Genre: LGBT, Drama Lucy is a transgender in the process of transitioning, determined to see it through at any and all costs. So when an opportunity arises to accelerate this process, she seizes it unabashedly. This decision though casts her unwillingly into the dark, violent world of prostitution and the ruthless, cold-blooded drug-dealing pimp behind… Continue reading 1st Scene LGBT Screenplay – HALFWAY TO MARS, by Fabian Martin
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1st Scene LGBT Screenplay – PIANO LESSONS, by Nevada McPherson
Genre: LGBT, Drama Junior Jordan has a talent for shooting at targets and a mad crush on his new piano teacher, Conrad. In the 1950’s rural South. that’s enough to get a boy into trouble. CAST LIST: Pastor: Rob Notman Conrad: Allan Michael Brunet Narrator: Matt Barnes Junior: Jarrod Terrell Elsie: Lauren Kristina Maykut Thelma: Meghan Allen ****** Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com… Continue reading 1st Scene LGBT Screenplay – PIANO LESSONS, by Nevada McPherson
1st Scene LGBT Screenplay – CROSSING THE COWHOUSE, by David Lykes Keenan
Genre: LGBT, Drama In small-town West Texas in the late 1980s, dark secrets run deep and break hard. For 16-year-old Mitch Wimmer, they spell the difference between love and fear, acceptance and rejection, and between reconnecting with a long absent father returning home and the long shadow of a broken past. CAST LIST: Voice on… Continue reading 1st Scene LGBT Screenplay – CROSSING THE COWHOUSE, by David Lykes Keenan
LGBT Feature Screenplay of FALLING STAR, by Katie Marshall
Genre: Drama, Romance Driven to a mental breakdown by those profiting from her fame, a young pop star is forced to keep her sexuality a secret and faces a deadly choice until a chance encounter with a hotel chef transforms both of their lives. CAST LIST: Tony: Russell Batcher Guy: Peter Nelson Chad: David Straus Sarah: Norma Dawn Dunphy… Continue reading LGBT Feature Screenplay of FALLING STAR, by Katie Marshall
May 2018 Winning LGBT Stories
THE THINGS WE MISS – LGBT 1st Scene ScreenplayMay 2018 Readingby Bonnie Brookby THE FLOWER GATE, 15min., Israel, Fantasy **** Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editor: Kimberly Villarruel Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: John Johnson, Isabal Cupryn, Aser Santos Jr., Zack… Continue reading May 2018 Winning LGBT Stories
LGBT 1st Scene Script Reading of THE THINGS WE MISS, by Bonnie Brookby
Genre: Drama, Romance Two long-estranged childhood friends, suddenly thrust back into one another’s lives, must grapple with their turbulent history as they unearth and reconstruct the decades-long romance their mothers shared. CAST LIST: Narrator: Hugh Ritchie Young Mother: Lara Amersey Jamie: Alicia Payne Get to know the writer: 1. What is your screenplay about? THE THINGS WE MISS… Continue reading LGBT 1st Scene Script Reading of THE THINGS WE MISS, by Bonnie Brookby
April 2018 Winning LGBT Stories
THE FRUIT MACHINE, 16min., Canada, LGBT/Drama BOY, 9min., USA, LGBT/Drama CHRICKLE, 7min., Sweden, LGBT/Experimental MATTHEW, 6min., USA, LGBT/Family YOURS FAITHFULLY EDNA WELTHORPE (MRS), UK, Animation/Comedy VOWS, 4min., USA, LGBT/Animation SPINNING IN SLOW MOTION, 12min, Australia, Drama I PROMISED HER LIFE, 15min., Drama/Family CITY GIRL, 10min., Drama **** Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators:… Continue reading April 2018 Winning LGBT Stories
March 2018 Winning LGBT Stories
TV SPEC Screenplay of the show TRANSPARENTMarch 2018 Readingby Marisaa Lessman SUNUNU: THE REVOLUTION OF LOVE, 24min., UK, Documentary LGBT BEST SCENE Screenplay – LOOK IN MY EYESMarch 2018 Readingby Eddie Baca **** Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editor: Kimberly Villarruel Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel… Continue reading March 2018 Winning LGBT Stories
LGBT Best Scene Reading – LOOK IN MY EYES, by Eddie Baca
Genre: Drama Gay sober military man meets Crimean Muslim taxi driver in NYC. Cast List: Narrator: Val Cole Eddie: John Fray Karim: James Dooley Get to know the writer: 1. What is your screenplay about? My screenplay is about 2 gay men from completely different backgrounds (geographically, religion, age, ethnicity, world viewpoints, politically and the acceptance of… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene Reading – LOOK IN MY EYES, by Eddie Baca
LGBT 1st Scene Script – DELIVERY GIRL, by Katherine Grant Krieger
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Coming of Age Adopted at birth, 20-something conflicted lesbian Trisha Donahue enlists her treacherous bi-sexual girlfriend to help search for her birth mother. CAST LIST: Max: Jarod Terrell Motorist: Rob Notman Sarah: Ida Jagaric Narrator: Carina Cojeen Trisha: Andrea Meister Abigail: Kerrie Lamb Danny: Charles Gordon Get to know the writer: 1. What is your screenplay about? My… Continue reading LGBT 1st Scene Script – DELIVERY GIRL, by Katherine Grant Krieger
LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival 