March 2016 performed 2 winning short screenplays at the festival. Watch the performance readings now:
Short Screenplay: BEST INTERESTS
by James M. Freeman
SYNOPSIS:
Genres: Action, History, Drama
To protest inhumane treatment and unfair rejection of his application for refugee status, a teenage Vietnamese asylum seeker challenges the authority of a Hong Kong detention camp commandant, resisting the commandant’s efforts to force him to repatriate.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Nadia Gigi Inara
ANN – Alicia Ryan
HIEU – Suchiththa DeSilva
MINH – Ryan Anning
UNHCR OFFICER – Steve Rizzo
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Short Screenplay: LEROY’S DREAM
by Diarra McCormick
SYNOPSIS:
Genres: Drama
A disgruntled hardworking father struggles to communicate with his combative alcoholic wife who must find the strength to pursue his true passion of becoming a world renowned painter.
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Val Cole
LEROY – Ucal Shillingford
DARYL – Rob Notman
SONYA – Alicia Payne
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Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson
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