Wish Granting Factory
Writer:
Olena V Chepurna
Number of pages: 80
Country of Origin:
Ukraine
A runaway teenager, who dreams of changing an event from his past that he believes ruined his life, accidentally stumbles upon the Wish Granting Factory and decides to make a wish. However, the consequences of his wish lead to unexpected and unintended results.
Say Zayn
Writer:
Elis Anom Abdul Hamid
Number of pages: 126
Country of Origin:
Malaysia
A successful celebrity with a secret dark past, Jake, and Arissa, an overqualified relief teacher-cum-rookie screenwriter, bump into each other in the most unexpected of places, the stairwell, after a screenplay pitch session. Through some "divine" intervention, or perhaps Arissa's dry humor and Jake's congeniality, they develop a special bond that would change their lives forever.
Last Tour
A recently deceased rock star is taken on one last tour of the U.S. by a group of misfits.
A ragtag group of true fans of the late rock star “Hugo” liberate him for a last tour of the United states. They load into the Beast, a titanic 1970s-era car, for a drug-and-alcohol-fueled trip while finding the dream of the American road. Shenanigans and hilarity ensue—from within the car, at the morgue where “Hugo” is kept, and a variety of other locations.
Along the way, “Laney” and “Ethan” find love, “Shaun” realizes the jackass driving is a good guy, and memories are made during the innocence of youth in a bygone era.
Samson
The Wakefields II
Writer: Chris Pearce
Number of pages: 132
Country of Origin: Australia
An impoverished handloom weaver sets out to make good but various family members suffer greatly along the way.
Synopsis: Handloom weaver Henry Wakefield, his wife Sarah and their five children live in abject poverty in the Manchester area of the UK in the early 19th century at the time of the Industrial Revolution. Henry hates the new factories and won’t let his family work in them. He clashes with Sarah, a factory agent, a local priest and reformers, and son Albert runs away. The family are evicted and move to Manchester but are even worse off, living in a cellar in a terrace and have another little mouth to feed. They attend Peterloo where a family member disappears in the melee.
Henry’s love of money overrides his hatred of factories and he starts one of his own, but it is beset with problems. The Wakefields eventually become quite wealthy, but Henry holds the purse strings and this has a devastating effect on the family. Albert is caught stealing and is transported to New South Wales. Her baby’s death, Albert’s unknown fate and society parties become too much for Sarah, who hears voices and is taken to the lunatic asylum. Son Benjamin falls in love with an orphan girl and they have a baby. Henry is furious. Family members, including Sarah who has escaped from the asylum and Albert who has returned to England unbeknown to Henry, have had enough and seek revenge.
Would suit period drama TV series. TV pilot submitted to this competition is the first 132 pages of a total of 647 pages.
Love. Without a Trace.
Rewiring Jade
Writer: Jane A Dafoe
Number of pages: 118
Country of Origin: Canada
Reeling from the end of a traumatic relationship, a Type A 40-something woman seeks to move on by training for the notoriously gruelling Ironman, but a devastating illness forces her to face her past instead of running away- literally- from it.
Jacky
Writer: R.M. Buscholl
Number of pages: 101
Country of Origin: Canada
The price of love
The Lavender Girl
Single At Christmas
When his relationship ends just before the holidays, Gio Rossi and his best friend Marci Morgan decide it’s best to be “single at Christmas.” But when Gio encounters Marci’s sexy new associate Javi Garcia and Marci meets Gio’s handsome boss Clint Anderson, they wonder whether they’ll be able to honor their pact and stay single into the new year.
NOTE: This film has a sequel titled "Married at Christmas."
Windy City
Writer: Joseph Anthony Francis
Number of pages: 55
Country of Origin: United States
WINDY CITY tells the thrilling story of the rival Mancini and Caruso families and their friends living in Chicago.
Muted For Justice
Writer: Amy Marie Philbert-Serna
Number of pages: 58
Country of Origin: United States
Virginia, 1885; Slavery has legally been abolished, however, former slaves Jeremiah and his pregnant wife, Millie, are still under the hand of slave master, Mr. Goodman, before being forcefully sold off to a traveling circus, with a plan for Jeremiah to become the next champion fighter. With a master plan to destroy Jeremiah before he can become the next champion fighter, Mr. Goodman sends his men to kill Jeremiah and Millie out of anger, knowing that money and living a life of freedom were right around the corner for the couple. Millie and her unborn baby are murdered in a very vicious manner, and after finding his wife and baby, Jeremiah sets out with a vengeance to kill Mr. Goodman and all his men. During his physical altercation with Mr. Goodman, Jeremiah is injured in such a way that he looses his ability to speak, leaving him a mute for the rest of his life, but the victory sought was well worth being muted for justice.
Bait and Switch
Writer: Shawnee Idahosa
Number of pages: 26
Country of Origin: United States
A London woman named Natalie takes on a new persona and seeks out an American drug dealer named Jay.She tricks him into teaching her about the drug business in order to pay for her ailing grandmother's medical treatments.
