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The Heart of a TigerThe Heart of a Tiger is based on the true story of a woman who escaped the Cambodian Genocide in the 1970s. It follows three generations of women struggling against the boundaries placed upon them, each ultimately emerging triumphant to achieve their dreams. This is my family’s story of survival. Received 39 awards. |
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HALFWAY HOMEWhen a catastrophic accident causes an athlete to become paralyzed, and all seems to be lost, he finds redemption in the most unlikely place, with a gaggle of colorful characters in a halfway house for the mentally disabled. Winner of 19 'Best Screenplay' awards. Previously #1 on the MovieBytes.com feature Drama & Family 'Winning Lists.' |
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COOPAn inspirational drama about a disabled dog who assists a recently disabled young athlete find renewed purpose in his life. |
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The Barking SpiderWhen Joe’s 39 year-old addicted and pregnant daughter appears on his doorstep, his sedentary life is about to disappear forever. Script Excerpt |
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The Paper RouteA teenager about to turn 16 makes a discovery that could be his ticket out of his hellish small town life, but it means leaving his younger brother behind. |
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South Of Main StreetMom dies and the youngest daughter sues the emotionally challenged Dad for financial control of the estate sending him on a quest to prove he is normal - not an easy task when you are not. |
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The Sea DragonEngland, 1810: A sharp-witted young girl who hunts and sells fossils to help support her impoverished family unearths a never-before-seen skeleton that shakes the foundations of science and religion. Script Excerpt |
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Ajeeta the InvincibleTo pursue her dream of becoming a pro football (soccer) player, a 12 year-old orphan escapes from her cruel reformatory and sets out on a dangerous trek from New Delhi to a football academy near Kolkata. Script Excerpt |
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Doors of MiraclesFighting fear - the Doors to God's Miracles are flung open wide transcending a young woman into the Universe to return with supernatural powers - miracles - and - God speaks.? Script Excerpt |
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MotherkillerBased on a true story. Two young boys watch their mother's boyfriend beat her. On her deathbed, she says he didn't do it. He goes free. Twenty years later, a rookie prosecutor - a young woman - fights to revive the cold case. Script Excerpt |
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K-9 CopA cranky police officer dies and ends up in the body of a police dog in order to bring down a criminal organization and help a teenager get over a big loss in his family. Script Excerpt |
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SEIRIOS/ROBOMUTTA boy finds a dog which is actually a dangerous military prototype. |
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The Magnificent KevinThe Magnificent Kevin, a young magician in the old west, teams up with Harry Houdini and a secret society of magicians to battle their arch-nemesis, Melvin the Mentalist. |
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The Mythical Golden TroutWhen a cash-strapped family camping in the Sierras discovers a huge nugget of gold, the local police chief rounds up a posse of clueless misfits and sets out to steal it from them. Script Excerpt |
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The Naughty ListWith the help of a bicycle, an Ice Road Trucker and an Inuit Dog Sled Driver, Aiden Shea travels to the North Pole to face every kids’ worst nightmare right before Christmas – being on the Naughty List. |
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MarloweA brown, Virginia, field mouse moves into the bedroom of eleven-year-old-Cole who teaches the animal to talk and wear clothes. In the end, Marlowe saves Cole and his family and a small group of humans and animals, from a virus that kills all animals globally in less than a year. |
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One More SleepA grumpy manager about to get the sack, wakes at the North Pole and is told by Santa’s helpers that Christmas Eve will keep repeating until he finds his Christmas spirit. Script Excerpt |
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The SquawkerTwo gonzo grad students and a fearless Native American woman clash with the FBI as they search for an endangered, sacred bird on her tribal homeland that could save the area from loggers. Script Excerpt |
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God's WarriorGod chooses a young woman to be His Warrior but fails to warn her of the dangers. |
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Saga of the DwarfA dwarf's plan to save his village lands him in virtual hell but, in order to escape he must depend on a gnome wizard who is literally in hell or join him. Script Excerpt |
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BIRDS OF A FEATHERIf he is to earn his gold wings, Jeremy, a young goldfinch, must find the courage to challenge the bird of prey that killed his father. |
