ISA SPOTLIGHT

THE REAL THING was an Award Nominee: Best Genre Script, The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards (2021) London, GBR. Their review of TRT: “Hilarious, solid concept for an easy sale. With the right director this could be a seriously fun experience to watch.” Matthew couldn't agree more... and looks forward to not referring to himself in the third person on that happy day.

THE REAL THING was a Winner: Best Feature Script, Venice Film Awards - Monthly Competition (2020) Venice, ITA.

THE REAL THING was a Winner: Award of Excellence - Best 1st Time Screenwriter, Vegas Movie Awards (2020) Las Vegas, Nevada USA.

THE REAL THING was a Winner: Honorable Mention - Best Feature Script, Vegas Movie Awards (2020) Las Vegas, Nevada USA.

Larry E. Coleman, an ISA Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch for 2021, has found placement with his new dramatic short script, SHE'S TOO YOUNG. The Screenwriters Network, Short Film Screenplay Competition has advanced the short into its quarterfinal round.

Development Slate writer, Larry E. Coleman's animated dramedy, THE MAGNIFICENT HARRY FLY, has been selected as a semi-finalist in the Scriptation Showcase Script Competition.

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.

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.

Crystal Harris' In My Head was a selected project for the 2021 June Narrative Stowe Story Lab. After a weekend of pitching, her script was requested by a film producer.

Happy to announce that out of 2000 applications, Crystal Harris, alongside 149 other women was selected as a one of the mentees matched with mentors from various industries. Unlock Her Potential was founded by Sophia Chang to provide mentorship for women of color in the US.

Crystal found ISA's Virtual Pitch challenge through a fellow writer, and literally submitted the pitch a day before the deadline. The next week, she learned she was 1 of 4 winners. Since then, things have been moving very quickly! She was accepted onto ISA's Development Slate, and has been working with Jerren and Felicity on the project. Two weeks ago, she was introduced to Matt Prater from Citizen Skull Productions. They had a great talk about life in general and (of course her writing). She sent Matt her pilot that night, and the next morning, he called her to discuss it and her dreams for her career. The conversation was insightful; he gave her GREAT feedback on ways to elevate the story structure. What she liked about Matt is that he was invested in her story. Happy to announce that Crystal is now repped by Matt and moving forward with Citizen Skull Productions.

Seattle screenwriter, Kim Hornsby, made hometown honors when two of her Short Scripts, WISHFUL THINKING and DREAM JUMPER (both under 10 pages) made the prestigious Seattle Film Summit's list of semi-finalists. Kim previously won the Hollywood Fellowship at the Summit with her Feature The Dream Jumper's Promise and wrote the Short as a proof of concept project. Both scripts are available with contained locations and limited cast.

Kim Hornsby's short script CHAT has made the Top Ten list in Emerging Screenwriters SHOOT YOUR SHORT Contest. This is Kim's first and only short script but possibly not her last. Also an Austin Film Festival 2nd Rounder, CHAT is available for industry pro reads here and on Coverfly's Red List for Thriller Shorts. Kim is a sold, optioned screenwriter in Features.

Kim Hornsby's short screenplay, CHAT, ended the year in the top ten in Short Thrillers on Coverfly's Red List for 2020 after making it to the 2nd Round of Austin Film Festival. This was the second time Hornsby has had a script on the Red List and in AFF. A 20-page script of a woman's revenge on a serial killer, CHAT is unproduced but available.

THREE projects by screenwriter, KIM HORNSBY, were recognized in Table Read my Screenplay. Her TV Pilot, MOODY & THE GHOST, reached the top 100 in Table Read my Screenplay, as did her Features, NECESSARY DETOUR, and THE DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE, the former moving up to the Top Ten in Mystery/Suspense and the latter making the quarterfinals in Page Turner Screenplays. All scripts are adapted from her Bestselling books. MOODY & THE GHOST also made 2ND ROUND at Austin Film Fest as did her Short script, CHAT. Moody was in the top 20 of The Adapted Screenplay Contest, recently won a table read at the Seattle Film Summit and is under consideration at CBS. Kim is represented by JD DeWitt of 5x5 Literary Management

Aaron Braxton's historical screenplay, THE PASSAGE OF SUN, about three brothers combating the Convict Leasing System of railroading African American men into the Alabama Prison System post Civil War, recently won the 2021 Sherman Oaks Film Festival. "This is an important story," states Braxton. "It highlights the origins of African American's sinister induction into the prison system. Before the Civil War we represented 4% of the prison population. With the introduction of the Convict Leasing System, our numbers shot up to 40% and have never decreased since then."

Aaron Braxton's historical screenplay, THE PASSAGE OF SUN, about 3 brothers fighting the Convict Leasing System of railroading African American men into the prison system post Civil War has won the San Diego Movie Awards!

A short film version of Carlo Erin's pilot, NEAR DEATH, which they filmed as a proof of concept in Autumn 2018, is an OFFICIAL SELECTION of the CHAIN NYC FILM FESTIVAL, August, 2019 in New York City.

During the Sun Valley Film Festival High Scribe Awards ceremony, for which Carlo Erin's DARK HORIZONS won the top prize, the judge was Scott Free Productions President and Academy Award Winning Producer Kevin J Walsh. He said: "My heart goes with DARK HORIZONS... This show should be made!"

THE PASSAGE OF THE SUN, Aaron Braxton's historical screenplay about 3 brothers fighting the Alabama Convict Leasing System post Civil War has won the San Diego Movie Awards. This is quite an achievement for a writer who earlier this year was told to concentrate on his stage plays. "This is an important American story. I'm ecstatic that it's being so well received."

Aaron Braxton's historical screenplay, THE PASSAGE OF SUN, about 3 brothers fighting the Convict Leasing System of railroading African American men into the prison system post Civil War has won the San Diego Movie Awards!

