Here is the list of 2023 screenplay winners from the LA LGBTQ+ Festival.
Watch the 9 winning screenplay best scene readings:
THE PUPIL’S LASH, by Diana Smith
A murdered artist is given one more day to live, on the condition that he create a painting of pure beauty and destroy his latest work, a sculpture imbued with evil powers.
NOT TONIGHT, by Lisa Triano
A story of abuse and love.
LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene Reading: NOT TONIGHT, by Lisa Triano
HERMANA, by Jordan Iver Broberg
Eden, a closeted Mormon, is called to serve a mission in South America, but when her best friend kisses her the night before she leaves, everything she has ever known to be true is now in question.
VICE VERSA, by Jason Lajoie
Set in 1947 Los Angeles and based on true events, a young woman uses her free time as a secretary at a movie studio to secretly produce the first gay magazine in the United States, Vice Versa, finding a community and herself in the process.
LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene Script: Vice Versa, by Jason Lajoie
POSTMAN, by Anthony DiVastanzo
When the opportunity to move forward arrives at his doorstep, a mortician must decide whether to heal or hide.
LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene Script: POSTMAN, by Anthony DiVastanzo
HOW NOT TO WRITE A ROMANCE NOVEL, Suzy Stein, Fernando Perez
The world’s greatest romance novelist has given up on love due to long-standing grief, but will his blossoming relationship with a younger man lead to a new chapter or the same tragic ending.
LGBTQ+ BEST Scene: HOW NOT TO WRITE A ROMANCE NOVEL, Suzy Stein, Fernando Perez
GOOFY FOOT, by Richard Redlo
Eliot Glassman, 15, openly gay and precocious, becomes emancipated from his suburban parents and friends, following incidents of physical abuse. Freed from his troubled suburban origins, he navigates (often on a skateboard) the dangers and delights of his new urban surroundings. Through it all, Eliot remains a positive life-force -– the ultimate wise ass, the enemy of poseurs, the ironic (often unreliable) narrator of his own amazing story.
AZALEA, by Nate Raven
A gay couple struggles with the challenges of adoption, while a single woman who runs her own business navigates the complexities of an accidental pregnancy.
ALL THE COOL KIDS, by Jennifer C Clark
A closeted teen football star, Harley Harris, discovers his friends and fellow townsfolk are being replaced by demonic shapeshifters, and he is next! Together with, out and proud friend, Tessa, Harley must break the demon’s curse before his identity and life are lost forever.
LGBTQ+ Festival BEST Scene Reading: ALL THE COOL KIDS, by Jennifer C Clark
LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival 