A wealthy gay man picks up a go-go boy and tries to turn him into a professional modern dancer. CAST LIST: Narrator: Esther Thibault Thomas: Brandon Knox Filipe: Hadi Kubba Monty: Luke Robinson Frederick: Sebastian Dean Biasucci Blake: Sean Ballantyne — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene Screenplay Reading: THE DANCER, by J.T. O’Neal
Category: Screenplay
LGBT Short Screenplay: The Loneliest Boy in Bushwick, by Connor Renfroe
In an effort to win his boyfriend back, Nolan accepts life counseling from an eccentric woman who might be more delusional than he. CAST LIST: Narrator: Esther Thibault Nolan: Brandon Knox Leo: Haddi Kubba Ursula: Rosalia Vagalatis Bea: Tiffany Davidson — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne… Continue reading LGBT Short Screenplay: The Loneliest Boy in Bushwick, by Connor Renfroe
#2 – LGBT Best Scene Screenplay Reading: A Four Sided Bed, by Elizabeth Searle
A Four-Sided Bed is a ‘ménage a trois’ love story— with the emphasis on ‘love.’ An impassioned three- way affair between a man and two women, one of them transgender, re-ignites years later. The man’s conventional marriage is upended when the threesome rediscovers a love like no other. CAST LIST: Narrator: Esther Thibault JJ –… Continue reading #2 – LGBT Best Scene Screenplay Reading: A Four Sided Bed, by Elizabeth Searle
LGBT Best Scene Reading: NEW TO THIS, by William Opperman
A chance meeting on the subway leads to a young man’s re-evaluation of his priorities. CAST LIST: NARRATION – JULIE C. SHEPPARD Jack – THOMAS FOURMIER Paul – GENE ABELA — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder,… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene Reading: NEW TO THIS, by William Opperman
Winning LGBT TV PILOT Screenplay Reading: BROOKLYN PANSY, by Jason Forbach
As an unidentified body is pulled out of the East River, Leo Green searches for his identity among members of the queer community and against the rise of organized crime in the dark underbelly of Brooklyn….in 1890. CAST LIST: Narrator: Carina Cojeen Percy: Kaleb Alexander Gwendolyn: Natalie Morgan Mr. Toole: Aaron Williams Lillian: Barb… Continue reading Winning LGBT TV PILOT Screenplay Reading: BROOKLYN PANSY, by Jason Forbach
LGBT TV Pilot Best Scene Reading: Gayer Than Thou, by Matthew Cameron
When a drunken priest outs him to hundreds of his peers, an awkward and religious teen must live outside the closet and reconcile his hunger for God with his thirst for men. CAST LIST: Narration – DELPHINE ROUSSEL Olly – 20 – LOGAN FORSYTH Father Al – 17 – Sean Ballantyne — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo… Continue reading LGBT TV Pilot Best Scene Reading: Gayer Than Thou, by Matthew Cameron
LGBT 1st Scene Screenplay Reading: CAMOUFLAGE, by Christopher Willis
A top-secret American unit uses inflatable tanks and phony artillery barrages to divert German resources away from actual Allied forces. Many in the unit are well suited to their mission of deception having lived in the shadows of homosexuality all their lives. Inspired by real men. CAST LIST: SS Major: Ted Powers Henri: Gene Abella… Continue reading LGBT 1st Scene Screenplay Reading: CAMOUFLAGE, by Christopher Willis
LGBT 1st Scene Reading: All of Her, by Bonnie Brookby
When her lover mysteriously disappears only to reemerge as an entirely different woman, an emotionally-guarded teacher finds herself at the center of a decades-old unsolved murder case, and must piece together the dangerous truth before it destroys her. CAST LIST: Hailey – Tiera Watts Narration – Chris Irving Morgan – Sophie Wojtyczka Alex – Kat… Continue reading LGBT 1st Scene Reading: All of Her, by Bonnie Brookby
JULY 2019 Winning Films & Screenplays
Submit via FilmFreeway: <tr TURN IT AROUND, 9min., Netherlands, Romance LGBT SHORT SCREENPLAY: OWEN, by Becca TothJuly 2019 Winner LGBT SHORT SCREENPLAY: NANAY’S LULLABY, by Drew StephensJuly 2019 Winner LGBT BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY: THE PARDON, by Anthony MaddalenaJuly 2019 Winner LGBT BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY: A FOUR SIDED BED, by Elizabeth SearleJuly 2019 Winner LGBT… Continue reading JULY 2019 Winning Films & Screenplays
JUNE 2019 Winning Films & Screenplays
Submit via FilmFreeway: LGBT BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY: TUXEDO TERRACE, by Carmine BicchettiJune 2019 Winner LGBT BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY: NEW TO THIS, by William OppermanJune 2019 Winner LGBT BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY: THIS IS THE LAST TIME, by Jeff BretlJune 2019 Winner Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting… Continue reading JUNE 2019 Winning Films & Screenplays
LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival 