Watch the winning Best Scene screenplay readings for July 2016.

Best Scene from DUE SOUTH Screenplay
by Evan Schullery

http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/best_scene_due_south.html

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Animation, Family, Comedy

A plump baby goose who can’t fly is left behind in Canada while his family migrates south.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Val Cole
AL – Dan Cristofori
GUS – Mark Boutros
CARL – David Occhipinti
ALFRED – Michael Gaty
FRAN – Viktoria Napolenova

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Best Scene from ELAN VITAL Screenplay
by Maroun Rached

http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/best_scene_elan_vital.html

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Fantasy, Crime, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The world in the 2050’s is split into democratic regimes and Elohite theocracies, states run by the clergy of a new extremist faith. Elohite specially trained agents infiltrate the US and commit terrorist attacks using paranormal powers. A team of local paranormals is recruited to stop them.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Val Cole
NATHAN – Dan Cristofori
AIDEN – Mark Boutros
FRANK – David Occhipinti

Performed by Val Cole

 WHAT PASSES BETWEEN WOMEN by Patty Fischer

Get to know writer Patty Fischer:

1. What is your novel about?

This novel “What Passes Between Women” is a women’s fiction/crime drama of a circle of women very different from each other that create a close bond in the midst of a sensational murder case happened in the quaint city of Noblesville, Indiana.

2. Why should this novel be read by people?

The novel possesses a double distinction: criminal mind of a true psychopath embodied in the character of a most unlikely type of man, an intellectual paunchy middle-age Biology teacher. Where the murder takes place in this Midwestern quiet city, not a crime-riddled metropolis, much like the popular film “Fargo”.

3. How would you describe this novel in two words?

Edgy but Homespun.

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

Witness for the…

Watch the 13 winning short story readings for July 2016.

JULY 2016 POETRY READINGS Watch 10 poems performed by professional actors

SHORT STORY – HEAVY SEXTING July 2016 Reading Written by Amy Arrow

SHORT STORY – NIGHT SWIMMING July 2016 Reading Written by Joanell Serra

SHORT STORY – STARMAN – LIFE ON TRAPPIST ONE July 2016 Reading Written by Dermott Hayes

SHORT STORY – TEARS OF JOY July 2016 Reading Written by I.E. Hughes

SHORT STORY – DNA July 2016 Reading Written by Yvonne Randle

SHORT STORY – DESPITE DEMENTIA July 2016 Reading Written by Janet Bennett Cox

SHORT STORY – GALICIA’S GRANITE July 2016 Reading Written by Janice Tindle

SHORT STORY – LEILA, AGE 17 July 2016 Reading Written by Sherry Chow

SHORT STORY – LEFT ON LUNDY July 2016 Reading Written by James R. Cavell

SHORT STORY – LEFT ON LUNDY July 2016 Reading Written by James R…

Watch the 9 short screenplay winners from July 2016

MOCKUMENTARY Screenplay – BOWLING FOR CONCUBINES July 2016 Reading Written by Vanessa Marlowe

SHORT Screenplay – THE BLUE DRESS July 2016 Reading Written by Dave Riese

SHORT Screenplay – TREED July 2016 Reading Written by Sally Spitzli

SHORT Screenplay – FIRE! July 2016 Reading Written by Steve Biggs

SHORT Screenplay – THE FACTS OF LIFE July 2016 Reading Written by Chris Beadnell

SHORT Screenplay – STRANGER July 2016 Reading Written by Jason Smith

SHORT Screenplay – THE TRENCH July 2016 Reading Written by Chris Beadnell

SHORT Screenplay – PRO-PETE July 2016 Reading Written by Julie Merrick

SHORT Screenplay – MATERNAL FEAR July 2016 Reading Written by Stephen Milek

BEST SCENE Screenplay – ELAN VITAL July 2016 Reading Written by Maroun Rached

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Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editor: John Johnson

Watch the 2 winning feature screenplay readings performed by professional actors from July 2016.

Feature Script: FIEND
by Jeff York

http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/fiend.html

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Horror, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, History

When famed Jekyll & Hyde author Robert Louis Stevenson turns out himself to be a dangerous split personality, the only one who can save him and London from his fiendish alter ego is a maverick American psychiatrist with daring, unconventional methods.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Sean Kaufmann
PRINCE – Michael Kazarian
STEVENSON/WOLFE – Robert Notman
BURKE – Devin Upham
CLAY/CARTLER – Neil Bennett
ANNE – Elizabeth Rose Morriss
FANNY – Mandy May Cheetham

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Feature Script: THE CHARLOTTETOWN JACKHAMMER
by Marc Lalonde

http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/the_charlottetown_jackhammer.html

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Farce, Screwball Comedy, Fantasy

A former nun, a pornographer, a brain surgeon and a quadriplegic must band together in a common cause with a wannabe serial killer who really, really, really, REALLY likes his brother to foil…

Watch the Short Story Reading of MIDNIGHT MADNESS:

Story performed by Steve Rizzo:

Get to know writer JeryLyn Harrington:

1) What is the theme of your story?

Deception can be a powerful tool when used for the good of all. It can be both constructive and destructive. Watch madness come when a person deceives himself with his own need to control his own destiny.

2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your story reading?

I would like for the listener to become involved in the story. To feel the character’s own emotions as he’s pulled his ordeal.

3) How long have you been writing?

I have written short stories and journals from high school through college and all of my adult life. It was only during the early 1990s that I decided to write a full-length novel with ideas from some of these early…

Watch the Poetry Reading of COULD YOU EXIST BEYOND PASSION:

Poem performed by Steve Rizzo

Get to know poet Ondrea Tye:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

Funny quirkly attraction poem

2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

To laugh and nod their heads as something they experience

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

Since I was 12

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

Pablo Neruda, but honestly I am amazed at the poems coming from all the slam poets out there.

5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

I thought it would be cool 🙂

6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?

I have a boat load of poetry which was on a website “fieldofdragons.com which is currently down but will be…

Watch the Poetry Reading of THE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID:

Poetry performed by Steve Rizzo

Get to know poet Julie Clark:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of my poem is freedom from the prison of hurt, bitterness, anger, demonic influences, disease.

2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

I would like to encourage the people watching this video to give the key to the prison day to Jesus and let him come in and set them free from all of the things that have kept them chained for many a year.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I wrote my first poem when I was 17 so 30 yrs. it has been such a support for me.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

My favourite poet is William Wordsworth.

5) What influenced you…

Watch the Poetry Reading of A MIDNIGHT RENDEVOUS – THE 32ND PSALM:

Poetry performed by Steve Rizzo

Get to know poet John Hansen:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme of my poem religion/human nature. The message is that we are all human and sinners no matter who we are or our position. We are all subject to temptation.

2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

I’d like them to enjoy the flow but be a little shocked by the subject matter. I want them to understand the underlying message.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I wrote my first poem about 40 years ago, so on and off since then.

4) Do you have a favorite poet?

Edgar Alan Poe and Kenneth Slessor.

5) What influenced you to submit to WILDsound and have your poetry…

Watch the Poetry Reading of THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM:

Poetry performed by Steve Rizzo:

Get to know poet Sasha Holden:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme is centered around the beauty, serenity and peacefulness of a river at those moments prior to the outbreak of a storm. Those moments before the environment takes a paradigm shift transforming itself into a sea of lightning wind and rain. The contrast between where we as people were moments before, to moments after this shift is outstanding.

2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

I would like for people to realize that the environment and world in which we live is overpowering, and that we as people are a part of it, can experience it, yet have little influence on the ever changing and beautiful being known as nature.

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