Full Name Laura Guy

Screenplay's Title Remember I Love You

Email Address lauraeguy@gmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Family

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)LOGLINE: After making the difficult decision to move his wife into an Alzheimer's facility, Mason reconnects with a long-time friend. As his wife's memories and emotions slip away, Mason fights feelings of loneliness and guilt as he balances his own needs alongside the outrage of his daughter. Is it OK to date when your spouse has Alzheimer's? This is the ethical question addressed in REMEMBER I LOVE YOU. After 52 years of marriage, MASON TAYLOR, a retired watchmaker, and BEVERLY TAYLOR, a dance instructor, must cope with Beverly’s deteriorating mental health due to Alzheimer’s. After a series of incidents, Mason makes the difficult decision to move Beverly into an Alzheimer’s facility in Florida. Near the new house, Beverly’s college friend KATHRYN operates a bakery with her daughter NIKKI. After a lonely evening at home, Mason visits the bakery, running into Kathryn and Nikki on their way home. Kathryn insists on taking Mason and Beverly to dinner. Mason accepts the invitation but doesn't reveal anything about Beverly's condition until he and Kathyrn meet again. Mason and Kathryn start to spend time together as friends but eventually both struggle to keep the relationship platonic. Haley has a problem that her father and Kathryn are getting close while Mason and those around him debate what it means to remain faithful to a spouse with dementia. Everyone has a different opinion. If Alzheimer's fundamentally changes the relationship, what can a spouse do to address their own need for connection and companionship during this otherwise lonely time?
 

Full Name Cheryl White

Screenplay's Title Acorn

Email Address cheryl@lostforwordsproductions.co.uk

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)HEATHER, (49) an unfit, unmotivated, homebody spends her time watching action films with her mum and visiting her dying friend KATEY (50). When Katey asks her to do a 100 mile walk-a-thon to raise money for her favourite cancer charity, Heather has to accept the challenge or risk letting down her best friend on her deathbed. She also doesn’t want to lose face in front of TAMMI (51) - a rival for best friend status and a fiercely competitive super-athlete in a wheelchair. Heather has to rely on her love for Katey and dislike of Tammi to put one foot in front of the other. Strange encounters with an old widower, a poet and a group of fun-loving women, make the challenge bearable. Heather starts to feel good about doing something positive for someone else. Her self-confidence grows as does her fundraising total. Then Tammi turns up determined to beat Heather to the finish line. Heather in her entirely inappropriate hiking gear and Tammi in her souped-up wheelchair struggle and scrape across the trail. It’s a battle powered by mutual jealousy. When Tammi’s wheelchair gets stuck on a slippery slope, Heather knows she’s got to help her even though it’ll slow her down. She’s doing this walk for Katey and has become braver and kinder because of it. Will she help her rival? Will she complete the walk? And will Katey still be alive when she does?

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Full Name Don Hofmeister

Screenplay's Title Shortcut

Email Address tri5054@verizon.net

Genre (select all that apply)Underdog

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Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)LOGLINE: A Palm Springs accountant yoyos between women while he tries to apply Chaos Theory math to the California Lottery. SYNOPSIS: Will Anders is a wheeler-dealer Palm Springs accountant who tries to get the greatest gain in life for the least amount of effort. Using a hidden computer at the blackjack tables is but one of his schemes. Will meets Rosa, a math professor, and they fall in love even though her life is full of physical and emotional challenges that runs counter to his shortcut philosophy. Rosa introduces Will to Chaos Theory mathematics, and a potential way to formulate the ultimate get-rich quick scheme. Their relationship turns on-again-off-again after Will forms a friendship with Crystal, an exotic dancer with no scruples. As a result of Crystal his comfortable lifestyle and modest net worth slowly disintegrate. Will hits rock bottom - looses his business, his condo - and Rosa. Will settles into a dumpy trailer park and works on beating the California Lottery using a sophisticated computer program named Mathematica, introduced to him by Rosa. He enlists a cadre of drinking buddies to help him implement his Lotto scheme. In the process Will learns the hard way that dedication and serious effort are the more reliable methods to sustain a relationship and prepare for the future.

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Full Name Kathy Cranford

Screenplay's Title Every Time It Snows

Email Address kcranford@aristotle.net

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Family, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)A young nurse and an engineer, both army veterans, meet unexpectedly years after their military service has ended. A widow and a divorcee, a disturbing discovery by one of them threatens their budding relationship in this holiday-themed family drama. Krista Shepherd, a young nurse, met her husband while they were both enlisted in the Army. He was killed while on duty in the Middle East while she was pregnant with their first child, who is now eight years old. Devastated by his loss, she returned home to her widowed father in Houston and is now employed at a local hospital. Josef and Anna Gruber, an elderly couple, are visiting their grandson, Garrett in Houston. He is also a “wounded warrior” having been injured when his Army transport hit an IED years earlier. When Anna becomes ill, she is subsequently admitted to the medical unit where Krista works. The first time Garrett meets Krista, he is immediately stricken by the thought that he knows her from somewhere. Haunted by a mystery he can’t explain, Garrett goes through old photos that he hasn’t seen for years. There, among them he finds the answer. Will this shocking discovery serve to ruin their budding romance? Meanwhile, a young nun, has just been assigned to work on the hospital unit where Krista is employed. Who is this mysterious beauty that seemingly came from nowhere and why has she appeared now, at Christmas? As Christmas nears an ill Anna makes a promise to Josef, "When you see the snow, you will know I'm in heaven". Christmas miracles abound in this inspirational holiday story.

