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FREEFALL in the ISA Fast Track Top 50/HOMEFRONT a WeScreenplay TV pilot QF

By: Denise Meyers
ISA Development Slate writer Denise Meyers screenplay FREEFALL has advanced to the ISA Fast Fellowship Top 50 and HOMEFRONT, a TV pilot set in World War Two (co-written with Todd Tavolazzi) is currently a WeScreenplay Pilot Quarterfinalist.
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FINALIST, SEMI-FINALIST, QUARTERFINALIST SECOND ROUNDER AND OPTIONED!
By: Denise Meyers
FREEFALL was a Finalist for the Writers Lab, RIDE THE WIND; The Bessie Stringfield Story is currently a semi-finalist for the Emerging Screenwriters Contest, and HOMEFRONT, a TV pilot set in Galveston during World War Two, co-written with Todd Tavolazzi, is a quarterfinalist for the Page Awards, a Second Rounder for The Launch Pad Pilot competition and advanced to the second round for Sundance Episodic. Another screenplay is under option. August has been a good month so far for writer Denise Meyers.
Tags: FREEFALL, Writers Lab NYC(Finalist)

HOMEFRONT Advances to the Second Round of SUNDANCE EPISODIC
By: Denise Meyers
Stowe Story Labs participants, Denise Meyers and Todd Tavolazzi have advanced to the second round for Sundance Episodic with their spec TV pilot, HOMEFRONT, about the lives of four diverse Americans in Galveston, Texas, during World War Two. Meyers, who recently placed in the Top Ten for the ISA's Table Read My Screenplay's Genre Competition with her script RIDE THE WIND; The Bessie Stringfield Story, and Tavolazzi, a finalist in the ScreenCraft Film Fund with THE LAST RESCUE are currently at work on the pitch deck for the series.
Tags: HOMEFRONT, Sundance Episodic Lab(Semi Finalist)

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.
Tags: LUCKY 13, Stowe Story Labs(Finalist), ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship(Finalist)

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)

iCON Wins Grand Prize at PAGE International Screenwriting Awards

By: A. J. Bermudez
The feature screenplay iCON by A. J. Bermudez, an ISA Development Slate writer, has been announced as the Grand Prize Winner of the 2021 PAGE Awards. In this cryptocurrency-centric revenge epic, a brilliant but disgraced programmer turns the tables on her former mentor, the egomaniacal billionaire who stole her code and destroyed her career. The script is currently available.

NIGHTINGALE Wins 2018 Emerging Screenwriters Shoot Your Sizzle Competition
By: A. J. Bermudez
A. J. Bermudez is honored to have been announced as the Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 Emerging Screenwriters Shoot Your Sizzle Competition. Her film, NIGHTINGALE, follows Joseph Reyes, a rising star surgeon who has ascended from abject poverty to the height of the medical profession. When the ill-fated surgery of a New York senator costs him his medical license, he returns to the dark, crime-ridden neighborhood of his past, only to find a new outlet for his skill set: as resident surgeon for the brutal gangs of inner Baltimore.

Caitlin McCarthy's A NATIVE LAND Named Mystic Film Festival Finalist

By: Caitlin McCarthy
A NATIVE LAND, a crime thriller by Caitlin McCarthy, has reached the finals of the Mystic Film Festival's Screenplay Competition (winner TBA on October 24). This is on the heels of McCarthy's scientific drama WONDER DRUG heading towards production with Rhino Films, producer Stephen Nemeth, and Oscar-nominated director Matia Karrell.
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Caitlin McCarthy Selected for Women in Screen Workshop
By: Caitlin McCarthy
Caitlin McCarthy is one of eight filmmakers selected to participate in the second annual Women in Screen Workshop, an industry-focused lab led by female film and television professionals from Australia and the US to advise the next class of emerging filmmakers. Caitlin applied with her screenplay A NATIVE LAND. The lab will bring together and empower filmmakers via seminars, panels and “work-in-progress workshops” including topics on Negotiating Pay and Overcoming Imposter Syndrome & Key Skills in Leadership, Pitching, Business and Legal Affairs, Marketing and Distribution, Independent Producing, Financing, Scriptwriting workshops, PR Strategies and Podcast development with a 360 approach to storytelling.

Caitlin McCarthy on cover of Imagine Magazine
By: Caitlin McCarthy
Caitlin McCarthy made the cover of Imagine Magazine. The cover story focuses on Caitlin's award-winning screenplay WONDER DRUG moving ahead with Rhino Films and producer Stephen Nemeth.

