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A Letter of Love & Sorrow

After losing her job, a woman is consoled by a kind man in Central Park, but their budding romance is shattered by unexpected tragedy.

  • Brett Howard Nelson
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Genres:
    Drama, Romance, Tragedy, Character-Driven
  • Number of Pages:
    105
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • VEGAS MOVIE AWARDS
    vegasmovieawards.com
    December 13, 2025
    WINNER — BEST SCREENWRITER / FEATURE — AWARD OF PRESTIGE
  • PASADENA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Pasadena, California
    March 2, 2026
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • TORONTO INTERNATIONAL NOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    May 6, 2026
    OFFICIAL SELECTION
Writer Biography - Brett Howard Nelson

I’m a Pacific Northwest–based Screenwriter who loves weaving stories where the ordinary collides with the extraordinary. My writing often lives in the shadows of human connection, memory, and mystery, driven by a desire to craft characters who feel as real and flawed as the people around us.

I see screenwriting as an act of exploration—each project a chance to dig deeper into the things that haunt us, move us, and ultimately bring us together. My hope is to leave audiences not just entertained, but inspired, unsettled, and thinking long after the screen fades to black.

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Writer Statement

What began as “The Letter,” a 21-time award-winning short script, has now grown into “A Letter of Love & Sorrow,” a feature-length reflection on the same aching themes of connection, loss, and resilience. While the short offered a fleeting moment of grace between two souls, the feature expands that moment into a full human journey—one that explores how love endures, transforms, and haunts the spaces we leave behind. It is not a retelling but an evolution: the same heartbeat, now echoing through a wider, more cinematic world.

STATUS: Available.

⦿ The script is currently out to Zero Gravity Management.