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

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

April 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners

Festival for Comedy-A FilmFreeway preferred festival:   SCREENPLAY MOVIE: PINK LAVAApril 2019 Winner TV PILOT SCREENPLAY: DEAL SHEETS, by Stephen LoveApril 2019 Winner TV SPEC SCREENPLAY: TRANSPARENT, by Horton EmoryApril 2019 Winner TV SPEC SCREENPLAY: THE OFFICE, by Vanessa ShealyApril 2019 Winner TV BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY: THE UPSIDE DOWNINGS, by Sean SullivanApril 2019 Winner 1st… Continue reading April 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners

TV PILOT 1st Scene Screenplay Reading: The Upside Downings, by Sean Sullivan

An untraditional family where the kids are adults and the parents are kids navigate through their work, school and home lives while never losing their sense of humor. CAST LIST: Kate: Victoria Murdoch Narration: Carina Cojeen Howard: Ross Cummings Carol: Leanne Hoffman Billy: Sean Ballantyne *** Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut… Continue reading TV PILOT 1st Scene Screenplay Reading: The Upside Downings, by Sean Sullivan

COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay: The Golden Years, by Joe Starzyk

 Mabel and Norman have been together so long they know everything there is to know about each other … or do they? An evening conversation yields a number of surprises. CAST LIST: NARRATION – DANIEL JONES Norman – 56 – TED POWERS Mabel – 51 – OLIVIA BARRETT **** Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Kierston… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay: The Golden Years, by Joe Starzyk

January 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners

Festival for Comedy-A FilmFreeway preferred festival:   SCREENPLAY MOVIE: Tugnett: A Love Supreme by Nate Yacos WINNING TV SPEC SCREENPLAY: The Middle “The Fancy Party” 1pg. COMEDY SHORT SCREENPLAY: Ginger Snap by Eileen Wilson Under 5min. SHORT SCREENPLAY: Paying The Night Differential by Paul Weidknecht COMEDY 1ST SCENE SCREENPLAY: Pain in the A by Beth… Continue reading January 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners

Comedy Short Screenplay of What’s A Little Ax Between Friends by Joe Starzyk

Sometimes a new friend is made in the most unlikely of places. CAST LIST: Narration – Danielle Nicole Executioner – Brogan Caulfield Prisoner – Ted Powers **** Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Kyle Drier, John Johnson Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha… Continue reading Comedy Short Screenplay of What’s A Little Ax Between Friends by Joe Starzyk

Comedy 1st Scene Screenplay of Pain in the A– by Beth Rehman

A young PR exec falls in love with her proctologist but must pass him off to her boss’s pregnant daughter to advance her career. CAST LIST: Bennie – Bree Ali Susan – Danielle Nicole Narration – Malcolm Allcorn Seth – Brogan Caulfield Annette – Katelyn Varadi **** Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier,… Continue reading Comedy 1st Scene Screenplay of Pain in the A– by Beth Rehman

TOP 10 COMEDY Screenplays of 2018

Festival for Comedy-A FilmFreeway preferred festival: COMEDY 1st Scene Reading: THE FRANCHISE by James GrayfordNovember 2018 COMEDY 1st Scene Reading: SUPERFAN by Harry GreenbergerNovember 2018 COMEDY 1st Scene Screenplay: THE SIDEKICK RULES by Chris WarnerAugust 2018 COMEDY 1st Scene TV Screenplay – CHARACTERSFebruary 2018 Readingby Chris Harris REMOTELY WORKING – Comedy TV ScreenplayMay 2018 Readingby… Continue reading TOP 10 COMEDY Screenplays of 2018