NYWIFT Spotlights Caitlin McCarthy, Screenwriter and Educator
By: Caitlin McCarthy
Caitlin McCarthy is featured in New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT)'s weekly column "What's in Your Toolkit." 

Media Coverage for Best Feature Screenplay Award
By: Caitlin McCarthy
The Telegram and Gazette has published an article about Caitlin McCarthy's thriller A NATIVE LAND winning Best Feature Screenplay in the 2020 Lindsey Film Festival.
Tags: A Native Land,

LITTLE BOYS makes the Top 15% of the Nicholl Fellowship

By: Larry Coleman
ISA Development Slate writer Larry E. Coleman's LITTLE BOYS, a drama dealing with childhood male sexual abuse, finished in the top 15% of the 2019 Nicholl Fellowship. The script, previously titled White River, also placed in the top 20% of the Nicholl in 2016. It was put away and submitted again after a rewrite and title change and moved further in the competition.
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Harry Fly Buzzes to a 1st Place Win in the Script Summit Competition
By: Larry Coleman
ISA Development Slate writer Larry E. Coleman's adult animated comedy, THE MAGNIFICENT HARRY FLY, takes home the Golden Feature Award in the 2021 Script Summit Screenplay Competition.
Tags: The Magnificent Harry Fly,

THE MAGNIFICENT HARRY FLY Strikes Again.
By: Larry Coleman
Development Slate writer, Larry E. Coleman's, adult animated comedy, The Magnificent Harry Fly , makes the Quarterfinals in the Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards.
Tags: The Magnificent Harry Fly,

THE MAGNIFICENT HARRY FLY advances in the Scriptation Showcase Competition
By: Larry Coleman
Development Slate writer, Larry E. Coleman's adult animated script, THE MAGNIFICENT HARRY FLY advances to the quarterfinals in the 2020-2021 Scriptation Showcase Features and Shorts Competition.
Tags: The Magnificent Harry Fly, Scriptation Showcase - Features + Shorts(Quarter Finalist)

EBO advances in the Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition:
By: Larry Coleman
Development Slate Writer Larry E. Coleman's sci-fi dystopian short script, EBO, advances to the quarter-final round in the Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition. This placement moves EBO into Coverfly's Top 1% of 534 Short Sci-fi projects.
Tags: EBO,

Comedy drama - SAUSAGE AND SUSHI - doing well in contests,

By: Dale Winton
The TV pilot about a bisexual guy juggling a secret straight/gay life has received some noteworthy award placements recently: second-rounder in the Austin Festival, and semifinalist in the ISA Genre-Busting Comedy contest.
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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.
Tags: Positive Lee, ScreenCraft Pilot Launch Contest(Semi Finalist), WeScreenplay Diverse Voices(Semi Finalist), WeScreenplay, ScreenCraft

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), International Screenwriters' Association

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, WeScreenplay Diverse Voices(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), International Screenwriters' Association, ScreenCraft

SHEDDING streams on Amazon Prime

By: Erin Brown Thomas
SHEDDING, a narrative fantasy feature about a cat that becomes human, is now available to stream on Amazon prime and across most VOD platforms. Erin produced this indie gem which was directed by Jake Thomas.

BUT FIRST wins big at Cinequest
By: Erin Brown Thomas
BUT FIRST took a first place prize at Cinequest. The experimentally drawn narrative about life before and after a morning cup of coffee won the music video category. The film was directed and co-conceived by Erin Brown Thomas and made through San Francisco Dance Film Festival's CoLabratory workshop with the National Center for Choreography at Akron University.

BUT FIRST wins big at Cinequest

By: Erin Brown Thomas
BUT FIRST took a first place prize at Cinequest. The experimentally drawn narrative about life before and after a morning cup of coffee won the music video category. The film was directed and co-conceived by Erin Brown Thomas and made through San Francisco Dance Film Festival's CoLabratory workshop with the National Center for Choreography at Akron University.

SHEDDING streams on Amazon Prime
By: Erin Brown Thomas
SHEDDING, a narrative fantasy feature about a cat that becomes human, is now available to stream on Amazon prime and across most VOD platforms. Erin produced this indie gem which was directed by Jake Thomas.

