Dead Signals

Genre: Coming-of-Age Drama / Queer Analog Love Story

Setting: An abandoned mall and Cold War bunker beneath it

Awards: 2026 Finish Line Script Competition Honorable Mention
Target Audience: Young adults and adults 18-40, fans of queer coming-of-age stories, analog nostalgia, intimate friendship dramas, and emotionally grounded indie films

Comps: Pump Up the Volume (pirate radio as outsider rebellion), Ghost World (alienated young women and post-adolescent drift)

Logline: When two alienated young women launch a pirate radio station from a Cold War bunker beneath an abandoned mall, their private escape becomes a lifeline for lonely strangers, forcing quiet Vee to find her voice while controlling Elara learns that loving someone means actually listening.