DEATHBLOOD: A LOVE STORY

Psychological Horror Vampire Thriller Feature by Breeze Vincinz

LOGLINE: A reclusive veterinarian weaponizes his prejudice to destroy a hidden community- unleashing a deadly virus that threatens humans and monsters alike.

WRITER BIO: Breeze Vincinz is a bold, transgressive fiction screenwriter, spoken word artist, and self-published author of two books. After relocating from Los Angeles to Waldorf, Maryland, he champions Black Lives Matter, LGBT rights, comedy, spirituality, pancakes, and an undying love for all things Tori Amos. His work blends humor, edge, and soulful cultural storytelling.

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October Script Club

OBSESSION by Curry Barker

In Script Club, we read and dissect scripts for the purpose of helping writers to better create them, actors to better portray them, and directors to better visualize them.

What goes into making a good, indie horror? How complicated or simple does the concept need to be to pull it off? Join us for our discussion of the breakout horror film of 2026: Obsession!

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JE TE VOIS

Supernatural, Psychological Horror Feature by Keshia Thomas

LOGLINE: Haunted by a devastating childhood encounter with a stranger, a French woman travels to New Orleans to settle her dying father’s affairs, only to ignite a supernatural reckoning rooted in decades of family lies.

WRITER BIO: Keshia Thomas is an international award-winning writer and director known for emotionally grounded genre storytelling. Her work blends drama, horror, psychological thriller, fantasy, and science fiction to explore identity, family, grief, and the hidden emotional lives of her characters. She is the writer, director, and producer of the award-winning short film Don't Look in the Corner, which earned Best Director at Cinema Royale: Paris Edition, and her screenplays have been recognized by festivals and competitions in the United States and internationally. Through immersive visual storytelling and compelling performances, Thomas creates films where extraordinary circumstances reveal deeply human truths.

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CURRENCY

Psychological Thriller Short by Monét Ravenell

LOGLINE: When losing her job causes her social score to plummet, a 65-year-old woman must restore it within seven days or lose her newly approved senior apartment

WRITER BIO: Monét Ravenell writes female-centered psychological thrillers that help women destroy the identities built to cage them — no matter the cost

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A THERAPIST FOR A KILLER

Thriller, Dramedy Feature by Jessie Hymowitz

LOGLINE: Bob, a regular man with a serial killing "addiction", tries to enlist the help of unlicensed therapist, Nora, to put an end to his "addiction".

WRITER BIO: Jessie S. Hymowitz is a passionate writer. She has won one Wildsound Festival award and was a finalist for the Mystic Film Festival. Her goal is make stories that keeps the world of imagination going.

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SLEEP

Psychological Thriller Pilot by Shanté Kaneisha

LOGLINE: When Imani escapes a controlling relationship, she thinks the nightmare is over. But as her ex continues slipping into her home while she sleeps and the authorities prove powerless to stop him, she's driven to a dangerous choice: become his next victim or end the terror herself.

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WRITE. CAMERA. ACTION!

A discussion about filmmaking’s collaborative journey from page to moving pictures

Hosted by Writer/Director Andi Behring

Director Jennifer Arnold

Jennifer Arnold is an Emmy-nominated producer and director whose work spans multiple cultures, genres, and formats. She believes that stories, like life, should be filled with fresh and unexpected perspectives.

Arnold most recently served as a Producing Director and Co-Executive Producer on season 3 of P-VALLEY and was the Pilot Director and a Co-Executive Producer for Netflix’s #1 show, XO KITTY. Her other television credits include BASED ON A TRUE STORY, EMILY IN PARIS, AMERICAN HORROR STORY, SHAMELESS, LAST MAN ON EARTH and THE L WORD: GENERATION Q. She is currently developing a Cold War-era sports series with German production company UFA Fiction. 

Her independent and documentary work has premiered at prestigious festivals around the world, including four appearances at Sundance. Arnold’s feature documentary A SMALL ACT (HBO) won the Humanitas Prize, a NAMIC Vision Award, and was nominated for the Best Documentary Emmy. Her other documentaries include THE DIPLOMAT (ESPN), TIG (Netflix), and THICKER THAN WATER for ESPN’s 30 for 30 Shorts series. 

Arnold is the founding Co-Chair of the Television Academy’s LGBTQIA+ Affinity group and has been an advisor at the Sundance labs and the American Film Showcase. She attended UCLA’s Graduate Film School and studied history as an undergrad at UCLA and the University of Nairobi. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her wife, the esteemed ASC cinematographer Patti Lee.

