SCRIPT READINGS SERIES
DAY THREE - OCTOBER 17th
Women’s Art Association of Canada (WAAC)
23 Prince Arthur Ave, Toronto, ON M5R 1B2
FREE Event. Open to festival delegates, industry professionals, and the general public.
The Script Reading Series at FeFF is a creative incubator for writers with completed features and pilots that are ready to be kicked up to the next level. It’s an intensely creative, collaborative, and career-enhancing experience. This program centres on public readings where screenwriters receive feedback from industry experts, and their peers, fellow writers.
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Floating Lessons
Written by Alexis Krasilovsky
Coming of Age, Drama, USA
Struggling to become a filmmaker in the early 1970s, a young woman is set adrift by the promise of sexual freedom and equality.
Bio: As writer/producer, Krasilovsky’s global feature documentaries have won five Best Documentary awards and are available through Amazon Video Prime and Kanopy.com. Her screenplay, "Floating Lessons," is based on her novel, “End of the Art World” - a portrait of a filmmaker as a young woman. (An earlier version of this novel, entitled "Sex and the Cyborg Goddess" and published under the pseudonym Alexis Rafael, won the 2018 Irwin Award for Best #MeToo Novel of the Year.) As author of the book "Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling" (Routledge - 2nd Place Winner, 2019 International Writers Awards), Alexis is excited to apply the Heroine's Journey to a story loosely based on her own life as one of the first women at Yale, who struggles to become a filmmaker despite all odds.
BREAK 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Pangzi
Written by Sherry Li
Feature, Slice of Life/ Coming of Age, Canada
After avoiding it for years, a fat Chinese Canadian university student visits China for a wedding and must balance her overly critical mother and different cultural expectations in order to reconnect with her grandparents.
Bio: Sherry Li is a Chinese-Canadian writer and director, born in Dalian and raised in the Greater Toronto Area. She then studied journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), which is where her interest in storytelling began. She went on to get an MFA in Scriptwriting and Story Design. Her work is women focused and often explores immigrant experiences from an intergenerational perspective. Her short film and directorial debut “Yellow Fever” screened at Toronto Indie Horror Shorts, Fascinasian Calgary, and more.
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Pang & Suffering
Written by Susan Hung
Half-hour Comedy Series, Canada
A feisty former ping pong champ is determined to reclaim greatness and live life on her own terms as she confronts failing health and burned bridges in her golden years.
Bio: Susan Hung is a writer/director who likes to tell stories of heartbreak and humiliation with humour. Her 2024 short film Memento Quarry has been recognized as an Award Finalist at both the Austin and Portland Comedy Film Festivals. She’s currently developing a comedy series and a psychological thriller feature. She’s also the screenwriter, narrative designer and creative director for two location-based mobile games supported by the Canada Media Fund and is set to direct the interactive film portion in early 2026.
INDUSTRY GUEST
DANIELA SAIONI
Screenwriter, Story Editor, Punch-up Artist
Daniela is a screenwriter, story editor, punch-up artist, script supervisor and educator. Her online film and writing programs have served over 1,000 students in 30 countries, and over the past three decades she has taught for numerous film industry organizations including Pacific Screenwriting Program, DGC Ontario, ACTRA, WIFT-T, IATSE 873, Skills Training Manitoba, ScriptFest PEI, WIFT-T and The CFC, and has guest story edited for ReelWorld E20 and The Female Eye Film Festival.
She has earned 15 laurels for her screenplays, including Grand Prize - WE Screenplay Diverse Voices 2021 and Best Screenplay and Best Fresh Voice at Female Eye Film Festival 2019, but is even more thrilled by her alumni accomplishments, most being first-time writers. From getting staffed in writers’ rooms to optioning original series to notable production companies, this is an exciting time for new voices and Daniela is especially here to help underrepresented talent access the industry.
In her work on set, she has script supervised major motion pictures (A Simple Favor, Another Simple Favor, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Shazam!) and TV Series (Suits, Vladimir, Soul Food:The Series) in 10 countries.
A former stand-up comedian and character actress, her talents are varied, but her mission is singular: change the world, one laugh at a time.
LinkTree of Current Courses: linktr.ee/directorwhisperer
YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@schticktoscript
Instagram: www.instagram.com/hellaciousdee/
INDUSTRY GUEST
REBECCA DIPASQUALE
Television Producer, Development Consultant, and Network Executive
Rebecca DiPasquale is a television producer, development consultant, and network executive with nearly two decades experience developing and overseeing the production of scripted dramatic and comedic tv series. Her career began with an internship at CHUM Television in the early aughts, and has since included time as a Development and Production Executive at Bell Media, Rogers Media and CBC. Known for her expertise in all things Sci-Fi and Fantasy, she has shepherded numerous scripted series that have earned critical acclaim, record-breaking ratings and numerous awards. Rebecca now works independently as a highly sought-after producer, development consultant and story editor, and serves as co-president of Robot Monkey Entertainment.
INDUSTRY GUEST
ALLEGRA FULTON
Go Diva Productions Inc.
Allegra Fulton is a multi award-winning actor, in film, television, stage, and VO with over 150 credits including THE SHAPE OF WATER, MAPS TO THE STARS, SUITS, FARGO, CASCADE, 19-2, THE GOOD DOCTOR, TITANS, SUPERMAN & LOIS, SCHITTS CREEK, and MOONSHINE among others. Her directing and dramaturgy/script editing work continues to propel her into new arenas.
More at IMDB www.allegrafulton.com
INDUSTRY GUEST
ALLEY TURCOTTE
Writer, Story Editor and Accessibility Consultant
Alley is a graduate of Toronto Film School’s screenwriting program, with a Bachelor of Creative Arts from Yorkville University. She is a writer, story editor and accessibility consultant. She has worked with many emerging and established short film directors and producers, including Reeth Mazumder and Jordan Walker. She also teaches classes in accessibility in content creation to other creatives with a variety of disabilities. Her aim is helping new writers tell their stories honestly and authentically, and helping the industry become more accessible and inclusive as a whole. Her own writing is usually about monsters, and always about disability, autonomy, and incredible women.
