“Winner Best LGBT Feature Screenplay – LGBT Toronto Film Festival, 2020”. A brutal dumping, and a vow to win back his first love, sends a gay eighteen year old romantic into a spiral of discovery and destruction, but over the next decade, each time the damaged ex resurfaces, his heart is crushed anew, however when… Continue reading LGBT 1st Scenes of Screenplay Reading: THREE DATES WITH BEN, by Oliver Warren
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SCREENPLAY MOVIE: Secondhand Heart, by Amber Nardolillo
Reese is a commitment-phobic lesbian who can’t be in the same room with her homemaker sister Rachel without them verbally eviscerating each other, but, when Rachel’s marriage falls apart, Reese is forced to take her sister in, along with her two kids and their dog until they can get back on their feet. Along the… Continue reading SCREENPLAY MOVIE: Secondhand Heart, by Amber Nardolillo
LGBT SCREENPLAY MOVIE: SISTER KIN, by Elizabeth Searle
18 year old BIRD has run away from her abusive father with her kind bold best friend, transgender KIN. From the Screenplay A FOUR SIDED BED CAST LIST: Narrator – Val Cole Kin – Esther Teeboo Bird – Danielle Nicole JJ. – Geoff Mays Produced by Matthew Toffolo Editor & Visual Design by Kimberly Villarruel
LGBT Best Scene Screenplay: Secondhand Heart. by Amber Nardolillo
Reese is a commitment-phobic lesbian who can’t be in the same room with her homemaker sister Rachel without them verbally eviscerating each other, but, when Rachel’s marriage falls apart, Reese is forced to take her sister in, along with her two kids and their dog until they can get back on their feet. Along the… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene Screenplay: Secondhand Heart. by Amber Nardolillo
Winning LGBT Short Screenplay: Pink & Blue, by Níkẹ Uche Kadri
After a surprise pregnancy, a Black strait-laced lesbian and her multiracial trans partner wrestle with how the new baby will affect their relationship and how to raise a child in a binary world. CAST LIST: Diane: Mercedez De Castro Lin: Veronika Gribanova Narrator: Val Cole Crea: Olivia Barrett Armani: Wilfred Lee — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com… Continue reading Winning LGBT Short Screenplay: Pink & Blue, by Níkẹ Uche Kadri
Winning LGBT Short Screenplay: Tolerant Kids Adoption Agency, by Jennifer Pirante
A lesbian couple are looking to adopt from the progressive Tolerant Kids Adoption Agency. What shows up at their door is more than what they expected. CAST LIST: Lainey: Olivia Barrett Narrator: Val Cole James: Trevor Howes Carmen: Veronika Gribanova — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors:… Continue reading Winning LGBT Short Screenplay: Tolerant Kids Adoption Agency, by Jennifer Pirante
1st Scene LGBT 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: Gestapo Agent: Wilfred Lee Monique: Mercedez… Continue reading 1st Scene LGBT Screenplay Reading: CAMOUFLAGE, by Christopher Willis
LGBT Best Scene Screenplay Reading: NEW TO THIS, by William Opperman
A crowded subway car affords a young man a chance at self-discovery. CAST LIST: Dog Owner: Isabel Kruse Barry: Neil Bennett Narrator: Val Cole Paul: Geoff Mays Jack: Jarrod Terrill Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Kyle Drier, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder,… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene Screenplay Reading: NEW TO THIS, by William Opperman
LGBT Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Tuxedo Terrace, by Carmine Bicchetti
When the government begins to inspect their marriage, a gay immigrant and his lesbian wife throw a dinner party in an attempt to fool the INS; but soon realize that they aren’t the only ones hiding something. CAST LIST: Lisette: Bianca Alongi Lorenzo: Ryan Singh Narrator: Val Cole Chip: Geoff Mays O’Sullivan: Neil Bennett Kitty:… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Tuxedo Terrace, by Carmine Bicchetti
LGBT Best Scene Reading of The Caregiver by Christopher Santos
When his elderly mother requires full-time care, a middle-aged gay man moves into her stodgy New England retirement community and soon becomes obsessed with a troubled Iraq war vet, who is very much on the down-low. CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole Michael: Peter-Mark Raphael Jake: Christian Vargas *** Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Kierston… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene Reading of The Caregiver by Christopher Santos
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