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Death Arrives Uninvited

Death is on an annual visit to the old age home to select his latest victim from a crowd of weak and elderly pensioners. Once there, he realizes that the pensioners themselves are being victimised by a group of conniving orderlies and due to a change of heart, he takes it upon himself to rescue the residents from their clutches.

  • Vidal D'costa
    Writer
    Airbrushed Beyond Recognition, I Could Try To Carry On, Spurned
  • Project Type:
    Student, Screenplay, Short Script, Stage Play, Television Script
  • Genres:
    Noir, dark comedy, satire
  • Number of Pages:
    13
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - The New School, New York
  • Festival De Indie
    Chennai, India
    March 4, 2024
    Best Student Script
  • Dona Paula International Film Festival
    Dona Paula, Goa, India
    April 10, 2024
    Best Short Script (winner)
  • Dubai International Cineverse Screenplay Awards
    Dubai
    June 10, 2024
    Official selection
  • Red Fox International Film Festival
    Tbilisi
    June 30, 2024
    Quarter finalist (Best short screenplay)
  • Canada's Yes! Let's Make a Movie Film Festival
    Ontario, Canada
    September 20, 2024
    Semi finalist
  • Prelude: a five play anthology
    Alliance Française of Madras ,Nungambakkam, India
    July 20, 2024
    Winner (stage adaptation)
Writer Biography - Vidal D'costa

Vidal D'costa is an award winning filmmaker, journalist and film critic based in Goa. Her other works include the short documentary Airbrushed Beyond Recognition and the short film I Could Try To Carry On.

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