Live Screenings Network

The results are in. 🏆

MoviExpa Screenwriting Contest, 2nd edition — congratulations to our winners.

🏆 BEST SCREENPLAY — FULL COURT LEGACY, Tavy Diggs
🏆 BEST TV PILOT / WEB SERIES SCRIPT — SANTIAGO, Kerri Hill
🏆 BEST 1-PAGE SCRIPT — A LONG WINTER'S NAP, Joseph Ciapanna

🏆 SPECIAL MENTION — DISCONTINUED, Ying-Tza (Neon) Chen

⭐ READERS' CHOICE AWARD — FULL COURT LEGACY, Tavy Diggs

The Special Mention exists for work a jury wants to single out on its own terms, and it was argued for by a juror who felt this way of seeing was distinct enough that letting it pass unmarked would be a failure of judgement on our part.

The Readers' Choice went to the script with the highest reader score, chosen by everyone who read.

And to every writer in this edition: thank you for trusting us with your work.

Congratulations to all! That was a really exciting time!

Dear Friends,

The Contest is open!

Five screenplays, three days, and one award decided entirely by the people who read them.

Each script comes with its full package — images, logline, writer biography, the excerpt the writer selected, and our written Festival Opinion: our read on what the script does, where it sits, and who it's for. All of it downloadable, so you can read properly rather than in a browser tab.

📜 FULL COURT LEGACY — Tavy Diggs
📜 DISCONTINUED — Ying-Tza (Neon) Chen
📜 A LONG WINTER'S NAP — Joseph Ciapanna
📜 SANTIAGO — Kerri Hill
📜 I'LL DO IT BECAUSE I SAID IT!! — Ying-Tza (Neon) Chen

Read them, vote for the one you'd want to see made, and leave a review. Reviews are published on each project's page, so what you write stays with the work.

The highest reader score takes the Readers' Choice Award. 🏆

📅 Open until Friday, September 4
🏆 Awards announced Saturday, September 5
🔗 Link in the first comment.

Selected writers, their guests and our professional readers have free access. Register on the site and we'll approve you.

Everyone else can grab a Full Digital Pass on the contest page.

Enjoy reading and good luck to all the participants!

Official Selection — MoviExpa Screenwriting Contest, 2nd edition | 2026 📝

Five screenplays came through this edition, and they have almost nothing in common.

A basketball pilot where the inciting incident is a piece of paperwork filed by a dead man. A short film in which empathy is written as a virus and a machine catches it. A father, a four-year-old son and two armchairs, told in a single page. A haunted pub on the Queensland coast where a white horse knows something the mother has spent sixteen years hiding. And an emptied Seattle where the creatures that ended the world are now the only company left.

📜 FULL COURT LEGACY — Tavy Diggs
📜 DISCONTINUED — Ying-Tza (Neon) Chen
📜 A LONG WINTER'S NAP — Joseph Ciapanna
📜 SANTIAGO — Kerri Hill
📜 I'LL DO IT BECAUSE I SAID IT!! — Ying-Tza (Neon) Chen

Each script comes with its excerpt and a written Festival Opinion — our read on what it does, where it sits and who it's for. Read them, then vote for the one you'd want to see made. The highest reader score takes the Readers' Choice Award. 🏆

🌐 Online, on our Contest Page
📅 September 2–4, 2026
🏆 Awards announced September 5
🔗 link in bio

Official Selection — MoviExpa Screenwriting Contest, 2nd edition | 2026 📝

Five screenplays came through this edition, and they have almost nothing in common.

A basketball pilot where the inciting incident is a piece of paperwork filed by a dead man. A short film in which empathy is written as a virus and a machine catches it. A father, a four-year-old son and two armchairs, told in a single page. A haunted pub on the Queensland coast where a white horse knows something the mother has spent sixteen years hiding. And an emptied Seattle where the creatures that ended the world are now the only company left.

