ISA SPOTLIGHT

UK screenwriter Dan Bronzite's LA crime-thriller spec has been optioned by Foton Films with Menhaj Huda (KIDULTHOOD) attached to direct.

Breaking Walls Thriller Contest has named Dan Bronzite's supernatural thriller spec EYES OF EVE a Top Finalist.  Dan is currently working on US thriller script SMOKE OUT for Foton Films and Kidulthood director Menhaj Huda, as well as his own feature directorial debut psychological thriller URGE.

International independent TV Channel Shorts.TV (operated by Shorts International) and IndieFlix (available on the web, mobile, Roku, Xbox) have acquired two short films (Absolution & Finders, Keepers) by produced screenwriter (Long Time Dead / Working Title Films) Dan Bronzite.

(September 22, 2020) - JANUARY 14TH won Best U.S. Social Justice Short Film at the Hollywood Women's Film Festival, a flagship event hosted by the Hollywood Women's Film Institute. Over 40 films are being screened at the festival which is being held virtually from September 19-October 1, 2020. There were several honorees of the festival including multi-talented actor and singer Shirley MacLaine (Lifetime Achievement Award), Academy Award Nominated Writer/Director Dee Rees (Dorothy Arzner LGBTQ Director's Award), comedienne Margaret Cho (Activism Award) and cinematographer Nancy Schreiber (Cinematography Award).

(September 28, 2020) - JANUARY 14TH recently won Best Feature Short at the Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival in Atlanta, GA, which was held virtually on September 24-26, 2020. Nominees and winners of features, shorts and documentaries were announced online in a special awards ceremony on the final day of the festival. The goal of the festival is threefold: to educate and expand awareness of social justice issues, both nationally and worldwide; to generate conversation and dialogue around civil and human rights, justice and injustice, as well as to inspire innovative and creative new approaches to social change.

July 19, 2020 - JANUARY 14TH was named an Official Selection of the WILDSound FEEDBack Festival. A private screening of the film will be shown to a select group of attendees in Los Angeles on August 11, 2020. A second screening will take place on August 11, 2020 as part of the Virtual City Cinema which will present the best short films from around the world from the WILDsound Festival. They will launch this venture on their website https://www.ydsquare.ca and popular social media channels.

(August 5, 2020) - The Montreal Independent Film Festival recently announced the winners of its latest edition. La'Chris Jordan won Best First Time Filmmaker for her short film JANUARY 14TH. The festival has various categories which have recently been expanded to include awards such as Best Female Director and Best First Time Director. All the award recipients of the monthly editions are also further nominated for the annual awards. 

Ted Campbell's thriller HARM'S WAY has placed as a Second Rounder in the Launch Pad Feature Competition 2020-2021.

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.

Ted Campbell, Your Script Produced Season 1 Ultimate Grand Prize Winner BLUE MOTEL, won the prestigious top category Platinum REMI AWARD for his script at the 53rd Worldfest Houston International Film Festival. "We have started developing the script into a great feature film, the team is proud to see Ted Campbell recognized by another established festival! We will come back to Houston next year with the finished film and look forward to adding our names on the great list which Worldfest founder prides himself for discovering : the likes of Spielberg, Lucas, Ang Lee..." -- YSP's Doval Bacall, executive producer BLUE MOTEL

Ted Campbell's supernatural thriller ALMOST GONE is a Finalist in Stage32's 6th Annual Search for New Blood screenwriting competition.

Sam Thompson's feature script BLOOD SUGAR is in development with Producer James Smith (Drive, Ender's game, Man on a Train, The Way, Way, Back). Development is almost complete, and an option deal/shopping agreement is in the works.

Sam Thompson's horror short THE HUNTED makes its world premiere during a screening held by the West Virginia University Film club on 03/10/20

Sam Thompson's proof of concept/short film of his dystopian Horror feature BLOOD SUGAR is now casting. It is going into production this summer, 2020

Sam Thompson's latest short film THE HUNTED will be released public ally on Saturday, March 7th online, while competing at multiple film festivals.

The Mul Brothers screenplay, FASTER THAN HORSES, was officially selected for the Stowe Story Labs writing retreat (2020).

From over 2000 scripts, FASTER THAN HORSES was selected as the runner-up to the ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay Competition.

Chris Mul's feature ASTRAL is now available to watch exclusively on Hulu (US) and Netflix (UK).

