The Four Of Us Are Dying

During a road trip through the American southwest, a twenty-something fugitive-antihero and her naive, romantically-involved male partner kidnap a random male/female “couple” that the fugitive plans to include in a human sacrifice— that also includes herself and her partner, by incorporating the four of them into a single-living, fusion-based organism— in order to fulfill her lifelong quest to become sexually compatible with the extra terrestrial that abducted her when she was a small child.

  • Jesse Dorian
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Genres:
    Dark Sci-Fi, Dark Romance, Dark Comedy, Graphic Horror, Psychological Thriller, Dark Drama, Suspense, Mystery, Modern-Day Western
  • Number of Pages:
    100
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Utah International Film Festival
    Vineyard, UT 🇺🇸
    February 17, 2024
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenplay Feature
  • Your Way International Film Festival
    Valletta, VLT 🇲🇹
    October 24, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Original Screenplay (May - September)
  • Your Way International Film Festival
    Valletta, VLT 🇲🇹
    October 24, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Unproduced Screenplay (May - September)
  • Wallachia International Film Festival
    Bucharest, Romania 🇷🇴
    September 29, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Screenplay (Diamond Award)
  • Austin Spotlight Film Festival
    Austin, TX 🇺🇸
    September 23, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Most Original Feature Screenplay
  • New York Film Awards
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    September 10, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Drama Screenplay (August 2023)
  • Los Angeles Film Awards
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    September 2, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Drama Screenplay (August 2023)
  • New York Neorealism Film Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    August 29, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best American Screenwriter (Andy Warhol Pop Cinema Awards - First Edition)
  • New York Neorealism Film Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    August 29, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dark Comedy Script (Andy Warhol Pop Cinema Awards - First Edition)
  • Rome Movie Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    August 18, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dark Sci-Fi Script (July - August 2023)
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    July 30, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Europa Gold Award - Best Writer/Dark Sci-Fi
  • Los Angeles Independent Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    July 21, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature-Length Screenplay
  • Silver Mask Live Festival (Los Angeles)
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    June 17, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Sci-Fi Feature Screenplay (Twenty Third Season)
  • Marina del Rey Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    June 16, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Feature Screenplay
  • Naples Film Awards
    Naples, Italy 🇮🇹
    June 15, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (May 2023)
  • INDO FRENCH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Pondicherry, India 🇮🇳
    June 8, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script/Screenplay (Special Jury Award) (May 2023)
  • Frida Film Festival
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    June 8, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Suspense (Alfred Hitchcock Awards THIRD EDITION)
  • Frida Film Festival
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    June 8, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Thriller Script (Alfred Hitchcock Awards THIRD EDITION)
  • International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo
    Online Event 🇯🇵
    May 25, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Un-produced Feature Screenplay (Spring 2023)
  • Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest
    Columbia, SC 🇺🇸
    May 21, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Un-Produced Screenplay Feature
  • Top Indie Film Awards
    Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
    May 21, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (Spring Edition)
  • Top Indie Film Awards
    Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
    May 20, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Writing (Spring Edition)
  • Los Angeles Theatrical Release Competition & Awards
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    May 4, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Full Length Feature Script USA
  • Calgary Independent Film Festival
    Calgary, Alberta 🇨🇦
    May 3, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Script (April 2023)
  • Georgia Comedy Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸
    May 3, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dark Comedy Screenplay (Spring 2023)
  • The Strange Days Horror Fest
    Online Event
    April 30, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Screenplay (April 2023)
  • WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
    Houston, TX 🇺🇸
    April 30, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenplay (Horror/Thriller/Mystery) (Gold Remi Award)
  • ETHOS Film Awards
    Santa Monica, CA 🇺🇸
    November 13, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Screenplay/Rising Star Category Purpose-Driven Writing
  • Culver City Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    December 9, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Thriller Screenplay
  • Hollywood Screenplay Awards
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    January 13, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Film - 2023