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True Tears - Timeless Fairy TaleA young maiden who grew up hidden in the woods must find her father the king to save the kingdom from doom – His twin sister and self-appointed Sorceress Queen who banished him almost 18 years ago uses all her powers to prevent a successful journey. |
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ELIJAHThe king of Israel marries a Phoenician Princess, who is consumed by Baal worship, wanting to kill all devout Hebrews. God’s prophet challenges the king to repent in spite of the threat of death. |
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Quest for the Golden OrbWhen a ruthless arachnologist captures a beautiful Golden Orb queen, a wimpy spider sets out to prove himself by rescuing her and save his colony from self-destruction. Script Excerpt |
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Cats in the HoodA ragtag group of alley cats risk their famous can-do reputation and their home to save a catnapped high society show. Script Excerpt |
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The Cemetery PlotsIn this dark comedy, three elderly and wealthy ladies each purchase two expensive cemetery plots. Years earlier, their husbands had disappeared in a plane crash. Their bodies were never found. The women don’t want to be buried alone. Thus, begins their quest to find men willing to be buried next to them. Script Excerpt |
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A ROSE BY THE DOORA God fearing woman finds herself burned out by hurtful tragedies in her life. By trying to hide secrets from the past, she comes to the place where faith seems gone. But she overlooks, that old wounds must be touched and tended before they could be healed for good. A ROSE BY THE DOOR is an adaptation of Deborah Bedford's inspirational novel with the same title. |
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Turtle Eggs for AgassizA famous scientist's strange need challenges a young teacher to tackle it, launching a great adventure. |
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CYCLONEQuarter-finalist Screen Lab 2019. Semi-finalist Fresh Voices 2020. Stevie is fifteen years old and well on the way to becoming a hardened criminal; Dave is a cop, natural enemy of Stevie; Susie is Dave’s two-year-old daughter who is kidnapped during a cyclone. The last thing a teenage boy needs is a baby. But it falls to Stevie to save the baby – without knowing who she is and for totally unselfish motives – and thus to save Dave and his family from total disintegration. |
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Unarmed and DangerousA downtrodden teen impulsively takes charge of a botched bank robbery, but then must collude with her hostages to prevent her own arrest by a gung-ho detective. Script Excerpt |
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Everything I Have Is YoursThirteen-year-old Haylee stumbles on her father's affair with her mother's friend, who has come to stay after her home was burglarized. Script Excerpt |
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Corporate PolicyGreedy executives of a large corporation implement an illegal downsizing process, and they would've gotten away with it but they didn’t count on a desperate employee whose courage and family loyalty proves much stronger than any of their corporate policies. |
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Sky SquadronA gangly emu is determined to become a member of the elite Sky Squadron, risking banishment from his emu community if he fails. Script Excerpt |
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Sam Fights Back: An engaging, stroppy 12/13 year-old, having blinded his sister, must save for her eye operation by Christmas. He has to outwit ruthless crooks wanting his computer skills, or disappear. |
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The Secret Life of PoppyWhen skinny, fifteen year old Anna becomes slender, supermodel Poppy, a modern Cinderella story unfolds ala Hannah Montana,' with a hot rock star as Prince Charming and a wise talking agent as the fairy godfather. Fantasy touches bring gentle reminders of Amelie, Princess Diaries or even Alice in Wonderland. |
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THE KITE FLYERA young widow and her boy, who has Down syndrome, are paid off by her in-laws to disappear. She must learn to cope with life's demands to survive and forgive the people who hurt her to fully live. The Kite Flyer is an adaptation of Gail Gaymer Martin's inspirational fiction, "The Christmas Kite." |
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Living ProofAdopted at infancy, a pro minor league ice-hockey player searches for his biological parents during a championship season where his dream of playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins hangs on a thread and a prayer. But his quest to find his birth parents is a little more disruptive to his life than expected and he finds himself more on a journey of enlightenment than discovery. Script Excerpt |
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Turf WarAs Florida neighbors fall in love, their rival lawn ornaments start a war. Script Excerpt |
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BORN TO BE YOUA female seagull gets stranded and injured on an island of flightless cormorants. The leader nurses her back to health. He wants her to be his mate with the condition that she gives up flying. |
