Dust and Fog

Ex-con Ruby Abernathy is looking for a fresh start when she takes over the family bar, but quickly discovers that her father's dark history of murder and corruption threatens her new way of life.

  • Daniel Corey
    Writer
    Graphic Novels: Prophet, Moriarty, Red City, Bloodworth. VR/Interactive: Moriarty: Endgame VR.
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Genres:
    Crime, Noir, Drama, Neo-Western, Neo-Noir
  • Number of Pages:
    102
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival
    Kolkata, West Bengal, India
    April 25, 2022
    Best Screenplay
  • Crown Wood International Film Festival
    Kolkata, West Bengal, India
    May 1, 2022
    Best Feature Screenplay
  • Beyond the Curve International Film Festival
    Beyond the Curve International Film Festival
    June 10, 2022
    Best Feature Screenplay
  • 8 & Halfilm Awards
    Rome, Italy
    June 8, 2022
    Best Feature Screenplay
  • Cult Critic Movie Awards
    Kolkata, West Bengal, India
    May 20, 2022
    Best Feature Screenplay
  • Cult Critic Movie Awards
    Kolkata, West Bengal, India
    May 20, 2022
    Best Film Poster
  • Stanley Film Awards
    London, England
    June 10, 2022
    Best Feature Screenplay
  • Druk International Film Festival
    Bhutan
    May 12, 2022
    Best Feature Screenplay
  • Druk International Film Festival
    Bhutan
    May 12, 2022
    Best Film Poster
  • Milan Gold Awards
    Milan, Italy
    June 9, 2022
    Best Feature Screenplay
  • Knight of the Reel Awards
    Hyderabad, Telangana India
    June 16, 2022
    Best Feature Screenplay
  • Gangtok International Film Festival
    Gangtok, Sikkim, India
    June 11, 2022
    Best Feature Screenplay
  • First Women Film Festival
    tabriz, Doğu Azerbaycan
    June 19, 2022
    Best Feature Screenplay
Writer Biography - Daniel Corey

Daniel Corey is an accomplished writer and Telly Award-winning content creator who has written for various media, including stage, screen, print, and VR. His most notable work to date has been the graphic novels Moriarty and Red City, both published by Image Comics, and his award-winning AI-created music video Lift Me Up. He is also an accomplished musician and photographer, serves as an industry expert on Full Sail University’s Creative Writing Program Advisory Committee, and has spoken at colleges and pop culture conventions around the country.

Daniel’s writing career started in the live theater, and in 2007, he made the move to new media when he created DangerKatt Creative Studio, a company that serves as an umbrella for all of his creative endeavors. In 2009, DangerKatt published Prophet, a graphic novel written and created by Daniel. Since then, Daniel has produced three additional comic series: Moriarty, Red City, and Bloodworth.

Moriarty would eventually be adapted into a VR comic experience, a project that would earn Daniel the #2 spot on Onalytica's Top 100 Virtual Reality Influencers list. Additionally, Moriarty would also win the Philip K. Dick Film Festival Award for Best Sci-Fi Graphic novel, as well as Best Action and Adventure Graphic Novel from BookFest.

Daniel’s work has been featured in Yahoo! Finance, USA Today, Associated Press, The Wrap, Toronto Film Magazine, WhitePaperBy, CinemaWide Magazine, CanvasRebel, The Liftoff Network, VIVEPORT, L.A. Talk Radio, Onalytica.com, and Intellect Books, among other media outlets.

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Writer Statement

DUST AND FOG is a neo-noir thriller, in the vein of “Hell or High Water” and “No Country for Old Men.”

Abandoned at a young age by her career-criminal father, Ruby Abernathy had a hard life that led to violence and prison. Now a young adult, Ruby is free once again and takes over the family bar left to her by her deceased foster father.

Thinking she can finally be free of the corruption that has always dogged her, Ruby renovates the place and has a successful opening. Life seems to be looking up, but complicates when the bar is violently robbed, and she discovers that she is at the center of a conflict between two rival criminal gangs, one of which is led by her estranged biological father.

Trapped between warring mobs, Ruby is determined to get out clean, but soon learns that if she is going to survive, she’ll have to play by her father’s rules and revert to her old ways.