Month: April 2018

Short Film: THE FLOWER GATE, 15min., Israel, Fantasy

‘The Flower Gate’ is a magical realist and feminist short film metaphorically exploring oppression and destruction by telling the story of an Israeli-expatriate woman returning to Jerusalem for a visit, only to be confronted by the impact of her choices. Inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, ‘The Shadow’. Film Type: Short Runtime: 15… Continue reading Short Film: THE FLOWER GATE, 15min., Israel, Fantasy

FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of HYPNOS, by Alexandra Dyranis-Maounis & Athanasia Michopoulou

Genre: Fantasy/Sci-Fi Year 2056. A quantum machine named “Phobetor” controls society. Above other measures, dreaming is forbidden and there is absolute control of the allowed limit of sleep to 3-hours per day. Those who rebel by entering REM or a self-induced dream state, most are arrested and punished as traitors. Their penalty, essentially entering their… Continue reading FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of HYPNOS, by Alexandra Dyranis-Maounis & Athanasia Michopoulou

FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of ESCAPE TO PLANET B346, by Tom Thorpe

  Genre: Fantasy/Sci-Fi A virus-infected spaceship transports a farmer to a surreal and frightening world, where he sets out on a perilous journey to rescue his wife from reptilian aliens. CAST LIST: Charles: Gabriel Darku Narrator: Angelica Alejandro William: Brandon Knox Elizabeth: Katelyn Varadi Remy: Charles Gordon ****** Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Director: Matthew Toffolo Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editor: Kimberly… Continue reading FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of ESCAPE TO PLANET B346, by Tom Thorpe

FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of S.F.O., by Lawrence Whitener

  Genre: Fantasy/Sci-Fi Special Forces Order: Over-the-hill futuristic-SEALS recruit and train thrown-away Teens to save an entire planet from slavery. Only way to fight these savages is with Savage-24s through a Black Powder Challenge. One Bad Riot; One Bad-Ass Ranger. CAST LIST: Sam: Angelica Alejandro White: Gabriel Darku Narrator: Carina Cojeen Biker Boss: Brandon Knox Chao: Charles Gordon Get to… Continue reading FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of S.F.O., by Lawrence Whitener

FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of THE PARADOX MAN, by Larry Thomas

Genre: Fantasy/Sci-Fi During an electrical mishap, a father becomes entrapped in a dense cylindrical mass, which sends him into the timeline of a presidential assassination attempt. CAST LIST: Mei: Katelyn Varadi Fuller: Charles Gordon Narrator: Angelica Alejandro Brad: Brandon Knox Joey: Gabriel Darku Get to know the writer:   1. What is your screenplay about? During an electrical mishap, a father… Continue reading FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of THE PARADOX MAN, by Larry Thomas

FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of SPACE TRUCKERS, by Michael D’Ambrosio

  Genre: Fantasy/Sci-Fi Mercenary Mike Colby leads a crew of space truckers against their evil corporate boss (his ex-wife), and the hostile aliens she connives with to control the space trucking industry. Things get rough when Mike falls in love with the captain of the space truckers who seek their independence from the corporation. CAST… Continue reading FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of SPACE TRUCKERS, by Michael D’Ambrosio

FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of 2084, by Virgo Velasquez

  Genre: Fantasy/Sci-Fi In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. CAST LIST: Simon: Charles Gordon Narration: Angelica Alejandro O’Brien: Gabriel Darku Winston Smith: Brandon Knox Get to know the writer:  1. What is your screenplay about? An adaptation of the George Orwell classic “1984”, in a… Continue reading FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of 2084, by Virgo Velasquez

FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of THE GIRL WITH NO BRAIN, by Royce Adkins

  Genre: Fantasy/Sci-Fi An artificial intelligence, implanted into the head of a girl born without a brain, struggles between forming it’s own identity and the identity it was programmed to be. CAST LIST: Miracle: Katelyn Varadi Narrator: Carina Cojeen Linda: Angelica Alejandro Joe: Charles Gordon Get to know the writer:  1. What is your screenplay about? THE GIRL WITH… Continue reading FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of THE GIRL WITH NO BRAIN, by Royce Adkins

FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of UNEARTHLY, by David Dalessandro

The star HD 44179 is surrounded by an extraordinary structure known as the Red Rectangle. It acquired its moniker because of its shape and its apparent colour when seen in early images from Earth. This strikingly detailed new Hubble image reveals how, when seen from space, the nebula, rather than being rectangular, is shaped like an X with additional complex structures of spaced lines of glowing gas, a little like the rungs of a ladder. The star at the centre is similar to the Sun, but at the end of its lifetime, pumping out gas and other material to make the nebula, and giving it the distinctive shape. It also appears that the star is a close binary that is surrounded by a dense torus of dust — both of which may help to explain the very curious shape. Precisely how the central engine of this remarkable and unique object spun the gossamer threads of nebulosity remains mysterious. It is likely that precessing jets of material played a role. The Red Rectangle is an unusual example of what is known as a proto-planetary nebula. These are old stars, on their way to becoming planetary nebulae. Once the expulsion of mass is complete a very hot white dwarf star will remain and its brilliant ultraviolet radiation will cause the surrounding gas to glow. The Red Rectangle is found about 2 300 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros (the Unicorn). The High Resolution Channel of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys captured this view of HD 44179 and the surrounding Red Rectangle nebula — the sharpest view so far. Red light from glowing Hydrogen was captured through the F658N filter and coloured red. Orange-red light over a wider range of wavelengths through a F625W filter was coloured blue. The field of view is about 25 by 20 arcseconds.

  Genre: Fantasy/Sci-Fi In 1902, a US Naval crew encounters an alien entity, with both tragic and surprising results. CAST LIST: Flynn: Brandon Knox Narrator: Angelica Alejandro Caleb: Charles Gordon Redfern: Gabriel Darku Get to know the writer:  1. What is your screenplay about? In 1902, a naval ship encounters an alien intelligence on the Galapagos Islands. After the… Continue reading FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene Reading of UNEARTHLY, by David Dalessandro

FAMILY Feature Screenplay – PIXYLATIONS, by Joe Laudati

Originally posted on FESTIVAL for FAMILY:
Watch the Winning Family Screenplay for February 2017. Winning Screenplay – PIXYLATIONS Written by Joe Laudati CAST LIST: NARRATOR – John Fray FAELA – Cynthia Crofoot KATIE – Victoria Urquhart ELSIE – Andrea Meister MCBRIDE – Brian Carleton SCUFF – Peter Mark Raphael SEAN – Gabriel Cameron SYNOPSIS: Genre:…