Kathryn Orwig was honored that her supernatural horror TV Pilot, BeTwIxT, won the International Horror Hotel Film Festival's Dramatic TV Pilot Competition.

Anderson Boyd's Western odyssey MESCALERO has placed as one of ten Action/Adventure Finalists within the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards!

Anderson Boyd's Western odyssey MESCALERO has advanced as one of twenty-five Semi Finalists within the PAGE Awards - Action/Adventure category!

Crime-saga/Thriller THE LEASE OF NATURE has badged as a Top 20 Feature Thriller of the year on the Coverfly Red List.

Western saga MESCALERO has badged as a Top 50 Feature of all time across any genre, a Top 20 Feature of the year and remains the #1 Western of all time on the Coverfly Red List.

Andy Palmer (Camp Cold Brook, Fun House Massacre) has been set to direct FLATWOODS, an indie thriller by horror scribe Jason Scott Goldberg (Stay Out of the Attic). Producers are Josh Sternfeld, Matt Prater, Mark Myers and Citizen Skull Productions. Goldberg landed on ISA's Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch list in 2019, and is currently on their development slate. The plot centers on the Fischer family, who travels to a remote farm to meet their daughter’s new boyfriend — unaware that the weekend festivities involve a far stranger purpose. The film is slated to shoot summer 2021. Deadline link: https://deadline.com/2020/12/chasing-the-rain-white-lie-arelease-dates-andy-palmer-to-direct-flatwoods-1234656278/

Jason's horrific drama about a failed suicide attempt has placed in Final Draft's prestigious competition. The story tackles mental health, perception of others, and moving forward after a traumatic incident. It's a mix between Cronenberg's "Crash" and Lynch's "Elephant Man." Here's hoping it makes more noise on the circuit.

STAY OUT OF THE ATTIC will be a Shudder exclusive in March 2021. The film was written by Jason Goldberg, Jerren Lauder, Jesse Federman and Julie Auerbach. Lauder directed the film, while Goldberg produced.

The project will premiere at this year's virtual festival on October 15th at 9pm. Tickets are available through FilmFreeway. www.atlantahorrorfilmfest.com/2020-attic.

Development Slate writer, Larry E. Coleman's animated comedy, The Magnificent Harry Fly, advances to the quarterfinal round of the 15th Annual StoryPros International Screenwriting Competition.

Development Slate writer, Larry E. Coleman's animated dramedy, THE MAGNIFICENT HARRY FLY, has been selected as a semi-finalist in the Scriptation Showcase Script Competition.

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.

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.

In April Philip Elliott was hired by producer Uri Singer of Passage Pictures to write a feature-film adaptation of The Economist article "Too Big to Jail." Resulting screenplay THE BAD INFORMANT is in development with actor John Leguizamo (CARLITO'S WAY) and director Mark Neveldine (CRANK) attached.

HIGHWAY OF TEARS, a horror feature written by Philip Elliott, was optioned to producer Joel McGuire of SISU Studios. Set on the real-life Highway of Tears in Northern BC, Canada, where over recent decades dozens of mostly Indigenous women have gone missing or turned up murdered, the film follows a young Native woman and a small-town cop during the snowy, freezing winter as they grapple with the dark truth at the heart of the highway -- and the sinister evil lurking therein.

Richard Willett has been hired by SP Immersive Entertainment to write an animated feature based on the producers' concept and inspired by their work creating immersive underwater exhibits.

Richard Willett's comedy about two ill-fated gay dads, THE NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME FAMILY, is a semifinalist in the 2017 Table Read My Screenplay (at the Sundance Festival) Competition.

Richard Willett's comedy about two ill-fated gay dads, THE NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME FAMILY, is a quarterfinalist in the 2017 BlueCat Screenplay Competition.

Richard Willett's 'After The Storm' about Franklin D. Roosevelt's struggle with polio, was one of the winners in the 2016 Rebel Seed Entertainment True Story Screenplay Competition.

Conde Nast Entertainment and Indigenous Media on Wednesday released six short films directed by female filmmakers as part of its Project HER incubator program. The incubator, sought to connect filmmakers at various stages of their careers with mentors who would work with them to develop a short film that could eventually be adapted into a television series. The goal was to help bridge the gap in opportunities for women directors in film and television.

Jordan Tripeer's script, "You Are My Home", an action-drama set in wartorn Africa, finished in the Top 50 of the 2014 Nicholl Fellowship. Jordan has also been selected as a Fellowship finalist in the 2015 Universal Emerging Writers.

The feature she co-wrote in associate with Rabbit Bandini, The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha, premiered at the Palm Springs Film Festival 2015. Starring Carmen Argenziano as Don Quixote and Horatio Sanz as Sancho Panza. 

The narrative documentary script for Painting Anna is being produced. Painting Anna seeks to answer the question, 'Can encouraging passion make the world -- and our lives -- richer?" The documentary incorporates interviews with CEOS, generations of glass-blowers and cultural sociologists.

 

THE PASSAGE OF THE SUN, Aaron Braxton's historical screenplay about 3 brothers fighting the Alabama Convict Leasing System post Civil War has won the San Diego Movie Awards. This is quite an achievement for a writer who earlier this year was told to concentrate on his stage plays. "This is an important American story. I'm ecstatic that it's being so well received."

Aaron Braxton's historical screenplay, THE PASSAGE OF SUN, about three brothers combating the Convict Leasing System of railroading African American men into the Alabama Prison System post Civil War, recently won the 2021 Sherman Oaks Film Festival. "This is an important story," states Braxton. "It highlights the origins of African American's sinister induction into the prison system. Before the Civil War we represented 4% of the prison population. With the introduction of the Convict Leasing System, our numbers shot up to 40% and have never decreased since then."