📜 FULL COURT LEGACY — Tavy Diggs
📜 DISCONTINUED — Ying-Tza (Neon) Chen
📜 A LONG WINTER'S NAP — Joseph Ciapanna
📜 SANTIAGO — Kerri Hill
📜 I'LL DO IT BECAUSE I SAID IT!! — Ying-Tza (Neon) Chen

Each script comes with its excerpt and a written Festival Opinion — our read on what it does, where it sits and who it's for. Read them, then vote for the one you'd want to see made. The highest reader score takes the Readers' Choice Award. 🏆

🌐 On our Contest Page
📅 September 2–4, 2026
🏆 Awards announced September 5

Link to attend is in the first comment

The film is finished. Or the script is done.

Either way, the question that actually matters is still unanswered: who buys this, and how do you reach them?

We are not a distributor, not a production company, not a literary agency. We do not acquire rights, we do not option scripts, we do not pay minimum guarantees, and we never take exclusivity.

We represent a specific film or screenplay for a specific term: per project, not per person. We do not sign writers or manage careers. You keep the full right to sell it yourself, through your own contacts or anyone else, and you owe us nothing on deals you close on your own.

We work in order: diagnose, position, package, represent. Outreach before positioning burns the contact — you get one first impression per company, and a badly framed pitch closes that door for a year.

We do not promise a sale. What we promise is a real process and the truth at each step, including the passes.

👉 livescreeningsfilmfestival.com/distribution

Eight genre festivals. Twice a year. Tbilisi and online.

Films and screenplays, all genres, AI-driven work accepted.

Selected projects screen in front of a live audience in Tbilisi and on our Festival Channel the same night, and come away with structured audience feedback, a written jury statement, official laurels and a certificate.

Projects that are not selected get a Reviewer Note: a brief expert read on the work and where it sits in the market. Most festivals send a form rejection and keep the fee. We think that is the part worth fixing.

Autumn cycle deadlines run September through December:

MoviExpa Screenwriting Contest: 18 August
Consonance (music & dance): 7 September
Doc Screenings: 21 September
Private Room (action, thriller, crime): 5 October
Bloody Mirror (horror): 13 October
Striped Tale (animation): 2 November
Fresh Stream (art & experimental): 16 November
Live Screenings International: 1 December

👉 livescreeningsfilmfestival.com/festivals

Live Screenings Network — what we actually do

We have been reading independent films and screenplays since 2015. More than 5,000 of them, from 159 countries.

Three things happen here.

Festivals. Genre film and screenplay festivals, screened in Tbilisi and online, with real audiences filling in structured feedback forms and a written jury statement for every selected project. Not a laurel in an inbox — an actual response from actual viewers.

Honest reads. Where a finished project realistically sits in the market, and what is standing in the way. Sometimes the answer is that there is no sale market for it at all. We say that too.

Distribution. We package finished films and scripts and pitch them directly to buyers and producers. Always non-exclusive — you keep the full right to sell it yourself, and you owe us nothing on deals you close on your own.

Most projects do not need all three. The point of starting is finding out which one you need.

That starting point is a Market Read: a structured written assessment of your film or screenplay — the realistic buyer landscape, the specific channels that fit, what is blocking a deal, and what to fix before you send it anywhere else. Eight sections, six to eight pages, delivered in minutes.

It is an AI read, and every report says so on the first page. No audience or reader panel has seen your project — a market read built from your materials is a different thing from tested audience response, and conflating the two helps nobody.

It will not flatter you either. Recent reads have told filmmakers their poster had a typo, their film was nineteen years past its festival window, and their script was labelled the wrong genre entirely. That is the product working.

👉 marketread.livescreeningsfilmfestival.com/?promo=LSN-FB

🏆 OFFICIAL WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT
9th Live Screenings International Film Festival

We are thrilled to unveil the winners of the 9th edition of the Live Screenings International Film Festival!

From our inspiring live screenings in Tbilisi to our global online channel, these projects captivated our jury and audience with their breathtaking visuals, bold narratives, and incredible imagination.