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    April 1, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Writer (H.G. Wells Platinum Award) (Spring 2023)
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    April 1, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Writer - Horror (Platinum Jury Prize) (Spring 2023)
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    December 28, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Unproduced Sci-Fi Screenplay (H.G. Wells Platinum Award) (Winter 2022)
  • Vegas Movie Awards
    Las Vegas, NV 🇺🇸
    March 13, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (Award of Excellence) (March Edition)
  • Vegas Movie Awards
    Las Vegas, NV 🇺🇸
    March 13, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Drama/Thriller Screenplay (Award of Prestige) (March Edition)
  • Vegas Movie Awards
    Las Vegas, NV 🇺🇸
    March 13, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Screenplay (Award of Excellence) (March Edition)
  • Vegas Movie Awards
    Las Vegas, NV 🇺🇸
    March 13, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenwriter/Feature (Award of Prestige) (March Edition)
  • Mosaic Film Festival of Arts and Culture
    Bedford, Nova Scotia 🇨🇦
    March 26, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenplay
  • Chicago Script Awards
    Chicago, IL 🇺🇸
    April 3, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best American Screenplay (2022/23 Spring)
  • Austin After Dark Film Festival
    Austin, TX 🇺🇸
    April 2, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dark Science Film Feature Screenplay Award (Spring 2023)
  • Oregon Screams Horror Film Festival
    Portland, OR 🇺🇸
    March 30, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Comedy Feature Screenplay (Spring 2023)
  • Austin Comedy Film Festival
    Austin, TX 🇺🇸
    March 26, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dark Comedy Feature Screenplay (Spring 2023)
  • Houston Comedy Film Festival
    Houston, TX 🇺🇸
    March 16, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dark Comedy Feature Screenplay (Spring 2023)
  • Gothamite Monthly Film Awards
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    February 1, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenplay of the Month (January 2023)
  • Gothamite Monthly Film Awards
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    February 1, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Script of the Month (January 2023)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    April 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (March 2023)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    April 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dark Comedy Script (March 2023)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    April 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Script (March 2023)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    April 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Thriller Script (March 2023)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    April 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Drama Script (March 2023)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    April 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Original Script (March 2023)
  • New York International Film Festival - NYIFA
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    February 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (January 2023)
  • New York International Film Festival - NYIFA
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    February 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Original Script (January 2023)
  • New York International Film Festival - NYIFA
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    February 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dark Comedy Script (January 2023)
  • New York International Film Festival - NYIFA
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    February 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Sci-Fi Script (January 2023)
  • New York International Film Festival - NYIFA
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    February 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Mystery Script (January 2023)
  • Festigious Los Angeles - Monthly Film Competition
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    February 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Screenplay of the Month (January 2023)
  • Festigious Los Angeles - Monthly Film Competition
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    February 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Screenplay (January 2023)
  • Festigious Los Angeles - Monthly Film Competition
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    February 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Thriller Screenplay (January 2023)
  • Festigious Los Angeles - Monthly Film Competition
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    February 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Sci-Fi Screenplay (January 2023)
  • Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    December 1, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Original Screenplay (October 2022)
  • Milan Gold Awards
    Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
    December 4, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Gold Award - Best Feature Script (November 2022)
  • Paris International Short Festival
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    December 1, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Unproduced Script
  • Boston Independent Film Awards
    Boston, MA 🇺🇸
    December 8, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Unproduced Script
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    April 1, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Science Fiction Screenplay (H.G. Wells Gold Award) (Spring 2023)
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    December 28, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Unproduced Thriller Screenplay (Europa Gold Award) (Winter 2022)