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Full Name Joan Kufrin

Screenplay's Title Jackie's Girls

Email Address jgkufrin@gmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)Jackie's Girls (logline) The raucous, joyous, true story of four of the 1,074 ballsy, brainy, beautiful young WASPS (Women Airforce Service Pilots) who flew and died in military airplanes for the Army during World War 2...and the chauvinistic Congress who blocked their benefits and recognition of wartime service for 33 years. Jackie's Girls (synopsis) The four? Lonnie, a 6'3"redhead who learned to fly on her dad’s crop duster. Daisy, a 5’2” daredevil who demanded to take flying lessons because her big brother did; Tess, who racked up 400 miles of flying at airshows, and widowed Mohan, who left her two children with their grandparents to join the WASPs “to help win the war.” These talented four were soon flying pursuit fighters, four-engine bombers, and new planes just off the assembly line, when they—and their sister pilots-became the target of a vicious smear campaign, spearheaded by 5,000 angry male pilots who accused them of “stealing our jobs!” The outcry turned Congress turned against the WASPs although these 1,074 intrepid women had flown 11 million domestic miles across America in two years and 38 of them had died in action by faulty aircraft, Congress voted to end their funding, dashing their hopes for military commissions and the benefits promised them. The WASPs did their part but our government let them down. It was by their grace and acceptance of their nation’s betrayal that WASPs proved themselves to be true patriots of World War 2. This film will shine a light on the female heroes of whom our nation should be so proud.

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Full Name Travis Seppala

Screenplay's Title Get Up And Dance

Email Address flannelmann@yahoo.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)After an accident leaves a teenage ballerina in a wheelchair, she meets a young man (also in a wheelchair) whose faith in God - and in her - becomes her inspiration to try to walk again. This script is set mostly in a hospital but has several other 2ndary locations including a performance hall, a dance audition room, a party, a mall, and a gymnasium. It has a message of faith being used to overcome obstacles by meeting God half way and putting in the work necessary in spite of how hard or "impossible" something may seem.

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Full Name Bert Pigg

Screenplay's Title Northern Lights

Email Address wapigg58@gmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Underdog, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)Logline: A determined widow enlists her disillusioned middle aged son to travel cross country to help her rescue the man she loves from confinement in a memory care facility. Synopsis: Northern Lights opens at the funeral reception for Hank Norcross, where his surviving business partners reminisce with his widow Jane about the trio's early days in Alaska and how one - Donald - was mesmerized by the Northern Lights. Time passes and Jane and Donald are now a couple. Donald suffers a cerebral event at a 4th of July celebration and his mental condition gradually deteriorates, causing Jane much concern. When Donald visits his daughter Christina in Tucson, Christina, concerned about the potential of Jane's influence over Donald's estate, unilaterally places him in a memory care facility. Jane is heartbroken but determined to rescue Donald and enlists a reluctant Greg to help her. During their road trip from Dallas to Tucson, they stop in West Texas to visit Jane's aged aunt Cricket, who reminds her that sacrifice isn't always noble, and Pat, who reminds her that life is for the living. When they arrive in Tucson, Jane confronts Christina, who is forced to deal with her own demons. As the characters struggle with the dilemma of how best to resolve their dispute over what is in Donald's best interest, Greg, at great emotional cost, engineers a plan for Donald's rescue. When the Northern Lights again appear, the characters find redemption through the grace of love.

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Full Name David J Schroeder

Screenplay's Title Halfway Home

Email Address djschro@aol.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Family

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)LOGLINE: When a young man's recent paralysis has broken his spirit and his intellectual pride, he finds redemption in the most unlikely place, with a gaggle of colorful characters in a halfway house for the mentally disabled. SYNOPSIS: Recently disabled in a diving accident, Gabriel Matthews' focus on reclaiming his scholarship and returning to school is lost when he reluctantly accepts a summer job, which sends him into the small town world of the mentally disabled. With his grandmother's '55 Cadillac convertible and his wheelchair, Gabriel 'maps out' on his khaki pants his return of sensation, feeling, and sense of purpose. The five Halfway House boys challenge Gabriel's intellectual pride. Bobby Shine suffers from 'euphoric syndrome'; he gets on a bus to go bowling, and ends up in NYC. Harold and Myron Wambo, brothers, are gentle giants. Bill behaves like 'father knows best,' and has narcoleptic epilepsy. Tommy Wood is dark and sardonic; he has a willing girlfriend, a chip on his shoulder, and a switchblade knife. By the end of the summer's journey, Gabriel and the Halfway House Boys, through humor and galvanized by tragedy, poignantly discover the emotional truths of their humanity desire, belonging, and self-worth.

