2019 Festival
October 4-5, 2019 • Greenport Theatre
In 2019, we launched the inaugural science and technology script competition and turned the winner, Distemper, into a pilot that we premiered. We also selected and screened four incredible pilots, honored stars like Kelsey Grammer, and hosted festive parties.
2019
Award Winners & Panelists
Official
Festival Selections
Sloan Competition Winner
DISTEMPER
Writer: Maxwell Pitagno
Director/Producer: Elias Plagianos
Distemper tells the true story of pathologist and LGBT icon Louise Pearce as she works to find a cure for African Trypanosomiasis as it infects millions across the Belgian Congo.
UPS AND DOWNS
Writer: Eoin Cleland
Director: Eoin Cleland
Starring: James Martin, Rosie Barry and Susan Lynch
*U.S. Premiere* A young man with Down syndrome tricks his sister into a road trip to go to a concert while being pursued by their mum. With no phones, no money and no plan, can they make it?
RAINBOW RUTHIE
Writer: Ruth Marantz
Director: Ruth Marantz
Starring: Ruth Marantz, Ayumi Patterson, Abraham Makany and Alexis Bronkovic
An ex–teen star from Manhattan Public Access TV in the nineties decides to relive her glory days.
OTIS
Writer/Director: Alexander Etseyatse
Producers: Ebony Lewis & Lily Johnson
Starring: Alexander Etseyatse, Dwinsley Homere, Keithen Hergott, Murray Adams, Brian Hibbler and Jenelle Simone
A young, calm and mentally unstable man attempts to convince his new buddy that they don’t belong at a psych ward by inciting an uprising while trying to win back the affection of his ex-fiancée and daughter.
M
Director: Javier Devitt
Writers: Mateo Ingouville & Ezequiel Schmoller
Starring: Alena Chinault, Jon McCormick, Marcelo Melingo, Heinz K. Krattiger and Juan Alari
Diane and Tim, a young American couple, give up their search for Tim’s father in Patagonia only to encounter a local conman, Alejandro, who lures them back into their journey. As the three travel deeper into the woods, mysteries abound and the forest plays tricks. Each is searching for something — and ultimately discovering much more. They may be hunting a man. But what’s hunting them?
Out of Competition Screening
PERCEPTION
Writer/Director: PJ Posner
What happens when a neuroscientist who’s devoted her entire career to proving you can never believe your own eyes witnesses a murder?