GOOD DEVILS
Writer:
Karpov Krushcheve
Project Type: Screenplay
Number of Pages: 115
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
GENRE: Drama - Romantic Thriller
Logline: Based on a true story, GOOD DEVILS relates the compelling journey of one man through a disabling addiction, escape from the underworld, and reunion with his soulmate.
"If you have an enemy, keep him at the racecourse".
GOOD DEVILS is a story within a story.
Theme: Child, Teen, and Adult Leo conquers his dreams.
Blood Ties
Cruise of the Amberjack
Writer:
E. Lyn Foster
Project Type: Screenplay
Number of Pages: 114
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
New President FDR confronts ghosts of his past by sailing himself back to Campobello, N.B. By facing his own fears he hopes to prove he is strong enough to carry an entire country out of the depths of its own despair.
One Mad Apple
Writer:
Laurie Asbourne and
Tom Pratt
Project Type: Screenplay
Number of Pages: 113
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
A dark comedy feature inspired by a true story and based on the book of the same name.
After a man moves to small town to care for his dying father, he embraces the
community and his new life as a stepfather and husband, until he finds himself in the crosshairs of an unhinged townswoman who challenges him in a school board election and makes him look like the crazy one.
The Changing Station
The Star Thrower
Writer:
Kathleen Welton
Project Type: Screenplay
Number of Pages: 97
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
When a chemical company dumps toxins into the ocean that threaten to destroy sea turtle nests, three friends find themselves in a race against time to rescue the nests and help the sea turtles safely hatch.
Rewiring Jade
Revelation
Writer: Carmen Pfammatter
Project Type: Short Script
Number of Pages: 5
Country of Origin: Switzerland
Language: French
As a couple for a few months and not living in the same city, Rachel and Marc meet in Geneva to enjoy their day.
Along the way, they meet Pascal, Marc's father. This unexpected meeting will not go as planned.
Imhotep's Secret
Writer: Jorge A Troncone Osorio
Project Type: Screenplay
Number of Pages: 125
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
The amazing story of Imhotep the greatest priest and healer from ancient Egypt who will discover the greatest scientific discoveries of the entire humanity through the most incredible relationship out of this world.
However, kept a secret in his tomb waiting to be discovered for almost five thousand years.
Once, it finally happens, a series of events escalate rapidly endangering lives and perhaps, the entire world with thrilled and unimaginable outcomes.
Accident
Ishita is conflicted as her recent years in her marriage to an American and the approach to life with no lies, makes her want to spill the beans but she has her ways with fiction. She believes in hope, she believes that stories can help.
Will her story save her mother?
A Very Queer Holiday
Absolute Zero
Writer: Bryce Hatch
Project Type: Television Script
Number of Pages :33
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
A young girl with a bumbling passion for science, her fashionista gal pal, and a nerdy culinary neighbor film weekly experiments and exploits for their terminally ill friend.
An Unfamiliar Life
When Margie loses the one person that her entire life seemed to be centered around, this tragedy comes with a wake up call. She takes a hard look at this life that has become something so unfamiliar that she bravely leaves everything behind and ventures into a new world, a new romance, a new life. Her journey of self-discovery turns her unfamiliar life into something she could’ve never imagined. Estranged from her only sister, alone in a strange new place, Margie is surprised by the peace and love she finds in a remote tropical island with unlikely friends and the greatest love of her life. When the two sisters eventually reunite after years apart, a life that was once so unfamiliar to Margie, is a life that is full of possibilities. Some lives are found when everything else is lost.
In the vain of Under The Tuscan Sun, Before Sunrise, The Holiday and Something’s Gotta Give. This is a sincere and pure romantic drama. With sweeping locations all over the Bahama Islands of Nassau, Eleuthera and Exuma, this film will be a beautiful, honest look into a woman’s heart as she re-discovers herself and life she always dreamed of. An authentic journey so relatable, from tragedy and sadness to peace, joy and love, audiences will feel compelled to examine their own lives and if they are as fulfilled as they could be. A surprising and delightful adventure.
THE CHRISTMAS CON
Worth The Weight
Mrs Saxena at the Hotel Grand
THE PRIEST AND THE PRIVATE EYE
Writer: Michael Aston
Project Type: Screenplay
Number of Pages: 106
Country of Origin: Australia
A ex priest turned private eye tracks down a serial killer murdering students in a ritualistic fashion on a religious campus university, only to have bad cops and church officials stand in his way.
