BUFF script table readings are one of the highlights of the BUFF festival programming and awards. Each year we receive scripts and our jurors choose 3 which go onto be awarded and read to a live audience. From these 20 minute readings actors, actors have gone onto be scouted up by talent agencies (such as Curtis Brown, Mels Got Talent) and have been booked for paid work in film and tv (Netflix, BBC, Ch4, Prime Video etc). The award winning writers have secured finance for their scripts and have also secured literary agents (like Cassarota Ramsay) and development deals (with the likes of Sky, BBC, HBO).   This years script awards are sponsored by First Flights - a Goldfinch brand.   1. Chalice and Blade written by Charlie Taylor  10 years after a Technological Apocalypse, Makayla spends her days surviving solo. But when a young Wes comes to London, unknowing of the horrors of real life, Makayla decides to help him find family, while being hunted by The Whips.   Actors reading parts   Raymond Dunbar - Ty    Ore Sanderson - Makayla  Sinna Mogul - Wes   Antony Knight  - Brian Kamahl Sami-Miller  - Alex   Gabrielle Quaye  - Stage directions   Charlie Taylor - writer    2. Made in America written by Brendan Kelly   Made In America is about a real girl named Rikki Rivera whose life parallels the inception of the notorious MS13. From having a father who fought as a guerrilla soldier in El Salvador’s civil war, her challenging escape with her mother into America and growing up on the violent streets of East LA as an active gang member, Rikki was exposed to much but somehow managed to never allow her integrity to be compromised – even when facing perilous conditions. In the end she becomes pregnant and is forced to emulate the path of her past to escape the treacherous world she inherited in order to rescue her unborn child from the chains of a similar fate.   Actors reading parts   Sofia Maffei - Manuela/ night woman  Alex Guersman - Raul/ Fat Bastard/ Driver   Jon Gutierrez - Frederico / Soldier/ Cop   Veronica Jean Trickett - Little Ricki/ Ricardo / Stage    3. Hellwater written by Timothy Mallon  A Modern British Western, Hellwater follows ex-soldier Will Jones who, after the murder of his father, returns to a home he doesn’t recognise and a sister who doesn’t want him, but perseveres with mystical assistance in order to save the family farm.   Actors reading parts  Marcia Burke  - Stage directions  Lou Mussington - Sarah   Louis Anthony Prince Duke - John / Collin   Tim Mallon  writer   Chris Labadie-  joon  Essay - Will   luis david rodrquez - Mahmoud   Andre Harvey - Van Horn / Jamie