Chris Mul's ASTRAL had it's world premiere at the San Diego International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Best Feature and Chris Brinker Award (Debut Director).

Jeff was hired by Creative Screenwriting magazine in 2018 to be their film critic based on his work writing for The Establishing Shot and The Examiner online, and was invited by RottenTomatoes.com to be one of their featured critics in 2019. Jeff has had contest success with two scripts since becoming an ISA Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch in 2018, and an Oscar-nominated producer is currently considering his work. "Screenwriting is a complex undertaking, and trying to break into Hollywood is a Herculean task, so it's good to have a resource and advocate like the ISA in your corner." - Jeff York

Jeff York's dark comedy 'Play Dirty' has just been named a Script Pipeline 2017 screenwriting contest semifinalist. This is the fifth time that a script from Jeff York has figured in the finals of Script Pipeline's contests. PLAY DIRTY is about a junior high nerd in San Clemente in 1977 who is running for her middle school's band presidency and to help her win she retains the services of ex-president Richard Nixon.

It's a biting commentary on politics, bullying and female empowerment, as well as a moving character study of a lost little girl trying to be popular. Jeff is a film blogger at The Establishing Shot online and host/critic of Page 2 Screen for the International Screenwriters Association. He's also an original member of the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle.

Jeff York's dark comedy 'Play Dirty' was just named a quarterfinalist in the 2017 Script Pipeline screenwriting contest.

The story concerns Becky Shrum, a nerdy 13-year-old girl in San Clemente, CA who is running to be the president of the junior high band in 1977. Her opponent happens to be Claire Endicott, her ex-bestie and the most popular girl in class. To assist her navigate the waters of her tumultuous campaign, Becky enlists the help of local resident and former POTUS - Richard Nixon. Soon, they're concocting dirty tricks together to help her best the over-achieving Claire. The competition escalates and involves smear campaigns, secret tape recordings, and even the participation of Nixon's enemies list member Paul Newman!

The script has received a number of accolades, most notably a quarterfinal finish in the Nicholl Fellowship. This brings Jeff's total of figuring in the finals of screenwriting contest to 63 over the past five years he's been writing scripts.

With a full 53 recordings in just over a year, "Page 2 Screen" has rounded into its second year of broadcast for the International Screenwriters Association. It is hosted by acclaimed writer and ISA member Jeff York. Each week another ISA member and Jeff review a current film or television series with an emphasis on its journey from page to screen. It's grown each week in popularity, and as the 2017 year starts, a new slate of writers are being lined up, as well as some of the more popular guests from the past season. (Who knows, perhaps YOU could be one of Jeff's guests very soon!)

Award-winning screenplay FASTER THAN HORSES has been picked up by Film Seekers International, who will handle international sales for the film across all markets.

From over 2000 scripts, FASTER THAN HORSES was selected as the runner-up to the ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay Competition.

Chris Mul's feature ASTRAL is now available to watch exclusively on Hulu (US) and Netflix (UK).

Chris Mul's ASTRAL had it's world premiere at the San Diego International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Best Feature and Chris Brinker Award (Debut Director).

Xavier Burgin's drama Feature ON TIME was chosen as the 2020 ISA Table Read My Screenplay Drama Category Winner.

Ted Campbell's contained supernatural triller DEVIL WINDS was named as a Semi-Finalist in Stage32's Microbudget Horror Competition.

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.

Ted Campbell, Your Script Produced Season 1 Ultimate Grand Prize Winner BLUE MOTEL, won the prestigious top category Platinum REMI AWARD for his script at the 53rd Worldfest Houston International Film Festival. "We have started developing the script into a great feature film, the team is proud to see Ted Campbell recognized by another established festival! We will come back to Houston next year with the finished film and look forward to adding our names on the great list which Worldfest founder prides himself for discovering : the likes of Spielberg, Lucas, Ang Lee..." -- YSP's Doval Bacall, executive producer BLUE MOTEL

Ted Campbell's supernatural thriller ALMOST GONE is a Finalist in Stage32's 6th Annual Search for New Blood screenwriting competition.

Hired to work on the second season of this horror anthology show. Melody wrote two of the 10 episodes.

Melody Cooper was hired on season 22 on longest-running show of all time.

