Watch the winning screenplays, stage play, novels at the Oct. 2015 Writing Festival, including a record THREE feature screenplay winners.

STAGE PLAY – Scary Scary Night
October 2015 Reading
Written by E. Michael Lunsford
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/scary_scary_night.html

FEATURE SCRIPT – Pontiff No Return
October 2015 Reading
Written by Eric Boyd
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/pontiff_no_return.html

FEATURE SCRIPT – Death Don’t Us Part
October 2015 Reading
Written by Olaf Baumann
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/death_dont_us_part.html

1st. SCENE SCRIPT – Mercy
October 2015 Reading
Written by George Lewis
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/mercy.html

TV SPEC – Silicon Valley
October 2015 Reading
Written by Jennifer McAuliffe
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/silicon_valley.html

SHORT SCRIPT – Ascent
October 2015 Reading
Written by Brough Hansen
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/ascent.html

TV PILOT – Max Cobra
October 2015 Reading
Written by Brad Heisler
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/max_cobra.html

NOVEL Chapter 2 – Junction Part 2
October 2015 Reading
Written by Cody Schlegel
http://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2015/10/07/junction-part-2-novel-reading-written-by-cody-schlegel/

FEATURE SCRIPT – 66 West
October 2015 Reading
Written by Christopher Willis
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/feature_66_west.html

TV PILOT – Westbound
October 2015 Reading

1st CHAPTER and FULL NOVEL FESTIVAL
Submit by November 5th and SAVE $50 on Full Novel Submissions.
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Watch APRIL SNOW, by Lynn Steward

Novel performed by actor Geoff Mays

Get to know the author Lynn Steward:
http://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2015/08/27/april-snow-chapter-1-reading-by-lynn-steward/

WATCH the Recent Winning Short Story/1st Chapter Readings:
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/novel_and_short_story_readings.html

Watch NOVEL made into a Feature Film – Sandro’s Notebook
An historical/adventure series of a man’s travels through Africa in the mid-1900s

October 2015 Winning Short Screenplay

Watch TRUE COLORS, by Giuseppe LiMandri

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Allison Kampf
MICHAEL – Hugh Ritchie
PHIL – Sean Kaufmann
ROSE – Susan Wilson
NURSE – Meggie McKinnon

Get to know writer Giuseppe LiMandri:

1. What is your screenplay about?

I would say that my screenplay is above all about forgiveness. A soldier coming back from Iraq with PTSD has fallen on hard times. He comes home to his dying father and to a mother who has run out of patience and understanding. In a sense the young man in my story is a prodigal son who is saved by his father’s unquestioning love. He comes to ask forgiveness to his parents but first he has to forgive himself.

2. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

The subject matter of my script is very current and extremely important. Many young men and…

Winning October 2015 Feature Screenplay.

Watch BELLE BREZING, by Margaret Carlyle Price

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Allison Kampf
YOUNG BELLE – Meggie McKinnon
OLDER BELLE – Susan Wilson
CHILD BELLE – Maya Wolozyn
MABON/BILLY – Hugh Ritchie
MUCCI/SINGERLY – Sean Kaufmann

Get to know writer Margaret Carlyle Price:

1. What is your screenplay about?

Somewhere between a paperboy’s first cup of chicory coffee and the memories of the Madam who inspired Belle Watling of Gone With the Wind, there lies a story of sex, secrets and spiritual redemption. Interweaving portals to the past with the magic tricks of a spirit called back to his lover’s deathbed, BELLE BREZING is a haunting love story about a loyal paperboy on a high-stakes mission: To guide his former lover to remember the secret that forged her rise to fame but closed her heart to love. The screenplay focuses on this turn of the…

Watch the November 2015 Winning 1st Scene Reading.

Watch GRANDMA DEE AND THE LOST CONTINENT, by Mark Perlick

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Susan Wilson
YOUNG GRANDMA – Meggie McKinnon
PROCTOR – Sean Kaufmann
PSYCH OFFICER – Hugh Ritchie
HIPPY – Allison Kampf

Get to know writer Mark Perlick:

1. What is your screenplay about?

This screenplay is about a woman who seeks healing by searching for the lost records of Atlantis, believing that these records contain the spiritual secrets that can transform and rehabilitate us all.

2. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

This screenplay should be made into a movie because it communicates through humor the spiritual possibilities within all of us. It lets us laugh at the absurdities of life, but shows us that there’s always a great mystery unfolding in each of us.

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

Yearning…

MERKUR
by Amanda Lomonaco

Review of the short film.
Played at the September 2015 WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival.
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/september_2015_film_festival.html

I’ve never liked the saying “a picture is worth 1,000 words.” I’ve often believed pictures can lie just as well, and just as often as words can. After watching this film I’m not so sure anymore that conviction.

Merkur is quite a simple animation, with simple, humanoid characters, basic chunky background structures, and an intricate play on light to enhance the composition. With these very basic structures, two minutes, and no dialogue, the makers of Merkur create a beautiful short film, that expresses and emphasizes the importance of curiosity, and exploration.

The film itself does not parade a grand act of defiance, nor does it go through great lengths to explain the characters’ internal though process, or even the initial storyline. In fact the film seems to propel your focus almost…

KEEPING LONDON MOVING
by Amanda Lomonaco

Review of the short film MOVING LONDON.
Played at the September 2015 WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival.
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/september_2015_film_festival.html

As part of the “Moving Cities” series of short films, WILDSound Feedback Film Festival last month showed the film that started it all; Moving London. This series incorporates such an amazing number of things, I often have trouble understanding all the different things it makes me feel. This film series is a celebration urban spaces, public life, dance, motion, & freedom, among so many other things. It demonstrates how the movement of our everyday lives somehow simultaneously clashes & fuses with the mechanics of the metropolis, while also illustrating how well dance mimics the pattern of our daily lives.

For those who need traditional plot lines and story-telling techniques the “Moving Cities” can be a bit tough to swallow. However, even at the most superficial level it’s…

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Read the best of the 140 Character Short Stories for Fall 2015. Now the winners will be made into a video.

Read the 10 Twitter Short Story Winners:

LIFE IS BUT A DREAM
by Brian O’Flaherty

Asleep at the wheel,
I wake up in a dream.
Real, is what I believe.
Knowing light through dark,
the contrast, stark,
and myself, in-between.

Lost River
by CF Lane

Sara jumped in to the icy waters after her dog.
He had slipped into the raging river.
The world went black as she saw him scramble ashore.

My Breath Caught
by CR Smith

Your beauty overwhelmed me, drew me forwards, outstretched hand reaching for a connection, until a man whispered not to touch the painting.

Twitter Story
by Matthew Hensarling

The girl wore a face of mystery. The only one that knew her true self was the boy, the boy that lay inside her…

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