCENE Reading

CAST LIST:

Narration: Steve Rizzo

Mullion: Bill Poulin

Thulia: Kyana Teresa

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THE SPLIT was the CRIME/MYSTERY 2021 Winning Screenplay.

Conversation with writer Nicola Green on the process writing this screenplay. Followed by the best scene reading (audio version) of the script.

“Based on true events, this is the story of three lives intertwined; a 1960's London sporting hero turned gold thief, a sick child and a grieving daughter, determined to uncover her family's secrets, finding far more than she ever could have bargained for.”

WATCH the Best Scene Reading:

CAST LIST:

Narration: Steve Rizzo

Paula: Hannah Ehman

Frank: Geoff Mays

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BORDER FLESH was the DIVERSITY Festival winning screenplay for 2021.

“After losing his brother and the only family he has left, 14-year-old Connor encounters Fernanda and her 13-year-old daughter, Bárbara. Both women are Mexican and don't speak a word of English. Connor, Fernanda and Bárbara must communicate as best they can to survive zombie apocalypse at the México-U.S. border. When they all decide to head North, a series of events unfolds that will ultimately lead Bárbara and Connor to unexpected encounters and unwanted confrontations.”

You can watch the 1st Scene Reading HERE

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Dustin: Geoff Mays

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SERIAL was the winning September 2021 Feature Screenplay from the CRIME/MYSTERY Festival.

Conversation with writer Robert Benjamin on the process writing SERIAL, followed by a best scene reading from the script. We also dive into the feature film, BLOODY HELL, that he wrote, and his past editing for UFC.

You can watch the Best Scene Reading HERE

The peaceful life of a kind, old retiree is thrust into anguish and peril when it is disrupted by a present day serial killer. Following the connections, this otherwise trusting father can only suspect that the brutal killings have been at the hands of his own flesh and blood. His eldest son.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Steve Rizzo
Rebecca: Hannah Ehman
Helmer: Geoff Mays
Bradley: Bill Poulin

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“A Package Of Dreams”, is a short animated script, is about a six-year-old boy, Andrew who dreams of becoming a horror host when he grows up. But, by the time he’s in his early twenties, that life long dream gets derailed. His father has arranged for Andrew to work at the same package delivery service as he does.

Conversation with Bradley M. Look on his prosperous writing career, following by the best scene reading of his screenplay. You can watch the video version HERE

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Uncle Icky (M-50s): Steve Rizzo
ARCHAELOGIST #1 (M-30s): Geoff Mays
ARCHAELOGIST #2 (F-30s): Hannah

Bradley is also an accomplished makeup artist in Hollywood who has worked on over 63 productions, including The Hunger Games and Star Trek franchises. You can see his full resume on IMDB.

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FINDING EDEN is an award winning screenplay. “Captured along with 30 female asylum-seekers by modern-day pirates on a remote utopian island, Captain Anna Kruger struggles to escape while her rescue ship’s crew attempts to unite warring African, Arab and Asian villages to mount a rescue.”

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Conversation with Brad Dude on the process writing this screenplay. Followed by the 1st scene reading of the script.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Chike: Bill Poulin
Desta: Geoff Mays
Kruger: Hannah Ehman
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THE SURGE is the winning ENVIRONMENTAL Festival screenplay.

Conversation with writer David Cooper on the process of writing the screenplay, plus his time running for office in Georgia. Followed by best scene reading of the screenplay.

You can watch the video best scene reading of THE SURGE - HERE

“John O’Neal wants to change the world to honor his dead mother and to spite his abusive father—while getting very, very rich. Following a worldwide Global Warming catastrophe, he loses his invention to a deep conspiracy and becomes an eco-terrorist—until he uncovers the truth.”

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo
O’Neal: Geoff Mays
Foster: Andy Camp
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EL ALACRAN is the winner feature screenplay from the Female Film Festival.

“After being stung by a scorpion during a holiday in Mexico, Lexie uses newfound superpowers to wreak revenge on men who have crossed her, ridding her world of toxic waste ... one asshole at a time..”

Interview with writer Julie Miller and best scene reading afterwards.

WATCH the Best Scene Reading of EL ALACRAN HERE

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Lexie: Hannah Ehman
Cassidy: Kyana Teresa
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DIARY ROOM was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the August 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. “While abroad, Sam encounters a handful of strangers who inadvertently guide him in confronting the deep, dark truths he revealed on the reality show Big Brother”.

Playing at the LGBTQ+ Film Festival that you can watch for FREE right now HERE.

Conversation with the screenwriter and star of DIARY ROOM, Brett Epstein, on the process making this film.

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“Jubilee Nation” is an erotic thriller about a political conspiracy that takes place in a fictional 1960’s all-black nation created in the aftermath of the Civil War. It is what the world would look like if reimagined through an alternate historical lens.

Conversation with writer Henry Myers on the process writing this screenplay, with best scene reading afterwards.

Watch the best scene reading.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Hannah Ehman
Newscaster: Geoff Mays
Symington: Allan Michael Brunet
Farnsworth: Bill Poulin

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FIX ME is the winning SHORT Screenplay from the 1st Scene & Short Script Festival. Interview with writer Aubree Sweeney on the process writing this story with the first scene reading after.

WATCH the 1st Scene Reading HERE

CAST LIST:

Narration: Allison
Arianna: Kyana Teresa
Miss Walker/Sara: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Mason: Allan Michael Brunet
Dr. Ruffalo/Tammy: Hannah Ehman
Tom/Isaac/John: Bill Poulin
Larry/Jack/Homeless Man: Shawn Devlin

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KING is a LGBTQ+ TV PILOT Screening Winner. “After landing a coveted junior associate position at a prestigious law firm, a freshly minted lawyer must navigate the harsh reality of working for one of D.C.’s top firms, all while uncovering a dark family secret buried under decades of carefully cultivated deceit.”

Conversation with Jessica L. Folk on the process writing this screenplay. BEST SCENE audio version reading of the script after the interview.

Watch the Best Scene Reading HERE

CAST LIST:

Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Ollie: Kyana Teresa
Sage: Hannah Ehman

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ANOTHER DAY was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the June 2021 ROMANCE Film Festival. You can watch the festival for FREE today HERE

“Sam and Sinéad play out their past but something is different this time round.”

Conversation with the writer and star of the film, Alan Hall, on the process making this winning film.

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NECROPOLIS is an award winning TV PILOT screenplay. Conversation with writer Caledonia Hanson on the process writing this series and the process making it happen. Followed by audio version best scene reading of the script after the interview.

WATCH the video of the best scene reading.

Necropolis: A violent and seedy hell on earth, the part of the city everyone warns you about. When 18-year-old Eddie Soreno ventures into this insidious place to uncover the truth of his father’s past, only his sister, Maria, holds hope that he will return alive. Against the clock, Maria goes in after him, willingly risking her life so that her brother won’t suffer the same fate as their father.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Horaz: Sean Ballantyne
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