Private Project

Pal

Twelve-year-old "Kid" takes on the mother role to care for her profoundly disabled step-father "Pal," but a visit from her classmate illuminates just how precarious this unconventional relationship is.

  • Michael Mau
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Short Script
  • Number of Pages:
    15
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Georgia Shorts Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA
    May 14, 2023
    Best Short Screenplay
  • Indie Short Fest (LA International Film Festival)
    Los Angeles, CA
    February 9, 2021
    Outstanding Achievement, Short Screenplay
  • Indo French International Film Festival
    PONDICHERRY, INDIA
    March 15, 2021
    Best Short Script
  • Cult Critic Movie Awards
    Kolkata, West Bengal
    March 9, 2021
    Best Short Script
  • Independent Shorts Awards
    Los Angeles, CA
    February 21, 2021
    Best Short Script
  • World Film Carnival
    Singapore
    March 17, 2021
    Best Short Script
  • Atlanta Film Festival
    May 8, 2023
    Short Screenplay Semi-Finalist
  • Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition
    Atlanta, GA
    Short Screenplay Finalist
Writer Biography - Michael Mau

Michael Mau’s screenplays have found themselves in the semi-finalist and finalist rounds of the Atlanta Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival, and the Cambridge Script Festival. His short fiction has been published in the Portland Review, Black Warrior Review, and Limestone Review as well as many other journals. Mau created the scripted podcast series A Blind Play.

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