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Pip: Action, fantasy, sci-fi, thriller — if you're going to run a screenplay festival, you might as well swing for every genre at once. Mara: This episode covers the Summer 2026 results from actionadventurefestival, including the writers whose work earned a full professional performance and those who landed in some very selective company. Let's start… Continue reading Podcast Episode: SUMMER 2026 ACTION/FANTASY/SCI-FI/THRILLER Screenplay Winners & Honorable Me

The ACTION/FANTASY/SCI-FI/THRILLER Festival had a surplus of submissions fo the first half of the season. Enclosed is the list of WINNERS, who had a best scene of their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a video. Plus, the honorable mentions, who although they didn’t formally win at the festival, are a group of… Continue reading SUMMER 2026 ACTION/FANTASY/SCI-FI/THRILLER Screenplay Winners & Honorable Mentions

A showcase of the best films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival): Best Feature FilM: SEEK II: The Unsung Scars Best Micro-Short Film: Keys to the Cat Factory Best Sci-Fi Film: Strange Orbits Best Action Film: Bangkok Dragons Best Story: Can’t Stop, a Star Trek Fan Production Best Direction: Ride with… Continue reading WINNERS: August 2026 ACTION/FANTASY/SCI-FI/THRILLER Festival

June 1940. Paris falls. A Jewish-German author and his pregnant wife flee on a borrowed bicycle — chased by a childhood friend now hunting them for the Nazis — they have six days to reach a ship and a hand-drawn children’s book they refuse to leave behind. CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Hans: Shawn… Continue reading ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival Feature: FIFI, A Monkey’s Tale by Brantley Edwards

Angelman Rising follows Eric Dunlop, a 17-year-old with Angelman Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that leaves him non-verbal, physically and mentally challenged. When Eric begins to inexplicably “remember” intergalactic experiences, he becomes the key to unraveling a covert extraterrestrial invasion. Simultaneously, while astronaut Jon Armstrong and his AI companion, CASSI, are returning from their historic… Continue reading SCI-FI/THRILLER Feature Screenplay: Angelman Rising, by Elizabeth Anne von Isser

CAST LIST: Narrator: Shawn Devlin Jones: Sean Ballantyne Juarez: Geoff Mays

A showcase of the best films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival): Best Short Film: CAFE CAFE Best Direction: BEDLOCK Best Micro-Short Film: GARDEN OF ALICINATIONS Best Story: BURIED MALUS ANGOISSE, 4min., USADirected by Araeia RobinsonPlagued by relentless anxiety, a woman is caught between the weight of the past and the… Continue reading WINNERS: June 2026 ACTION/FANTASY/SCI-FI/THRILLER Festival

A showcase of the best of new films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS: Best Feature Film: TANGO BAR Best Short Film: THE HOLLOW Best Micro-Short Film: THE HARPIES Best Story: OUR MONSTERS Best Direction: TARKARI (spicy goat), a restaurant whose main dish is chaos… THE HARPIES, 4min., Canada Directed by Rogan Lovse The Harpies… Continue reading WINNERS: June 2026 ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival

A showcase of the best of new films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival): Best Short Film: FIVE STARS Best Performances: HIGHER Best Direction: BARRAGE HIGHER, 20min., Italy Directed by Michael Carlo Allen A group of Sicilian teenagers spend an evening discussing life and art. https://instagram.com/michaelcarloallen https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-higher FIVE STARS, 23min., USA… Continue reading WINNERS: May 2026 Action/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller Festival

Struggling with the trauma from a childhood tragedy, Lee Derry drinks and battles his way through loneliness and guilt. One night, he is invited to board a legendary but mysterious mega yacht for an article. The yacht has a history, and a reputation that the public is starving to find out. But, there is something… Continue reading ACTION Festival 1st Scene: DERRY CHRONICLES, by Aidan Garrett