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DEVOTEE

Drama/Thriller Pilot by D'Arcee Neal

LOGLINE: A disabled poet finally finds love with a charismatic occupational therapist, only to uncover his dark secret: he's a 'devotee' who fetishizes disability, making Anais his next subject for an exploitative online market.

WRITER BIO: D'Arcee Neal is a writer, actor, and professor of English, and Disability Studies.

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BABAYLAN

Historical Drama/Horror by Todd Ocvirk

WRITER BIO: Todd is an award-winning writer/director/producer with the brand Epic Nightmares. He is a graduate of the USC Film School’s screenwriting program where he had legendary director John Woo as a mentor. He has three produced features under his belt, and spent time in Shanghai, China writing episodes of a children’s puppet show. He also published a comic through IDW Publishing, based on a Japanese light novel. His latest feature is being produced by Tea Shop Productions, makers of the horror hit Obsession. He is repped by Sandstone Artists.

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THE WILD ONES

Sports Drama Pilot by Daniel Lynch

LOGLINE: After surviving a traumatic family tragedy, a gifted Black bull rider returns to the arena to challenge a privileged rodeo heir, fighting dark corporate corruption to reclaim his family’s legacy.

WRITER BIO: I'm an actor/writer who aims to tell stories for families to share new memories with eachother.

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TELLING TRUTHS

A Conversation about Craft and Career of Acting

with

Acting Coach Lisina Stoneburner

Lisina Stoneburner has been actively coaching actors of all ages since 1991. Lisina has a very direct approach to actors and to teaching. Create a working relationship where the actor feels capable of being vulnerable and aware of their own range of capabilities and then challenging the actor to move beyond the obvious and create new and believable moments that are unique to the audience. Lisina works quickly to get to know the actor and accurately pinpoint what they have to access. Continuing then to show the actor, through interrogative script analysis and character development as well as preparation techniques how to create quality performances. 

Lisina is the Founder and Co-Executive Director of The Company Acting Studio. Originally from New York City, she is a well known teacher, acting coach and on set coach. Her school, established in 1996 is considered one of the Southeasts most elite acting programs for kids and adults. 

Lisina is one of the most sought after on-set coaches in the southeast region. Her work with some of the most popular and long running television shows and blockbuster feature films is well known and highly regarded in the film and TV industry.

Lisina Stoneburner brings decades of acting training, performance and on-set coaching for Studio Feature Films and Hit Network TV Shows (Little House on the Prairie, We Were Liars, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Legacies, PValley, Amazing Stories, The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, Dynasty, The Following and more)  to the curriculum of this 'working actor' styled program that trains the actor to be in their most competitive state at all times.

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THE MEMORY BOX 1.01 BEFORE

Family Reunion Dramedy Pilot by Alexandra Noelle Whyte

LOGLINE: When a brilliant astronomer receives a posthumous invitation from the best friend who died twelve years earlier, she reunites with the other five women left behind to confront the memories they shared—and the truths they buried—or lose the sisterhood the dead girl refused to let disappear.

WRITER BIO: A writer who’s had my head in a book or a pen to paper since I learned to read and write at just 4-years-old. On the first day of kindergarten when they asked me and my classmates what we wanted to be when we grew up, they all said, “Movie Star, Astronaut, Doctor, etc.” But not me. No, I said I wanted to be the first African American Pink Mighty Morphin’ Power Ranger. Sadly that dream never came true. That’s ok though. Because now, I write the heroes and sheroes I wanna see.

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MISS FORTUNE

Comedy - Sitcom Pilot by Breeze Vincinz

LOGLINE: A reckless, aging party girl acquires a struggling Black-owned dispensary and joins a financial 12-step program—only to discover her biggest addiction isn’t cannabis… it’s self-sabotage.

WRITER BIO: Breeze Vincinz is a bold, transgressive fiction screenwriter, spoken word artist, and self-published author of two books. After relocating from Los Angeles to Waldorf, Maryland, he champions Black Lives Matter, LGBT rights, comedy, spirituality, pancakes, and an undying love for all things Tori Amos. His work blends humor, edge, and soulful cultural storytelling.

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RUNNERS

Crime Thriller/Horror Short Film by Kawan Glover

LOGLINE: When a track & field athlete is kicked off the team, he rights the perceived wrong by making his coach run for his life.

