BEST SCENE Screenplay Reading: Cleopatra’s Revenge, by Robert Tartell

A snake’s on the loose in Mike Turner’s new house and his wife is really freaking out! CAST LIST: Pam: Katelyn Varadi Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Mike: Sean Ballantyne Ross: Ted Powers — 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… Continue reading BEST SCENE Screenplay Reading: Cleopatra’s Revenge, by Robert Tartell

BEST SCENE Screenplay Reading: The Tattooed Blonde, by Paul Sargia

CAST LIST: Sharon: Miriam Capper Sal: Ted Powers Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Dennis: Gabriel Darku Jon: 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 Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack… Continue reading BEST SCENE Screenplay Reading: The Tattooed Blonde, by Paul Sargia

Winning SHORT Screenplay Reading: SORA NO UMI, by Michele Gentile

Sora No Umi – The Ocean’s Emptiness tells the moving story of Mayumi’s childhood in 1931. A 10-year-old girl from the Japanese island of Okinawa, who later becomes one of the most committed anti-whaling activists. Mayumi grows up as a modest fisherman’s daughter in a small village on the coast. One day Mayumi has an… Continue reading Winning SHORT Screenplay Reading: SORA NO UMI, by Michele Gentile

Best Scene Reading: THE GREATEST HEIGHT, by Helen Marsh

Logline: A rebellious and quirky young woman seeks true love in the form of a do-gooder church boy. However, after heart break and betrayal she finds something much better. She finds God. CAST LIST : Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Church: Hartley O. Gyamfi Rosa: Lada Darewych Stephanie: Jennifer Misiorowski Pastor: Sheldon Graham — Producer/Director: Matthew… Continue reading Best Scene Reading: THE GREATEST HEIGHT, by Helen Marsh

BEST Scene Reading: UNDER THE ROSE, by Jude Quintiere

Logline: During the tumultuous 60s, a vibrant feminist finds love with a celebrated Catholic priest, sparking a fierce war between the Church, the FBI, and a man who lived by the code, “Once a priest, always a priest”. Based on a true story. CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Flavia: Jennifer Misiorowski Fatheer Flanagan: Joseph… Continue reading BEST Scene Reading: UNDER THE ROSE, by Jude Quintiere

Best Scene Reading: STANE, by Frank Mancuso

Logline: 2 former military buddies become cops and when his partner is killed while working undercover with the DEA, he and his team will stop at nothing to get justice. CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Leon: Hartley O. Gyamfi Monty: Joseph Ferrari Vega: Sheldon Graham   — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo,… Continue reading Best Scene Reading: STANE, by Frank Mancuso

Best Scene Reading: 30 Days a Black Man, by Bill Steigerwald

In 1948 a daring white newspaperman from Pittsburgh disguises himself as a black man and goes undercover for a month in the Jim Crow South. What he sees makes him ashamed to be an American. What he writes wakes up the whole country. What he and the brilliant black leader who protected him from the… Continue reading Best Scene Reading: 30 Days a Black Man, by Bill Steigerwald

BEST Scene Reading: BOL RADHA, by Dolar Vasani

Title: Bol Radha (speak Radha) By: Dolar Vasani Logline: A musical drama of love, loss and longing – Radha is separated from her sweetheart following the expulsion of all Asians by President Idi Amin from Uganda in 1972. Genre: Drama Type: Feature Screenplay CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Shiv: Hartley O. Gyamfi Radha: Jennifer… Continue reading BEST Scene Reading: BOL RADHA, by Dolar Vasani

BEST Scene Reading: EYES OF A SWAMI, by Kim Renner

Liv seeks out change in her life. She knows there is something missing, and that these issues lie within her deep past. She embarks on a journey to an ashram in India where she learns healing through yoga. She fills her missing father-figure void with an unlikely person. When she is violated by a teacher… Continue reading BEST Scene Reading: EYES OF A SWAMI, by Kim Renner

Best Scene Reading: Good Movie In The Luck Business, by Dylan Stagno

After a communist screenwriter is killed, his latest script comes incidentally in two B movie producers’ possession. Despite the fears of defying state politics, their desperation convinces them to actually try and make this project happen. CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Curt: Hartley O. Gyamfi Eli: Joseph Ferrari Leland: Shawn Devlin Dickie: Sheldon Graham… Continue reading Best Scene Reading: Good Movie In The Luck Business, by Dylan Stagno