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ACTION / ADVENTURE
2006 Honorable Mention - ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST
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Indiana Jane meets Chariots of the Gods in war-torn Iraq.
When they discover the skeleton of an angel, an archeologist and her mysterious
assistant must rush to war-torn Iraq and battle to retrieve ancient artifacts
which must be used to save the earth from annihilation.
Written by: Rie Natalenko
Contact: natalenko@hotkey.net.au
COMEDY
30 FABULOUS DAYS IN VEGAS
When trapped in Vegas... stay in Vegas!
Two friends (one gay, one straight) separated at age five and now in their 30's are reunited in Las Vegas while both are searching for the meaning of life.
Contact: Jenfilmdrm@aol.com
2007 Honorable Mention - ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST
CURVEBALL
For one hot jock, being gay is a whole new ball game.
When, two weeks before the World Series, an uptight, macho pro ball player loses his ability to throw straight, he ends up magically switching sexualities with a free-spirited gay chef, and can suddenly throw straight again. Shocked that he’s now gay, but thrilled his arm is back, he convinces the chef to stay straight till the Series is over--sending both men on a wild and unexpected trip of sexual self-discovery.
Contact: garygo@earthlink.net
Honorable Mention - ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST
JUST MEN
A comedy about fathers & sons and sons & lovers.
A gay TV writer and his bigoted father must come to terms over one combustible weekend, with the help of the son’s contractor lover and their best friend, a gorgeous African-American woman.
Contact: garygo@earthlink.net
M4M
In matters of the heart, don't try so hard -- just open your eyes.
The universal expectation that people will be successful in their career and personal goals and be married with children, hoping that their lives will be as perfect as family sitcoms of the 1950's and 1960's. M4M is
about one individual's struggle to reach his own concept of relationship and commitment in an environment that doesn't seem to encourage it.
Contact: greggo429@aol.com
MAITRE D' OF HONOR
Some friendships should have boundaries.
When Sophia decides to get married she asks Oliver to stand beside her. He's the
Maitre d' of Honor.
Contact: ziglartatum@yahoo.com
2nd Place - ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST - 2008
MEN ONLY
Some people will (gender)bend over backwards to help a kid in need.
Five best friends enter to win the big bucks in a "men only" bass fishing tourney.
They aren't men, but they're hoping no one will notice.
Contact: hillpoet@yahoo.com
2nd Place - ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST - 2003
THREE GROOMS AND A BRIDE
So funny it should be legal!
A gay male couple and their straight best friends plan a double wedding, with unexpected complications.
Contact: garygo@earthlink.net
COMING-OF-AGE
JAMIE'S JOURNEY
Where do you go when you're 15 and you've killed your mother's boyfriend?
Jamie - confused, angry and on the run from the police, meets Dragon - a smart, quirky, streetwise rent boy. Outcasts on the fringes of a society that doesn't care, they search for Jamie's father and find laughter, anguish and true friendship.
Written by: Rie Natalenko
Contact: natalenko@hotkey.net.au
DRAMA
‘70s SHUFFLE
A lesbian Donnie Brasco meets Bound
Micki Donohue, a straight FBI agent goes undercover in a New York City radical dyke bar to nab a notorious anarchist fugitive. While on the mission she falls for Gaby, the gorgeous manager of the Mafia-owned bar. The two become involved in a dangerous adventure into the Mafia underworld to the point that both become at risk with the FBI and Mafia.
Contact: dedesign@valinet.com
A GOOD KID
A Midwestern college kid funds his study abroad in Amsterdam working as rent boy.
A GOOD KID is a character-driven story about a Midwestern college student who sheds his small town identity to seek a new life in Europe. Working as a rent-boy in Amsterdam, he wanders through a world of sex and drugs until he is forced to choose between love and loss.
Contact: info@scottboswell.com
CUTTING ROOM FLOOR
From ashes to phoenix—to ashes again?
Bryn Handler emerges from rehab with a chance to redeem her screenwriting career under the nurturing wing of director Marina DeSimone. Bryn juggles on-set rewrites while also writing her autobiography. The mounting stress of reliving a painful past along with the ratcheting pressures of movie production might finally cost her a career and devoted love.
