Script File

She's Never Coming Back

Placed under hypnosis, a young man’s not-too-distant memories play out in a non-linear narrative of intensity, depicting a broad range of happiness, warmth, anger, fear, sadness, loneliness, grief, and devastation — all involving the only woman he ever fell in love with.

  • Jesse Dorian
    Writer
    'SVEN,' 'Morituriosis,' 'The Four Of Us Are Dying,' 'As Scared As You,' 'Donavan Emery, The Android & Himself'
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Genres:
    Drama, Romance
  • Number of Pages:
    87
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Lift-Off Film Festival
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    February 28, 2026
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenplay (Season Awards #16)
  • Cooper Awards
    Online Event
    December 17, 2025
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - TBA
  • Hollywood International Golden Age Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    October 15, 2025
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Unproduced Script in Feature (September 2025)
  • Atlanta After Dark Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸
    September 15, 2025
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dark Drama Feature Screenplay (Fall 2025)
  • Atlanta After Dark Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸
    September 15, 2025
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Relationship Drama Feature Screenplay (Fall 2025)
  • Mindfield Film Festival • Albuquerque
    Albuquerque, NM 🇺🇸
    August 31, 2025
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Diamond Award (Best Feature Script)
  • Accolade Global Film Competition
    La Jolla, CA 🇺🇸
    June 13, 2025
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Award of Merit (Script/Writer) (June 2025)
  • Festigious Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    June 6, 2025
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Drama Screenplay (May 2025)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    June 6, 2025
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Original Script (May 2025)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    June 6, 2025
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Romance Script (May 2025)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    June 6, 2025
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Drama Script (May 2025)
  • New York International Film Awards - NYIFA
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    May 6, 2025
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Original Script (April 2025)
  • New York International Film Awards - NYIFA
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    May 6, 2025
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Romance Script (April 2025)
  • Global India International Film Festival
    Pune, Maharashtra, India 🇮🇳
    January 6, 2025
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Writer of the Year Award (2024-2025)
  • Austin After Dark Film Festival
    Austin, TX 🇺🇸
    October 24, 2024
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dark Drama Feature Screenplay (Winter 2024)
  • Beyond The Curve International Film Festival
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    July 31, 2024
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script or Screenplay (June 2024)
  • 1st Monthly Film Festival
    Belgrade, Serbia 🇷🇸
    June 12, 2024
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (May Edition)
  • Digital Griffix Film Awards
    Montreal, Quebec 🇨🇦
    June 4, 2024
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenplay for Feature Film (2023 Season)
  • Carpe Diem
    Online Event 🇪🇸
    November 7, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenwriter (November 2023)
  • 2 11 17 International Film Festival
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu 🇮🇳
    November 8, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script/Screenplay
  • Onyko Films Awards
    Odesa, Ukraine 🇺🇦
    November 1, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenwriter Feature Film (August 2023)
  • Swedish International Film Festival
    Arvika, Sweden 🇸🇪
    October 31, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Unproduced Screenplay (Outstanding Achievement) (September 2023)
  • Monthly Future Of Film Awards
    Ohrid, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 🇲🇰
    September 30, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (September 2023)
  • Naples Film Awards
    Naples, Italy 🇮🇹
    September 22, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (Ennio Morricone Prize - 2nd Edition)
  • INDO FRENCH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Pondicherry, India 🇮🇳
    September 9, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script/Screenplay (Special Jury Award) (August 2023)
  • Gothamite Monthly Film Awards
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    September 5, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Drama Script of the Month (August 2023)
  • Hollywood on the Tiber Film Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    August 29, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Drama Script (July & August Edition)
  • Stanley Film Awards
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    August 24, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (Seventeenth Edition)
  • Stanley Film Awards
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    August 24, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best International Screenwriter (Seventeenth Edition)
  • Sweet Democracy Film Awards
    Cannes, France 🇫🇷
    August 24, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (August 2023)
  • Sweet Democracy Film Awards
    Cannes, France 🇫🇷
    August 24, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Romance Script (August 2023)
  • Frida Film Festival
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    August 23, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Romance Script (Alfred Hitchcock Awards - 5th Edition)
  • 8 & Halfilm Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    August 15, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best International Screenwriter (Venice 3-4 Edition)
  • Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
    Santa Barbara, CA 🇺🇸
    October 15, 2023
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Feature Screenplay
  • International Gold Awards
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    September 6, 2023
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Feature Script (August 2023)
  • LA Sun Film Fest
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    July 23, 2025
    🟠 Nominee - Best Feature Script
  • Los Angeles Film Awards
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    June 23, 2025
    🟠 Nominee - Screenplay of the Month (June 2025)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    June 4, 2025
    🟠 Nominee - Best Feature Script (May 2025)
  • Festigious Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    June 6, 2025
    🟠 Nominee - Screenplay of the Month (May 2025)
  • Austin Spotlight Film Festival
    Austin, TX 🇺🇸
    August 27, 2024
    🟠 Nominee - Best Narrative Feature Screenplay
  • 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival
    Bali, Indonesia 🇮🇩
    July 31, 2024
    🟠 Nominee - Best Feature Script
  • LA Under The Stars Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    July 21, 2024
    🟠 Nominee - Best Narrative Feature Screenplay
  • The North Film Festival - New York City
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    October 24, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Script Feature Film
  • Rome Prisma Film Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    September 20, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Feature Screenplay (August 2023)
  • Best Script Award - London
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    October 7, 2025
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Script (2025 Autumn Edition)
  • Atlanta After Dark Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸
    September 15, 2025
    🟦 Finalist - Best Drama Feature Screenplay (Fall 2025)
  • Los Angeles Independent Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    July 20, 2025
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature-Length Screenplay
  • New York International Film Awards - NYIFA
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    May 4, 2025
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Script (April 2025)
  • New York International Film Awards - NYIFA
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    May 4, 2025
    🟦 Finalist - Best Drama Script (April 2025)
  • Boston Screenplay Awards/The Screenplay Showcase
    Boston, MA (Online Event) 🇺🇸
    January 11, 2024
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Script (November 2023)
  • Art Film Awards
    Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 🇲🇰
    December 23, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Script
  • ETHOS Film Awards
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    October 10, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
    Athens, Attica 🇬🇷
    September 7, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Original Script
  • Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards - Diversity Initiative
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    October 1, 2025
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Screenplay (Season XII)
  • Chicago Script Awards
    Chicago, IL 🇺🇸
    June 2, 2025
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Screenplay/Best USA Feature Screenplay/Best Drama Screenplay
  • New York International Screenplay Awards
    Brooklyn, NY 🇺🇸
    April 27, 2024
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Stafford Film Festival
    Stafford, UK 🇬🇧
    January 2, 2024
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Script
  • Red Flight Pictures Screenplay Awards
    Online Event 🇺🇸
    October 14, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Drama Screenplay Feature
  • Vail Screenplay Contest
    Vail, CO 🇺🇸
    December 13, 2025
    🟪 Quarterfinalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    January 16, 2024
    🟪 Quarterfinalist - Best Feature Length Screenplays and Teleplays
  • Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Diversity Initiative
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    October 24, 2025
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Paris Lift-Off Film Festival
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    August 25, 2025
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Length Script
  • Atlanta After Dark Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸
    August 7, 2025
    🌟 Official Selection- Best Drama Feature Screenplay
  • Phoenixville Film Festival
    Phoenixville, PA 🇺🇸
    August 4, 2025
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Length Screenplay
  • Portland Under the Stars Film Festival
    Portland, OR 🇺🇸
    July 15, 2025
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay Narrative Feature
  • New York Lift-Off Film Festival
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    June 19, 2025
    🌟 Official Selection - Feature Scripts & Screenplays
  • Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival
    Toronto, ON 🇨🇦
    May 26, 2025
    🌟 Official Selection - Scripts and Screenplays
  • Culver City Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    December 6, 2024
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • The Macoproject Film Festival
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    November 6, 2024
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Marina del Rey Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    June 19, 2024
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • RED MOVIE AWARDS
    Reims, France 🇫🇷
    September 18, 2023
    🌟Official Selection - Best Script Unproduced
  • Silicon Beach Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    September 7, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Austin Under The Stars Film Festival
    Austin, TX 🇺🇸
    September 7, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay: Narrative Feature
  • Love & Hope International Film Festival
    Barcelona, Catalunya 🇪🇸
    August 16, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Script (Feature Film)
Writer Biography - Jesse Dorian

