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POSITIVE LEE Off To A Very Positive Awards Start.

By: Dale Winton
Dale Winton and Lindiwe Suttle Mueller-Westernhagen's latest pilot POSITIVE LEE made it to the semis for both WeScreenplay and ScreenCraft contests. They were chuffed as it's the first time they've entered our script into any competition, and both times it came just shy of making the finals. Watch this space... or rather, this script.
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THAT SISTER THANG makes Launch Pad Top 50.
By: Dale Winton
Our comedy-drama about two black South African sisters tackling life in weird 'n wacky Austin, and the arrival of a conservative white Texan mother, has made it to the last Top 50 pilot scripts!
Tags: That Sister Thang , Launch Pad Pilots Competition(Top 50), ISA

SAUSAGE & SUSHI makes Finals of WeScreenplay Diverse Voices

By: Dale Winton
Dale Winton's latest pilot about a bisexual guy secretly juggling a traditional straight life with a more hedonistic gay one is through to the final round! (Script and pitch deck available.)
Tags: Sausage & Sushi, Diverse Voices presented by WeScreenplay(Semi Finalist), WeScreenplay

THAT SISTER THANG makes Screencraft Pilot Launch semis
By: Dale Winton
Dale Winton is chuffed to see his pilot THAT SISTER THANG advance through to the semifinals. They've enjoyed over 15 top contest placements for their script and are hopefully one step closer to seeing a story about African sisterhood in Texas become an original series. (they've created a website for any producers wanting to know more about the show.)
Tags: That Sister Thang , ScreenCraft Pilot Launch Contest(Semi Finalist), ISA, ScreenCraft

SAUSAGE & SUSHI makes WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Semis
By: Dale Winton
Great to see Dale Winton's pilot make the next round! A story about a bisexual guy secretly juggling a traditional straight life with a more hedonistic gay one and finds his two worlds colliding when his fiancee gets pregnant and his boyfriend proposes. (Pitch deck with pilot script available on request.)
Tags: Sausage & Sushi, Diverse Voices presented by WeScreenplay(Semi Finalist), ISA, WeScreenplay

ISA DEVELOPMENT SLATE LEADS TO MANAGER

By: Denise Meyers
A new management company recently found LUCKY 13, FREEFALL, POWDERKEG and the TV pilot for THE DARK OF NIGHT on the International Screenwriters Association website and is now in negotiations with writer Denise Meyers to represent her material. Meyers is the 2019 inaugural recipient of a Sloan Foundation Development Grant in partnership with the Athena Film Festival and Barnard College, a development grant winner through the Stowe Story Labs and winner of the Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.
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EVERYTHING AND NOTHING Genre Winner (Drama) 2020 Fast Track Fellowship
By: Denise Meyers
EVERYTHING AND NOTHING, based on the true story about a female jockey who agrees to train a mounted anti-poaching unit in the Eastern Cape, was selected by the ISA Fast Track Fellowship as a Genre Winner (Drama).
Tags: Everything and Nothing, ISA Fast Track Fellowship(Category Winner)

LUCKY 13 Is a Finalist for the 2020 Screencraft Fellowship
By: Denise Meyers
LUCKY 13 has been selected from out of nearly 3000 submissions as a Finalist for the 2020 Screencraft Fellowship. The selection represents 1.5 percent of submissions, and adds to the growing list of accolades for this powerfully written screenplay about female pilots in World War Two. LUCKY 13 is the inaugural recipient of a Sloan Foundation Development Grant, awarded a development grant by the Stowe Story Labs for their 2020 fall season, won the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition and was a Finalist for The Writers Lab and the Nashville Film Festival.
Tags: LUCKY 13, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship(Finalist)

