Title of Story: Special Needs

Written by: Eileen Lynch

Logline: A disgraced Chicago detective finds redemption when he unravels the disappearance an autistic seventeeen-year-old boy.

Genre: Realistic fiction

Type: Novel

Title of Story: Drones

Written by: Ferdinando Gattuccio

Logline: A family of drones. Little Lucas, disobeying his parents, flies over a secret military base but is shot down and captured. To save him, his family, with the help of extraordinary people, will accidentally discover and foil an international plot.

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family.

Type: Feature Screenplay

Logline: A well-meaning small town Mayor gets in over her head as she promises to bring a semi-pro baseball team to her broken down community.
By Bob Dawson

This is a ½ hour single-cam family comedy TV Pilot in the vein of Northern Exposure meets Bull Durham.

The pilot follows Heidi (the Mayor) struggle to find a campaign issue that will resonate with the eclectic town community as she runs for re-election. The stakes increase after her promise to bring a semi-pro baseball team gets threatened by her nemesis.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Val Cole
Pete: Geoff Mays
Director: Pascale Behrman
Boss: Shawn Devlin

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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

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Val Cole
Joe: Shawn Devlin
Pete: Geoff Mays

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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

In 2050, during a revolution, a government secret agent must protect a young girl who could ultimately end civilization or save the world, only one problem, she only speaks in hip hop lyrics.

CAST LIST:

Terminal Voice: Shawn Devlin
Narrator: Val Cole
Adam: Biden Hall
Imani: Aliya Hamid

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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

CAST LIST:

Joey: Geoff Mays
Narrator: Val Cole
Jon: Biden Hall
Jay: Shawn Devlin

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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

Editor & Visual Design by Kimberly Villarruel

Produced by Matthew Toffolo

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Manny Pacheco
LANA: Lindy Thurrell
MALE 1 – Steve Rizzo
MALE 2 – Matt Barnes

Synopsis for excerpt – Lana’s World

14 year old LANA has survived the quakes that destroyed the region, the apparent loss of both her parents and finally, the loss of her sister. Now only her manically active imagination keeps her sane as she and her grumpy dog scavenge food, hide from human predators and dodge the monsters that appeared after the quakes.

Through it all, Lana refuses to give up, so when she and Rocky are in the park preparing to hide for the night, Lana is still creating ridiculous advertisements in her mind.

Even when two predatory men stalking her find her hideout later, Lana is not going down without a fight.

And when she looks over at the next…

Watch the winning readings performed by professional actors.

Feature Film: DRONES, by Ferdinando Gattuccio
Feature Film: DRONES, by Ferdinando Gattuccio

Feature Film: Better Days, by Kevin Van Norren
https://storypitches.com/2020/01/25/feature-film-better-days-by-kevin-van-norren/

Feature Film: Because it’s natural, by Prasad Babu Kanikalla
https://storypitches.com/2020/01/25/feature-film-because-its-natural-by-prasad-babu-kanikalla/

Feature Film: On the Corner of Eden and Grace, by Marsha Rosenzweig Pincus
https://storypitches.com/2020/01/25/feature-film-on-the-corner-of-eden-and-grace-by-marsha-rosenzweig-pincus/

Feature Film: RUNAWAY SHIP, by Theodore Carl Soderberg
https://storypitches.com/2020/01/25/feature-film-runaway-ship-by-theodore-carl-soderberg/

Feature Script: PORNO MANIFESTO, by Kyle Michel Sullivan
https://storypitches.com/2020/01/25/feature-script-porno-manifesto-by-kyle-michel-sullivan/

Feature Script: THE THIRD DAY, by Teleah Moore
https://storypitches.com/2020/01/25/feature-script-the-third-day-by-teleah-moore/

Feature Script: Dream City, by Andrew S. Fisk
https://storypitches.com/2020/01/25/feature-script-dream-city-by-andrew-s-fisk/

Feature Script: THREE TONYS, by Dale K. Pitman
https://storypitches.com/2020/01/25/feature-script-three-tonys-by-dale-k-pitman/

1st Scene Festival Feature Script: Secret Library, by Laurel King
https://storypitches.com/2020/01/25/1st-scene-festival-feature-script-secret-library-by-laurel-king/

Watch the winning readings performed by professional actors.

Female Festival Feature Script: The Pursuit of Redemption, by Mohsen j
https://storypitches.com/2020/01/25/female-festival-feature-script-the-pursuit-of-redemption-by-mohsen-j/

Female Festival Short Script: Shame or Honor, by Ceri Thomas-Davies
https://storypitches.com/2020/01/25/female-festival-short-script-shame-or-honor-by-ceri-thomas-davies/

Female Festival Feature Script: Eagle Rock, by Eleanor Wells
https://storypitches.com/2020/01/25/female-festival-feature-script-eagle-rock-by-eleanor-wells/

Female Festival Short Script: The Photographer, by Danielle Lima
https://storypitches.com/2020/01/25/female-festival-short-script-the-photographer-by-danielle-lima/

Female Festival Feature Script: Calber Island, by Kristen Butler & Jacob Johnston
https://storypitches.com/2020/01/25/female-festival-feature-script-calber-island-by-kristen-butler-jacob-johnston/