Quarter Finalist (2021) - The TITAN Screenwriting Contest

By: Timothy Morgan
Timothy's pilot GOING AWAY PARTY was selected as a quarter finalist and has moved onto the semi-finalist round. Announcements on 10/30/21.
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Feature Horror Optioned
By: Timothy Morgan
Timothy Morgan optioned a second horror feature THE INTERCESSOR with Clever Films out of the UK.
Tags: The Intercessor,

Feature Horror Optioned
By: Timothy Morgan
Timothy Morgan optioned his horror screenplay SILENCE THE DEAD with Clever Films out of the UK.
Tags: Silence the Dead,

Feature Drama Optioned
By: Timothy Morgan
Timothy Morgan optioned his feature screenplay SILVER with LoosChange Productions.
Tags: Silver,

Quarter Finalist - 2020
By: Timothy Morgan
Timothy Morgan's horror feature SOIL was awarded quarter finalist in this years Script Pipeline: First Look Project competition.
Tags: Soil , Script Pipeline: First Look Project(Quarter Finalist)

MY MISSING YEAR was optioned by Yarn Spinner Entertainment

By: Stephen Foster
Stephen Foster's dramedy screenplay was optioned by Yarn Spinner Entertainment in Canada. Kylie Garcelon set to direct and produce.

MY MISSING YEAR drama has won over 4 awards
By: Stephen Foster
Stephen Foster's screenplay has been winning awards with his deeply personal story, he says "I almost didn't write this one as it was a fictionalized version of a time in my life where I was separated from my family after my mother's new husband (my step-dad) dumped her and I ended up in the Mason's home in Ft. Worth, TX. I felt the story was too personal, too raw, but after my father passed away, I wrote it" He started submitting to contests and started getting awards. The story speaks about unmarried mothers, poor choices, child abuse and ultimately forgiveness.
Tags: My Missing Year, Action on Film Annual International Film Fest and Writers Event(Semi Finalist), Northern Virginia International Film & Music Festival (NOVA)(Semi Finalist), North Europe International Film Festival: London Edition(Semi Finalist), Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition(Semi Finalist)

HAL Wins Royal Society Award

By: AJ Thibault
A J Thibault's screenplay HAL, THE SPUD KING OF JAPAN was crowned the WINNER in the third season of the ROYAL SOCIETY OF TELEVISION & MOTION PICTURE AWARDS. The full list of selected projects of the RSTMPA August'21 season is published on their website. This list is being shared with their social networks and sent to their mailing list of professionals from the film industry across the world and to international partners as well.
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CRASH SITE - Award Winner 2020
By: AJ Thibault
CRASH SITE was an Award Winner in 2020 in the 52 Weeks Film Festival.
Tags: Crash Site, 52 Weeks Film Festival (Category Winner)

ABDUCTION - Award Winner
By: AJ Thibault
ABDUCTION was an award winner in 2020 from the Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood.
Tags: Abduction, Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood(Category Winner)

SHADOW RUN made the Red List in Animation
By: AJ Thibault
SHADOW RUN by AJ Thibault, made the Red List in Animation on Coverfly.
Tags: Shadow Run,

Award Winner, Hal the Spud King
By: AJ Thibault
John Thibault's script, HAL, THE SPUD KING, has placed well in several contests and just received Award Winner status from Austin and Houston for comedy screenplay. It also received a best comedy feature length screenplay award nomination in the Portland Comedy Film Festival, Summer 2020.
Tags: Hal, The Spud King of Japan, Austin Film Festival(Category Winner), Houston Comedy Film Festival(Category Winner), Portland Comedy Film Festival(Category Winner)

HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS BY JAYSON CRITTENDEN SELECTED BY ISA - TOP 50 FINALIST

By: Jayson Crittenden
The biographical pilot HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS by Jayson Crittenden is chosen as a "Top 50" finalist in ISA'S Fast Track Fellowship.
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HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS Moves Closer To ISA'S FAST TRACK
By: Jayson Crittenden
The biographical pilot HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS by Jayson Crittenden advances to the Second Round Selection of ISA's Fast Track Fellowship Program.
Tags: Harlem Hell Fighters,

FOLLOW THE BADGE BY JAYSON CRITTENDEN IS SCRIPTAPALOOZA'S 2nd PLACE WINNER
By: Jayson Crittenden
Out of more than 4,000 submissions around the world, FOLLOW THE BADGE, an original action feature script with franchise potential written by Jayson Crittenden, is awarded 2nd place by Scriptapalooza’s International Screenplay Competition.
Tags: Follow the Badge, Scriptapalooza Screenplay & SHORTS Competition(Quarter Finalist)

