A first of its kind industry event -- YOU, the WRITER, decide the winners!

Networking + Voting Event in Early Spring 2026.
Winning script(s) will then get a TABLE READ at a future date.

** This Spring - The Big Dance Showdown - Screenwriting March Madness **

✔️ Hone your craft with table reads in LA while connecting with gatekeepers
✔️ Winners connected to agents, managers and top producers
✔️ Networking - Exclusive invitation to our live events
✔️ Discounts to other festivals and contests
✔️ Connections - Career development, coaches, fellow creatives, consultations, managers, and more
✔️ Staff and industry readers have decades of experiences, along with a measurable track record.
Our Alumni have signed with top agencies like CAA, UTA, WME, ICM, The Cartel, Innovative and Zero Gravity.

Winning projects shared directly with our top-level agents and production contacts!

Top 35% of projects get laurels. (Finalists, Semi-Finalists, Quarter-Finalists)

Table reads in Los Angeles.
Event anticipated in Spring 2026.

Our founders have been in the industry for over 15 years! Our network is extensive and well-connected. These companies, agents and producers have done shows for all the major channels, from Amazon to Vice, HBO to Netflix.

Submissions open now.
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LSS fills the need for bringing quality independent film and TV actors and writers to industry producers, creators, filmmakers and agents Ran by filmmakers and TV producers with a recognized and notable track record, we are going to work hard to get your project sold, picked up or optioned. After having worked in film, tv and video in both Chicago and Los Angeles for 13 years we understand the realities of film and TV and the bulk of the opportunities in LA and New York. We see the need to champion creators, actors and producers within the actuality of the current industry.

“Post-Covid, Post-Strike there's a strong, immediate need for opportunities for those who've been left out of the process the past couple years” - Brent Kado, the festival’s founder.

“Film, video and television is rapidly changing and we want to help foster that change for all.” Kado also serves as an adjunct faculty member at Columbia College where he also teaches actor social media and content creation strategies.

www.Flowfeelfilms.com

Table Reads, Actors, Los Angeles, Scripts, Screenplay, TV Pilots, Series
(Please note that LA Script Showdown and LA Script to Screen are conjoined)

Awards & Prizes

Top projects pitched to production companies and agents who are our direct contacts from over 15 years of entertainment industry experience. Actors connected with casting directors, producers and industry leaders.

Easier than ever to be seen and harder than ever to make it!

We want to get you discovered!

Rules & Terms

TERMS AND CONDITIONS (please read thoroughly before submitting) WE/US indicates LA Screenplay Showdown

We is hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt from any film, reel, EPK, submitted and for promotional purposes. Payment of submission fee does not guarantee opportunity to pitch to production companies. Pitches based on quality, need and variety of factors. If your film or project is chosen to be pitched by us, we DO NOT compensate for travel, accommodations, or other fees unless otherwise offered. Online distribution of the project prior to submitting is prohibited.

Once the project and/or actor is accepted, DIGITAL COPIES and PRESS KITS (EPK) will be required. For actors reel, resume and headshot. All materials can be used for promotional efforts and content beyond the event without time limits. On social media, video channels and future marketing. We reserve to the right to remove your project from our pitch and promotional efforts at any time.

The individual or corporation submitting the project, reel, resume and head shot hereby warrants that it is authorized and committed to do so for all listed instances and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations. Upon acceptance, all rights must be held or disclosed. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, pitches, screening, and loss of or damage to any and all materials entered.

All writers selected for quarterfinalists must vote on other scripts or be disqualified. Read four (4) scripts and provide rating based on our rubric.

4 Reviews
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Value
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Hospitality
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  • Harrison Stagner

    Met wonderful people, had a great time.

    April 2019
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  • Patrick Behan

    It was a pleasure to screen at Chicago Independent. Festival staff were nice, helpful, and welcoming. It did feel like a first year festival but it will improve. I wish there were more organized opportunities to speak with other filmmakers and network.

    May 2018
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    Response from festival:

    We had a networking event and two after parties. You should have came to those.

  • Thomas Galassi

    We and our guests had a wonderful time! The projection and audio were perfect. Honored to be in this festival’s first year with our movie.

    May 2018
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  • Monika Petrillo

    Sadly, I couldn't attend. But the communication with the festival founders was great, the venue looked awesome, and from the pictures I saw, it looked like it was a success.

    May 2018
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