My feature script “The Crux of the Angst” won the category “Best Feature Script” at the Prague International Film Festival, 9/4/21. “The Crux of the Angst” won “Best Original Screenplay” at the Hollywood Blood Horror Festival, 2/6/22. It also won “Best Script” at the Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift, 8/10/21.
My script “The Pizza Paradox” won the category “Best Unproduced Script” at the Berlin Short Film Festival, in Germany, on 4/16/21. It also won the category of “Best Unproduced Script” at the Paris International Short Festival, in April, 2021. “The Pizza Paradox” won the “Best Script” category at Vegas Shorts, 3/31/21. It won the “Best Script Award” at the Night of Comedy Shorts in Milano, 6/26/21, and “Best Screenplay” category at OTB - Only the Best International Film Awards, 8/8/21.
“The Pizza Paradox” was a “Finalist” at:
The New Wave Short Film Festival, in Munich, 6/1/21; the Roma Short Film Festival, 6/1/21; the Vancouver Independent Film Festival, 6/10/21; the Tokyo International Short Film Festival, 5/1/21; Independent Shorts Awards, Los Angeles, 7/22/21; the Seoul International Short Film Festival, 7/26/21; the Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival, 10/26/21.
“The Pizza Paradox” has placed in screenwriting contests on four continents.
It was a “Semi-Finalist” at: The Art House Festival of Beverly Hills, 7/5/21; the Sydney Indie Short festival, 6/30/21; the Stockholm Short Fest, 7/30/21; the Manhattan Short Film Festival, 8/25/21.
“The Pizza Paradox” is now a movie. Directed and produced by Abhisek Roy, edited by Elena Altman, "The Pizza Paradox" is being released to film festivals in 2023.
My feature script “Second Best and Best” won the “Best Feature Script” category at the Chicago Indie Film Festival Awards, 6/6/21. My feature screenplay “Second Best and Best” was a “Finalist” at Page Turner Screenplays, 6/27/22.
My script “Flat Blurbs” won the “Best Feature Script” category at the New York Neorealism Awards, 10/7/21. “Flat Blurbs” won the “Best Screenplay” prize at Feel the Reel, in Glasgow, 10/24/21. My script “Flat Blurbs” won the category “Best Unproduced Script” at the London Indie Film Fest, 10/11/21. My script “Flat Blurbs” won “Best Short Script – Bronze” at the Independent Shorts Awards, Los Angeles, April 2022.
My feature-length script “Don’t Change Your Husband” won a “Special Jury Award” at the Los Angeles Film Awards, 10/1/21. “Don’t Change Your Husband” won the category “Best TV Pilot Screenplay Comedy” at the Silicon Beach Film Festival, 11/2/21.
“Don’t Change Your Husband” won “Grand Jury Prize Gold” for “Best Screenwriting” at the Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival, 2/3/22. It was a screenplay “Award Winner” at the Amsterdam International Film Festival, 3/28/22.
The British Short Film Awards named my script “The Blood Machine” as a “Finalist”, 10/22/21. “The Blood Machine” won “Best Unproduced Script” at the London Indie Film Festival (24framesfilmfest), on 6/14/21. It was a “Nominee” at the San Francisco Indie Short Festival, 8/16/21.
My feature script “Martin’s Accidental Quest” won "Best Feature Script" at the Montreal Independent Film Festival, 1/17/22. It was a “Gold Award Winner” at the International Independent Film Awards, 6/28/21. “Martin’s Accidental Quest” was a “Nominee” at the Toronto Film and Screen Awards, 2/28/21
My feature script “Untitled Rom Com” was a screenplay “Quarter-Finalist” at the Golden Script Competition, Edinburgh, 2022.
My script “Cold Heat” was a “Finalist” for “Best TV Pilot Screenplay” at the Golden Script Competition, Edinburgh, 2022. It is on the 2022 “Golden List.” My script "Cold Heat" has made the "Top Fifty" at the Cinequest Screenwriting Competition, 3/30/23. It was also a “Finalist” at the Bright International Film Festival, in London, UK, 8/29/21.
My script “Your Face is a Country” won the category “Best Feature Script” at the New York Neorealism Film Awards, 1/4/22. “Your Face is a Country” won “Best Feature Screenplay” at the Seattle Movie Awards, 11/28/22. It was a “Finalist” and “Nominee” at the Los Angeles Film Awards, 1/29/22.
My feature script “Solid Rock-Hard Golden Candy Classics and So Much More” won the category “Best Script” at the Vancouver Independent Film Festival, 2/5/22. It was a “Nominee” at the Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, 7/19/21. “Solid Rock Hard Golden Candy Classics and So Much More” was a screenplay “Official Selection” at the North Europe International Film Festival – London Edition, 5/6/22.
My script “Mister Opportunity” won “Best Short Script” at the Indie X Film Festival in Los Angeles, 7/25/22.
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