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Full Name Mary Goldman & Tim House

Screenplay's Title Chasing the Lemon

Email Address marygoldman@rogers.com

Genre (select all that apply)Underdog, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)An out-of-luck pool shark looks to score some cash when legendary loser Donnie the Lemon wins it big —but she’s not the only one racing to squeeze the Lemon. Clyde, an indigenous young woman is the only one left to look out for her Down Syndrome brother, Tommy. Hustling pool just isn't cutting it. She faces having to move Tommy to a group home. When compulsive gambler, Donny the Lemon, hits it big at the track, Clyde and small time thief, Nicky No-Future, realize, if they can get to Donny first they’ll have a shot at fleecing him of his winnings. They’re not the only ones: Harry the Boof, a bookie, and his crew are hot on the trail. As is Donny’s angry wife, Roz. Donny heads straight to Vegas, but a snowstorm downs all the planes. Next best bet? Donny's favorite casino in Niagara Falls. And they’re off! A madcap race ensues. Each party meets obstacles in their pursuit. Add a couple of Mexican midget wrestlers and their Jamaican body guard after Nicky for a deal gone bad. Clyde finds and challenges Donny to a game of pool. Meanwhile, Nicky and Tommy work to evade the Mexicans. Clyde goes double-or-nothing and loses everything. Disheartened, Clyde looks for Tommy and Nicky. A crowd has gathered. Tommy battles a video game. With each level he wins, the crowd cheers. Tommy defeats the game. and wins a Tesla! Clyde, Nicky and Tommy sell the Tesla and open a pool hall. Harry opens a wedding chapel in Niagara Falls. The Mexicans reinvent themselves as televangelists. Roz opens an online gambling site. Donny spends every last dollar on lottery tickets.

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Full Name Ron Richman

Screenplay's TitleThe Cat's Meow

Email Address BeingRonRichman@gmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Family, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)After an ancient Egyptian princess is cursed to become a cat, she must reform her spoiled ways and learn to love a present-day college professor if she is to break the spell or face eternity as a feline. After skipping out on her wedding, Tabia – a princess in ancient Egypt has a spell placed on her and the necklace she holds dear; that she will walk the earth as a cat until she can finally give and receive true love. After wandering through the ages, she winds up in the care of Jason - a modern day college professor who has just broken up with his girlfriend. After a mix up at a museum with a cat burglar, Tabia is reunited with her necklace granting her temporary humanity again, but only for a limited time or she will return to her life as a cat. Now she must not only reform her ways and prove herself worthy of Jason’s love, but also hide her secret while the cat burglar tries to steal back the necklace for a large reward.

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Full Name Marc Prey

Screenplay's Title Hail Mary

Email Address marcprey@gmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Underdog, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)Logline: When word gets out that a spunky trailer park teen has become pregnant while still a virgin, a firestorm erupts among the church, government and media — each seeking to capitalize on the impending “miracle” for their own corrupt purposes. HAIL MARY is a female-driven feature script with elements of social commentary. The script exposes the hypocrisy rampant in today’s national media, organized religion and political institutions through the conceit of a virgin pregnancy involving a spunky trailer park teen named Mary. When we meet Mary, she is a true underdog: A mouthy-but-insecure 15 year-old girl orbiting on the fringes of her small-town high school. Raised by a Holy-roller single mother, Mary surrounds herself with other outcasts, including her best gal pal Nessa and best guy friend Joey. However, when Mary becomes pregnant while still a virgin, her world turns upside down. First, Mary’s mother turns her over to the Catholic Church, which plans to use the new “Messiah” to rid the world of nonbelievers. Next, the national media invade Mary’s small town in rabid pursuit of the “Story of the Millennium.” Finally, the federal government breaks into church headquarters to steal Mary away, with plans to weaponize the unborn baby’s DNA. All seems lost until Nessa and Joey sneak into a government research facility and, with the aid of a sympathetic scientist, rescue Mary from their clutches. The trio go on the run, stopping for the night at a roadside Inn. It's there that the story culminates in a shocking twist, when the new Messiah is born…a GIRL!

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Full Name Steve Feld

Screenplay's Title Always Picked Last

Email Address steveafeld@gmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Family, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)A 9-year old child prodigy gives up the violin to play little league baseball, defying his parents' strict edict against it, and in the process, making his stuffy, erudite mother and father become unwilling little league parents. When his beloved Cubs win the World Series, a 10-year old child prodigy finally comes out of the closet and admits to his stuffy, erudite and sports-challenged parents that not only has he been hiding his baseball obsession from them for years, but that he loves the game more than the violin and now, despite his small stature and lack of athleticism, he wants to play Little League. After reluctantly agreeing to let him participate in Little League, the father, a scientist who knows nothing about sports, must quickly learn the game in order to teach his son how to play. What results is touching and often hilarious, and shows how America’s National Pastime can bring a father and son together.   ALWAYS PICKED LAST is intended for family audiences, baseball fans and anyone who loves a great story of how a determined, bullied underdog can overcome any obstacle and makes his dreams come true.

