Abigail Spencer, star of Lifetime's ANGELA'S EYES,
to read at Screenplay Live at the 2006 High Falls Film Festival.
SCREENPLAY LIVE returns for a third year at the High Falls Film Festival with a staged reading of
BEARD'S CREEK by Maureen Tilyou, a finalist of the 2006 BlueCat Screenplay Competition.
Abigail Spencer, star of Lifetime's new original series, ANGELA'S EYES, will be reading the lead role.
A former cast member of ALL MY CHILDREN, Abby also stars in A COAT OF SNOW, written and directed by Gordy
Hoffman. A COAT OF SNOW screens Friday at High Falls.
The annual reading series, held as a part of the High Falls program, brings a highly acclaimed
screenplay to Rochester, casting local actors through
RochesterTalent.com.
Synopsis of BEARD'S CREEK by Maureen Tilyou
When three children find a murdered woman in the dreamy perils of the swamps of 1950's Georgia, the
daydreams of their latch key lives fracture horrifyingly into the reality of an actual killer, their
older sister's new beau.
Maureen Tilyou has developed a mini-series based on the life of Ernest Hemingway with
Snake River Productions as well as co-writing THE EXPERIMENT for Riverchild Films in London.
She recently finished co-writing the feature FANTASY LAND, currently in pre-production with
Intrinsic Value Films. In 2000, Maureen won the Best Picture Award (with director Martin Duffy)
at the Austin Heart of Screenwriting Festival for the Welsh story TALIESIN JONES. Maureen has directed
several short films and is a founding member of DnA, a workshop group that seeks to explore and
strengthen the relationships between directors and actors.
Gordy Hoffman,
Fairport native and Founder of BlueCat, will moderate the Q&A. Hoffman won the Waldo
Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival for LOVE LIZA, which starred his brother, Philip
Seymour Hoffman, and Kathy Bates. His directorial debut, A COAT OF SNOW, world premiered at the Locarno
International Film Festival, and went to screen at the Silver Lake Film Festival and the Milan Film
Festival. A COAT OF SNOW won the Domani Vision Award, given by VisionFest, held at the Tribeca
Cinemas in New York. A COAT OF SNOW will screen at the High Falls Film Festival, Friday, Nov 10, at the Dryden
Theatre at the George Eastman House, at 9:45 p.m.
SCREENPLAY LIVE is sponsored by ROCHESTERTALENT.COM
and the ROCHESTER FILM OFFICE.
HIGH FALLS FILM FESTIVAL is an annual international film festival that showcases exceptional work by
women in film and video - all positions before and behind the camera, including cinematographer,
screenwriter, editor, composer, director, producer, and stuntwoman. The dates for the festival are
November 8-13, 2006.
Abigail Spencer, star of Lifetime's ANGELA'S EYES,
to read at Screenplay Live at the 2006 High Falls Film Festival.
Gordy Hoffman,
Fairport native and Founder of BlueCat, will moderate the Q&A. Hoffman won the Waldo
Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival for LOVE LIZA, which starred his brother, Philip
Seymour Hoffman, and Kathy Bates. His directorial debut, A COAT OF SNOW, world premiered at the Locarno
International Film Festival, and went to screen at the Silver Lake Film Festival and the Milan Film
Festival. A COAT OF SNOW won the Domani Vision Award, given by VisionFest, held at the Tribeca
Cinemas in New York. A COAT OF SNOW will screen at the High Falls Film Festival, Friday, Nov 10, at the Dryden
Theatre at the George Eastman House, at 9:45 p.m.