WRITER BIO: Kawan Glover is a survivor because from ages 20 to 24, he survived a stroke and three brain surgeries. He’s the author of the Amazon bestselling memoir “FAVOR,” a public speaker, and a filmmaker. He also started his own company, Overcome Adversity, LLC, which he ran for over half a decade. He wrote his first feature film screenplay in 2021 and hasn’t looked back since. He has a bachelor’s from the University of Maryland and has taken TV writing courses with Sterling Anderson and Michael Jamin. He holds a certification from the Entertainment Business School with Kaia Alexander and became the Chief of Business Development there. He loves Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and anime, which are an escape from his sometimes unfair reality of living with a disability. He found his home in sci-fi, fantasy, and drama inspired by shows like “ARCANE,” “THE MANDOLORIAN," and "SUCCESSION." Most recently, he’s taken inspiration from shows like “FALLOUT,” "THE LAST OF US," and “THE RINGS OF POWER.” Kawan has a glass-half-full disposition and often says, “I’m not really disabled, I’m just able to do things differently.” His life mission is to positively impact over eight billion people through creating stories about, as he calls it, "the gift of loss."

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KENDRA JO GINGER

Coming-of-Age, Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+ Short Film by Keshia Thomas

LOGLINE: A timid teenager rehearses courage in the drag queen world he built inside a video game. Synopsis: Standing on the brink of a new beginning, the fabulous Kendra Jo Ginger fears she isn't ready for her first real job. With the encouragement of her glamorous drag queen friends, she rehearses confidence one laugh, one lesson, and one breath at a time. In a heartfelt twist, the colorful world is revealed to be a sanctuary built inside a video game by a timid teenager preparing for his first day of high school, proving that sometimes being yourself takes a little practice.

WRITER BIO: Keshia Thomas is an international award-winning writer and director whose work explores the emotional and psychological landscapes people carry beneath the surface. Blending grounded realism with elements of drama, horror, psychological thriller, fantasy, and science fiction, she creates character-driven stories centered on family, identity, grief, and the unseen forces that shape human behavior. Her storytelling is rooted in atmosphere, performance, and immersive world-building, often using genre as a lens to examine deeply human experiences. Whether exploring Alzheimer's through elevated horror, fractured identities hidden behind carefully constructed personas, or families confronting impossible choices, Thomas crafts stories that linger long after the final frame. Thomas is the writer, director, and producer of the award-winning short film Don't Look in the Corner, which earned her Best Director at Cinema Royale: Paris Edition. Her screenplays have received recognition from film festivals and screenplay competitions throughout the United States and internationally. She is committed to creating emotionally resonant, visually distinctive films that entertain, challenge, and spark conversation.

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SECRET INGREDIENT

Horror Short by Katrina Gleaton

LOGLINE: A lonely chef sets up a blind date, unknowingly making the perfect connection.

WRITER BIO: Kay N. Gleaton is an Atlanta-based published author and screenwriter with a passion for creating bold, character-driven stories that stay with you long after they end. Her writing centers on raw, complex, universally relatable characters navigating identity, self-discovery, self-worth, and transformation, often revealing something about themselves—or what they’re capable of—that changes everything. With a love for storytelling across genres, Kay is especially drawn to horror and the freedom it offers to explore the darker, stranger, and more unsettling sides of human nature. Whether on the page or on the screen, she writes to entertain, provoke thought, and make audiences feel something.

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The Storyteller Sitdown

A Conversation with Storytellers in our Industry

Our July Guest

WRITER DALLAS RICO

Dallas Rico is originally from — you guessed it — Dallas, TX. The cowboy hat probably gives it away. He graduated from U.T. Austin with a degree in Film & Television, and spent several years as a high school Spanish teacher in Los Angeles and New York City while honing his voice as a writer. His work nimbly moves between comedy and drama, and through it he seeks to celebrate Black, queer, and cowboy culture. Dallas sold his pilot LESSONS to NBC and, through the Disney Writing Program, was staffed as a writer on Hulu’s REASONABLE DOUBT, where he co-wrote and produced the second season finale. Most recently, he helped develop a Black rodeo drama currently in production at Starz.

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ADAPTATION

Horror Feature by D'Arcee Neal

LOGLINE: To retrieve life-saving medication, a wheelchair-using agoraphobic is forced to open his door years after a global pandemic was thought to have ended, getting caught in an escalating zombie outbreak that is rapidly spreading through his apartment building leaving him stranded with no power, and no help.

WRITER BIO: Dr. D'Arcee Charington Neal is a Professor in English and Disability Studies at the University of New Haven, focusing on the intersections of black digital media and disabled erasure within Afrofuturism. However when not theorizing about black techno-agency, he believes that the future can and should be both, accessible, and in Wakanda, forever.