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Full Name Susan Shahoda

Screenplay's Title Santa Paws Effect

Email Address thepen@aol.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Family

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)LOGLINE During the holiday rush at a Milwaukee airport, an adorable abandoned dog helps a bereaved baggage-claim employee, an unattended tween, an overworked nurse and a veteran with PTSD rise above their personal struggles in the most unexpected way. SYNOPSIS ACT 1 At the Milwaukee International Airport’s special-freight department on Thanksgiving, freight supervisor, PHIL LESSOR (early 60’s) meets an unclaimed pup. Concerned about the dog's stay at the airport with few staff available, Phil brings the pooch home to his apartment. Boston draws interest from the neighbors, including KATE, a divorceé, night-shift nurse, and guardian and grandmother to STANLEY, a lonely 11-year-old orphaned by the death of his parents and DANIEL DOOLEY, a mid 30’s veteran of the 2nd Gulf War. ACT 2 Phil and Boston are inseparable. As time passes, Stanley, too, is spending more hours with Boston, while Phil and Kate are enjoying their budding relationship. At the annual "Santa's Photo Hut," Santa asks Stanley what he wishes for Christmas: "I wish Boston's owner never comes back." Santa replies that..."sometimes wishes come true in ways we never expect." ACT 3 When the day comes to hand Boston over to his owners, Stanley, with a newfound maturity, gently acquiesces as he kneels down to say his goodbyes to Boston. The final scene unfolds Christmas morning as Stanley walks outside and sees Boston with a bow around his neck. Phil explains that Boston was dropped off at the Airport-Freight Department with a note that read: “Sometimes, wishes do come true in ways we may not expect."

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Full Name Ashley Meyers

Screenplay's Title The Unnatural

Email Address ashleymeyers@gmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Family

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)Born with absolutely zero athletic ability, a young man refuses to give up on his dream of becoming a professional baseball player; so he gets a job at a minor league ballpark as the hot dog vendor, worms his way onto the field as an assistant trainer, uses his unique baseball insight to help the players win, and eventually earns an at-bat in a season ending game.

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Full Name Rich Figel

Screenplay's Title Peace Sign

Email Address richfigel@gmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Family, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)Feel good dramedy about a cynical "child-free" L.A. couple who must take care of the kids of their New Age friends after the mom mysteriously abandons her family. Think AS GOOD AS IT GETS meets LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. RAY is a copywriter who has lost faith in humanity. His wife INEZ is a fatalistic photographer whose portfolio includes Killer Clown fantasies. To them, all the news is bad and it's not safe anywhere. Enter Inez's best friend CRYSTAL, who is married to good-natured BLAINE and has two kids: ALEX and baby SASHA. Their New Age store sells health foods, charms and self-help books by TUPAK SHOPRA, a millionaire with a mansion in Lake Havasu. He says the key to happiness is eliminating negative energy by ignoring all the bad news. Ironically, Crystal is devastated when she learns that Shopra has been misusing followers' donations. You see, Crystal has given Shopra their life savings without telling Blaine. So she decides to kill the bogus guru. When Crystal disappears, Blaine calls Inez for help. Over Ray's objections, Inez volunteers to watch Alex and Sasha while Blaine searches for his wife. Then Inez leaves Ray with the kids when she finds out that Crystal may be at a "refugee camp" run by another self-help guru. And Ray accidentally loses Sasha, but gets the baby back with the help of gangbangers who stop fighting long enough to find the missing child. In the end, Blaine and Crystal lose their naive idealism while Ray and Inez regain some optimism and hope... despite all the bad news and negative energy out there in the world we live in.

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Full Name Lynwood Shiva Sawyer

Screenplay's Title Hear Me Roar

Email Address lynwoodshiva@outlook.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Family, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)HEAR ME ROAR is based on the true story of a mother fighting for her children’s right to a suitable education after 26 schools rejected the kids because of their autism. ANNA KENNEDY, well known in the “autism” world, almost single-handedly founded one of Europe’s largest schools for autistic children. She also immeasurably raised worldwide aware-ness of this condition. For her efforts received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2012. Her bestseller, Not Stupid, chronicles her struggles against bureaucracy, ignorance and negativity. WEST LONDON, 1997 Anna and Sean Kennedy are the loving parents of two boys, Patrick and Angelo. When his school kicks out Patrick because of undeveloped social skills (caused by his autism), Anna sets out on a mission to get both her boys an education. Driven by desperation when no school will accept her kids, Anna finds a derelict school and decides to open her own facility for autistic children. The chairwoman of the local council (owner of the property), Mrs. Turner, seems supportive. Actually, she is manipulating Anna as a stalking horse for a local developer, Peter Karras. Anna's quest almost destroys her marriage. Her stalwart mentor dies. Even the support group she herself founded abandons her for being unrealistic. At the final hearing for title to the school, Anna's research, her hard work, her logical appeals, fall on deaf ears. Defeated, Anna speaks from her heart, delivering a heart-wrenching speech that persuades the council to grant her the school. Which will become the largest of its kind in Europe.

