Performed by Val Cole
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POETRY Reading: Stacy Jones Was Made of Stone, by Cole Wojciechowski-Hardman
Performed by Val Cole
MEMOIR Short Story Reading: The Last Day of her Life, by Max Masure
Performed by Val Cole
Action/Sci-Fi Festival 1st Scene: GOLD MINE, by Andrzej Ciesielski
Logline: In a distant future where immortality and genetic engineering have erased the concept of a family, a reborn scientist defies his sterile society to restore genuine human connection.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
VO Narrator: Val Cole
ENVIRONMENTAL Festival 1st Scene: FIRST LIGHT, by Dylan Brody
A bright child in northern California betrays his Catholic upbringing and protective parents to join forces with a local druid who believes he might just be the one who can save the world from humanity’s worst impulses.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
William: Sean Ballantyne
Marty: Shawn Devlin
Female Festival Best Scene: FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES, by Rosemary Gallagher
Rose is struggling to find that deep connection in her life, compared to her friends she’s the only one without any kids, love or overall success.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Rose: Julie C. Sheppard
Bethany: Hannah Ehman
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DEFEND THE DEEP, 23min., USA
Directed by Richard Allen Charter, Liz Ruben
Documentary about the risks to our oceans from deep seabed mining,

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NO KINGS, 16min., USA
Directed by David Tardiff
NO KINGS, by upcoming filmmaker David Tardiff, encapsulates the “No Kings” movement, march, and rally that took place on 14 June, 2025, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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Podcast: EP. 1620: Screenwriter Jaaered Brown (Eternal Life)
Watch best scene reading: https://youtu.be/lFYy7OmYfPo
Waking in a future with floating cities topping thousands of stories, run by radioactive intelligence, where imagination blends with machine, an amnesiac finds her destiny.
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