Category: winning screenplays

COMEDY Best Scene Reading of The Masses by Toni Nagy

The Masses is a post-partisan, omni-racial, multi-gender, quasi-radical, sketch comedy show that represents the perspective of the artistic and creative counter-culture that is actually the mainstream. The tone will be the “Twilight Zone” meets sketch comedy – creating scenarios that are rooted both in reality and in our surreal dystopian not-too-distant future. Centered on a… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Reading of The Masses by Toni Nagy

SEPTEMBER 2018 COMEDY Stories, Screenplays, Short Films

Festival for Comedy-A FilmFreeway preferred festival:   LOOK, 10min., USA, Comedy LOVE LEX, 7min., Australia, Comedy WEIRD SHIT, 3min., USA, Comedy BANANAS, 5min., USA, Comedy GET HOME SAFE, 7min., USA, Comedy BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, 5min., USA, Comedy DNA OF WILD BEASTS, 18min., France, Drama/Comedy CUBICLE, 3min., USA, Drama/Comedy TV SPEC Screenplay: UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT by… Continue reading SEPTEMBER 2018 COMEDY Stories, Screenplays, Short Films

Best Scene COMEDY Short Screenplay of How Did We Get Here? by Travis Darkow & Chris Isaacson

Francis, a pessimist, and Chester, a happy go lucky pot head, struggle with two jobs they hate, all while Chester bounces his insane ideas off of Francis on how to get themselves out of their jobs. The only problem? One lacks motivation, and the other is almost always stoned. Francis drives a septic truck, and… Continue reading Best Scene COMEDY Short Screenplay of How Did We Get Here? by Travis Darkow & Chris Isaacson

Comedy Festival Testimonial – September 28 2018

I wanted to thank you for sending those notes along.  The notes are some of the best we’ve ever received and it’s clear that the reader “got it.” While the criticisms are valid, this is the rare case where we made conscious creative choices and understood that some may see those choices as weaknesses. We… Continue reading Comedy Festival Testimonial – September 28 2018

COMEDY Best Scene: MAE DAY by Ashley Rubay and Annick Blomdahl

Mae Day is a 30-minute comedy about two bumbling cousins, Ellie and Val, who must move in with their grandmother, Mae de Rochier, when the discovers that she has dementia. CAST LIST: Jack – 5 – Kevin Gabel Joe – 6 – Hartley O. Gyamfi Narration – Allen Michael Brunet Grandma Mae – 16 –… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene: MAE DAY by Ashley Rubay and Annick Blomdahl

COMEDY Best Scene Reading of Tugnutt: A Love Supreme by Nate Yacos

When a family man gains instant celebrity status as TV spokesman, his newfound celebrity threatens to tear his family apart and challenge his notion of a happy life. CAST LIST: Brandon – Geoff Mays Blond – Katelyn Varadi Narration – Norma Dawn Dunphy Ted – Shawn Devlin Redhead –Salma Dharsee ****** Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Director: Kierston Drier Casting… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Reading of Tugnutt: A Love Supreme by Nate Yacos

COMEDY Best Scene Reading of The Accidental Feminist by Blayr Austin

  Eugene Gorfinkel is raised by an unusually controlling feminist mother and 3 aggressive sisters as his father’s in jail. He is breastfed until he’s 12. He is the quintessential Mama’s boy to the extreme. The women in Eugene’s life hover over him constantly. Their “love” is so all encompassing that it doesn’t allow him… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Reading of The Accidental Feminist by Blayr Austin

AUGUST 2018 COMEDY Stories, Screenplays, Short Films

Festival for Comedy-A FilmFreeway preferred festival:   BEST SCENE Screenplay: INSIDE THE WORLD OF ZOE SANDER by Suzanne LutasAugust 2018 BEST SCENE Screenplay: SLOPPY SECONDS by Toni Nagy, Bridget Barkan, Antonia M. NagyAugust 2018 COMEDY BEST SCENE Screenplay: THE BOOK WRITER by Kris BauskeAugust 2018 FEMALE BEST SCENE Screenplay: RED SHIRT by Mary C. FerraraAugust… Continue reading AUGUST 2018 COMEDY Stories, Screenplays, Short Films

COMEDY Best Scene: THE WORDSMITH by Matthew Holy

The Wordsmith is a comedy about Harry, a hapless bachelor who is forever using his words in an attempt to gain the upper hand (and failing miserably). When he goes out with Jane, a sexy and sophisticated woman he has met on a dating site, he quickly discovers that puns are not the way to… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene: THE WORDSMITH by Matthew Holy