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DRAMA SHORT FORM
Vaughn Roste - Comps: Searching for Bobby Fisher meets Lorenzo's Oil. Logline: The death of a boy from leukemia brings changes to a fire station chief's life.
Alexis Adkins - Comps: Lighthouse, My Dinner w/ Andre. Logline: A night of consolation takes a dark and tragic turn.
Eric Rudnick (PWD: havemercy) - Comps: ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, PALM SPRINGS. Logline: A woman on the verge of a mental breakdown meets two men in a motel room who run a business that clients claim "Frees you from the burdens of this world" only to have everything she believes challenged when she discovers that the procedure involves an embrace from a homemade robot.
Ben Escobar (PWD: infiel2023) - Comps: HONEY BOY meets ROMA. Logline: "Yo he sido infiel," Spanish for "I Cheated," is whispered as the premise of a father's attempt to rebuild a relationship with his son. Through shadows of a blue hour on a fishing dock, the two must navigate their lasting shame and grudges in an effort to reacquaint as the best friends they once were.
Neer Musa Shelter (PWD: Perspectives 2020) - Comps: Hurt Locker Logline: Based on a true story, a young soldier suspects a man on an Israeli bus of being a suicide bomber. She must now choose between the other passengers' lives and a potentially innocent man, with the world watching via live-streams.
Alexis Adkins (PWD: popcorn) - Comps: Elizabethtown, Thelma & Louise. Logline: Proof-of-concept for a feature - When a woman has four family members die in two-weeks, the unexpected support from an estranged friend helps her travels.
Arnon Z. Shorr (PWD: pirate) - Comps: It's (still) the world's only narrative film about Jewish pirates. There are no comps. Logline: When a young refugee from the Spanish inquisition stows away on Captain Toledano's pirate ship, the captain must decide whether or not to make him walk the plank.
Jan Stanton (PWD: thinkfast123) - Comps: The Phone Call. Logline: THINK FAST is about a business woman on a tight deadline who must choose to either hang-up on a wrong number hotline caller - or commit career suicide.
Tony Scott & Jean Su - Comps: Away From Her, The Notebook, Amour, Still Mine. Logline: After celebrating their 50th Anniversary, a couple is deciding where to go on their "trip of a lifetime". But the unexpected happens, and a choice must be made between two unacceptable outcomes. Based on a true story.
Melody Herr - Comps: MYSTIC RIVER meets DOPESICK. Logline: When a young C.E.O. is found dead, a small-town Lieutenant finds himself caught in the middle as his two main suspects accuse each other of murder.
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