WHEREWOLVES
From the duo who brought you the award-winning indie feature, Scarpedicemente.
A group of high school seniors - most of them 'military brats' - and their teacher, The Sarge, go on a survival training weekend and must face unspeakable terror.
A fresh take on bullying told using a fun, rapid-fire style; with edgy, layered characters and plot twists that will keep you guessing.
Logline: Bullies, jocks, and geeks. A teacher. The woods. An unspeakable horror. A fresh take on an old theme where nothing is what it seems. What is out there? Can it really be werewolves?
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John VamvasWriterScarpedicemente, Things Never Said in Playa Perdida (Additional Dialogue), Bad Boy, Cocaine Eyes, A Package Deal
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Olga MontesWriterScarpedicemente, Things Never Said in Playa Perdida (Additional Dialogue), Bad Boy, Cocaine Eyes, A Package Deal
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Project Type:Screenplay
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Genres:Horror, Action, Thriller
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Number of Pages:128
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Country of Origin:Canada
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Language:English
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First-time Screenwriter:No
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Student Project:No
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World Indie Film AwardsInternational Online Festival
February 28, 2023
WINNER BEST FEATURE SCRIPT -
Roshani International Film Festival 2023Maharashtra, India
May 31, 2023
WINNER BEST SCRIPT -
Yes! Let's Make A Movie Film FestivalMontreal, Canada
August 26, 2023
WINNER BEST FEATURE FILM SCRIPT -
Skiptown Playhouse International Film FestivalHollywood, CA
November 8, 2023
WINNER BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY -
The Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival: Trailer Bash and Raging PagesGibsonia, Pennsylvania
May 21, 2023
WINNER BEST FEATURE-LENGTH SCREENPLAY -
Bare Bones International Film & Music FestivalMuskogee, Oklahoma
May 2, 2024
NOMINEE SCREENWRITING FEATURE LENGTH MOVIE -
Diabolical Horror Film FestivalOnline Festival / Awards Event
October 28, 2023
NOMINEE BEST FEATURE SCRIPT -
Shockfest Film FestivalNew York, NY
December 9, 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Robinson Film Awards (International Film Festival)Naples, Italy
December 28, 2022
FINALIST -
Golden State Film FestivalLos Angeles, California
February 23, 2023
FINALIST -
Onyko Films AwardsOdesa, Ukraine
April 1, 2023
FINALIST -
Cooper AwardsInternational Online Festival
February 28, 2023
FINALIST -
YoFiFest, The Yonkers Film FestivalYonkers, NY
October 28, 2022
FINALIST -
4theatre selection.International Online Festival
February 28, 2023
FINALIST -
Page Turner ScreenplaysSanta Monica, CA
March 27, 2023
QUARTER-FINALIST -
Independent Horror Movie AwardsOnline
May 15, 2023
NOMINATED BEST FEATURE SCRIPT -
The Macoproject Film FestivalNew York
September 22, 2023
NOMINATED BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY -
L'HIFF - Barcelona International Film FestivalBarcelona, Spain
September 22, 2023
NOMINATED SCRIPT FEATURE -
Bloodstained Indie Film Festival: Sci-Fi Horror ActionTokyo, Japon
December 23, 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION
John Vamvas and Olga Montes started as an acting team in 1992. They soon began to write their own scripts for lack of finding two-person plays they could tour across North America. They've written and toured four full-length critically acclaimed plays to packed houses across Canada and the United States, including, Bad Boy, which they were invited to perform Off-Off-Broadway at New York's Creative Place Theatre in the heart of Times Square.
In 2001, they were approached to star in and rewrite the dialogue for the short film, Things Never Said in Playa Perdida. Playa won the audience award at the New York Short Film Festival in 2002 and tied first place at the Festivalisimo festival in Montreal.
John and Olga wrote WHEREWOLVES, a horror screenplay in 2010. It was quickly optioned but the project subsequently fell through. They then adapted WHEREWOLVES into a novel, edited by award-winning Canadian writer Shelley A. Leedahl. The novel enjoys continued sales on Amazon.
The couple has now turned to indie filmmaking and created Montes-Vamvas Productions. Their first feature, Scarpedicemente, is currently creating quite a buzz on the film festival circuit.
John has extensive experience directing for the stage, including A Hatful of Rain at Montreal's Centaur Theatre, where he met Olga in 1992. He has as well directed two plays at NY's Creative Space Theatre, including Frederick Stroppel's The Mamet Women.
When not acting, Olga works as a freelance translator and simultaneous interpreter, working with high-profile clients, such as the United Nations.
We love to breathe new life into tired themes, always infusing an undertone of social commentary, using rapid-fire dialogue, layered characters and give audiences twist after unexpected twist.