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Angels Twice Descending

When an extremist pastor abducts a law student seeking an abortion, his conflicted wife must choose between her husband’s radical act and the young woman’s freedom, triggering a chain of horrific events.

  • Cecile Callan
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    105
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • NYIFA
    New York
    February 6, 2024
    Best Thriller Script January 2024
  • Beverly Hills Film Festival 2024
    Los Angeles, CA
    February 15, 2024
    Official Selection Beverly Hills Film Festival/Script
  • Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
    Los Angeles
    March 1, 2024
    Quarter Finalist
  • Cannes International Screenplay Awards by CINEVERSE
    Paris, France
    March 12, 2024
    Finalist
  • Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest

    March 1, 2024
    Finalist Thriller Script January 2024
  • BlueCat Screenplay Competition

    April 1, 2024
    Semi-Finalist
  • Art Film Spirit Award
    Totonto
    April 1, 2024
    Official Selection
Writer Biography - Cecile Callan

Cecile Callan’s poetry and fiction appear in Cleaver Magazine, Quartz Literary, The Fish Anthology, and Louisiana Literature. The award-winning L.A. production of her controversial play about abortion, Angels Twice Descending, saw the fall of Roe v Wade thirty years before it happened. In a former life, she was an alien with four nostrils, a dumb bank robber, and a sexy geologist among other professions, including the oldest. Insomniacs know her from reruns. Cecile Callan lives in the Hudson Valley where she is at work on a novel.

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Writer Statement

My screenplay 'Angels Twice Descending' is based on my award-winning play of the same name which foresaw the fall of Roe v Wade thirty years ago. When reality caught up I was approached to adapt the play into a screenplay which is what I'm submitting here.