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Full Name Carlo Di Carlo

Screenplay's Title The Audiophile

Email Address c_di_carlo2002@hotmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Family, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)Logline: A struggling musician discovers an otherworldly talent for visualizing the mathematics of music and must convince a world famous EDM artist to train him to become a successful DJ in order to win over his music enthusiast co-worker. Synopsis: The protagonist, an aspiring electronic musician who starts out playing the piano with only 1 finger, discovers that he wields the unique and strange ability of musical hallucinations, but he doesn’t know the meaning behind the music he hears in his head. After realizing his love interest knows his favorite DJ he trains with the world-famous DJ, and eventually realizes the musical notes in his head are perfectly selected notes which allow him to create amazing songs. At the end of the story, he becomes a world-famous musician himself, and marries the woman of his dreams.

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Full Name Joe Eatherton

Screenplay's Title The Thing ABout Love

Email Address joeeatherton@ymail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Underdog

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)A flabby hopeless romantic in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, convinced he's found his one true love in an athletic outdoorswoman, fakes expertise in jogging, mountain biking, and fishing to win her over before she marries the athletic outdoorsman she loves in 26 days. Will, a slightly-chubby, fast-food eating 22 YO photographer, believes there is "the one" for each of us in this great big world of 7 billion people, and it's love-at-first-sight when he meets his latest "the one," Sophia. Unfortunately for Will, Sophia is marrying George in 26 days. Since Will rationalizes she's marrying the wrong man, Will justifies following Sophia around and even breaking into her house (thwarting a serial killer in the process) to learn everything he can about Sophia, only to learn she's an avid jogging, mountain-biking, fishing health nut; traits he has not. It's rough-goings for Will at first (mountain-biking nearly kills him), but Sophia develops feelings for Will when she learns they both have a deep connection to Lake Superior. Leaving Lake Superior has given Sophia cold feet over marrying George and joining him in Seattle, which is ironic since Sophia encouraged George to move there to begin his career. Two days before the wedding, Sophia chooses to stay with Will in the U.P., but when George returns and she sees him in person for the first time in six months, she realizes it is with George she wants to be regardless of where they live. But, on the day of the wedding, it turns out a heartbroken and drunk Will must be the photographer at Sophia and George's wedding.

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Full Name Scott Sawitz

Screenplay's Title Five Minutes

Email Address sjsawitz@yahoo.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Family

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)Think "Warrior" meets "Smashed." Logline: After losing his wife and his career due to his drinking problem, a former college wrestler decides to rebuild his personal and professional lives through mixed martial arts. Synopsis/Details: At 18 years old, Matt Stark had a plan. He was going to wrestle at a major university, win NCAA titles and wind up on the Olympic team. When the realities of being in an elite wrestling led him to being just a practice dummy, and the bottle became easy to drown his sorrows in, it led to a cycle of screw ups that winds up costing him the love of his life, his career and his father's respect. Sobering up for the first time in almost two decades, unemployed and borderline unhirable, Matt lucks into meeting the UFC light heavyweight champion of the world at his first A/A session. Deciding to visit the fighter's gym, his competitive instincts kick in for one glorious moment. Deciding to train in MMA as he sobers up, Matt rebuilds his life around his newfound sobriety. When the opportunity comes to step into the cage against an elite fighter, Matt will have to take the lessons he's learned and face his fears inside a steel cage in front of a full crowd.

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Full Name Karen Marie Matthews

Screenplay's Title Granny DJ

Email Address karenmat@hotmail.com

 

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Family, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)Logline: An elderly grieving widow is encouraged by her grandson to turn her love of oldies rock-n-roll music into a career as a radio dj, which she uses as a platform to take on a drug crisis in her small southern town. Synopsis: After losing her husband Charlie, Mae Wit (Granny) mopes around the house all day while her daughter, Betty, and son-in-law, Tom, are at work, and her grandson, Tony, is in school. When school lets out for the summer, the family hopes Granny will snap out of her depression. Tony takes an interest in Granny's record collection as she recalls the good times that she and her husband shared on the dance floor. While there are glimmers of hope this music therapy is working, Granny doesn't get serious about her recovery until she finds out Betty is considering moving her into the retirement home. So when her best friend, who lives in the retirement home, asks her to DJ their dance, she agrees, to prove to her daughter that she's not ready for assisted living just yet. Granny's performance catches the attention of the radio station owner who asks her to fill in for their mid-morning dj while she is on maternity leave. At the radio station, Granny develops a large following with her humor and homespun charm, but antagonizes her coworkers, especially Cal, with her meddling and amateurish ways. Meanwhile, her grandson tells her that Big Daddy's arcade is selling drugs to the youth, and she leads a group of her elderly friends on a mission to stop it.

