A showcase of winning TV PILOTS and 1st Scene Screenplays.
FULL CAST LIST: Zena Driver, Dorian Shine, Amrit Kaur, Val Cole, Alicia Payne, Jolly Amoako, Justin Darmanin
TV PILOT – THE TEMPS, by Julia Montanez
Genre: Comedy
A modern day quirky comedic TV show based in New York City. A man hires his unemployed best friend and his 3 roommates to assist him in salvaging his job. An unorthodox team is formed as they discover the ultimate significance of what true friendship can mean on life’s unleveled journey.
CAST LIST:
Natasha: Zena Driver
Lacy: Amrit Kaur
Cindy: Alicia Payne
Narrator: Val Cole
Gambit: Justin Darmanin
Justin: Dorian Shine
Abagato: Jolly Amoako
COMEDY Short – SHE DREAMS OF PLASTIC TIARAS, by Troy Harvey Graham
Genre: Comedy
A woman visits a plastic surgeon with the hope of changing the future for her daughter.
CAST LIST:
Claudia: Alicia Payne
Delmont: Jolly Amoako
Narrator: Val Cole
Amberly: Amrit Kaur
Dr. Sanderson: Dorian Shine
Hamid: Justin Darmanin
COMEDY Short – FIRE ALARM, by Tyler G.
Genre: Comedy
When Hamid’s mother dies, he must move to Vancouver to live with Uncle Amir. Uncle Amir reminds him that if we aren’t careful, life may pass us by and we never take for granted those around us. Trapped in a foreign world he does not understand, Hamid unwittingly sets into play a series of events that awaken this very idea in his elderly neighbors.
CAST LIST:
Ethel: Zena Driver
Marge: Alicia Payne
Narrator: Val Cole
Uncle Amir: Dorian Shine
Manager: Jolly Amoako
SCI-FI Short – MAYBE TOMORROW I’LL SEE YOU, by Steve N Bradford
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Two telescopes are constructed side by side at NASA and grow close, only to be ripped apart when their construction is completed.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Cap: Zena Driver
Obs: Alicia Payne
UNDER 5min. Short – NOSTALGIC, by Shannon Michelle
Genre: Drama, Experimental
A Woman dives into a journey of self-discovery by walking through her dreams, as she comes face to face with memories and ghosts from her past.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Voice: Amrit Kaur
Woman: Zena Driver
1st Scene Reading – LOVERS IN PARADISE, by Meg Bowen
Genre: Romance, Crime, Action
A bank robbery goes awry and our two criminals have to steal a getaway car. Except there’s a girl tied up in the trunk, who might just be their best chance at walk-away money.
CAST LIST:
Janine: Alicia Payne
Kip: Dorian Shine
Narrator: Val Cole
Brad: Jolly Amoako
Juliette: Amrit Kaur
FANTASY 1st Scene Reading – POLE, by Robert Dodrill
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror
While studying remote caves in northern Greenland, a team of polar scientists stumble upon the entrance to the fabled, and seemingly long abandoned “North Pole village.” Inside they discover remnants of advanced technology, evidence of a terrible tragedy, and the grim realization that the Pole was sealed off for a reason.
CAST LIST:
Maisie: Amrit Kaur
Beckett: Dorian Shine
Narrator: Val Cole
Nicholas: Justin Darmanin
Sam: Jolly Amoako
Sasha: Zena Driver
FEMALE 1st Scene Reading – AMERICAN PRINCESS, by Jenny Kleiman
Genre: Dark Comedy
When Ellie’s mother commits her father to a mental hospital, the rich, spoiled teen must navigate her own escape and his rescue, or else embrace her new home- her babysitter’s trailer park.
CAST LIST:
Janet: Zena Driver
David: Justin Darmanin
Narrator: Val Cole
Ellie: Amrit Kaur
Lowe: Alicia Payne
HORROR 1st Scene Reading – WHERE THE BAD KIDS GO, by Sean Elwood
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Drama
When Jesse returns to his childhood home after hearing about his abusive mother’s suicide, he soon discovers that something evil lurks within the depths of the house, and it’s been waiting for him to return after all these years.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Jesse: Jolly Amoako
Helen: Alicia Payne
THRILLER 1st Scene Reading – MARCO POLO, by Jeff Heckler
Genre: Thriller, War
Christmas time in Bastogne, Belgium, 1944. The allied forces are under heavy fire by the German army.
CAST LIST:
Declan: Dorian Shine
Narrator: Val Cole
Mosch: Justin Darmanin
Wendy: Jolly Amoako
1st Scene Reading – REMEMBERING LIZ, by Joan Beilstein
Genre: Drama
A runaway fifteen year-old girl is found dead from a heroin overdose. Forty years later, her best childhood friend, haunted from unresolved guilt and grief, uncovers a secret, which sheds light on her friend’s tragic short life.
CAST LIST:
Laura: Amrit Kaur
Narrator: Val Cole
Jane: Zena Driver
Della: Alicia Payne
1st Scene Reading – UNTIL THE DAY, by Craig Andrews
Genre: Drama
It is the spring of 1884 and Christine Lockhart, the daughter of a doctor, has just graduated with dreams of forging her own path in the world, taking charge of her decisions and loving a man of her choosing. Michael Karg, the son of a butcher, has simple ambitions and rose-colored optimism about courting Christine. The cloud on the horizon for both Christine and Michael is Christine’s money-hungry father.
CAST LIST:
Beverly: Zena Driver
Michael: Dorian Shine
Narrator: Val Cole
Christine: Amrit Kaur
Carolyn: Alicia Payne
DRAMA 1st Scene Reading – HEADCASE, by by Chris Jones
Genre: Drama
Dr. Andrew Beck, is the goto Sports Psychologist for pro athletes. But he has a gambling problem, and he gets deep in debt with Fergus McKenzie, a psychotic Scottish gangster. To get out of trouble with his skull intact, Andrew is forced to trade o… See more
CAST LIST:
Player 1: Jolly Amoako
Andrew: Justin Darmanin
Narrator: Val Cole
Fergus: Dorian Shine
Arron: Justin Darmanin
Lorry: Zena Driver
1st Scene Reading – EDEN, by Jean Barker
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Romance
A teenage girl who grew up in a cult based on the biblical myth of Eden falls in love with an intruder from the sinful world outside the garden walls.
CAST LIST:
Judith: Zena Driver
Narrator: Val Cole
Edie: Amrit Kaur
John: Jolly Amoako
DRAMA 1st Scene Reading – TAKE THE SHOT, by Jim Norman
Genre: Drama
A black family with an athletically gifted daughter is forced to move from Houston to North Dakota because of a corporate promotion. Family, race and gender issues are tested in the culture of the family’s new and temporary move.
CAST LIST:
Trey: Jolly Amoako
Friend 1: Justin Darmanin
Narrator: Val Cole
Kassie: Alicia Payne
Coach Briscoe: Zena Driver
Monica: Amrit Kaur
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Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com
Director: Kierston Drier
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: Kimberly Villarruel
Camera Op: Mary Cox
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