On Christmas Eve, the ne’er do well owner of Detroit’s Santa Franchise teams up with a local bus driver to find lost reindeer, save the holiday and win back his family. CAST LIST: Regina: Victoria Urquart Abe Simms: Dan Cristofori Narrator: Esther Thibault Jesse: : Isaiah Kolundzic Kevin: Peter Mark Raphael Festival for Comedy-A FilmFreeway… Continue reading COMEDY 1st Scene Screenplay: The Franchise by James Grayford
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COMEDY 1st Scene Screenplay: SuperFan by Harry Greenberger
One incredibly devoted music fan with no skills whatsoever finds himself suddenly on the other side of the velvet rope, with all the access he’s ever dreamed of, and more. CAST LIST: Carmine: Isaiah Kolundzic Beth: Monica Knox Narrator: Esther Thibault Jimmy: Peter Mark Raphael Crazy Janey: Norma Dunphy Festival for Comedy-A FilmFreeway preferred… Continue reading COMEDY 1st Scene Screenplay: SuperFan by Harry Greenberger
COMEDY Best Scene Reading of 55 And Up by Joey Rinaldi
After losing every thing an unemployed fifty five year old man finds himself living in a retirement community. CAST LIST: Narrator: Matt Barnes Frank: Nick Hendrik Mr. Leiberman: Scott McCullogh Festival for Comedy-A FilmFreeway preferred festival: **** Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Director: Matthew Toffolo Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editor: Kimberly Villarruel Camera Op: Mary Cox
OCTOBER 2018 COMEDY Stories, Screenplays, Short Films
Festival for Comedy-A FilmFreeway preferred festival: SHE CAME FROM THE WOODS, 12min., USA, Thriller ATTACK OF THE POTATO CLOCK, 2min., USA, Horror/Animation 1PG. SHORT Screenplay: LEXY WOOS AMBER by Matt SchuttOctober 2018 SHORT Screenplay: DON JOHNS DISAPPOINTED MAN by M.V MontgomeryOctober 2018 1PG. SHORT Screenplay: FIGHT CLUB REBUTTAL by Matt SchuttOctober 2018 COMEDY BEST… Continue reading OCTOBER 2018 COMEDY Stories, Screenplays, Short Films
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 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