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Festival occurring twice a year. In Toronto in June. And in Los Angeles in September. Showcasing the best of LGBT Short Films and Screenplays from around the world.

Poetry Movie: INDIAN SUMMER by Vihang A. Naik

Originally posted on POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film. :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIkFXUaKwE0 Poetry by Vihang A. Naik Narrator: Matt Barnes Visual Design by Kimberly Villaruel Produced by Matthew Toffolo

LGBT Best Scene Reading of Adulthood by Sam Morgan Macneil

Three queers and a hetero graduate from college – falling off the marshmallowy field of secure adolescence and into the soul-crushing, dream-destroying swamp of adulthood. Everything goes right…to shit. CAST LIST: Freddie 20s – 7 – Hartley O. Gyamfi Greta 20s – 8 – Georgia Grant Narration – Allen Michael Brunet Tammy 20s – 13… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene Reading of Adulthood by Sam Morgan Macneil

LGBT Best Scene Reading of ACCEPTANCE IS….. by Belle Angel

CAST LIST: Tara: Ariel Brooker Jade: Georgia Grant Narrator: Kevin Gabel Harry: Allen Michael Brunet Diana: Regan Brown Dr. Howard: Hartley O. Gyamfi ****** Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Director: Kierston Drier Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editor: Kimberly Villarruel Camera Op: Mary Cox

LGBT 1st Scene Reading: SIGHT UNSEEN, by Nicholas Downs, Susan Mac Nicol

Tragedy brings together a reserved but brilliant sculptor and an outgoing gallery owner, friends whose love was sidetracked—but was always meant to be deeper. CAST LIST:  Jon:  Russell Batcher Narrator: Kat Smiley Cody: Bryan Kling Nathan: Jolly Amoako ****** Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Director: Kierston Drier Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editor: Kimberly Villarruel Camera Op: Mary Cox

LGBT 1st Scene Reading of Off Script by Tamar Palmer

  On the verge of making her dreams a reality, a 16-year-old aspiring actress discovers that her parents’ marriage isn’t what she believed and everything she thought she understood about relationships is turned upside down. As she struggles to hold on to her version of “happily ever after,” her mother must decide how much she’s… Continue reading LGBT 1st Scene Reading of Off Script by Tamar Palmer

August 2018 Winning LGBT Stories

Submit exclusively via FilmFreeway:   LGBT Short Screenplay: LOOK IN MY EYES by Eddie BacaAugust 2018 LGBT Short Screenplay: CONVERTED by Dana QuercioliAugust 2018 LGBT Short Screenplay: OLDFISH by Kate Whitehead & Esha KhanAugust 2018 LGBT Short Screenplay: SKATE NIGHT by Kate WhiteheadAugust 2018   *** Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson… Continue reading August 2018 Winning LGBT Stories

LGBT Festival Testimonial – August 4 2018

Kate Whitehead, Screenwriter (SKATE NIGHT) The feedback was great. The reader obviously took the time to read and understand my story. The commentary showed me that I needed another scene and so I wrote it and the screenplay got a lot better. The risk of writing alone in your room is that the characters are alive… Continue reading LGBT Festival Testimonial – August 4 2018