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Henrietta's Odyssey

HENRIETTA'S ODYSSEY is a film that has attracted attention. It is the type of project Tim Burton cut his teeth, and shares stylistic traits with Edwards Scissorhands and Beetlejuice. It is Alice in Wonderland meeting Time Bandits. It is a technically challenging screenplay, requiring novel lighting, animation, and an innovative sets.

GENRE: A Comic Fantasy Adventure

LOGLINE: To avoid an orphanage life, HENRIETTA, accompanied by a wacky alien, and a trickster, travel through time and many realities to find her parents. Mortal danger and bizarre happenings are never far away.

Awards:
WILDsound Best Screenplay 2016
New Renaissence Film Festival Finalist 2016

  • Ray Whittinger
    Writer
    WILDsound Screenplay Festival Best Screenplay 2016, New Renaissance Film Festival Merit Award 2016, Filmmatic Screen Awards 2016.
  • L R Whittinger
    Producer
  • Phil Morris
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Genres:
    fantasy, adventure, comedy, family
  • Number of Pages:
    102
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • WILDsound Festival winner Feb 2016
    Toronto, Canada
    February 20, 2016
    Winner
  • New Renaissance Film Festival
    London
    July 20, 2016
    Finalist
  • Paragon Int. film and script Fest.
    LA.
    October 20, 2016
    Official Selection
  • Cannes Screenplay Contest
    Cannes, France
    April 1, 2017
    Official Finalist - Family Film
  • Cinema Los Angeles 2018
    Los Angeles
    November 16, 2019
    Preselection
Writer Biography - Ray Whittinger

YA Author, Multi-Awarded Screenwriter, Film and TV producer. Who has also dabbled in Directing.

Originally he was a part-time press officer writing newspaper copy. After writing, directing and performing three short plays on BBC Local Radio in the late 1990's he turned to writing mainly children's books. Several of these were published just before a collapse in the publishing industry.
Then he set up a production company in 2009 to convert two of his books into Children's TV pilots and another into a screenplay. Unable to get favourable offers due to market conditions, he now promotes his unique literary IP into fantasy films for family audiences. They are so original that nothing compares with them.

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Writer Statement

Writing (Henri and the Alien - 2008) was great fun and so is the screenplay.

Writing is 99% effort few are chosen and can persevere. My motto is improve, improve, improve.