Melody Cooper was selected for Sundance Episodic Lab's new Idea to Pilot program to develop a new pilot for a series, which will take place virtually over a period of 5 months and then in person in 2021.

Melody Cooper has been awarded a month-long Fellowship in Italy at villa Bogliasco to develop screenplays, including adapting one of her award-winning stage plays into a film.

Melody Cooper has been hired to write an episode for 2020 The Insider on Twitch Channel, produced by Greg Grunberg and Diego Cantu, directed by Brad Savage and starring Wayne Brady, Jack Coleman, Sherri Shepherd and Kym Whitley.

Melody Cooper was hired on season 22 on longest-running show of all time.

Melody Cooper was selected for Sundance Episodic Lab's new Idea to Pilot program to develop a new pilot for a series, which will take place virtually over a period of 5 months and then in person in 2021.

Melody Cooper has been awarded a month-long Fellowship in Italy at villa Bogliasco to develop screenplays, including adapting one of her award-winning stage plays into a film.

Melody Cooper has been hired to write an episode for 2020 The Insider on Twitch Channel, produced by Greg Grunberg and Diego Cantu, directed by Brad Savage and starring Wayne Brady, Jack Coleman, Sherri Shepherd and Kym Whitley.

Hired to work on the second season of this horror anthology show. Melody wrote two of the 10 episodes.

Melody Cooper was selected for Sundance Episodic Lab's new Idea to Pilot program to develop a new pilot for a series, which will take place virtually over a period of 5 months and then in person in 2021.

Melody Cooper has been awarded a month-long Fellowship in Italy at villa Bogliasco to develop screenplays, including adapting one of her award-winning stage plays into a film.

Melody Cooper has been hired to write an episode for 2020 The Insider on Twitch Channel, produced by Greg Grunberg and Diego Cantu, directed by Brad Savage and starring Wayne Brady, Jack Coleman, Sherri Shepherd and Kym Whitley.

Hired to work on the second season of this horror anthology show. Melody wrote two of the 10 episodes.

Melody Cooper was hired on season 22 on longest-running show of all time.

Melody Cooper has been awarded a month-long Fellowship in Italy at villa Bogliasco to develop screenplays, including adapting one of her award-winning stage plays into a film.

The annual International Euroscript competition for emerging screenwriters has announced its 2016 competition winners.  The first prize winner for the best-unproduced screenplay for 2016 is a romantic comedy 'Elvis Town' written by emerging Brisbane screenwriter Paul Mahoney.

 

'Elvis Town' is a “feel good movie” set in the Australian rural town of Parkes and is about their annual Elvis Festival where Elvis Presley impersonators abound.  It is a romantic comedy about a Network news journalist and his TV crew who are sent to Parkes to cover the events and personalities of the festival.  As an ambitious network news reporter, Ted dreams of better, more important mainstream reporting, but romantic and hilarious events change his life forever.

 

Nathan Patton's WAITRESS #2 has been named a 2019 Academy Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist, making it one of only 149 scripts to move on from the initial 7,302 entered. The screenplay was also the winner of the Script Pipeline First Look Contest in 2018.

Robert Tobin's MAKING GONE has been optioned by CDR Productions.

CHASING SPIELBERG was optioned by Closer Apart Productions, they have created a complete package, including trailer, in preparation for going out to the film industry with it.

Robert Tobin's script FACE TIME is under option to Bruised Productions, a Canadian film company.

Robert Tobin was a writer on DAM 99," a $10 million English language Indian feature released by Warner Brothers and short-listed for a Best Picture Oscar.

Robert Tobin's LOVE ON THE ADRIATIC has been optioned by Can It Productions.

CHASING SPIELBERG was optioned by Closer Apart Productions, they have created a complete package, including trailer, in preparation for going out to the film industry with it.

Robert Tobin's script FACE TIME is under option to Bruised Productions, a Canadian film company.

Robert Tobin was a writer on DAM 99," a $10 million English language Indian feature released by Warner Brothers and short-listed for a Best Picture Oscar.

Robert Tobin's LOVE ON THE ADRIATIC has been optioned by Can It Productions.

Robert Tobin's MAKING GONE has been optioned by CDR Productions.

Robert Tobin's script FACE TIME is under option to Bruised Productions, a Canadian film company.

Robert Tobin was a writer on DAM 99," a $10 million English language Indian feature released by Warner Brothers and short-listed for a Best Picture Oscar.