LUCKY 13 Selected by Stowe Story Labs for a Fall Development Grant
By: Denise Meyers
The Stowe Story Lab has selected LUCKY 13 for a $1000 development grant for the 2020 Fall Lab in Stowe, VT. LUCKY 13 is the inaugural recipient of a Sloan Foundation development grant. The script won the Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriting Competition in 2017 and has also been a finalist for The Writers Lab, the Nashville Film Festival and placed in the Next 100 for the Nicholl Fellowship in 2019.
Tags: LUCKY 13, Stowe Story Labs(Finalist)

EVERYTHING AND NOTHING advances to Finalist
By: Denise Meyers
The Stowe Story Labs, in partnership with Final Draft, have advanced EVERYTHING AND NOTHING, based on a true story about rhino poaching in the Eastern Cape, to finalist for a fellowship grant. Everything and Nothing was a second place selection for Table Read My Screenplay Park City in 2020.
Tags: Everything and Nothing, Stowe Story Labs(Finalist), Stowe Story Labs

Ted Campbell Wraps A DANGEROUS DEFENSE for MarVista Entertainment

By: Ted Campbell
Ted Campbell's feature writing and directing debut A DANGEROUS DEFENSE wrapped principle photography in Los Angeles this week. The indie thriller is produced by MarVista Entertainment and Shadowboxer Films. Next up, Ted is writing and directing another thriller for MVE. As well as directing his award winning heist thriller UNDERGROUND for Film Bridge International and New York based Choice Films. Ted was named a Top Screenwriter to Watch in 2018 and is a member of ISA's Development Slate.
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Ted Campbell's A DANGEROUS DEFENSE produced by MarVista Entertainment
By: Ted Campbell
Development Slate and Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch Ted Campbell, will write and direct the dramatic thriller A DANGEROUS DEFENSE for MarVista Entertainment. The film will be produced by Robert Ballo and his Shadowboxer Films. VP of Development & Production at MarVista Entertainment Marianne Wunch will Executive Produce.

Ted Campbell's DEVIL WINDS Semi-Finalist Microbudget Horror Competition
By: Ted Campbell
Ted Campbell's contained supernatural triller DEVIL WINDS was named as a Semi-Finalist in Stage32's Microbudget Horror Competition.
Tags: Devil Winds, Stage 32

Ted Campbell's HARM'S WAY Second Rounder Launch Pad Feature Competition
By: Ted Campbell
Ted Campbell's thriller HARM'S WAY has placed as a Second Rounder in the Launch Pad Feature Competition 2020-2021.
Tags: Harm's Way, Launch Pad Feature Competition(Second Round)

Ted Campbell repped at Zero Gravity
By: Ted Campbell
Ted Campbell has secured representation with Cameron Cubbison at Zero Gravity Management. Prior to becoming a literary manager, Cubbison worked as a freelance reader and story analyst for ten years, writing agency and production company coverage, and is the co-founder of ScreenCraft. Ted Campbell recently won the Grand Prize in Your Script Produced's screenplay contest. And is slated to direct the heist thriller UNDERGROUND (co-written with legendary filmmaker John Boorman) later this year.
Tags: Zero Gravity Management

77th Venice Film Festival

By: Hanna Vastinsalo
Virtual Reality Short Film MAN UNDER BRIDGE (writer/director) premiere at 77th Venice Film Festival, 2020

Produced comedy web series for Playboy

By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg co-wrote, co-produced, and performed in TALES OF TINDER, a comedy web series for Playboy.
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Produced web series with astronaut Mike Massimino
By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg produced the web series ASK THE ASTRONAUT with Mike Massimino for Science Channel: https://www.sciencechannel.com/playlists/ask-the-astronaut

Hired to write four low-budget fantasy adventure screenplays
By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg was hired to write four low-budget screenplays, for production, all set in the same fantasy world. The first two films were based on existing pages and outlines. The last two were entirely his own ideas. The first film, The Sorcerer Beast, had its opening delayed by COVID, but will release this year. It stars Corey Feldman and Star Trek's Jeffrey Combs. IMDb: http://tinyurl.com/beastfilm. The second film, The Warlock's Curse, begins production this summer. It stars Michael Madsen. IMDb: https://tinyurl.com/warlockfilm

Produced web series with astronaut Mike Massimino

By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg produced the web series ASK THE ASTRONAUT with Mike Massimino for Science Channel: https://www.sciencechannel.com/playlists/ask-the-astronaut
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Produced comedy web series for Playboy
By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg co-wrote, co-produced, and performed in TALES OF TINDER, a comedy web series for Playboy.