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MR. SUNSHINE

Thriller, Horror Short by Chandonae Baskin

LOGLINE: After killing the wrong target, a meticulous Black hitman known for humming soul songs and popping Lemonheads must cover his tracks before the dangerous forces of Nashville's underworld close in and unravel everything he's built.

WRITER BIO: Chandonae Baskin Smith is a Bay Area based screenwriter and director originally from Michigan by way of Nashville. An HBCU graduate with an M.F.A. in Creative Media and Film, she writes character-driven dramedies and crime dramas about human connection, messy love, and people who often go unnoticed. With a vibrant, gritty voice and memorable dialogue, Chan tells bold, emotionally honest stories about flawed people fighting to slay their Goliaths in messy, multifaceted worlds. She is a Start With 8 mentee whose work has screened at Oscar-qualifying festivals across the country.

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SPEAK UP

A Conversation About Voice in Filmmaking

with Guest

Writer CINDY BEGEL

Cindy Begel is a Writer-Producer who has worked on staff or freelance for over 30 classic sitcoms and some not-so-classic. Her background includes both multi and single-camera series, animation, and was one of the writers for the hugely popular film, "The Flintstones". She's worked for Garry Marshall and Norman Lear.

Shows include: Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Joanie Loves Chachi, The Jeffersons, Head of The Class, Alice, Married With Children, Mama's Family, The New Leave It To Beaver, The Days & Nights of Molly Dodd, The Martin Short Show. Co-creating the animated series "The Kids From Room 402, she also co-wrote all 52 episodes. Most recently, she wrote for the Muppet Babies on the Disney Channel.

Cindy recently finished a darkly comedic semi-autobiographical novel, “Morgan Keller Takes A Deep Breath” based on her experiences as an on-staff TV writer.

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UNCONDITIONAL

Drama Short by Lynnette Harris

LOGLINE: A socially anxious woman with dreams of running wellness retreats discovers her charismatic husband’s insidious breaches of trust and must decide whether to expose him or secure the retreat centre that will make their community truly hers.

WRITER BIO: From being a descendent of African and Indigenous North American enslaved peoples who was born of the southern United States then blended into New England, who has lived within a Taiwanese family and a Māori family, my writing comes from a lifetime of having consistent outsider-insider access. So it celebrates the voices of characters who are significant yet unseen — characters who challenge both what is considered impossible and how to get it done.

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THE LOST TRIBE OF SHAOLIN

Historical Action/Adventure Pilot by Todd Ocvirk

LOGLINE: In ancient China, a former Nubian slave forged by Shaolin becomes an unlikely ally to a deposed emperor as they battle rival warlords and ignite a revolution.

WRITER BIO: Todd is an award-winning writer/director/producer with the brand Epic Nightmares. He is a graduate of the USC Film School’s screenwriting program where he had legendary director John Woo as a mentor. He has three produced features under his belt, and spent time in Shanghai, China writing episodes of a children’s puppet show. He also published a comic through IDW Publishing, based on a Japanese light novel. His latest feature is being produced by Tea Shop Productions, makers of the horror hit Obsession. He is repped by Sandstone Artists.

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24-HOUR SELF-STORAGE

Psychological Thriller Pilot by Keshia Thomas

LOGLINE: At a 24-hour self-storage facility, a college student's routine is disrupted by a relentless stranger, setting off a chain of events that exposes the unsettling truth hidden behind her carefully constructed life.

WRITER BIO: Keshia Thomas is a writer and filmmaker whose work explores the emotional and psychological landscapes people carry beneath the surface. Blending grounded realism with elements of drama, horror, fantasy, science fiction, and psychological tension, she crafts stories centered on family, identity, and the unspoken truths that shape human behavior. Her storytelling is rooted in atmosphere and character, often weaving immersive worlds where internal conflict manifests in unsettling and unexpected ways. Keshia’s work is driven by a desire to create moments that linger—experiences audiences absorb, reflect on, and carry with them beyond the screen. She is the writer, director, and producer of the award-winning short film Don't Look In The Corner, which received Best Director Short Film at Cinema Royale: Paris Edition, and the writer of the award-winning short scripts Crusin, Office Gossip, and Vultures. Through her work, Keshia continues to develop a distinct voice that merges intimate storytelling with elevated genre elements, creating narratives that are both emotionally resonant and psychologically haunting.

