Sherrill Actors Studio to Perform Winning Scripts from the DIFF 2025 Screenplay Competition
(PRUnderground) April 9th, 2025
Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF), an Oscar® Qualifying Film Festival, and competition-partner Event Horizon Films (EHF), announced today the table read sessions for the grand-prize winning screenplays for DIFF 2025.
- Late Bloomers will be performed on Friday, Apr. 25, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
- Unbound will be performed on Saturday, Apr. 26, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
- How to Start a Cult will be performed on Monday, Apr. 28, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
- The Best Days of Richard Davis will be performed on Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
These winning scripts will be performed live by trained actors from the Dallas-based Sherrill Actors Studio during the table read sessions at the 2025 Dallas International Film Festival at Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas Victory Park, located steps away from American Airlines Center at 2365 Victory Park Lane. Event Horizon Films is the event host, while Michelle Sherrill, owner of Sherrill Actors Studio, will cast and direct the table reads. This will mark the second season that DIFF has collaborated with Event Horizon Films and Sherrill Actors Studio for this special event.
“We had a lot of really great and positive feedback about the table reads last year,” said James Faust, Artistic Director, Dallas International Film Festival. “It’s an incredible way to experience unproduced work that might one day be produced. In fact, we’re screening HAPPY AS LARRY this year, which was a semifinalist in our screenplay competition last year, showing the very real opportunity for the work of these filmmakers to reach the big screen.”
The winning scripts were selected by Emmy-winning, writer-producer Christian McLaughlin and a committee of professional filmmakers, based on strength of characterization, dialogue, theme, concept, and marketability.
Melinda Scully (Dallas) won the Texas category for the feature script, “How to Start a Cult.” Renn Tan won the Feature Script category for the drama, “Unbound.” Kyle Kennan won the Pilot Script category for the comedy, “Late Bloomers.” Phoebe Angaye (Denton, Texas) won the Short Script category for the drama, “The Best Days of Richard Davis.” The winning writers will be awarded trophies, artwork, pitching opportunities, and table reads during the Festival. The table read sessions are open to anyone with a reservation through the DIFF schedule guide, and will conclude with a brief audience Q&A with the winning writer and actors.
The 2025 Dallas International Film Festival is Apr. 25, 2025, through May 1, 2025, at Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas Victory Park at 2365 Victory Park Lane. For more information on DIFF, visit DIFFdallas.org or contact info@dallasfilm.org. Information can also be found on Facebook and Instagram. For more information about EHF, visit eventhorizonfilms.com. Information can also be found on: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
About DIFF | Dallas International Film Festival
DIFF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and culture organization established as Dallas Film Society, Inc. in 2006. Through year-round screenings, film series, educational programs, community partnerships, and film festivals, DIFF builds community and raises awareness of the world’s most approachable and inclusive art form.
Named by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as an Oscar® Qualifying Festival, The Dallas International Film Festival is the signature presentation of the organization. Through curation of the broadest range of expression through film, DIFF serves as the region’s most powerfully inclusive and equitable platform for diverse, emerging and underrepresented voices. Since its founding, DIFF has screened more than 2,500 widely diverse new films from 60 countries, provided more than $1.1 million in awards and hosted more than 100,000 filmgoers and filmmakers.
DIFF is committed to celebrating films and their impact on society, honoring filmmakers and recognizing their contribution enhancing both the creative community and the city of Dallas, providing leadership in film education, and celebrating excellence in the art of film.
More information is available at www.DIFFDallas.org. INSTAGRAM – @WeAreDIFFDallas, FACEBOOK – @WeAreDIFFDallas
About Event Horizon Films
Event Horizon Films (www.eventhorizonfilms.com) is an award-wining film production company and screenwriting service in Dallas, Los Angeles and New York. Founded in 2019, EHF’s network of film professionals include Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winning talent and partners at top talent agencies and literary management companies. EHF is also the official host of the nationally-recognized screenwriting competition for the Dallas International Film Festival. EHF is committed to supporting screenwriters, building networks and producing stories.
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