Hired to write four low-budget fantasy adventure screenplays
By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg was hired to write four low-budget screenplays, for production, all set in the same fantasy world. The first two films were based on existing pages and outlines. The last two were entirely his own ideas. The first film, The Sorcerer Beast, had its opening delayed by COVID, but will release this year. It stars Corey Feldman and Star Trek's Jeffrey Combs. IMDb: http://tinyurl.com/beastfilm. The second film, The Warlock's Curse, begins production this summer. It stars Michael Madsen. IMDb: https://tinyurl.com/warlockfilm

Hired to write four low-budget fantasy adventure screenplays

By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg was hired to write four low-budget screenplays, for production, all set in the same fantasy world. The first two films were based on existing pages and outlines. The last two were entirely his own ideas. The first film, The Sorcerer Beast, had its opening delayed by COVID, but will release this year. It stars Corey Feldman and Star Trek's Jeffrey Combs. IMDb: http://tinyurl.com/beastfilm. The second film, The Warlock's Curse, begins production this summer. It stars Michael Madsen. IMDb: https://tinyurl.com/warlockfilm
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Produced comedy web series for Playboy
By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg co-wrote, co-produced, and performed in TALES OF TINDER, a comedy web series for Playboy.

Produced web series with astronaut Mike Massimino
By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg produced the web series ASK THE ASTRONAUT with Mike Massimino for Science Channel: https://www.sciencechannel.com/playlists/ask-the-astronaut

KALTENHOUSE Wins Top Prize At New York Film Awards

By: Don Thompson
Don Thompson's WWII Action-Drama KALTENHOUSE wins the Best Feature Screenplay Award at the New York Film Awards (December 2020). The script has also won other top awards at the Los Angeles Film Awards (2019) and Festigious Film Festival (2020). For more info regarding Thompson you can visit www.nextpixprods.com
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KALTENHOUSE Wins Top Awards
By: Don Thompson
Don Thompson's WWII action-drama screenplay KALTENHOUSE has won top awards, including 'Best Drama Screenplay' at the Los Angeles Film Awards (2019), as well as 'Best Action Screenplay' and 'Screenplay of the Month' at the Festigious International Film Festival (2020).
Tags: Festigious International Film Festival(Category Winner), Los Angeles Film Awards(Category Winner)

MEDEA, SOUTH CAROLINA is a finalist in the New York Screenplay Competition
By: Don Thompson
Medea, South Carolina was among the Official Finalists in the New York Screenplay Contest, 2017. The competition had over 1000+ submissions.
Tags: New York Screenplay Contest

MESSAGE TO SHIGATSE a Finalist in Filmmatic Screenplay Awards, 2017
By: Don Thompson
Don Thompson's screenplay Message to Shigatse is a finalist in the 2017 Filmmatic Screenplay Awards.

MEDEA, SOUTH CAROLINA selected among TOP 50 for ISA Fast Track Fellowship
By: Don Thompson
Don Thompson's screenplay 'Medea, South Carolina' has moved forward in the TOP 50 for the ISA Fast Track Fellowship.
Tags: ISA Fast Track Fellowship

GOOD CHANCE on 2020 Black List!

By: Tricia Lee
Tricia Lee's comedic drama feature script GOOD CHANCE was honoured on the 2020 Black List!