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    December 28, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dramatic Screenplay (H.G. Wells Gold Award) (Winter 2022)
  • Global Film Festival Awards
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    January 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenplay (November 2022)
  • 8 & Halfilm Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    December 9, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (November Second Edition)
  • Stanley Film Awards
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    November 28, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dark Comedy Script
  • Austin International Art Festival
    Austin, TX (Online Event) 🇺🇸
    January 19, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Script in a Feature Film
  • Atlanta After Dark Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸
    April 12, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dark Comedy Screenplay
  • 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival
    Bali, Indonesia 🇮🇩
    December 5, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script
  • Snow Leopard International Film Festival
    Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸
    February 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Hollywood On The Tiber Film Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    December 2, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Thriller Script (November 2022)
  • Sweet Democracy Film Awards
    Cannes, France 🇫🇷
    November 21, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Mystery Script
  • Bloodstained Indie Film Festival: Sci-Fi Horror Action
    Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
    December 20, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script
  • Top Script Awards
    Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸
    December 26, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Sci-Fi (Season One)
  • Top Script Awards
    Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸
    December 26, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Female Character/Sara (Season One)
  • Berlin Shorts Award
    Online Event 🇩🇪
    December 30, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Unproduced Script (January 2023)
  • Bridge Fest
    Vancouver, BC 🇨🇦
    November 26, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Screenplay (Grand Monthly Winner) December 2022
  • Horror Bowl Movie Awards
    Chandigarh, Punjab 🇮🇳
    March 3, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Sci-Fi Script (Edition XII, 2023)
  • GLIFF - Golden Lemur
    Lisabon, Portugal 🇵🇹
    February 5, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Original Screenplay
  • Knight of the Reel Awards
    Hyderabad, Telengana 🇮🇳
    December 23, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (Outstanding Achievement Award) (Nov - Dec, 2022)
  • Cult Critic Movie Awards
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    November 28, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script
  • Beyond Border International Film Festival
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    January 25, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script
  • Adbhooture Film Festival
    Kolkata, India 🇮🇳
    December 30, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    November 3, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenwriting (Cine Vision Award) (Season 6) (August - October)
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    November 3, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenplay (Cine Vision Award) (Season 6) (August - October)
  • Druk International Film Festival
    Punakha, Paro 🇧🇹
    January 21, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script
  • Black Swan International Film Festival
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    January 17, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (Critic's Choice Award) (December 2022)
  • TAMIZHAGAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 🇮🇳
    November 19, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script/Screenplay (November 2022)
  • Cuckoo International Film Awards
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu 🇮🇳
    December 13, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script/Screenplay (November 2022)
  • Renegade Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸
    March 4, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Runner Up - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Tagore International Film Festival
    Birbhum, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    December 13, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (Outstanding Achievement Award) (October 2022)
  • Nightmare Fuel Film Festival LA
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    February 29, 2024
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (🥈 Silver Award)
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    July 30, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - 🥈 Cthulhu Silver Award - Best Writer/Mystery (Summer 2023)
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    December 28, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Unproduced Screenplay (🥈Leviathan Silver Award) (Winter 2022)
  • 1st Monthly Film Festival
    Belgrade, Serbia 🇷🇸
    November 21, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (🥈 2nd Place) (October 2022 Edition)
  • The International Horror Hotel
    Strongsville, OH 🇺🇸
    April 20, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Sci-Fi Script (🥉 3rd Place)
  • Maverick Film Awards
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    December 31, 2023
    ❤️ Honorable Mention/Special Mention - Best Unproduced Script
  • Your Way International Film Festival
    Valletta, VLT 🇲🇹
    October 24, 2023
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Feature Screenplay (May - September)
  • Gorst Underground!
