Year: 2018
Screenplay Festival: February 1, 2018 Event
The FEEDBACK Screenplay Festival’s 5th event of 2018 features a full reading of a historical bio-pic feature screenplay that is considered one of the top spec scripts in the world today. Plus, readings of 8 1st scene readings.
If there was a theme to this evening, it would be “Taking back what is rightfully yours”.
Full cast: Rob Notman, Kerrie Lamb, Carina Cojeen, Charles Gordon, Ida Jagaric, Andrea Meister, Jarod Terrell, Sean C. Dwyer.
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Feature Screenplay – THE DISPLACED, by Renata Manzo Scruggs
Genre: Drama, History
In 1930’s Virginia, a widow battles the government when it seizes her land to create Shenandoah National Park.
CAST LIST:
Ginny: Andrea Meister
Lebo: Jarod Terrell
Owen: Rob Notman
Narrator: Carina Cojeen
Carter: Sean C. Dwyer
Esme: Kerrie Lamb
Will: Charles Gordon
Addie: Ida Jagaric
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ROMANCE 1st Scene Script – SOMETHING LIKE FATE, by…
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THRILLER Best Scene Reading, of CONTINENTALIS, by Aurèle N’DJA
CAST LIST:
Gaut – Sean Ballantyne
Benjamin – Hugh Ritchie
Narration – Julie C. Sheppard
Liza – Lada Darewych
May – Victoria Urquhart
Zach – Geoff Mays
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
The story is set up in a post-apocalyptic drought ridden world; where a man who’s determined to prove his father innocent of a crime he didn’t commit finds himself involved in the very same dirty deeds his father is accused of.
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
It’s a sci fi thriller feature screenplay.
3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
I believe the story offers a good entertainment. This screenplay is the first installment of a saga and I think that such a franchise would be welcome by the audience. It treats about teleportation, water resources; and on a human perspective, about trust, love, devotion, self-confidence…
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THRILLER Best Scene Reading of MODUS OPERANDI, by James Helsing
CAST LIST:
Irene – Julie C. Sheppard
Vincent 30s – Hugh Ritchie
Narration – Victoria Urquhart
Stoughton 60s – Sean Ballantyne
Roman 30s – Geoff Mays
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
An unorthodox female Scotland Yard Inspector and a troubled San Francisco detective suspect his club dancer boyfriend is behind a series of grisly murders that recreate Jack the Ripper’s crimes.
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Murder Mystery/Erotic Thriller
3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
“Modus Operandi” is diverse and embraces colorblind casting. My male leads are Latino and my leading lady is over 70. There is a dwarf and a hearing-impaired character, as well – both are police officers and figure prominently into the plot. And for the financiers out there: there are no car chases, heavy CGI or explosions! Plus: everybody loves a good mystery.
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THRILLER Best Scene Reading of RUNNING WITH WOLVES, by T.J. Chester
CAST LIST
Derrick (m) – Hugh Ritchie
Rae (f) – Lada Darewych
Narration – Sean Ballantyne
Red (m) – Geoff Mays
China (f) – Julie C. Sheppard
Bay Bay (f) – Victoria Urquhart
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
After being evicted from her home, a promiscuous young woman is forced into a life of crime, aiding her companions in committing armed robberies, but when she has a change of heart and needs to find a way out, fear and desperation keep her at their side.
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
My screenplay falls under Action/Crime/Thriller genres.
3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
This screenplay should be made into a movie because no one is doing anything like it right now; three, young, African-American, women go on a vicious crime spree for reasons other than being poor…
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THRILLER Best Scene Reading of CURIOUS BUDDIES, by Janet Caulfield
CAST LIST:
Operator – Lada Darewych
Josh – Hugh Ritchie
Narration – Julie C. Sheppard
Bill – Geoff Mays
Anna – Victoria Urquhart
Police Chief – Sean Ballantyne
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Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com
Director: Kierston Drier
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson
Camera Operator: Mary Cox
THRILLER Best Scene Reading of BAY WINDOW, by Bryan Farrell
CAST LIST:
Morgan (f) – Lada Darewych
John Anglin – Hugh Ritchie
Narration – Victoria Urquhart
Morris – Geoff Mays
Pierce – Sean Ballantyne
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
A man who finds and loses the love of his life, while doing his job as a detective: solving a murder that leads to uncovering the mystery behind Alcatraz’s most famous escape.
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Mystery/Noir/Crime
3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
Picks up where a great movie left off: Escape from Alcatraz. Captures the imagination as it takes the audiences on an adventure of solving a great mystery, as a roller coaster romance unfolds. Appeals to wide range of audience members and brings back to mind the classic noir films of Hitchcock and Huston/Hammett while adding edgy modern tones.
4. How would you describe…
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