Good Chance Feature Script On A Roll!
By: Tricia Lee
Recognized as one of Hollywood’s top new writers, Tricia Lee has been named on the CAPE List (BlackList), Young &Hungry List, Athena List, Red List and BitchList.  GOOD CHANCE (formerly titled MOTHER-DAUGHTER), her feature script, is a semifinalist in The Academy Nicholl Fellowship, grand prize winner Francis Ford Coppola's ZoetropeScreenplay Competition, top 14 finalist Universal Studios Writer's Program, winner Cinequest Best Feature Screenplay, winner WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Features, and selected for the prestigious ProducersGuild of America Power of Diversity Master Workshop. 
Tags: Good Chance, Nicholl Fellowship(Finalist), American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest(Finalist), Cinequest Screenwriting Competition(Finalist), Diverse Voices presented by WeScreenplay(Finalist), UNIVERSAL STUDIOS GTDI FELLOWSHIP(Finalist)

David Allen Options LAST FLAG ON OAK ISLAND

By: Jordan Baines
David Allen of Once Upon A Dream Productions found the script LAST FLAG ON OAK ISLAND and optioned it for audio production from writer Jordan Baines. David’s credits include “Woman on the Edge” and “Another Day in Paradise,” among others. This is Jordan’s first success through InkTip, and the script is still available for film production.
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SCI-FI LIU CIXIN: Baines' Edited Translations of Chinese Bestsellers
By: Jordan Baines
Jordan Baines' edited the English version of sci-fi THE WANDERING EARTH novel by bestselling Chinese author Liu Cixin is scheduled to be released as a film in 2018/2019 (dist. Netflix). Two more movies based on other stories in the sci-fi collection are also expected. Liu Cixin is also the author of THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM, a novel series Amazon Studios wants to develop into a series. Jordan has edited the English versions of all THE WANDERING EARTH fiction titles.

Script Editing (English Version)
By: Jordan Baines

Jordan Baines edited and formatted the English version screenplay of Diao Yinan's thriller 'Black Coal, Thin Ice' (previously Daylight Fireworks) on a freelance basis. The final Chinese version won the Golden Bear award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

Baines' Edited Translations of Chinese Bestselling Novels to Film, Series
By: Jordan Baines
Jordan Baines is a freelance writer and editor (ghostwriting with NDA). She has edited three novels for an English audience, which are now a series in China, by bestselling police/crime/thriller author Lei Mi (Fang Mu series). She also edited the English version screenplay of Diao Yinan's thriller Black Coal, Thin Ice (originally Daylight Fireworks). The final Chinese version won the Golden Bear award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

WALKS TO FORGIVE Released on Amazon Prime

By: Erin Dooley
In the three-episode series, host Erin R. Dooley takes people on long walks to hear their stories of forgiveness. The stories vary from a woman forgiving her father for abusing her as a child, a man forgiving his homeland, and a woman learning to forgiver herself after losing a long custody-battle. Watch the series here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R29GWQS

Erin Dooley's 'A Way to Forgiveness' Premiere's November 6th 2016
By: Erin Dooley
ISA CONNECT member Erin Dooley's documentary film 'A Way to Forgiveness' will premiere in North Hollywood on November 6 and will be available online and on DVD on November 16. The documentary follows Erin's journey along the centuries old pilgrimage, the Camino de Santiago, as she explores the topic of forgiveness.
Tags: D.A.S.H. Entertainment

Ricardo Soto Receives His First Screenwriting Award

By: Ricardo Soto
Ricardo Santiago Soto received his first screenwriting award placing 2nd as a 'First-Time Screenwriter' at Amsterdam International Film Festival. The screenplay titled, PLATFORMS: USING YOUR PAGEANTRY FOR A CAUSE won the Van Gogh Award. "We hope this commendation will go some way toward further cementing your status as one of the world's most innovative and talented contemporary filmmakers," declared Amsterdam International Film Festival director. "Demonstrated by your work, this is recognition that you richly deserve."