    Port Orchard, WA 🇺🇸
    August 30, 2023
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Exploitation Screenplay
  • Frights! Camera! Action! Horror Screenplay Contest
    Onine Event
    July 12, 2023
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Fox International Film Festival
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    December 30, 2022
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Stardust Films and Screenplay Festival
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    February 21, 2023
    ❤️ Special Mention - Best Feature Screenplay (Season 8)
  • New York Script Awards
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    January 31, 2023
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Feature Script (Winter Edition 2022/23)
  • London International Monthly Film Festival
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    November 8, 2022
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Original Script
  • The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    January 31, 2024
    🟠 Nominee - Best Genre Script (Winter 2024)
  • The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    January 31, 2024
    🟠 Nominee - Best Technique (Winter 2024)
  • The North Film Festival - New York City
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    October 24, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Script Feature Film
  • Colortape International Film Festival
    Brisbane, Queensland 🇦🇺
    October 13, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Script Writing (Screen)
  • Love & Hope International Film Festival
    Barcelona, Catalunya 🇪🇸
    September 9, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Script Feature
  • Hawaii International Film Awards
    Online Event 🇺🇸
    June 5, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Feature Screenplay (45+ pages)/Best Thriller (Summer 2023)
  • Top Indie Film Awards
    Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
    May 20, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Original Idea (Spring Edition)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    April 6, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Mystery Script (March 2023)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    April 6, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Sci-Fi Script (March 2023)
  • Toronto Film and Script Awards
    Toronto, ON 🇨🇦
    January 27, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Unproduced Script
  • Hollywood Art and Movie Awards
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    January 26, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Feature Script
  • Grove Film Festival
    Jersey City, NJ 🇺🇸
    December 20, 2022
    🟠 Nominee - Best Screenplay (Unproduced)
  • Digital Griffix Film Awards
    Montreal, Quebec 🇨🇦
    December 15, 2022
    🟠 Nominee - Best Screenplay Feature Film
  • New York International Film Awards - NYIFA
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    February 6, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Thriller Script (January 2023)
  • Swedish International Film Festival
    Arvika, Sweden 🇸🇪
    December 8, 2022
    🟠 Nominee - Best Feature Script
  • Beyond The Curve International Film Festival
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    December 8, 2022
    🟠 Nominee - Best Feature Script or Screenplay (November 2022)
  • American Independent Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    February 19, 2024
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Boston Horror Comedy Film Festival
    Boston, MA 🇺🇸
    December 4, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • HorrOrigins
    Tucson, AZ 🇺🇸
    October 3, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Thriller Feature Screenplay/Best Sci-Fi Feature Screenplay
  • Video Nasties Genre Film Festival
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    October 2, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Script
  • Atlanta Screenplay Awards
    Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸
    September 21, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Script (July 2023)
  • The New York Independent Film Festival
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    September 12, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Los Angeles International Sci-Fi Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    July 4, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Script
  • HYBRID GENRE USA: Los Angeles Film Awards
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    June 19, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - 2023 HYBRID GENRE RED LIST
  • HYBRID GENRE FRANCE: Marseille Film Awards
    Marseille, France 🇫🇷
    June 13, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - RED LIST Screenplay Competition - Best Feature Script
  • Manhattan Film Festival
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    May 5, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Script
  • WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
    Houston, TX 🇺🇸
    April 23, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Screenplay (Horror/Thriller/Mystery)
  • WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
    Houston, TX 🇺🇸
    April 23, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Screenplay/Script, Best Screenplay (Fantasy/Science Fiction)
  • Portland Comedy Film Festival
    Portland, OR 🇺🇸
    April 20, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Dark Comedy Screenplay (Spring 2023)
  • 13HORROR.COM FILM & SCREENPLAY CONTEST
    Online Event
    April 15, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Horror Screenplay (feature-length)
  • Feel The Reel International Film Festival
    Glasgow, UK 🇬🇧
    April 14, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Screenplay (March 2023)
  • Atlanta After Dark Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸
    April 12, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Dark Comedy Screenplay (Spring 2023)
  • Austin After Dark Film Festival
    Austin, TX 🇺🇸
    April 2, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Texas Screenplay Award (Spring 2023)
  • Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
    Athens, Greece 🇬🇷
    December 9, 2022