FOLLOW THE BADGE selected by Scriptapalooza as a Quarterfinalist
By: Jayson Crittenden
Jayson Crittenden's original Action/Adventure script, FOLLOW THE BADGE has been selected by Scriptapalooza as a Quarterfinalist. Jayson said he was ''honored by the selection".
Tags: Follow the Badge, Scriptapalooza Screenplay & SHORTS Competition(Finalist), Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Finalist), Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition (Action, Horror, Mystery)(Finalist)

ReAnimassassins by Jayson Crittenden Selected as ISA Semifinalist
By: Jayson Crittenden
ReAnimassassins, the latest script by Jayson Crittenden, is selected as a Semifinalist in ISA's Comedy and Genre Busting Screenplay Competition.
Tags: ReAnimassassins, ISA Comedy and Genre Busting Screenplay Competition(Semi Finalist)

Zombie western script optioned.

By: Lee Taylor
Lee A Taylor's zombie western script - DEAD GULCH - was optioned in August 2021 by North40films. The plan is to get it turned into a movie in 2022.

Ted Campbell's BLUE MOTEL wins 2nd Place Vail Fest Script Competition

By: Ted Campbell
ISA Development's Slate writer Ted Campbell's contained, thriller BLUE MOTEL has won 2nd Place in the Vail Film Festivals Screenplay Competition.
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Ted Campbell wraps CHEATING SCANDAL for MarVista Entertainment
By: Ted Campbell
Ted Campbell recently wrapped principle photography on the indie thriller CHEATING SCANDAL in Los Angeles. Co-written with Richard Pierce, this is Ted's third feature as writer/director for MarVista Entertainment. Other titles include, A DANGEROUS DEFENSE and KILLER PROFILE, which was written by Richard Pierce. All three projects were produced by MarVista Entertainment in association with Shadowboxer Films. Up next, Ted is writing and 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.

Ted Campbell wraps KILLER PROFILE for MarVista Entertainment
By: Ted Campbell
Ted Campbell recently wrapped principle photography on KILLER PROFILE in Los Angeles. The indie thriller is written by Richard Pierce. And produced by MarVista Entertainment and Shadowboxer Films. Next up, Ted is writing and 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 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.
Tags: Underground, Austin Film Festival Script Competition(Quarter Finalist), Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest(Quarter Finalist), SHOOT YOUR SIZZLE(Quarter Finalist), PAGE International Screenwriting Awards(Quarter Finalist), Shore Scripts Screenwriting Competition(Quarter Finalist), Stowe Story Labs(Quarter Finalist), ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship(Quarter Finalist)

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.

Harry Fly Buzzes to a 1st Place Win in the Script Summit Competition

By: Larry Coleman
ISA Development Slate writer Larry E. Coleman's adult animated comedy, THE MAGNIFICENT HARRY FLY, takes home the Golden Feature Award in the 2021 Script Summit Screenplay Competition.
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LITTLE BOYS makes the Top 15% of the Nicholl Fellowship

By: Larry Coleman
ISA Development Slate writer Larry E. Coleman's LITTLE BOYS, a drama dealing with childhood male sexual abuse, finished in the top 15% of the 2019 Nicholl Fellowship. The script, previously titled White River, also placed in the top 20% of the Nicholl in 2016. It was put away and submitted again after a rewrite and title change and moved further in the competition.
Tags: Little Boys, Nicholl Fellowship(Top 15%)

THE MAGNIFICENT HARRY FLY Strikes Again.
By: Larry Coleman
Development Slate writer, Larry E. Coleman's, adult animated comedy, The Magnificent Harry Fly , makes the Quarterfinals in the Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards.
Tags: The Magnificent Harry Fly,

THE MAGNIFICENT HARRY FLY advances in the Scriptation Showcase Competition
By: Larry Coleman
Development Slate writer, Larry E. Coleman's adult animated script, THE MAGNIFICENT HARRY FLY advances to the quarterfinals in the 2020-2021 Scriptation Showcase Features and Shorts Competition.
Tags: The Magnificent Harry Fly, Scriptation Showcase - Features + Shorts(Quarter Finalist)

EBO advances in the Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition:
By: Larry Coleman
Development Slate Writer Larry E. Coleman's sci-fi dystopian short script, EBO, advances to the quarter-final round in the Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition. This placement moves EBO into Coverfly's Top 1% of 534 Short Sci-fi projects.
Tags: EBO,