Hard-Hitting, Deeply Spiritual, Pathos-Filled Script Take Home Kairos Prize

By: Anne Cattaruzza
The 2020 Kairos Prize winners delivered two incredibly emotional stories that reached outside the traditional faith and family genre. This year’s Kairos Prizes® were spectacular... The Kairos Prize for Most Spiritually Uplifting Screenplay by a First-Time or Beginning Screenwriters was awarded to SEARCHING FOR SHEIDA by Anne Cattaruzza and Kim Feeney. Their script told the story of a Canadian journalist who after hearing about the persecution of a Christian woman in Iran, traveled across the world to save her, never imagining they shared an incredible bond. The script hit the mark with regard to this contest as it delivered an uplifting spiritual message deeply set in a strongly evangelical context. By Movieguide® Staff (2020)

MAMADUKES named a Top 10 Comedy Script

By: Oliver Warren
Oliver Warren's pilot script MAMADUKES was selected as one of the TOP 10 COMEDY SCRIPTS in the Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition. MAMADUKES has already caught the eye of incredible Exec Producer John Melfi (Sex & The City, House of Cards, The Morning Show). MAMADUKES is a 10 x 60min Comedy Drama Series about a heavily-pregnant freelance fashion designer, with a Peter Pan complex and combusting birth-plan, who opens her home to four other desperate soon-to-be single moms, and finds herself in a constant battle for the role of matriarch as they raise their newborns in a five-woman, five-baby, no men, East Village commune. Written and Created by Oliver Warren - One of the ISA’s Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2021.
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YA-thriller Pilot Script Commission for Oliver Warren
By: Oliver Warren
One of the ISA's 'Top 25 Screenwriters in 2021', Oliver Warren, was recently commissioned to write an original pilot script for LA-based Euramco Pictures, a YA-thriller series called ICARUS SQUAD. Producer Renato Romano is keen for the series to enter production in 2021, and Oliver can't wait to see it brought to life.

Oliver Warren commissioned to rewrite romance feature LOVE IS ALWAYS YOUNG
By: Oliver Warren
LA-based production company EURAMCO PICTURES has commissioned Oliver Warren to rewrite the romance drama feature script LOVE IS ALWAYS YOUNG, set on the Italian island of Ischia, a story that deals with nostalgia, lost love and the long-lasting damage of a broken heart.

THREE DATES WITH BEN selected to take part in Stowe Story Lab
By: Oliver Warren
Oliver Warren was invited to join the Stowe Story Lab at the Sidewalk Film Festival with his dark gay romance feature script THREE DATES WITH BEN, in Summer 2020.
Tags: Three Dates With Ben, Stowe Story Labs(Official Selection)

Oliver Warren invited on Nostos Screenwriting Retreat with THAT'S ME TRYING
By: Oliver Warren
Oliver has been invited on the three-week intensive screenwriting retreat on Elba Island, in Italy to develop his feature script THAT'S ME TRYING into a limited series pilot script. Oliver joins a hand-selected group of writers this October.
Tags: That's Me Trying,

PINEY RIDGE Named a Top 10 Finalist in Emerging Screenwriting Competition

By: La'Chris Jordan
(Los Angeles, CA - January 7, 2021) - La'Chris Jordan's historical pilot PINEY RIDGE placed in the Top 10 Historical/Bio Category for the 2020 Emerging Screenwriting Genre Competition. Winners and finalists were announced today on the competition's website. A multiple award-winner in several high profile competitions, PINEY RIDGE is Jordan's first pilot. Inspired by true events, a Black female sharecropper in 1930s Virginia who sets out on a mission of personal revenge after her husband is brutally murdered by the KKK, all while fighting the exploitation of the town’s wealthy landowners and the violent harassment of the local sheriff and his posse of unlawful men.
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Africa Movie Academy Awards Announces Nominees
By: La'Chris Jordan
(Lagos, Nigeria - December 1, 2020) - The organizers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards released the 2020 nominees list. AMAA jury president, Steve Ayorinde announced the list in a broadcast message, shared on AMAA’s social media platforms on Monday, November 30, 2020. JANUARY 14TH was nominated for Best Diaspora Short Film along with Boxed directed by Wanjiru Njendu (USA), Egun directed by Yuri Costa (Brazil), and Brick by Brick directed by Tina Chapman DaCosta (USA). The virtual awards show is scheduled for December 20, 2020.
Tags: January 14TH,

