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Dark Sky (short)

Identical twins, Steph and Naomi (28), get turned around during a mountain hike. A brute storm forces them to seek shelter in the remote cabin of Leroy, a man whose dead wife’s casket rests on cinder blocks in the middle of his living room.

  • Diana Robertson Bond
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Short Script
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Number of Pages:
    40
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Chicago Script Awards
    Chicago, IL
    January 25, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA
    September 29, 2023
    Best Short
  • Vail Film Festival
    Vail, CO
    November 14, 2023
    Quarter-Finalist
  • Independent Shorts Award
    Los Angeles, CA
    June 14, 2024
    Platinum Award, Best Short Script
  • Frights! Camera! Action!
    USA
    June 1, 2024
    Best Villain, Runner Up
  • Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards
    Los Angeles, CA
    August 16, 2024
    Quarter-Finalist
Writer Biography - Diana Robertson Bond

Diana Robertson Bond grew up on the East Coast loving movies. (She insists the best job she ever had was her high school job at Lynnhaven Mall Cinemas.) Diana started writing screenplays in her early 30s while living in Northern VA, and with great fortune, one of her scripts was optioned (sadly, never produced). In 2021-22, Diana completed the UCLA Professional Program for Screenwriting. She currently divides her time between CO and CA and has written 3 original features, 5 shorts, 3 television pilots, and 1 feature adaptation – all of varying genres. This summer, Diana will fulfill her long-time dream of being an extra in movies or television with a "cameo" appearance in a Toronto-based film. Her favorite screenwriters are Aaron Sorkin, Michael Arndt, Cameron Crowe, Tina Fey, Bonnie Hunt, and all of the writers involved with VEEP.

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Writer Statement

These characters, the ending -- they came to me in a dream. It's really the first time that has ever happened for me, and it was particularly strange because I AM NOT A HORROR GAL. Not at all. The script I wrote before DARK SKY is a rom-com about a young, professional woman who dreams of opening a sanctuary for senior dogs and cats!

But I respected the dream. I sat down to bring the characters to life, and I live in Colorado, so the hiking and the storm coming in fast and furious were the “write what you know” parts of the story. I hope you like how it turned out.