Fleur Fleur
A dark comedy
After Xmas, an unlucky rookie parole officer wants an abortion.
But on Xmas day, she has to survive a tropical flood in Australia - while home-detention checking a troubled combat veteran, who raided a council pound to rescue his dog.
Teacups are Smiling
DemonTrap
Seventy-six year old retired academic, Patricia Borden, enormously envious of seventy-eight year old Jacob Caforo’s spectacular garden, scales the towering iron fence enclosing Jacob’s property and demands to know how he has attained his horticultural prowess. Initially Jacob is reluctant to share his secret, but Patricia is inexorable. The answer she receives is surprising. Jacob, applying arcane knowledge he gained during his long tenure as a Classics and Religion Scholar, has trapped a minor demon, and for the past ten years, bound the demon to tending his (now) flourishing estate.
Threatening to reveal this information to others, Patricia persuades Jacob to supervise the demon in Patricia’s garden so that she may win a coveted gardening prize that has eluded her for almost a decade. Patricia, Jacob and the demon, together, prove to be a winning combination and Patricia garners the vaunted gardening trophy.
Patricia, comprehending the great potential in harnessing demonic powers, convinces Jacob and the demon to help her win the affection of her estranged daughter, Gayle. Patricia plans to assist Gayle in an ambitious campaign to reclaim a forested area to its natural state, and then gain government protection for this area.
Their endeavor is complicated by the fact that a land developer has ambitions of his own for the forested area, and by the fact that the demon has come to the end of its tenure on earth, and is eager to return to Hell.
When Jacob compels the demon to remain on earth and work longer than the agreed upon time, Hell comes calling, and the relationships, and lives, of Patricia and Jacob are placed in jeopardy.
Absolute Zero
Writer: Bryce Hatch
Number of pages: 33
Country of Origin: United States
A young girl with a bumbling passion for science, her fashionista gal pal, and a nerdy culinary neighbor film weekly experiments and exploits for their terminally ill friend.
PREACHER'S DAUGHTER:
GIANT SLAYER
FACT; IN 2002, THE U.S. MILITARY KILLED A 14 FOOT, 1100 POUND, RED-HAIRED GIANT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF AFGHANISTAN.
FACT; WHEN THEN 8-YEAR-OLD AMANDA FRANKLIN HAD AN OTHERWORLDLY EXPERIENCE IN HER FATHER’S CHURCH IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF HER AWAKENING TO BATTLE THE RAPHAIM GIANTS, DEMONS.AND MORE.
Fast-forward 18 years, AMANDA is a 20-something-year-old army sniper/preacher's kid stationed in Afghanistan. What would be a usual night for her unit is disrupted when a HERDER rushes toward their base, signaling wildly for help. Amanda is forced to shoot him in the leg, after which point the unit learns he was running from giants-- actual giants of biblical proportions. Amanda's unit is put in charge of investigation/containing the situation and when they affirm that they are dealing with real monsters, they are assigned an above-top-secret task of protecting the world from their wrath.
As the only believer in her unit, Amanda's biblical knowledge becomes indispensable to the mission. Along with commandeered man-of-faith-and-science SETH WATERS, she leads the strategy under the Agnostic MAJOR STRYKER. Amanda uses what she can remember from her father's teachings, some tidbits from brief phone calls between them, and spot-readings of the bible to gather intel. At the same time, she realizes she has a special understanding and rapport with these creatures that others on the mission do not.
Meanwhile, demons summoned by power-hungry Russian agents and evil priests have joined the fray and plot to unleash Armageddon on the world. As the supernatural activity goes global, Amanda's military unit joins forces with the Russian Spetsnaz to keep it under control.
While the giants are tracked, ARCH DEMON AKIBEEL leaves in his wake a trail of portals that spew demonic chaos. Amanda struggles to maintain the confidence of her unit and is forced to defend her belief while losing friends to the fight. She hearkens back to a moment in her youth when she first encountered demonic activity and used the power of her faith to overcome it. It is then that she realizes she's had all that it took to defeat the forces of darkness-- belief. Amanda calls upon ANGELS OF FIRE from heaven and charges them in the battle, which they win for the forces of good.
Dream Casting Note:
Keke Palmer as Amanda Franklin
S.L. Jackson as Major Stryker
Ramy Youssef as Dr. Seth Waters
Stranded in Perth
Supposed to be
Desperate Measures
Dreams are but shadows
Three thieves create plans for making big money.
The Fallen
The Fighting First
Lucid
The Beginning of the Rest of your Life
The Christians - Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile
Log Line: Exploring the harrowing times of Christian persecution in history, a devoted present-day believer answers God’s call to greatness.
Pitch: The Passion of the Christ meets It’s a Wonderful Life
Hot Toddy
A Good Return
The Recital
Gimme Shelter Part Three
'79
The Shadow Falls
Shapeshifter
Where the Leopards Dream