Contact: dedesign@valinet.com
DANCING WITH THE DAFFODILS
What is more important? Love or Duty?
When James, an exchange teacher, travels overseas to escape his past, he finds Luke,
a high school senior, who shows immediate interest. James fights against it,
but in the end must decide between Love and Duty.
Written by: Rie Natalenko
Contact: natalenko@hotkey.net.au
DANGEROUS GROUND
Love will never have boundaries.
An Arabic interpreter falls for her lesbian unit commander. Will their love survive
amidst the violence of war and the prejudices of the military?
Contact: lili_matta@yahoo.com
2007 FINALIST - ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST
MISGUIDED ILLUSIONS
The illusion of beauty is magical but knowing the secret is deadly.
In the world of Drag Queens, there's a fine line between fantasy and reality. When the two collide not even a serial killer can decide.
Written by: Alex Acevedo
Contact: anyc321@yahoo.com
OPENSHUT
Why gay marriage counts.
With her wife away on a wilderness vacation, friends set out to prove
that a critically ill lesbian is legally married to her partner and not the man
who convinces hospital authorities that he is her husband.
Contact: milmob@aim.com
STANDING ON COLLEGE GROUND
Every dream has a price
A high school football star is manipulated into the political world of college sports while pursuing his childhood dream of becoming a first string quarterback while simultaneously battling his inner demons and sexual identity
Contact: Jenfilmdrm@aol.com
WORKING TITLE
An empty nester, a politician husband and a lesbian lover
A restless empty nester struggles with the choice between remaining in a safe but loveless marriage with her politician husband or the life of her dreams as a writer with her secret, lesbian lover.
Contact: dedesign@valinet.com
HISTORICAL
HELOISE
The true but tragic story of the greatest romance of the 12th century
In 12th Century Paris, a fifteen year old girl and the world's foremost teacher are drawn together by forces of intellect and desire, but their forbidden love is destined to end in tragedy when he is castrated by her uncle.
Written by: Rie Natalenko
Contact: natalenko@hotkey.net.au
HORROR
AMPUTEE
Once she came out of the closet, there was nowhere to hide.
When a twenty-something lesbian brings her girlfriend home for Thanksgiving, they must both fight to survive the onslaught of life-threatening tactics her intolerant family uses to "ungay" them.
Contact: JungleBebe@aol.com
FORBIDDEN HOME
Home is where the horror is...
Would you attend a Halloween party at an abandoned home where a family was murdered 20 years ago? What if the killer was still missing? Well ... about 100 teenagers sure would.
Contact: Jenfilmdrm@aol.com
ROMANTIC COMEDY
PLAY ON
A gay/straight romance
When Justin, a gay music teacher, moves in with his straight friend, Ed,
they both hide how they feel about one another - with hilarious results.
Written by: Rie Natalenko
Contact: natalenko@hotkey.net.au
THRILLER
APPLELAND
"Beloved" meets "Dolores Claiborne."
A contemporary family of women deal with their own "ghosts" at the same time that they experience a real, paranormal haunting on their isolated, island home. Meanwhile, two colonial women haunt "Little Squaw Island" and see the love that led to their murders reflected in the family of living women.
Contact: leslielinder@hotmail.com
GENESIS
In the Beginning
The bible holds clues to the murders of gay men and women. Who's next?
Contact: ziglartatum@yahoo.com
IN THE NAME OF LOVE
Conceived in liberty - delivered by choice... but for how long?
In the most liberal city in America abortion clinics are under siege. Caught in the crossfire, two women uncover a plot that leads to high places.
Contact: staylor@edfund.org
TANGLED WEB
Betrayal is a tangled web.
Drake's wife is murdered. Did he do it or is he being framed?
Contact: ziglartatum@yahoo.com
WYLIE
Mean people are bad dreams for others.
A female bisexual sinks slowly into alcoholism because of her mistreatment due to her sexuality.
Contact: gadbutch@aol.com
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