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My Angel Wore StripesAfter an accident, a standup comedian finds himself transported to heaven where he becomes an "Angel in Training." In order for him to earn his wings, he must return to earth and successfully defend an innocent prisoner at a Parole Board Hearing. During his spiritual journey, he touches and transforms the lives of the people he meets including the innocent victim, the quilty party and others along the way. |
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From da Big Island?????? ???????? ?????????????? ?????? – ???????????? ?????????????? ??????, is the tagline. ?????? ?????????? ???????????? ???????????? ?????? ????????????? ???????? ???? ?????? ???????????? is a baby boomer coming of age, fish out of water, woman-centric comedy about Ruth, a famous New York syndicated television personality, whose life is in peril. Needing solitude and change, leaves the Big Apple for the Big Island of Hawaii and discovers life is vastly different than what she expected. Deals with the customs of the islands, her unusual neighbors, marijuana, pigs, and more. Is this the change she expected? ?????????? ?????????????? ?????????????? ?????????? ?????? ??????????????????. Read the book: https://www.amazon.com/Big-Island-Bill-Hutchinson-ebook/dp/B076QKMDV9 |
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Vacation BurnoutA couple find a wadded up lottery ticket hidden in some clothes which has the winning number worth a billion dollars which is about to expire within 24 hours before the deadline to cash it in. The problem is they’re out of the country and are held up at the border with no way to get out. |
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Daughter of JobJemimah's comfortable family life attracts the devil's curse as was the case for Job in the Old Testament but this time mouthed by a local jealous gossip. Thereafter, Jemimah's life is beset by one catastrophe after another. However, the final overwhelming disaster brings an astonishing conclusion. |
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The Second Rate MermaidCaribbean grandma assists local authorities with missing person cases after they surface as mermaids. |
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The CallBart, age 15 and a new convert to the Christian faith, fights temptation in a different way. Script Excerpt |
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StorytellersA young man, stifled by regret, returns to his city unable to move forward in his life. By bonding with a grieving elderly man, he understands the importance of faith and forgiving his own absent father. But the bond they share is far greater than the bereavement of a father son relationship. Script Excerpt |
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Weight of the WindA suicidal man is taken on a time-traveling journey of self-discovery by God and Satan, forcing him to come to terms with his faults and enabling him to mend the wounds he’s left in his tracks. Script Excerpt |
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Mom you were rightJessica a young teenage girl abandon her mom and her brother as she went to live with her boyfriend. Little did she know that karma is coming. |
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ONLY THE GOODAfter denying Christ, Peter the Apostle is brought to High Priest Caiaphas - where he must reconcile the implications of the faith which has come to define him. Script Excerpt |
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HAROLD'S PLACEA poolside condominium chickee bar in Naples, Florida, is patronized by numerous comical drinkers. And a developing triangle love relationship begins between Lilly, the beautiful and well-built bartender, Stanley, the owners' son, and Dario, a handsome wine rep who’s a condominium owner. |
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CRYSTAL CLEARA naïve young woman must take an unusual road trip if she is to unravel her parent’s secret past. Along the way she falls in love but the trips unexpected revelations threaten her new-found relationship. |
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Song of the BardA gypsy bard sacrifices himself in order to save his family and must enlist the help of strangers if he is to escape an ignominious fate and reunite with his loved ones. Script Excerpt |
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The SubThe sub When a family of four boards a submarine for work they have no idea what is to come. The sub follows a family as their lives are torn apart. When the technology fails the family are separated. Will they be reunited? Or will they perish at sea? |
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TelegramFor Stan, the telegram made perfect sense but for his wife Linda it was simply gibberish. Regardless of their perspective, the message in the telegram will change their lives. |
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Think George RaftAt his uncle's funeral a successful Hollywood actor meets his childhood friends reminding him of the adventures they had with his Uncle Vinny. Interwoven between those adventures he remembers the most important life lesson his Uncle Vinny taught him. |
