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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 Best Scene Screenplay Reading: The Pardon, by Anthony Maddalena

When lonely widower Nigel learns of the government’s pardoning of his former dead lover Freddie of the crime of homosexuality he is haunted by memories of his tragic love affair more than fifty years earlier. In two parallel “now and then” stories the young men’s initially hedonistic love affair unfolds leading to an unprecedented awakening… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene Screenplay Reading: The Pardon, by Anthony Maddalena

Winning LGBT TV PILOT Screenplay Reading of OLD DYKES, by Elise D’Haene

A posse of older queer women — a makeshift family — confront losses, aging, parenting, and ever-changing and challenging relationships. CAST LIST: Shelby: Emily Weir President: Peter Nelson Narration: Laura Kyswaty Helene: Regan Brown Maya: Patrice Henry *** Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel,… Continue reading Winning LGBT TV PILOT Screenplay Reading of OLD DYKES, by Elise D’Haene

LGBT 1st Scene Screenplay Reading of ASHPODEL, by Giselle DaMier

  After stepping off a train into a foggy grassland, Lyla meets a beguiling girl named Marie in an isolated town called Asphodel, where the residents believe they exist in a realm between life and death. CAST LIST: Diane: Regan Brown Marie: Patrice Henry Narration: Laura Kyswaty Lyla: Emily Weir Engineer: Peter Nelson *** Producer/Director:… Continue reading LGBT 1st Scene Screenplay Reading of ASHPODEL, by Giselle DaMier