    🟦 Finalist - Best Original Script
  • Monthly Future Of Film Awards
    Ohrid, Macedonia 🇲🇰
    November 30, 2022
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Script
  • Art Film Awards
    Skopje, Macedonia 🇲🇰
    November 30, 2022
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Script
  • DaVinci International Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    January 10, 2024
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • NYC International Screenplay Awards
    Online Event 🇺🇸
    December 14, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Screenplay (October 2023)
  • Plot Point Awards
    Online Event
    October 30, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Script
  • Lil' Spooky Fest
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    August 24, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Script
  • ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship
    Online Event
    August 10, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - ScreenCraft Fellowship/Best Feature Screenplay
  • Stockholm Film & Television Festival
    Stockholm, Sweden (Online Event) 🇸🇪
    July 31, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Script
  • Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
    Providence, RI 🇺🇸
    July 29, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Screenplay
  • Lit Scares International Horror Festival
    Harrogate, North Yorkshire 🇬🇧
    July 5, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Portland Screenplay Awards
    Portland, OR 🇺🇸
    May 17, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Screenplay (June 2023)
  • Santa Fe Independent Film Festival
    Santa Fe, CA 🇺🇸
    April 29, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Script/Best Unproduced Script
  • Dallas Movie Awards Festival
    Dallas, TX (Online Event) 🇺🇸
    April 20, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Original Idea/Best Unproduced Screenplay/Best Screenplay
  • Prague Underground Film Festival
    Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
    April 15, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Writer/Best Unproduced Script
  • Vegas Movie Awards
    Las Vegas, NV 🇺🇸
    March 8, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Original Story (March Edition)
  • Hollywood International Golden Age Festival
    Online Event 🇺🇸
    March 4, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Unproduced Script in Feature
  • MidWest WeirdFest
    Eau Claire, WI 🇺🇸
    February 10, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Vancouver Movie Awards
    Vancouver, BC 🇨🇦
    February 4, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Unproduced Script
  • Denver Movie Awards
    Denver, CO 🇺🇸
    January 6, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Screenwriting
  • Austin International Art Festival
    Austin, TX (Online Event) 🇺🇸
    January 19, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Unproduced Script in Feature Film
  • Atlanta Movie Awards
    Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸
    January 6, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Script
  • Red Flight Pictures Screenplay Awards
    Philadelphia, PA 🇺🇸
    December 19, 2022
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Horror Screenplay Feature
  • The Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival
    Vancouver, BC 🇨🇦
    September 26, 2023
    🟪 Quarterfinalist - Best Screenplay (Full Length Horror)
  • Richmond International Film Festival
    Richmond, VA 🇺🇸
    June 12, 2023
    🟪 Quarterfinalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Los Angeles CINEVERSE Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    June 10, 2023
    🟪 Quarterfinalist - Best Screenplay
  • Los Angeles CINEVERSE Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    June 10, 2023
    🟪 Quarterfinalist - Best Writer
  • Outstanding Screenplays
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    May 22, 2023
    🟪 Quarterfinalist - Feature Competition
  • Emerging Screenwriters Drama Screenplay Competition
    Online Event
    March 30, 2023
    🟪 Quarterfinalist - Best Feature
  • Big Apple Film Festival
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    October 25, 2022
    🟪 Quarterfinalist - Feature Screenplay (Horror/Thriller) (Fall 2022)
  • Sunvale Screenplay Contest
    Online Event
    January 25, 2023
    🟪 Quarterfinalist - Best Horror/Thriller Screenplay
  • Stafford Film Festival
    Stafford, UK 🇬🇧
    January 2, 2023
    🟪 Quarterfinalist - Best Feature Script
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival
    Pune, Maharashtra 🇮🇳
    April 19, 2024
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival
    Pune, Maharashtra 🇮🇳
    April 19, 2024
    🌟 Official Selection - Special Jury Award (Best Writer)/Special Jury Award (Best Script)
  • The North Film Festival
    Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
    February 19, 2024
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Script Feature Film
  • Polish International Film Festival
    Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱
    November 29, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay
  • Shockfest Film Festival
    Online Event
    November 24, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Melbourne Lift-Off Film Festival
    Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺
    November 9, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Script, Screenplay or Teleplay
  • Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival
    Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
    November 9, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Script, Screenplay or Teleplay
  • LA International Horror Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    October 16, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Atlanta Comedy Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸
    October 10, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay: Dark Comedy Feature Length
  • Screaming Ostrich International Film Festival
    Newton, MA 🇺🇸
    September 13, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay (Feature Length)
  • 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/Best Screenplay: Horror Feature
