YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY, 8min. USA, Comedy/Thriller Directed by Vickie Rose Sampson A dark comedy/thriller about a GPS who takes revenge on a cheating husband. Longer synopsis:A dark comedy thriller, “You Drive Me Crazy” is a cautionary tale about our obsessive reliance on technology. A seemingly ordinary guy, Glen, is driving when his GPS voice gives… Continue reading YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from July 2019 Comedy Festival
Category: comedy stories
COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: For Love or Music, by Scott Sawitz
Ashley Powell is an ordinary bar singer when she rockets to fame overnight from a viral video. The song she was playing becomes a hit and she winds up on the fast track to musical stardom. She’s carrying a big secret though: she can only write music when she’s miserable after a break up. With… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: For Love or Music, by Scott Sawitz
COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: The Outlaw Josey From Wales, by Mark Spurlock
After learning his brother is missing a Welch not so outlaw must leave his country and travel to America to find him. With the help of an Indian tracker and a gay sheep herder, the three leave an everlasting mark on American history. CAST LIST: Bison Bob: Sean Ballantyne Man at Table: Allen Brunet Narration:… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: The Outlaw Josey From Wales, by Mark Spurlock
COMEDY Screenplay: GOOD NEWS DESK – Watch 3 best scenes from script.
COMPUTER SCENE: CAST LIST: Maryanne: Isabel Kruse Narrator: Val Cole Melville: Geoff Mays Polly: Bianca Alongi NEWSPAPER SCENE: CAST LIST: Blandings: Jarrod Terrill Patroni: Elle A Marty: Geoff Mays Narrator: Val Cole Stone: Ryan Singh Joe: Neil Bennett COP SCENE: CAST LIST: Patroni: Ell A Narrator: Val Cole Crawford: Geoff Mays Polly: Bianca Alongi “The… Continue reading COMEDY Screenplay: GOOD NEWS DESK – Watch 3 best scenes from script.
COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Take a ‘Pause Out of Crime, by Mary C. Ferrara
A menopausal woman is gifted a stolen necklace, and a couple of dim-witted criminals want it back. Hot flashes could be hotter than the necklace itself in saving the day. CAST LIST: Salesman: Jarrod Terrill Carlos: Ryan Singh Narrator: Val Cole Sam: Geoff Mays Max: Neil Bennett Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo,… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Take a ‘Pause Out of Crime, by Mary C. Ferrara
COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Good Intentions, by Sandy Tovray Greenberg
After a nasty breakup, Tara’s vow to live drama-free is thwarted when she meets her dream man, but some well-meaning plans backfire, jeopardizing her relationship, and forcing her to question the definition of “good” intentions. CAST LIST: Tara: Elle A Darcy: Isabel Kruse Narrator: Val Cole Logan: Geoff Mays Mindy: Bianca Alongi Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Good Intentions, by Sandy Tovray Greenberg
COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Raymond Carver and Derrida’s Zombie Army, by James Fitzmaurice
It’s the 1960s and a blizzard is raging in Iowa City, a place where Kurt Vonnegut, Jr teaches in the Writers’ Workshop and Gayatri Spivak holds classes in literary theory. This evening Raymond Carver is worried about his wife’s possible infidelity. CAST LIST: Maryann: Elle A Wildhack: Bianca Alongi Narrator: Val Cole Carver: Neil Bennett… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Raymond Carver and Derrida’s Zombie Army, by James Fitzmaurice
COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay: Fate’s Peculiar Sense of Humour, by N. Triton
The story is a romantic comedy set in London during the 2009 financial crisis. People are becoming more and more cynical and true love is fainting away. Aphrodite (the Goddess of Love and Beauty) has been blamed by Zeus for the deterioration of love and was punished to live for eternity into the body of… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay: Fate’s Peculiar Sense of Humour, by N. Triton
COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Born Again, by Daniel Schooling
Three stoners try to come to terms with the untimely death of their friend while simultaneously embarking on a quest to track down his reincarnated soul. CAST LIST: Jorge: Jarrod Terrill Josh: Ryan Singh Narrator: Val Cole Tom: Neil Bennett Mike: Geoff Mays Ronae: Isabel Kruse Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Born Again, by Daniel Schooling
May 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners
Festival for Comedy-A FilmFreeway preferred festival: COMEDY TV PILOT: 4PLEX, by Liza BehlesMay 2019 Winner FAN FICTION TV SPEC: MASTER OF NONE, by Jackson ChowMay 2019 Winner TV BEST SCENE: LA’S FINEST, by Morgan SchefflinMay 2019 Winner BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY: TRAGICALLY FAMOUS, by Lisa J. CristoforoMay 2019 Winner BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY: THE PERFECT PERVERT,… Continue reading May 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners
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