Roberta M Roy

Unique traits: Licensed speech language pathologist turned award winning novelist/scriptwriter.

• Owner/operator
• Who's Who Listing
• IMBdPro
• Coverfly Credits
• ISA International Screenwriters Association
• Amazon Author Page
• Film Freeway Credits

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  Jolt Survival Series Script 1 of 10 - Emergence Budget: $0 - $100K | Sci-fi ⋄ Romance Innocent of the momentous nuclear meltdown about to befall them, not far from a nuclear power plant, a family contends with a mother’s fears of a nuclear meltdown while in a distant mountain village, a struggling artist works to manage his relationships with his girlfriend of many years and a disapproving father.

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  Just in Time Budget: $0 - $100K | Romance ⋄ Comedy “Following their having collided on her first entering her new place of employment, a delightful young woman, determined to succeed as a web designer downplays an interested salesman’s efforts to engage.”

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  JOLT: A SAGA OF SURVIVAL EPISODE 10 - 2022: THE NEW NOW Budget: $1M - $5M | Historical ⋄ Family In a world marked by climate change, political discord, war, and the end of COVID masking, the Matters sons look to their futures; their mom does therapy with a boy and a girl with autism; their dad adapts to his left side blindness; and all observe the effects of climate change and wonder what the future will bring politically.

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  Jolt: A SAGA OF SURVIVAL More Complex Pilot Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi ⋄ Drama Star crossed lovers and a retired veteran join to meet the needs of forced migrants fleeing radiation fall out as a once close-knit family struggles to reunite.

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  The Morning After the Morning After - Feature Budget: $1M - $5M | Historical ⋄ Family Faced with their own individual life challenges, a family must also adjust to living in a time of political unrest, welcome an influx of immigrants, and cope with the effects of climate change.

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  Yell'n'Tell Budget: $0 - $100K | Family ⋄ Animation Recalling how his cousin pinches him and denies doing so and having witnessed a girl being bullied, a brave five-year-old uses his wise mother's practical but inventive advice to help solve his bullying dilemma.

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  HOME AGAIN 2020: A STORY OF SURVIVAL - A FEATURE Budget: $100K - $1M | Historical ⋄ Drama More than a year after a nuclear meltdown the Matters family reunites as Lou rehabilitates from TBI and COVID-19 forces Mary, an SLP, to work distantly with children with autism during political upheaval and climate change. A current times historical novel.

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  Jolt Survival Tele Series Simpler Pilot for 10 Hour Long Episodes Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi ⋄ Romance Star crossed lovers and a retired veteran join to meet the needs of forced migrants fleeing radiation fall out as a once close-knit family struggles to reunite.

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  Just Take a Breath Budget: $0 - $100K | Romance New to the newsroom a happily married young woman, struggles to avoid risking her marriage when she experiences an unexpectedly strong attraction to a just met co-worker with whom she will be working regularly.

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  JOLT: A SAGA OF SURVIVAL- FEATURE ONE OF TWO: MAGDUM HEIGHTS MELTDOWN Budget: $100K - $1M | Sci-fi ⋄ Drama The occurrence of a nuclear meltdown separates the Matters family while in the distant mountains two military veterans organize a point of distribution to meet the needs of the forced migrants fleeing fallout that overrun their small village.

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  JOLT: A SAGA OF SURVIVAL - FEATURE TWO OF TWO: LOCHLEE RESPONDS Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi ⋄ Drama Relationships change when the residents of a small village must set up a point of distribution to decontaminate, feed, house, clothe, and medically care for the hundreds of forced migrants.

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  TWO CLOSE: A STORY OF SURVIVAL- A FEATURE Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi ⋄ Romance Dirty bombs and the threat of nuclear fallout separate the Matters family; Mary recuperates from radiation sickness and her husband fights right-side brain damage and amnesia while their sons survive on the road. (observable violence/conflict minimal)

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  Jolt: a saga of survival Episode 1 Magdum Heights Meltdown: Emergence Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi The occurrence of a nuclear meltdown separates the Matters family while in the distant mountains two military veterans organize a point of distribution to meet the needs of the forced migrants fleeing fallout who overrun their small village.

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  Yell'n'Tell en francais Budget: $0 - $100K | Family ⋄ Animation Logline: Après avoir été témoin de l’intimidation d’une fille, un courageux enfant de cinq ans utilise les conseils pratiques mais inventifs de sa mère sage pour l’aider à résoudre son dilemme de l’intimidation.

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  Yell'n'Tell en espanol Budget: $0 - $100K | Animation Recordando cómo su primo le pellizca y niega haberlo hecho y habiendo presenciado cómo acosaban a una niña, un valiente niño de cinco años recurre a los consejos prácticos pero ingeniosos de su sabia madre para resolver su dilema de acoso escolar.

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  When COVID Came Budget: $0 - $100K | Experimental COVID arrives and in silence, a mourning woman living alone copes in isolation, masks as needed, and is eventually vaccinated after which only then is she able to welcome others into her home.

• Film Buzz Festival London Finalist
  (2024)

• Paris Lady Moviemakers Festival Semi Finalist
  (2024)

• Seattle Filmmaker Awards Semi Finalist
  (2024)

• Seattle Filmmaker Awards Winter 2024 – Best Feature
  (2024)

• Paris Lady MovieMakers Festival 2024 – Best Feature
  (2024)

• Pitch Now Screenplay Competition (Season 5) Quarterfinalist
  (2023)

• Phoenix Shorts Semifinalist
  (2023)

• New Tirj Screebwrutubg Awards Honorable Mention
  (2023)

• New York International Women Festival Semi-Finalist
  (2023)

• Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Contest! Quarterfinalist
  (2023)

• Dallas Shorts - Twice a Semi-Finalist
  (2023)

• Dallas Movie Awards Festival Semi-Finalist
  (2023)

• Sidney Indie Short Festival Semi-Finalist
  (2023)

• Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Contest! Honorable Mention
  (2023)

• Tamizhagam Internationals Film Festival 2023 – Best Feature
  (2023)

• Third on the Red List for Sci-fi Book Manuscripts
  (2022)

• Semi-finalist in the ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition
  (2022)

• Quarterfinalist in Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
  (2022)

• Vail Film Festival Quarterfinalist
  (2022)

• ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Semifinalist
  (2022)

• ScreenCraft Film Fund Second Rounder
  (2022)

• Script Summit Finalist
  (2022)

• Chicago Screenplay Awards Selected
  (2022)

• Gold Medal for Current Events II (Social Issues/Public Affairs/Ecological/ Humanitarian)
  (2021)

• Silver Medal for Multicultural Fiction in Jenkins 2021 International eLit awards
  (2021)

• Pitch Now Screenplay Competition (Season 4) Quarterfinalist
  (2021)

• Jenkins International eLit Awards in Poetry Silver
  (2020)

• Jenkins Living Now Inspirational Fiction Award Bronze
  (2011)

• University of Michigan

• University of Nebraska - Lincoln

• University at Albany, SUNY