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Film and Writing Festival for Comedy. Showcasing best of comedy short films at the FEEDBACK Film Festival. Plus, showcasing best of comedy novels, short stories, poems, screenplays (TV, short, feature) at the festival performed by professional actors.

Watch Family Short Screenplay Reading: BOOMERANG THE GREAT

Originally posted on FESTIVAL for FAMILY:
Deadline October 10th for Family Film and Writing Festival http://festivalforfamily.com/ Watch BOOMERANG THE GREAT by Ana R. Dominick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hYTbk-TjMQ SYNOPSIS: A lonely 9-year-old American girl embarks on a primal voyage across the Pacific Ocean to find her long-gone mama in Australia. CAST LIST: NARRATOR – Amaka Umeh BOOMERANG –…

Watch the TV SPEC Screenplay of VEEP by Emily Cirillo

Originally posted on TV Screenplay Festival. Submit Today.:
Deadline October 15th for Television Pilot/Spec Screenplay Festival http://tvfestival.org/ Watch VEEP TV Show Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV_slI04-dA SYNOPSIS: The episode, titled “Town Hall”, is about Selina trying to connect with millennial voters after disparaging poll numbers are released. Dan and Amy, fighting for the Campaign Manager position, have…

Watch Comedy 1st Scene Script Reading: SPARKS by Megan K. Bickel

Deadline October 5th: FIRST SCENE (first 10pgs) SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL Get it performed at the festival. Full feedback
http://www.wildsound.ca/firstscenescreenplaycontest.html

Watch NEW GIRL “Summer’s Over”, TV SPEC Script Reading

Originally posted on TV Screenplay Festival. Submit Today.:
Deadline October 15th for Television Pilot/Spec Screenplay Festival http://tvfestival.org/ Watch the NEW GIRL Spec by Micah Goldman and Griff Kohout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncEx1mCzPl8 SYNOPSIS: Jess has to go back to school and Nick is having a hard time letting her go. Meanwhile, Nick’s room gets remade into a Steam…

Interview with filmmaker Erik Linthorst (TURKEY)

Gratified that people seemed to get it, and like it. I like hearing the comparisons to Modern Family. One of my hopes is that this film will function as a tv writing sample. We’ve had a tough time getting into top festivals because of the length and because it’s not avant-garde or experimental or edgy, but I made this to be entertaining and I’m so glad that people seemed to be entertained.

Today’s Writing Festival Deadlines: Screenplays (TV, Feature, 1st Scene), Novels and Poems

Originally posted on WILDsound Festival:
DEADLINE: Submit your best scene from your screenplay. Have it performed using professional actors: http://www.wildsound.ca/submit_your_favorite_scene.html WATCH the past best scene readings and see what happens when you submit: http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/best_scene_readings.html * * * * * Deadline: FIRST SCENE (first 10pgs) SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL Get it performed at the festival. Full feedback http://www.wildsound.ca/firstscenescreenplaycontest.html…