Category: winning screenplays

When a string of murders targeting police officers’ daughters is solved, a veteran lieutenant and his detective daughter, alongside a brilliant, enigmatic investigator, uncover the killings were only part of a long-buried conspiracy, forcing them to confront a threat embedded within their own department. CAST LIST: Narrator: Sean Ballatyne Wernette: Hannah Ehman Susan: Elizabeth Rose… Continue reading CRIME/MYSTERY Festival 1st Scene: THE HOLMES ENIGMA, by Russell C. Babcock

After surviving what seems to be a terrorist attack on an airplane, a woman must go under the radar as she stumbles on something much larger. CAST LIST: Narrator: Sean Ballantyne Server: Geoff Mays Armida: Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole — Submit your short story to the festival: https://crimemysteryfestival.com/mystery-short-story/

Performed by Val Cole — Submit your Short Story to the festival: https://crimemysteryfestival.com/mystery-short-story/

Performed by Val Cole

When a wildlife photographer’s bush plane crashes in remote Alaska, he and his girlfriend must survive a brutal game of cat & mouse with a family of fugitives eliminating witnesses, but the real danger may be what survival turns him into. CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole Nick: Geoff Mays Sara: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

A showcase of the best of new films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival):Best Mystery Film: WHEN FIGHTING MONSTERSBest Fantasy Film: THE SASNGUINEBest Sci-Fi Film: ALIENTEDBest Visual Design: TEXAS STRANGEBest Direction: HANDYMANBest Story: TIM’S TURBULENT GARDEN WHEN FIGHTING MONSTERS, 18min., USADirected by Sherill QuinnA bereaved detective struggles to make sense of… Continue reading WINNERS: March 2026 CRIME/MYSTERY Festival

Performed by Val Cole

A showcase of the best of new films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival): Best Short Film: TRIGGER Best Direction: HALF PAST HALF PAST, 20min., USA Directed by Jonas Fryer A group of con artists learn the importance of trust during a heist where everything goes wrong. https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-half-past TRIGGER, 33min., Greece… Continue reading WINNERS: February 2026 ACTION/CRIME/MYSTERY Festival

Performed by Val Cole —- POEM: Apologies/what we owe the uni(verse) Awake, the door elucidates the shape Of her body, limbs stretched between this privacy of her mind, which asks What we owe the verse And If the universe owes us for existence? Asleep, the blinds snore in the wind Where the attic waits a… Continue reading DEATH Poetry Reading: Apologies what we owe the universe, by Leah Fleischer