  • Vancouver Independent - International Film Festival
    Vancouver, BC 🇨🇦
    September 7, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay/Best Sci-Fi/Best Dark Comedy/Best Thriller/Best Horror/Best Drama
  • The Macoproject Film Festival
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    August 31, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Paris Lift-Off Film Festival
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    August 17, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature-Length Script/Screenplay
  • Los Angeles Film Awards
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    August 11, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Lake Travis Film Festival
    Austin, TX 🇺🇸
    July 19, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay (Feature)
  • SoCal Film Awards
    Huntington Beach, CA 🇺🇸
    July 17, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay (Long Form)
  • Scriptmatix
    Los Angeles, CA (Online Event) 🇺🇸
    June 13, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Script
  • Underground Indie Film Festival - Horror Cult Sci-Fi Fantasy
    Apopka, FL 🇺🇸
    June 9, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Script
  • Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival
    Toronto, ON 🇨🇦
    May 25, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Scripts and Screenplays
  • Marseille CINEVERSE Film Festival
    Marseille, France 🇫🇷
    May 16, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay
  • San Diego Movie Awards
    San Diego, CA 🇺🇸
    May 2, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Golden Draft Awards
    Brooklyn, NY 🇺🇸
    March 31, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • HOLLYWOOD BLVD FILM FESTIVAL
    Hollywood, CA 🇺🇸
    February 1, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay/Best Suspense/Thriller Screenplay
  • New York Script Awards
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    January 31, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Script (Winter Edition 2022/23)
  • Best Script Award - London
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    February 1, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Male Screenwriter (Short/Feature)/Best Thriller Screenplay (Short/Feature)/Best Sci-Fi Screenplay (Short/Feature)/Best Psychological Screenplay (Short/Feature)/Best Crimi Screenplay (Short/Feature)/Best American Screenplay (Winter 2022)
  • Rome Prisma Film Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    October 6, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Monthly Picks (September) - Best Feature Screenplay/TV Script
  • Onyko Films Awards
    Odesa, Ukraine 🇺🇦
    December 2, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenwriter Feature Film
  • Cooper Awards
    Odesa, Ukraine (Online Event) 🇺🇦
    December 1, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenwriter Feature Film
  • Thrills And Chills Film Festival
    Online Festival
    January 6, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Unproduced Script
  • Genre Celebration Festival
    Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
    November 12, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Golden State Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    February 21, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay
  • Diabolical Horror Film Festival
    Online Festival
    October 27, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Script
  • Europe International Film Festival
    Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹
    February 24, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Virgin Spring Cinefest
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    November 26, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay
  • Royal Society of Television & Motion Picture Awards
    Kolkata, West Bengal, India 🇮🇳
    December 9, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Script
  • RED MOVIE AWARDS
    Reims, France 🇫🇷
    December 26, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Script Unproduced
  • PORTUGAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Lisboa, Portugal 🇵🇹
    February 14, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay Feature
  • Kalakari Film Fest
    Dewas, Madhya Pradesh 🇮🇳
    February 13, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Story/Script Writing
  • Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    December 24, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Script
  • Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival
    Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
    October 13, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Scripts and Screenplays (2023)
Writer Biography - Jesse Dorian

ADD/bipolar screenwriter/actor/editor/film director/songwriter/composer/musician, community college dropout, with dumb little 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.

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

Has 2 rescue cats named Fred and Caramels.

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Writer Statement

Winner of 100 AWARDS, 8 HONORABLE MENTIONS, and with an additional 107 Nominations, Finalist, and Official Selection accolades — and counting, the currently unproduced feature film screenplay 'The Four Of Us Are Dying' is the 4th out of 4 screenplays in a Quadrilogy of unrelated stories I had originally outlined, all during a manic episode (at that time yet-to-be diagnosed Bipolar I).

The title, partially pays homage to both a classic Twilight Zone episode of the same name, and the title of an instrumental Nine Inch Nails track — while at the same time, having absolutely nothing to do with either.

Essentially, 'The Four Of Us Are Dying' is a hybrid of sorts: a quaint, desert-set, sexually-charged hostage road trip thriller that winds up at the mercy of an intellectual, polyamorous love story — disguised as a sexually-charged alien abduction thriller. 'The Four Of Us Are Dying' incorporates other audience-friendly motifs such as: human sacrifice, interspecies erotica, and a mainstream conspiracy theorist/supporting character that pays the ultimate price just for being inadvertently correct (although regrettably) about something “extraterrestrial…”

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