THE BILLY WHISPERS GANG
The Three Days of The Lion
Machliar
Writer: Robert Kouba
Project Type: Screenplay
Number of Pages: 89
Country of Origin: Switzerland
Language: English
Thomas Machliar is a young and successful writer. He is about to close a great deal with Hollywood. Hollywood wants to film its trilology. However, the third book is still missing. Time is running out and Thomas hasn't finished the third book yet. It turns out that Thomas is not the actual writer, but that his father is the real author of his books. Thomas vehemently denies that. A fanatical fan of Thomas doesn't believe him and feels cheated. The fan tries to shoot Thomas at an event. But it only hits him on the shoulder. All this excitement leads to his father having a stroke and having to go to the hospital. He can no longer write for his son. Desperate, Thomas believes the deal with Hollywood is off. But he finds out that his father has already written the third book and the manuscripts are in his office. Thomas is saved. The deal takes place, so there's a big party going on in Los Angeles. At this party, Thomas learns that his father has died. Desperate, Thomas flies home again. He decides to finally tell the truth and writes a script about himself and his father called "Machliar".
Hybrids
Gimme Shelter Part Three
Karma is a Bitch_ Screenplay
Rollers
Writers: RJ Shick, D. P. McCarthy
Project Type: Screenplay
Number of Pages: 115
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
A retro-themed evening at a skating rink gets complicated by four inter-connected stories: -A talented young gay skater longs for a relationship with a 37yo, but the family man is mostly just interested in watching the beautiful skater and fantasizing a life where he made less conservative choices.
-A new employee with a passion for nostalgia learns to change his outlook when he learns the rink is not as cool as it seems.
-A pair of Tiktok prankers cross paths with a teen girl who hooks them into a wild conspiracy surrounding the arcade scores, but she may have more to do with it than she's letting on.
-The party-man and host of the skating event does regular announcements to hype the skaters. When he rudely turns down a come-on from a young girl, his self-appointed crowd worker, he finds out that without her help he can't excite the audience like he used to, so he concocts a sketchy plan to get her back on his team.
The Recital
Writer: Helen Louise Taylor
A former violin prodigy rekindles her love of music and finds the strength to overcome drug addiction and trace her abducted child. Set in present day Venice, the story draws on motifs from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and bridges past and present through a violin once played by one of Vivaldi’s scholars and which now offers a chance for salvation to a young, destitute mother.
A Good Return
Writer: Helen Rana
Lilah’s had three strokes of luck in her life – rape, blackmail and being battered half to death by a VIP. Travelling to her Caribbean island home after seventeen years in London, she finds that life there has changed in her absence. Money's everything now. She needs to find a way to make a good return, and make things right with her family.
The Beginning of the Rest of your Life
Writer: Margot Pitts
Lucy is an overworked, exhausted, and unhappy woman in her early 20s living in NYC. She feels as though her life post-college is repetitive and dull and is struggling to find her purpose. On one particularly wild evening, Lucy reaches her breaking point and overdoses on a combination of drugs. She wakes up in the hospital and is surprised to see both her parents there. She spends the weekend at home with her family. Her father promises her that he will attend a concert with her weekly to get her spirits up. When she returns to NYC she is given a second chance at life and explores new romance, exciting prospects at work, and attends concerts with her father. Lucy learns that your 20s are some of the most defining years in your life and it is important to be present during them.
The Fallen
Writer: Mark Ramsey
In the fantasy world of Angels, demons and all things mythical it sees a ferocious war rage between the heaven’s armies and the demon lord Satan. In this epic fantasy we see Michael test the might of himself and has to regain Gods faith in order to find the missing Fallen angels and deliver them the justice they deserve but things go wrong and Michael is forced into a place, nobody dare to end up, not even a powerful angel. In this mythical land, painted with farms of Lavender, everyone hides a sin or two. How can such an elegant flower survive in such a harsh place. Well, people need to make a living. Lavender is the lifeblood of these inhabitants; it is the heart of this world. With faith comes the ability to perform miracles.
Desperate Measures
Writer: Helen Rana
At thirty-seven, with the ancestral home falling down around his ears, amenable English Lord Jake is obliged to search for a suitable, wealthy bride who can keep the family estate afloat. Unfortunately, he’s deeply in love with the skint, radical black activist L’Wren, who makes him keep their relationship secret to avoid being seen as a race and class traitor. His friend’s assistant Zola sets him up with an assortment of rich singletons, whilst falling for him herself. And some of his dates have other, more unpleasant things in mind...
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