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HavenAfter crashing on a deserted planet, two sisters fight to return home while being pursued by bloodthirsty, desperate prisoners who were shipwrecked and left for dead on this planet years ago. |
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The Eleventh CommandementA Cardinal of the Catholic Church, in agreement with an Italian politician connected to an international political group, wants to recoup artistic treasures stolen from Italy by Napoleon and preserved at the Louvre. The Cardinal’s objective is to help the Vatican and the Church regain what he believes is their rightful property. The mission is to recover these works of art from France without putting the moral prestige and integrity of the Church at risk,. |
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Semper Paratus (Always Ready)After 25 years in the US Coast Guard, Leslie Thompson retires to a small village on the Maine Coast only to find his primary purpose in life – as a stepfather and mentor to a wheelchair-bound 12-year old boy who, because of an accident, has lost his father, his ability to walk, and his faith in God. Through a miracle on the open seas, Thompson and the boy renew each other’s beliefs and discover a fuller understanding of God’s love and His power to redeem. |
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Going AloneWhen a biologist working on a vitally important environmental report dies mysteriously, his estranged daughter takes over his work with an assassin closing in. Script Excerpt |
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REVELATIONSA young nurse investigates her mother’s disturbing death and becomes entangled in a decades old political cover up involving her family and the illicit affair of America’s most infamous lovers. Script Excerpt |
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Our life in highschoolA group of friends are about to face life in high school realizing that it isn't as easy as middle school but tries to encourage each other to keep going every day. |
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Edna MayEdna May is the retelling of the classic, “A Christmas Carol.” Only this time is about the richest woman in Manhattan, Edna May Scrooge. This tale of the Christmas Ghosts that visit Scrooge on Christmas Eve has a twist, a contemporary story with a female Scrooge. She holds true to the character of Scrooge but it is the modern twist that gives the story a new flavor to the classic story. Script Excerpt |
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DOWN WITH DADA 3 time Man of the Year dad Dave McNabb tries to teach his teen son Lincoln a life lesson -- “do good things, good things happen.” But much to Lincoln's delight and wonder, things suddenly go south for Dave and bad things happen... very bad things. Script Excerpt |
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StarboundThis Sci-Fi family adventure brings together the flavor of a classic Swiss Family Robinson story together with a flavor of a Star Wars escapade in a high action space adventure. Script Excerpt |
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Close UpA group of high school students get in over their heads when they accidentally capture some illegal medical waste dumping while gathering footage for their media class project. When the teens are discovered, the ruthless culprits track them down, forcing them to go to the police for help. |
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True Puppy LoveIt's 1959. Amidst dirty dealings at Westward High, poor boy Ricky and rich girl Blair fall in love but her crooked father throws a spanner in the works. |
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THE GEPETTO PROTOCOLTo stay "real" in the real world after their last creator dies, an action figure, fashion doll, superhero, anime girl, and crash dummy—now real flesh and blood—must find new believers in ten days or be forgotten forever, and get help from two kids and their dad at a cosplay convention. |
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Horse Up a TreeSwashbuckling action as a charming black pirate captain plunders the high seas with his talkative, cranky parrot. Retired in Montana, with no trusting crew depending on him, the captain struggles to find his purpose. Until he finds it in a most unusual way. Script Excerpt |
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NOT ANOTHER VAMPIRE STORYAn embarrassment-prone middle school girl's life gets risky when she suspects her pretty older sister's good-looking boyfriend is really a vampire, and sets out to prove it. |
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Memory of SnowThe past is a place from which secrets rise without warning. Script Excerpt |
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PATCHES' PERILAfter running away from her drunk prostitute mother to her small town uncle’s home, a teenage girl must retrieve her two younger sisters before they are put into the big city street trade. Based on true facts. |
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CROSSING GUARD SANTAWhen Nick North (Santa) accepts a position as a crossing guard to bridge finance the toy production, he encounters bullying by both children and adults and then must communicate the Christmas Spirit without magic to end the abuse. |
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DOUBLE STEEDWhen a teen girl has to take over the care and training of her competitor’s new horse, her compassion and companionship with the two horses wins her a dressage competition. |
