LGBTQ+ TV 1st Scene Reading: AFTERLIFE ANONYMOUS, by Michael Kezele (interview)
New Releases
•
2m 33s
A gay ghost haunting a West Hollywood house, along with his dysfunctional Grim Reaper friend, help a straight cop solve crimes.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Sal: Steve Rizzo
Shawn: Shawn Devlin
Corey: Andy Camp
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
It's about a gay ghost haunting a West Hollywood home, inhabited by a psychic cop, in which the gay ghost and his dysfunctional grim reaper friend, helps solve crimes.
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Comedy
3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
It's different. It's out of the box.
4. How would you describe this script in two words?
Fricking hilarious.
5. How long have you been working on this screenplay?
About 8 years
6. How many stories have you written?
Probably about 15
7. What motivated you to write this screenplay?
I had this burning idea that was totally different than anything that's out there.
8. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
Coming up with an ending. That was my biggest obstacle. Probably did 10 rewrites.
9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
I'm passionate about fitness. I workout 6 x a week.
10. What influenced you to enter the festival? What were your feelings
on the initial feedback you received?
I wanted to enter the Toronto film festival because it's one of the best out there. I was really surprised at my feedback. It was good. Even though I knew the script was good, you don't expect it.
11. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
Grease
Up Next in New Releases
-
Poetry Reading: Reason Enough, by Bro...
https://youtu.be/nEdWr4lIOFc
Performed by Val Cole
POEM:
I don’t remember ever being beautiful.
Must have been, at some point.
Kindergarten maybe?
All I know is, by third grade,
My tummy was a tad too
Big to be beautiful.But don’t worry. This isn’t a poem
About hating my body. Actually,
I’v... -
LGBTQ+ Festival TV Best Scene: JESSIE...
Jessie follows the haunting of a ghost girl who visits her great great niece and starts cause chaos in their lives.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Anna: Hannah Ehman
Susie: Elizabeth Rose Morriss -
CRIME/MYSTERY Festival 1st Scene: PEA...
When a precocious mixed-race five-year-old wanders into a fire station with only a backpack and a cryptic note about her missing mother, she has no idea it will set off a chain of events that will reshape her life. The little girl, who refuses to give her name, is sent into foster care and given ...