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Full Name Natalie Ekberg

Screenplay's Title A Miracle for Minty

Email Address natalieekberg@yahoo.com

Genre (select all that apply)Family, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)Logline: When a lonely pre-teen girl overhears her parents planning her fate after an impending divorce, she convinces her favourite influencers to help her save her family. Synopsis: A comedic family film with heart and a pinch of magic. MINTY (12) is a lonely girl who's obsessed with with the multimedia influencers, 'FAIRIES NEXT DOOR'. The Fairies are psychic-powered, super-successful young women, dedicated to helping children. Or so it seems. That isn't the case for Minty's parents. Glued-to-her-phone HENRIETTA has had it with her corporate-busy husband TREVOR. They fight over who'd get Minty after their divorce. Overhearing their argument, Minty runs away, forcing her gay 'manny', STEVIE, to come along. Her destination: Fairies' house in L.A. The Fairies are taking a career break, but Minty is determined they perform one last miracle. Difficult to win over, eventually, the Fairies agree to help Minty. On one condition. They'll set a series of tasks for Minty's parents to prove they love her. But if they fail, Minty is to live with her dreaded aunt Mathilde. Minty agrees, relaxed - the Fairies always succeed. Except, very little is at it seems in 'Fairyland'. The Fairies have lost their psychic powers. Their ego got in the way. This will be the first case that they'll work without their powers and they'll need Minty's help. Through the trials and tribulations of the tasks, Trevor and Henrietta re-discover their love for each other and learn about parenting, ready to be a family again.

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Full Name Ritchie Greer

Screenplay's Title The Legend of Catclaws Mountain

Email Address rgreer2828@hotmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Family, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)Logline: A group of kids set off on an adventure to find lost treasure but to their surprise, they are not the only ones that are looking for the gold that is buried somewhere in the mountains. Synopsis: Mindy goes to a local petting zoo with her parents and grandmother. While there, she falls in love with a pony. In an act of kindness, her grandmother buys the pony for her. But to Mindy's surprise, this pony isn't like any other pony. There's something special about it. Rumors swirl that the pony her grandmother purchased for her could be the key to finding the legendary lost gold. But before she could put the pony to the test, it is stolen by a money-hungry archeologist. Mindy and a group of her friends go in search of the pony she loves and the treasure that has been lost in the mountains for hundreds of years. While on this journey, she will discover many things about the legend, her friends, and most importantly, herself.

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Full Name Mary Huckstep

Screenplay's Title HUBBY HOLIDAYS!

Email Address m.huckstep62@gmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Family, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)Three wives coerce their football-crazy hubbies into doing Christmas and doing it right, or they'll take the kids to Grandma's for the holidays, without the men. Even though MATT (28) and MARY JO (25) love their Twin Girls (5, 5), they plan to separate after Christmas. When Matt and his 2 Brothers win tickets to a Chargers game, they fake food poisoning, ditch a planned charity event, and go to the game, letting their Wives and Kids (5-11) do the event, alone. But Matt sees his Pastor at the game, so the Bros confess all. The gals demand that the men do Christmas - or they’ll take the Kids to Grandma’s for the holidays, without them. At first the guys do everything wrong, but soon they get caught up in the holiday rush and take care of everyone, but themselves – while the wives take up kickboxing to battle shopping withdrawal. Matt complains to his Dad, who tells him he’s been taking Mary Jo for granted. Mary Jo complains to the Pastor’s wife, who tells her she’s ignored Matt and focused on her Girls. But how to change? The men get invited to a "Shop with a Jock" party. If they take needy kids to the event, they can dine with famous Chargers. So they jilt their wives again, then arrive home to find the gals have taken the Kids to their in-laws’ for Christmas. Finally, the men get it! One boy they ferried that night returned to a fire-damaged home, so the Bros rally around that family to help them. The Wives hear about the family, bring gifts, and find their hubbies there, full of goodwill. Matt and Mary Jo reconcile, and a big family Christmas ensues.