🔥 DOUBLE HONORS & AUDIENCE FAVORITES 🔥

🏆 FESTIVAL WINNER
🏆 BEST FEATURE FILM
THE CROWN PRINCE AND THE RETURN OF THE TYRANT – Dir. Tord Danielsson

🏆 BEST FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION
🏆 CHANNEL AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
THE PLANET THAT DOESN'T EXIST – Dir. Nadav Embon .b.photography

🏆 READERS' CHOICE AWARD (SCREENPLAY CONTEST)
SOLOMON’S KEYS – Writer: Victoria Polzer

🌟 FESTIVAL AWARDS 🌟

🏆 BEST SHORT FILM
PLANKTON PLAYED WITH JAZZMEN – Dir. Lia Karapetyan

🏆 BEST DEBUT FILM
THE DANCE OF THE FLOWERS – Dir. Alena Parfenovich Traykovskaya

🏆 BEST COMEDY FILM
FATHER FOR HIRE – Dir. Lucas Perez Pernich

🏆 BEST FAMILY, CHILDREN, TEEN, AND ADOLESCENT FILM
GREETINGS FROM MARS – Dir. Sarah Winkenstette

🏆 BEST ANIMATED FILM
THE SURPRISED WATCHMAN – Dir. Michael Reichel

🏆 BEST AI-DRIVEN FILM
JUST A REGRET – Dir. Adrien Pereira

🏆 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
LAST MEAL – Dir. David Villegas

🏆 BEST DANCE & MUSIC VIDEO
LETHNI – Dir. Luigi Di Domenico

🏆 HONORABLE MENTION
THE FACE – Dir. Irakli Gogritchiani

🏆 SPECIAL MENTION
A GIFT UNDELIVERED – Dir. Yu-Xuan Chen

📝 SCREENPLAY AWARDS 📝

🏆 BEST SCREENPLAY
TILL THE SUN GROWS COLD – Writer: John W. Bebout

🏆 BEST SCREENPLAY BY FIRST-TIME WRITER
BROTHER ZERO – Writer: Neel Chowdhury

🏆 BEST TV PILOT/WEB SERIES SCRIPT
WET BOYS – Writer: Ed Vela

Congratulations to all the winners! 🎉

Your brilliant vision, bold ex*****on, and dedication to independent cinema deeply inspire us!

Calling all cinema lovers in Tbilisi!

Join us for the 9th edition of the Live Screenings International Film Festival, taking place right in the heart of the city at Art Cinema!

Get ready for two unforgettable evenings filled with bold independent cinema, groundbreaking AI-driven stories, stunning animation, and brilliant indie comedies from all over the globe.

We have an incredible lineup this year! Here is just a sneak peek at some of the cinematic highlights awaiting you:

👑 The Crown Prince and the Return of the Tyrant (Sweden) – An enchanting winter fairy tale and family epic where a young prince must defend his throne from his tyrannical grandmother.

⛪ Father For Hire (Argentina) – A hilarious feature comedy about a shy guy in a priest costume who accidentally gets kidnapped by a criminal gang and is forced to be their "spiritual guide."

🤖 Just a Regret (France) – A visually profound AI-driven drama about a grieving doctor forced to treat the man who caused his ultimate tragedy.

🛵 Finite (Taiwan) – A high-speed animated action short about a delivery rider on a flying bike sparking a massive police chase across an urban skyline.
..and so many more captivating stories, ranging from psychological thrillers and Kafkaesque parables to surreal office tragicomedies!

🌍 Language: All films will be screened in their original languages with English, Russian, and Georgian subtitles, making it fully accessible for our international and local guests!

🗓️ BRIEF SCHEDULE:

Day 1 (Thursday, May 28, 16:00): Family Epics, Gripping Dramas & Sci-Fi Animation. (Featuring: The Crown Prince and the Return of the Tyrant, Offline, Sliver of Light, Just a Regret, The Planet That Doesn't Exist, Finite, Lost Name, Biomechanische)

Day 2 (Friday, May 29, 16:00): Indie Comedies, Psychological Thrillers & Absurdist Parables. (Featuring: Father For Hire, The Face, Paranoia, Plankton Played with Jazzmen, A Gift Undelivered, The Surprised Watchman)

(Please note: The screening program is subject to change).

📍 Venue: Art Cinema (36, Dzmebi Zubalashvilebi St., Tbilisi)
🎟️ Grab your tickets and explore the full lineup in the first comment

Step out of the ordinary and dive into the limitless imagination of independent visionaries. See you at the movies! 🍿🥂