JANUARY 14th Wins Best Social Justice Film at HSUFF
By: La'Chris Jordan
(Atlanta, GA - November 20, 2020) - La'Chris Jordan's short film January 14th won Best Social Justice Film at the Hollywood South Urban Film Festival (HSUFF) following the festival's virtual run. The film festival was held October 2-10, 2020 and featured films in their "Virtual Online Screenings," including short films, features, documentaries, series content, animations and music videos that were submitted from all over the world. This year, the festival also presented two new categories that consisted of Global Films (non-black content) and Atlanta first-time filmmakers.
Tags: January 14TH,

JANUARY 14TH Wins Award of Merit in Accolade Global Film Competition
By: La'Chris Jordan
(Los Angeles, CA - December 4, 2020) – JANUARY 14TH has won the prestigious 2020 Award of Merit from The Accolade Global Film Competition. The award was given in the Liberation / Social Justice / Protest Category. The Accolade recognizes film, television, videography and new media professionals who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity, and those who produce standout entertainment or contribute to profound social change. Entries are judged by highly qualified professionals in the film and television industry.
Tags: January 14TH, Accolade Global Film Competition(Category Winner)

PINEY RIDGE Wins Best TV Script at Queen Palm International Film Festival
By: La'Chris Jordan
(Los Angeles, CA - January 4, 2020) - La'Chris Jordan's PINEY RIDGE was recently named a winner for Best TV Script in the Silver Award Category by the Queen Palm International Film Festival. Set during the Great Depression in 1930s Virginia, PINEY RIDGE is a historical drama that centers on black and white sharecroppers fighting for a better life amidst the violence, corruption and greed of rich landowners. Queen Palm International Film Festival's mission is to discover diverse new voices and to promote artists' work through numerous platforms. Queen Palm International Film Festival is a quarterly film, music, & screenwriting competition with a live Annual Screening and Awards Show Event in Palm Springs, California.
Tags: Piney Ridge, Queen Palm International Film Festival(Official Selection)

BREAKWATER CITY wins Genre in Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition

By: Jeremy Dehn
Jeremy Dehn's pilot, BREAKWATER CITY, has won the Mystery/Crime genre in the Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition. This tops off a great year for Breakwater City, as it also was a quarterfinalist in the Final Draft Big Break, became a second rounder at the Austin Film Festival, and got Jeremy invited onto the ISA Development Slate, where he was named one of the Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2021.

Beasts Undiscovered optioned & in development
By: Jeremy Dehn
This film is in development and scheduled to shoot in 2021, with the Jim Henson Creature Shop attached to create creature effects, some of which are already completed. The production has raised a significant amount of initial investment, and partnered with a renowned producer/sales agent currently working on casting, pre-sales, and completion of financing. Co-writer Jeremy Dehn is attached to direct.
Tags: Beasts Undiscovered, Nicholl Fellowship(Quarter Finalist), Stowe Story Labs(Quarter Finalist), Free ISA Virtual Pitch Challenge(Quarter Finalist)

Steven Michael's EMPATH Honored Again

By: Steven Michael
The 2021 Southern California Screenplay Contest has honored Steve's newest screenplay, EMPATH, with quarter-finalist and semi-finalist awards.
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EMPATH Earns Award
By: Steven Michael
Steven's newest script EMPATH earned semi-finalist honors in the 2020 StoryPros International Screenplay Competition.
Tags: EMPATH, StoryPros International Screenplay Contest(Semi Finalist)