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Full Name Robert Timothy Tobin

Screenplay's Title IPO

Email Address scripts90@gmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Family

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)Logline: Dramedy about two teens, their baby sister and their recently deceased mother who grants the baby the power to predict the stock market, but only if the kids use their winnings to help others. Synopsis: MARCUS GIBBS, 16 is a hormone-driven teenaged boy. DOLLY is his one-year-old sister. Marcus' father STEPHEN is an emotionally distant man and hapless stock broker. Marcus' mother THERESA, is a loving woman pushed into anger by the family’s financial problems and her husband’s emotional neglect. CHRISSIE, 19, babysits Dolly and claims she's the only one who can understand what Dolly says in her childlike lisp. One day Stephen calls to tell Theresa that he will once again be late. Theresa screams in frustration, bundles the kids into the family car and races recklessly toward Stephen’s office. She crashes and is killed instantly. The kids, trapped in the back seat of the wrecked car, as an orb of light emerges from Theresa’s body. Marcus is in shock. Dolly, blood dripping down her face, reaches a chubby hand toward the light as it ascends into the sky and disappears. Theresa's ghost appears to Marcus, Dolly and Chrissie and gives Dolly the ability to predict stock market IPOs. The kids begin accruing wealth for their own selfish uses. Theresa guides them into helping others. One of the brokerage’s traders sees the impossible series of successful trades and starts tracking the trader down, wanting to steal his secret. The FBI is also on the trail of the stock exchange “hackers.”

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Full Name Kenya Branch

Screenplay's Title A New Day

Email Address mkbfilm@hotmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Family, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)After a black student befriends a talented Latina transfer student, they struggle to modernize the stale, traditional high school Christmas musical and change racist attitudes in a small town. Latina immigrant, ALONDRA, moves to a new town. Her daughter, JUANITA, an extraordinary singer isn’t thrilled with the move after kids tease her old-fashioned clothes. CHARITY, a spunky African American and the stage manager for the huge Christmas musical, befriends Charity and has her audition for the lead role, Mary. Crusty music teacher, BRODY ADDERSON, refuses to give the role to newbie, Juanita, although she blows everyone away at the audition. KYLE, who plays Joseph, quietly roots for Juanita but is controlled by mean-girl, ADDIE, who always plays Mary. Some Latino students, who Adderson has blackballed, want to have a Thanksgiving show showcasing Juanita. Charity’s father, a teacher, gets the principal’s approval, infuriating Adderson. Juanita looks forward to the popularity she’ll get from the show, but Alondra forbids it after she finds the sleazy clothes she’s been wearing at school. The show is canceled though, after a blizzard shuts the school and the town down. When school reopens, rehearsals are down to the wire, but Kyle’s finally done with Addie and won't perform with her. In a rare show of decency, Addie feigns illness. The principal gives Juanita the role of Mary. Adderson quits in protest and Charity takes over. Juanita stars and mesmerizes the audience.

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Full Name David McPete

Screenplay's Title Capture the Flag, Eh?

Email Address chickenmcpete@yahoo.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Family, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)It's the 49th Annual Capture the Flag game between Mammoth Heights, USA, and Grebe, Canada – an event Grebe has never won in 49 years. But when last year’s goat, 17-year-old Bobby, is the first Canadian to ever grab the American's flag, it is a wild race to the finish and, perhaps, the greatest upset in history. It's the 49th Annual Capture the Flag tournament. Grebe is stopping Mammoth Heights from advancing their flag over the line, when 16-year-old Bobby makes a humiliating error resulting in the team’s defeat - again. It turns out they have never won a game. Bobby's friends and family suggest that Bobby sit the next year out. Bobby is determined to redeem both himself. Grebe comes up with a plan to stall Mammoth Heights long enough to force a tie. A tie would feel like a victory. Bobby doesn't agree. He comes up with his own plan. He is joined by Jasmine, a feisty girl who is an expert with paintball guns. Up against a team with superior paint ball weaponry, and sorely outnumbered, things look bleak for Grebe. But Bobby and Jasmine become the first Canadians to capture the Mammoth Heights flag. Now they just have to bring it across the finish line. It sets up a wild race to the finish. Behind Jasmine's paintball power and Bobby's plan, Bobby is barely able to succeed in dramatic fashion. The look of despair turns to one of triumph for the entire town of Grebe, including a poignant scene in which 75-year-old, Walter O'Leary - who retired after playing (and losing) in the first 49 games - salutes Bobby, while tears roll down his old cheeks.

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Full Name Brian Ruberry

Screenplay's Title Poker Face

Email Address bfruberry@gmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Family, Female Lead

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)Born deaf with a paralyzed face and no ears, the true story of a determined athlete who finds love and acceptance while playing on the world’s only college football team for the deaf. SHELBY dreams of playing football but is written off as a cripple. But when he runs a fast time at football tryouts in high school, his talent is recognized. He’s good enough to play in college, but no one will recruit him. He almost gives up hope of playing when he hears from Gallaudet University, the world’s only college football team for the deaf. He thinks that at Gallaudet he'll finally be with people like him. But arriving on campus, he feels as much like the outsider in the deaf world as he did in the hearing world. He’s not accepted by the deaf community for relying on a cochlear implant to hear. Shelby meets Katie, a confident, strong-willed redhead. She thinks he’s hot looking, even with a frozen face and earless. In fact, she thinks he looks hotter without prosthetic ears. But the same day he gets benched for not understanding an audible in ASL, he finds her with her high school boyfriend. Later, Shelby tells Katie he plans to quit the team and drop out She convinces him to not quit and stay in school. She agrees to tutor him in ASL. As his signing skills grow, so does his relationship with Katie. She tells him he’ll never completely fit into the deaf world or into the hearing world - and that’s okay. Some people are meant to stand out. Katie teaches him to accept himself for who he is. Eventually, they fall in love and get married on the football field.

