OrthodoxGirl Short Script

OrthodoxGirl is a 10-page screenplay for a short romance film about Zoey a secular Jewish woman & Azel an Ultra Orthodox man.

Amazing projects such as Unorthodox & Disobedience depict the beauty of breaking free from a restrictive world. OrthodoxGirl shows the other side of that desire. Zoey says she yearns for "something, someone spiritual."

Nothing Fails by Madonna conveys the tone of OrthodoxGirl: "I’m not religious, but I feel such love, makes me want to pray."

  • Jeryl Parade
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Short Script
  • Number of Pages:
    10
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Wallachia International Film Festival
    Bucharest Romania
    September 28, 2023
    Best Romance
Writer Biography - Jeryl Parade

Jeryl Parade is the writer/director of the award-winning Web series The Elite 8 & the new retro series, My 90s.

In 2019 The Elite 8 was an official selection at 20 film festivals in major US & European cities & Israel. In 2023 My 90s won Best Episodic Series at Dreamachine International Film Festival (LA), Best Pilot at Wallachia Int'l Film Festival (Bucharest) & Best Web Series at Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes-Milan-Athens.

She also wrote & directed the hit DC Capital Fringe play, Girl with Two Belly Buttons. All 3 of those projects explore relationships through the lens of time. Jeryl studied filmmaking at USC & writing at The New School.

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Writer Statement

The story is based on my experiences saying Kaddish for my mom in 2002-03 & for my dad in 2018-19 in Orthodox synagogues.