Game

Writing History
Neha Srivastava has 27 years of experience in creative writing. She has won 28 international awards/selections for screenwriting. Including the ‘ Platinum Remi award’ in 2022 for ‘Fairy Dress’. She has recently produced her award winning short script -'Game'. It has been selected at Independent shorts for original story and best microfilm.
Her stint with the advertising and education taught her to communicate to people, understand their psychology. At present, she is juggling roles of a creative writer, full time Mom and teacher of underprivileged children.
She has won the best script at the WorldFest Houston film festival, 2022. Platinum at the Independent shorts awards, July, 2021 for her story ‘Fairy Dress’. Best Short Script at The Toronto Independent festival, Outstanding script at the World Carnival Festival, Singapore, Honourable mention at the WIKI awards, Best film at twilight Tokyo film awards, Japan and selected at the Santa Barbara Film awards. Also awarded the Best short film at Silver mask film festival at Los Angeles, finalist at the Dubai International festival. It is part of the prestigious’Daffodil list’ at the International film festival of Wales. Fairy Dress is also a finalist at the Manhattan film festival and a quarter finalist at the Big Apple Film festival, a semi finalist at Flicker Rhodes International Film festival.
She recently won the finalist diploma certificate from the prestigious Spanish Museo de Palabra award for her micro fiction story – ‘The Game’. Her story, ‘Two Toys’ has been published in the Anthology - 100 Voices – volume 2’. Recently her microfiction, ‘Fairy dress’ appeared in Centifictionist, US, Also published is her poignant poem, ‘Moksha’, in Spain.
Another story ‘Sabina’, in the Smartest Kid on the Bronx-Anthology. She has written for over 20 brands, like Paras, Vimal, British gas, Harvest Gold bread, Daewoo Motors, IIS Infotech, Inox theater, and over 10 websites.
Her script, Daayen. The Hunted was recently awarded the best women film at the Royal Motion Picture festival and it was a finalist at the Tagore film festival and at Multi Dimension Independent film festival. It was also selected for the LA independent women’s awards.
Her screenplay, ‘Game’ was selected at the Chicago Screenplay Awards, 4th dimension awards, it was a semi finalist at the Vienna film festival, Syd Field academy awards and Sydney international awards. It was a quarter finalist at the Atlanta awards.
Her screenplay ‘A Sip From Your Coffee’ was selected at the Berlin Film festival. It is a semi finalist at the Paris International festival for Women. It has also been awarded best feature -Jury at the 12th Dada Saheb Phalke award, 2022.
Her short script, ‘Second Born’ will soon be under production in India.
A proud MGDian, she has done English Honours from Rajasthan University in 1994, along with German, done her MBA from IIRM, Jaipur. Done a screenwriting course with Pilar Alessandra after studying Screenwriting from Carl Schoenfeld, in Oxford.
Of all the designations she has been addressed by, her favourite remains –‘Mom’.