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Full Name Dave Eisenstark

Screenplay's Title Christmas Eve at the Sunset Ballroom

Email Address EisenstarkD@ca.rr.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog, Family

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)6 generations of a family keep a small Hollywood dance-hall going through a century of steady heartbreak and fleeting joys--1920 to 2020. The film takes place every Christmas Eve, each minute (or so) the next year. 1 location. By produced writer (10 feature films) and published novelist and ghostwriter (20 books). Styles in music and dance change, but the determination of the Best family to make a go of Hollywood's Sunset Ballroom never flags. Young Willie Best sells bootleg liquor while quietly suffering a secret love for Florence, married to another. When Florence's second child, Alice, is born, the identity of the true father isn't clear. Meanwhile, Mabel, an aspiring actress, steals Willie's heart, too. The stock market crashes, the business suffers and Willie loses the savings. And he still can't quit Florence. Matt and Alice return from WWII, and plan to marry. There parents are terrified--they may be siblings. sister. Matt becomes an architect; Alice gets her PhD, Willie--now a grandfather--gets hooked on the space program. Willie continues to see Florence. Mabel, unable to share Willie any longer, commits suicide. Younger family members take over the ballroom, which eventually falls to Fred, born with a genetic birth defect. On Christmas Eve 2020, the ballroom is a homeless sanctuary, for people fleeing Covid-19. Men and women sleep on the floor, separated and masked. Fred lies down, too, for a well-deserved rest, and discovers the large amount of cash hidden under the bar. "Merry Christmas," he proclaims, looking forward to the next 100 years.

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Full Name Steven Cross

Screenplay's Title Home Sweets Home

Email Address thecrosses@gmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Family, Female Lead

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)Logline: Two single parents and their children find a connection through quality baked goods, job rivalries, and America’s favorite pastime, but job pressures may undo it all unless one grouchy old woman can create the right recipe for happiness. Bea Langley moves into a cottage owned by her daughter-in-law, Miriam. Haden Sloane and his daughter Lilly move into a house down the street. Miriam dislikes Haden because he dumped her before prom. When Miriam loses her job, the only thing she owns is a baseball memorabilia collection. After Bea has a mild heart attack, she regrets how she and Miriam have had bad blood. She decides she will sell her pies to Joe's Donut Shop and Odetta's Cupcake Oasis., and also secretly arranges for Haden to buy the collection to help Miriam. Bea plans to end the feud she has with Miriam and the one between Joe and Odetta. Her plan fails when Lilly gives Todd a special Yadier Molina baseball card --from the collection. The furious Miriam believes Bea is trying to make her look like a bad mother. That night Bea has another heart attack. Haden explains to Miriam how Bea tried to help, and Joe and Odetta tell Miriam that Bea sold her cakes to raise money. Bea survives, and the wounds between her and Miriam heal. Joe and Odetta combine their baked goods expertise to make one bakery which features Bea's pies. Todd and Lilly like each other and Haden and Miriam goe into business together.

 

Full Name JN Stuart

Screenplay's Title Color Blind

Email Address jacobnathanstuart@gmail.com

Genre (select all that apply)Inspirational , Underdog

 

Provide a logline and synopsis (1500 character limit)QUICK NOTE: 'Color Blind' was previously optioned in 2013 by Christian Peschken ('Dillinger & Capone', 'The Flight of the Dove') with a first-look deal at Warner Bro's. 'Color Blind' was also a Screenplay Finalists at Glendale's International Film Festival in 2015, and an Official Selection for this year's River Bend Film Festival and Los Angeles Cinefest. LOGLINE: A middle-aged African American male, born and raised in the South Side (Chicago), whose vices include hookers, cheap booze, and excessive gambling, reluctantly opens up his home to a naive 20-something year-old Caucasian male, born and raised in Iowa. Both, with polar opposite personalities and lifestyles, find that BASEBALL may just be enough for them to coexist, finally conquering petty racism and stereotypes. SYNOPSIS: While only a 300 mile drive, BRONSON BAILEY makes the move of his lifetime (Chicago). But life quickly becomes laborious when he moves in with ALONZO, a racist, who happens to live in Chicago's questionable Chinatown. The two form a strange and unique relationship, testing each other's nerves and motives each and everyday. With nothing in common, dead-end jobs and relationships, they both find a common love: BASEBALL. Based on the true story of the unforgettable Chicago White Sox 2005 season; the characters, however, are fictional. An age-gap relationship similar to SCENT OF A WOMAN; an unlikely friendship similar to DRIVING MISS DAISY; &, an obsession with baseball similar to FEVER PITCH.