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Across The BrazosMistaken identity as a killer in Montana results in the man fleeing to Texas to start a new life and new home until suddenly he is forced to decide between the life and love he has there or return to Montana to face his fate. |
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Love Lost And FoundA mild mannered widow becomes a warrior when she struggles with family problems and confronts a past relationship with gut-wrenching results. |
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CHRISTMAS MITZVAHNot all families are united by blood! Script Excerpt |
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Shadow on the HeartlandA successful Wall Street attorney reluctantly returns to rural North Dakota to help his family fight against an agricultural corporate giant that's quickly taking over the food industry with dangerous GMO seeds. Script Excerpt |
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SWIM FOR YOUR LIVESA dysfunctional father and daughter vacationing in Bali, conflicted over a pending divorce, are sole survivors of a plane crash at sea and try to swim to the nearest coast, fighting both natural and human elements of danger. Alternate version for a different location: British Columbia, Canada. Script Excerpt |
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A Dying BusinessThe story of a father and son who manage a funeral Business that is literally is dying. When a wonder drug comes a long to perlong life, this seems like the end for their business. |
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The Deer and the DolphinNOTE: THE EXCERPT ABOVE IS THE THIRD SECTION OF THE DEER AND THE DOLPHIN. For pp. 1-80 e-mail jfdavanzo@poweroc.net In this future history sci-fi fantasy Nick, a solitary sailor, is witness to the degradation of Earth's ecology and becomes a central figure in Earth's recovery. Script Excerpt |
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Keep In TouchAn active middle-age minister struggles with regret, and drug abuse and vows to break the cycle overcoming obstacles with remarkable determination, hope and belief he can do it. Quarter Finalist Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition Keep In Touch is a stand-alone screenplay that is part two of an American trilogy that faces the universal emotions of love, grief, empathy, and challenges. SEE SYNOPSIS |
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JANIE LOVES BOLLYWOOD!!Fun and family friendly Bollywood version of "It's a Wonderful Life!" Script Excerpt |
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The Liberty Bell SweepstakesA dazzling young woman who claims she can “invent the future” leads three lovestruck guys on a zany quest to win a big pile of cash on the Fourth of July. Script Excerpt |
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LIFE WITHOUT FATHERGhost dramedy with family values, a la "Ghost" meets "Parenthood". An acclaimed news cameraman who's been neglecting his family for his career dies suddenly under mystical circumstances and returns home as a ghost to haunt his 12-year-old son a week before his 13th birthday. He only has a short time to teach his son life lessons and to learn how to be, and to redeem himself as, a once-absentee dad. Script Excerpt |
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DOWNsizedA young couple who work in a holiday display factory try to make their way back home after mysteriously being miniaturized among model Christmas villages. |
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THE WORD ON THE STREETWhile trying to keep her family together, a young Catholic widow must also deal with prejudice as black families start moving into their all-white parish in 1950s West Philadelphia. |
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Post Your Script Here!Between and Salt and the Sky
In a Portuguese coastal town in 1942, she had nothing to lose, and he had nothing to live for.
WHO WAS IZOLA WARE CURRY and why did she try to slay the king?
In 1958 while Black America was entrenched in a struggle for civil rights, a Black woman attempts to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr.
KINGDOM OF GAM
ALOS AND RAGS BETTER BE UNITED OR THE DEEP FORCE WILL ANNIHILATE THEM BOTH
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A 14 year old preacher renounces his faith in God in the wake of a terrifying and traumatic encounter.
Daughter of Job
Jemimah's comfortable family life attracts the devil's curse as was the case for Job in the Old Testament but this time mouthed by a local jealous gossip.
THE SOCIAL POLICE
Twenty years from now, an FBI agent patrols the social media This pilot streamer has it all.
LOTUS OPERANDI
This one is pure Fun.!It's a genre buster, Fosse/Verdon meets James Bond, meets All That Jazz and Cabaret! Asian American Black Belt goes undercover for the CIA, to help track down terrorists.
CURIOUS BUDDIES
It's not your mother's buddy movie.
NOCTUME'S RAINBOW
Kids and their dogs, find the rainbow bridge in a snowstorm.
River of Dreams
Star-crossed lovers, Hamilton Maywood and Lee Ann Hunter, participants in the 1870 great steamboat races, have a second chance to get it right coming back as Greystone Ducette and Elizabeth Rowland, aboard a modern day re-enactment of the boat race.
