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La Hacienda

An interracial Latino/White couple arrives in Mexico during the Day of the Dead to renovate a hacienda owned by her parents, they soon discover its haunted by the former residents; they must figure out how to transform their crippling grief over losing a baby, so they aren't doomed to repeat the spirits' murderous past.

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Written by:
Format:
Screenplay
Starring Roles For:
Oscar Isaac
Michelle Williams
In the Vein Of:
Skeleton Key
Get Out
The Exorcist
Posted:
02/01/2012
Updated:
03/07/2024
Author Bio:
-2023 Tokyo International l Film Festival Winner: La Hacienda -2023 Horror Bowl Awards Finalist La Hacienda -2022 Thirst short film Screenings at Golden State FF, Sydney Indie Shorts, Marina Del Rey FF, Silicon Beach FF, Culver City FF & Texas Arthouse FF (partial listing) -2022 Short Story published in book titled It Could Be Anyone's Leg -2020 My 4 Bodies Screencraft Semifinalist (play) -2020 Sandwich Generation Filmmatic Semifinalist (sitcom) -2020 Water (short, preproduction) -2020 Record Man: The Bob Koester Story (in production) -2018 100,000 Miles a Second Writer/Producer (short) -2018 Page Awards Semifinalist -2018 Knight Finalist -2017 Nicholl Quarterfinalist -2017 Page Awards Semifinalist -2017 Knight Finalist -2016 Knight Finalist -2016 True Story Semifinalist for When Doves Cry -2015 Screenwriters Workshop Winner -2012 Champion Screenwriting Competition Finalist for Anatomy of a Town 2012 Contest of Contests Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2011 Writers on the Storm Quarter-Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2011 Chicago Screenwriters Network Finalist for One More Day -2011 Bluecat Fellini Semifinalist for Anatomy of a Town -2010/11: KCBX-FM Radio Production of Anatomy of a Town to air during the 2011 San Luis Obispo Film Festival -2010 Champion Screenwriting Competition Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2010 Santa Fe Writer's Project Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2010 Austin Film Festival Second Round for Anatomy of a Town -2010 SWW-MN Leave 'Em Hooked Winner for Date of Death -2010 IFP-MN Screenplay Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2009 PAGE Awards Quarter Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2009 IFP-MN Screenplay Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2008 SWW-MN Leave 'Em Hooked Finalist for Anatomy of a Town -2006 Fringe Festival Production (Director/Co-Writer) -2004, IFP-MN Screenplay Finalist -University of MN graduate, BA in English Creative Writing.

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