Award winning screenwriter/actor/editor/film director/songwriter/composer/musician, community college dropout, with a gothpop music project on the side; also (as of 2022) newly a small e-commerce business owner, and apparel designer (LostScorpion/LostScorpion Apparel).

Had one full-on manic episode/nervous breakdown in 2012… years later, came out on the other end with an unfinished, 95% completed feature film/directorial effort that never saw the light of day-- plus, 5 separate story ideas that in 2021, would be revised competently into 5 different, coherently-readable documents... er, better yet-- 5 professionally-organized feature-length film screenplays.

Currently living in Los Angeles to focus on film. Would also excel as a writer/actor, and would ideally fit in writing/producing/directing independent projects for distributors A24, NEON; long-time mainstream prospects including creation of/writing/producing/directing franchise and world-building feature film projects for Universal Studios.

Has 3 rescue cats named Fred, Caramels and Phillip.

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Writer Statement

Winner of 24 AWARDS, 2 HONORABLE MENTIONS, and 26 additional Nominations, Official Selections, Finalist, Semifinalist, and quarterfinalist accolades, ‘She’s Never Coming Back’ is a recently revised screenplay that I had first written back in 2012, and really hadn’t looked at until this year. This draft is a complete reworking of that earlier draft from 2012; it’s technically a new script for 2023.

‘She’s Never Coming Back’ is a story told almost entirely with a non-linear narrative.

It’s a depressing jigsaw puzzle, to say the least. As sincere as the tone of this story is, it was ironically, in fact, not a deeply personal story for me to write. I just wanted to write a love story that I had never quite seen before, while also borrowing elements from other films that use a non-linear stream of consciousness to tell their stories.

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