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July Script Club

SENSE8

Written by The Wachowskis

In Script Club, we read and dissect scripts for the purpose of helping writers to better create them, actors to better portray them, and directors to better visualize them. We will post a script each month.

Participants will have roughly a month to read the script before we hold an online gathering for a semi-moderated discussion of the script.

HOSTS/MODERATORS: Kendra Christel

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WRITE. CAMERA. ACTION!

A discussion about filmmaking’s collaborative journey from page to moving pictures

Hosted by Writer/Director Andi Behring

Acting Coach Lisina Stoneburner

Lisina Stoneburner has been actively coaching actors of all ages since 1991. Lisina has a very direct approach to actors and to teaching. Create a working relationship where the actor feels capable of being vulnerable and aware of their own range of capabilities and then challenging the actor to move beyond the obvious and create new and believable moments that are unique to the audience. Lisina works quickly to get to know the actor and accurately pinpoint what they have to access. Continuing then to show the actor, through interrogative script analysis and character development as well as preparation techniques how to create quality performances. 

Lisina is the Founder and Co-Executive Director of The Company Acting Studio. Originally from New York City, she is a well known teacher, acting coach and on set coach. Her school, established in 1996 is considered one of the Southeasts most elite acting programs for kids and adults. 

Lisina is one of the most sought after on-set coaches in the southeast region. Her work with some of the most popular and long running television shows and blockbuster feature films is well known and highly regarded in the film and TV industry.

Lisina Stoneburner brings decades of acting training, performance and on-set coaching for Studio Feature Films and Hit Network TV Shows (Little House on the Prairie, We Were Liars, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Legacies, PValley, Amazing Stories, The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, Dynasty, The Following and more)  to the curriculum of this 'working actor' styled program that trains the actor to be in their most competitive state at all times.

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STARSEED

Sci-Fi Short by Jessie Hymowitz

LOGLINE: When Jane, an unassuming archivist, in an attempt to prove her favorite author, thee Christen Preston, is queer gets mixed up in a generational long family drama.

WRITER BIO: Jessie S. Hymowitz is a passionate writer. She has won one Wildsound Festival award and was a finalist for the Mystic Film Festival. Her goal is make stories that keeps the world of imagination going.

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WE ARE NOT ALONE

Sci fi Feature by Daniel Lynch

LOGLINE: When an orphaned boy uncovers discovers that an omnipotent alien intelligence is quietly observing Earth, he teams up with a relentless investigative journalist to expose the truth- before humanity makes first contact with a godlike force it cannot survive.

WRITER BIO: I create stories for so that grandkids and grandparents can have a chance to create new memories together.

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BATHHOUSE BETTY'S DIARIES

Adult Ensemble Comedy Pilot by Breeze Vincinz

LOGLINE: After inheriting a Harlem bathhouse, a disgraced Wall Street socialite clashes with its queer community, forcing her to confront prejudice, identity, and unexpected belonging while fighting to survive

WRITER BIO: Breeze Vincinz is a bold transgressive fiction screenwriter, spoken word artist, and self-publisher of two books. After relocating from Los Angeles to Waldorf, Maryland, he champions Black Lives Matter, LGBT rights, comedy, spirituality, pancakes, and an undying love for Tori Amos. His work blends humor, edge, and soulful cultural storytelling.

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BREAD & CIRCUS

Supernatural Drama Feature by C.B. Hartford

LOGLINE: A progressive young pastor in a struggling community goes viral when he discovers a holy miracle but he must unravel the truth behind it when he begins to suspect he has made a deal with the devil.

WRITER BIO: Comika is a screenwriter and founding member of the B3 film collective in Oakland that focuses on strange stories and twisty tales. She has worked with Community Works West writing plays and new media projects for their Art & Social Change program and was the head of their Creative Writing Program: WRITING ON WALLS: Storytelling in the Digital Age. Her latest short film The Interview premiered at the Vertifilm Festival in Prague and her award winning web series The Grey Area is available on the PARAflixx platform.

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YESTERDAY'S TOMORROW

Psychological Thriller Short by Nija Green

LOGLINE: Forced to kill her lover, a trapped assassin struggles against her handlers to trigger a time-travel glitch before she runs out of ways to escape.

WRITER BIO: From microbiology to the blank page, my characters are too relentless to be kept in a lab! Sheesh! After pursuing a "stable" science career to please my traditional Black family, I finally let my stories take the wheel. Now, I’m a comedy, sci-fi, and romance writer crafting flavorful, culture-rich stories that celebrate all things Black and Brown, with an occasional taste of ratchetness, of course.

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