OUR BETTER ANGELS Garners Another Award
By: Steven Michael
Steven Michael's screenplay, OUR BETTER ANGELS, was named a quarter-finalist in the 2020 Screencraft Drama competition. This is the fourth major placement for this touching story.
Tags: Our Better Angels, Capital Fund Screenplay Competition(Semi Finalist), Screencraft Drama Screenplay Contest(Semi Finalist), SHOOT YOUR SIZZLE(Semi Finalist), StoryPros Awards Contest(Semi Finalist)

Top 10 Finalist!

By: Jim Falletta
REVOLVING DOORS, a half hour, original TV comedy pilot just finished as a Top 10 Finalist in the Lit Laughs International Film Festival. Contact Jim to read the script and/or the TV Series Bible.
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'Product 125' Advances in Shoot Your Sizzle
By: Jim Falletta
Jim Falletta's sci-fi feature script, 'Product 125', has placed in the Top 100 of the 2017 Emerging Screenwriters Shoot Your Sizzle Competition and is now moving on to the final round.
Tags: Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition

Product 125 Receives a FINALIST Nod
By: Jim Falletta
Jim Falletta's sci-fi thriller, PRODUCT 125, just finished as a Top 10 FINALIST in the Filmmatic Screenplay Awards. Please contact Jim directly if you would like to take a read. http://www.filmmatic.com/announcing-the-2016-filmmatic-screenplay-awards... - Check out the Sci Fi list :).

PRODUCT 125 Advances Again
By: Jim Falletta

Jim Falletta's futuristic sci-fi thriller, PRODUCT 125, has advanced to the Quarter-Finalist round of the 19th Annual Fade-In Awards (semi-finalists to be announced mid-August).  The script itself takes place in a future where pregnancy is illegal and where one family attempts to escape the wrath of the megalomaniac scientist in charge of protecting the establishment's greatest secret before their daughter and her unborn child are put to death. All told, PRODUCT 125 has received the following recognition: Amazon Studios Notable Projects List,  Semi-Finalist in the Stage 32 / The Blood List presents: The Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest, Talentville Hall of Fame selection, and now this recognition from the Fade In Awards.

Tags: Fade In Awards

Jim Falletta's PRODUCT 125 is a Semi-Finalist
By: Jim Falletta
Falletta's sci-fi thriller, PRODUCT 125 has advanced to the semifinal round of the Stage 32 / The Blood List's "Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest". The list is currently down to about 60 scripts competing for the top prize.

GHOST SPECIES wins Gold and Silver at Queen Palm

By: Justin Hayward
Justin’s horror feature screenplay has won Gold in the technical category for Best Dialogue and Silver in the main category for Best Feature Screenplay at the Fourth Quarter Queen Palm International Film Festival based in Palm Springs. As a result, the screenplay will advance to the Annual Awards Ceremony which takes place in February 2021.
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Vortex Horror Prize at RIIFF for GHOST SPECIES
By: Justin Hayward
Justin has won the Vortex Horror Grand Jury Prize for GHOST SPECIES in the Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival Screenplay competition. The festival has been running for 25 years.
Tags: Ghost Species, Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival(Semi Finalist)

GHOST SPECIES wins at the UK Motion Picture Festival
By: Justin Hayward
GHOST SPECIES has won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Unproduced Screenplay Feature at the UK Motion Picture Festival 2020. Run by Festival Director and well-known UK film publicist Stuart Bannerman, this is the first award for Justin's horror screenplay. It has also been accepted as a Semi-Finalist in the Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival.
Tags: Ghost Species,

Ron Howard & Brian Grazer's Imagine Impact Creative Network

By: Michael Seminerio
Michael was selected to be a part of a small, exclusive group of writers who are showcased on the Imagine Impact Creative Network and Marketplace.
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