Bollywood/Belgium Thriller now casting in India

By: David Miller
The write-for-hire screenplay David, an ISA Development Slate writer wrote in 2020, based on the challenge of writing a thriller involving diamonds set in both India and Belgium, has an Indian production company attached and is now casting its lead female.
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Hired to write romantic comedy
By: David Miller
David Miller was hired by Kai Media Group UK Ltd. to write the screenplay for a gentle romantic comedy set in the Italian countryside. The final draft was completed and is being translated into Italian.
Tags: LOST IN THE SABINE,

Hired to rewrite historical drama
By: David Miller
In 2020 David Miller was hired to rewrite historian Mark De Geest's screenplay of the gripping events that took place in wartime Belgium when a train bound for Auschwitz was stopped by a handful of friends with no experience in the Resistance and some of its prisoners liberated.
Tags: TRANSPORT XX,

Actioner GRAYER optioned for immediate production
By: David Miller
David Miller's action spec GRAYER, previously named THE MOUNTAIN MAN, has been optioned by a producer aiming for a November 2021 shoot with an established director and lead actor attached. He has been commissioned to do a rewrite to make the script production-ready.
Tags: GRAYER,

EUREKA! New Screenwriter Takes Big Leap

By: David Creighton
Less than six months after making his first animated short, EUREKA! and having it accepted at Ottawa International Film Festival, author David Creighton is ready to take the next step. Thanks to opportunities at OIAF, David was able to secure meetings with four major North American animation producers. David used the opportunity to pitch this series, Undying, to reps also attending the festival. Two of them have requested a pilot script to discuss further.

Austin Film Fest advances PARANNOYANCE to finals

By: Bernadett Belinda York
The 28th Annual Austin Film Festival advances Parannoyance in the Produced Digital Series Competition. If selected, the pilot will premiere during the month of October 2021. Follow the paranormal dark comedy online @Parannoyance https://linktr.ee/parannoyance
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PARANNOYANCE selected to premiere in Hollywood!
By: Bernadett Belinda York
Paranormal dark comedy mini-series PARANNOYANCE was chosen as an official selection at the The Hollywood First-Time Filmmaker Showcase and Lift-Off Film Festival Global Network. The LGBTQ+ inclusive proof-of-concept pilot was created, written, and produced by award-winning screenwriter Bernadett Belinda York and comedian Kim Lupe-Smith. The festival is premiering online now during the month of September 2021.
Tags: PARANNOYANCE, Lift-Off Film Festival Global Network(Official Selection), Lift-Off Film Festival Global Network

PARANNOYANCE pilot advances in Paris finals!
By: Bernadett Belinda York
American paranormal dark comedy mini-series PARANNOYANCE moved to the finals at the Paris International Short Film Festival. The project is being considered for a Best TV Pilot Award and will screen in August 2022 if selected. The series was created/written/produced by award-winning writer Bernadett Belinda York and stand-up comedian Kim Lupe-Smith.
Tags: PARANNOYANCE,

Emerging Screenwriters places WILD DATURA in finals!
By: Bernadett Belinda York
Emerging talent, Bernadett Belinda York, continues to prove the need for diversity in western features as her award-winning, female-driven, LGBTQ+ screenplay WILD DATURA advances to the finals in another genre competition!
Tags: Wild Datura, Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition(Quarter Finalist)

WILD DATURA wins "Unique Voice" western genre!
By: Bernadett Belinda York
Female-driven, LGBTQ+, western feature WILD DATURA advanced to the finals last month, then won the 2021 Creative Screenwriting: Unique Voices Screenplay Competition in its genre!
Tags: Wild Datura, Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Semi Finalist)

PARANNOYANCE pilot advances in Paris finals!

By: Bernadett Belinda York
American paranormal dark comedy mini-series PARANNOYANCE moved to the finals at the Paris International Short Film Festival. The project is being considered for a Best TV Pilot Award and will screen in August 2022 if selected. The series was created/written/produced by award-winning writer Bernadett Belinda York and stand-up comedian Kim Lupe-Smith.
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Austin Film Fest advances PARANNOYANCE to finals
By: Bernadett Belinda York
The 28th Annual Austin Film Festival advances Parannoyance in the Produced Digital Series Competition. If selected, the pilot will premiere during the month of October 2021. Follow the paranormal dark comedy online @Parannoyance https://linktr.ee/parannoyance
Tags: PARANNOYANCE, Austin Film Festival(Finalist)

