Here is the list of 2023 screenplay winners from the FEMALE Festival.
Watch the 6 winning screenplay best scene readings:
MAPLE GROVE, by Richard Telesca
Feature Script
An old-fashioned love story where in 1953, the lives of two people in search of true love and happiness seem to be headed in opposite directions until they come together in the little town of Maple Grove and discover that everything in life happens for a reason.
Winning ROMANCE Festival Best Scene: MAPLE GROVE, by Richard Telesca
Astral Flames, by Nicolas James
Short Script
A lonely, yet content young woman helps navigate a connection-deprived young man through the astral dimension while trying not to be detected by an ominous spirit.
ROMANCE Festival Best Scene: Astral Flames, by Nicolas James
A Broken Heart & The Immortal Hen, by Benjamin Sarno
Feature Script
A teenage boy struggles to overcome a series of setbacks. Then he encounters his steepest hurdle yet.
ROMANCE Fest Best Scene: A Broken Heart & The Immortal Hen, by Benjamin Sarno
Topher & Nate & The Invaders From Mars, by Ryan P. Dooley
Feature Script
A down-on-his-luck gay man looks back on his former relationship with the love of his life… which just so happened to coincide with the Martian invasion of Earth.
ROMANCE Best Scene: Topher & Nate & The Invaders From Mars, by Ryan P. Dooley
30 WAYS, by Maxie Dara, Caroline Concordia
It’s late at night and Janice opens the door to see her daughter Cassie waiting with tears running down her cheeks. Cassie announces it’s over and Janice breathes a sigh of relief and embraces her daughter. The next morning, Cassie is back in her childhood bedroom and she ignores her mother who continues to check in on her and bring her meals. Cassie refuses to get out of bed until her cousin Ziggy shows up one day after Janice sent for her to help.
ROMANCE Festival TV PILOT Reading: 30 WAYS, by Maxie Dara, Caroline Concordia
The Highwayman, by Patrick Norman
A deep and all-consuming romance set in eighteenth-century England between a highwayman and a landlord’s daughter tests their love, loyalty, and willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice.
ROMANCE Festival BEST Scene Reading: The Highwayman, by Patrick Norman
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