PARANNOYANCE selected to premiere in Hollywood!
By: Bernadett Belinda York
Paranormal dark comedy mini-series PARANNOYANCE was chosen as an official selection at the The Hollywood First-Time Filmmaker Showcase and Lift-Off Film Festival Global Network. The LGBTQ+ inclusive proof-of-concept pilot was created, written, and produced by award-winning screenwriter Bernadett Belinda York and comedian Kim Lupe-Smith. The festival is premiering online now during the month of September 2021.
Tags: PARANNOYANCE, Lift-Off Film Festival Global Network(Official Selection), Lift-Off Film Festival Global Network

Emerging Screenwriters places WILD DATURA in finals!
By: Bernadett Belinda York
Emerging talent, Bernadett Belinda York, continues to prove the need for diversity in western features as her award-winning, female-driven, LGBTQ+ screenplay WILD DATURA advances to the finals in another genre competition!
Tags: Wild Datura, Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition(Quarter Finalist)

WILD DATURA wins "Unique Voice" western genre!
By: Bernadett Belinda York
Female-driven, LGBTQ+, western feature WILD DATURA advanced to the finals last month, then won the 2021 Creative Screenwriting: Unique Voices Screenplay Competition in its genre!
Tags: Wild Datura, Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Semi Finalist)

New Contained Horror HELLBOX optioned

By: Travis Seppala
Just days after completing a new horror script - HELLBOX - Travis managed to find a home for this new contained, found footage project. He optioned it to Gino Alfonso of Ginome Films. Pitching to investors has already begun as well as talks about who would be great for the lead.
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Travis Seppala gets repped by The Muraviov Company
By: Travis Seppala
Travis Seppala has signed with manager Kathy Muraviov of The Muraviov Company. Kathy is currently out with Travis' thriller SPLASHDOWN, as reported by The Tracking Board.

ELEVATOR GAME, to be directed by Michael Goi
By: Travis Seppala
Long time ISA member Travis Seppala has placed his script THE ELEVATOR GAME with new production company Fearworks, which is headed by producers Ed Elbert (Anna And The King, Martian Child) and Stefan Brunner (Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengance). Buffalo Gal Pictures will be co-producing, and London-based AMP International has signed on as the sales agent. It will be directed by Michael Goi (Megan Is Missing, Mary, American Horror Story). Jamie Norrie of AMP International said, "THE ELEVATOR GAME is hands down the scariest script I've ever read, and the 5th Floor Woman is such a terrifying creation she will forever haunt my dreams. Coupled with the game actually being real and you have a film that is literally the stuff of nightmares."
Tags: Elevator to Another World, Deadline

ELEVATOR TO ANOTHER WORLD under option
By: Travis Seppala
Fearworks optioned Travis Seppala's screenplay ELEVATOR TO ANOTHER WORLD and plan to go into production in the spring.
Tags: Elevator to Another World,

CAPTIVE went into production
By: Travis Seppala
Pollen Path Entertainment began filming Travis Seppala's CAPTIVE in October. The film will star Scout Taylor-Compton (from Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN).
Tags: CAPTIVE,

RAVEN WINTERS AND THE SPIRIT VORTEX WINS BEST FEATURE SCRIPT

By: Heather Ostrove
Heather Ostrove's genre-bending adventure/horror RAVEN WINTERS AND THE SPIRIT VORTEX won Best Feature Script at the 2021 Lady Filmmakers Film Festival. As part of winning, a full table read of the script will be organized, promoted and filmed!
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PROXY L-2 FEATURED on the red list.
By: Heather Ostrove
Heather Ostrove's sci-fi detective script PROXY L-2 has debuted on the Coverfly Red list and is in the top 2% of discoverable projects on Coverfly.
Tags: PROXY L-2,

PROXY L-2 First Runner-Up 2021 Creative World Awards
By: Heather Ostrove
Heather Ostrove was thrilled to learn that her sci-fi detective script PROXY L-2 is the HORROR/THRILLER/FANTASY is the First Runner-Up in the 2021 Creative World Awards.
Tags: PROXY L-2, Creative World Awards Screenwriting Contest(Preliminary Finalist)

RAVEN WINTERS AND THE SPIRIT VORTEX - table read to screen at Film Festival
By: Heather Ostrove
A 15min excerpt of Heather Ostrove's horror adventure script RAVEN WINTERS AND THE SPIRIT VORTEX is set to screen at the 2021 IMAGINE THIS WOMENS FILM FESTIVAL.
Tags: RAVEN WINTERS AND THE SPIRIT VORTEX,
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