Screenwriting : Feature Fellowship contest closed - who submitted? by Pat Alexander

I submitted my feature screenplay SOUTHERN CROSS, the first in a franchise about Kentucky's most charming and violent female detective, Nevada Blue Piccoletti. (Her mom named her after the state she always wanted to get divorced in and the color of the van she was conceived in.) The comedic crime drama was originally written as a one-hour pilot that scored so high, it got me named to THE BLACKLIST’S TOP TV WRITERS STAFFING BOOK. It also won Best TV Pilot in the ISA's Table Read My Screenplay Contest, which placed me as one of the INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITERS ASSOCIATION’S TOP 25 WRITERS TO WATCH two years in a row. I also have a Series Bible, in case it does inspire a series or franchise, and am developing a series of novels to support the character with IP. It's lots of fun and a unique character voice with that distinct Southern Charm I found so endearing after having moved to Kentucky.

So excited to see all the amazing submissions!

Good luck everyone

Best wishes for all

Hi all! I submitted a family-friendly holiday action feature, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DECORATIONS. LOGLINE: When a disgruntled spirit brings all the neighborhood decorations to life on Halloween, a timid fifth grader must devise a plan to capture it by midnight in order to save her family and friends from becoming decorations themselves forever.

Comps include GHOSTBUSTERS AFTERLIFE, GOOSEBUMPS, and NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM. Out of all my scripts, it was the most fun to write. Good luck to everyone!

Looks amazing Carrie Wachob Steffany Lohn Sommers and best of luck!

Thanks, Mark!

I submitted my feature dramedy script MOOD SWINGS, inspired by a lifetime of playing golf and, for a few years, in a Phoenix Ladies League, as well as my relationship with my daughter.

LOGLINE: A former prodigy battles an abusive past to reclaim her talent and purpose, to heal deep wounds, and to reconnect with her mother, aided by an ancient greenskeeper and a quirky group of women who play in the Ladies League at a posh and sexist golf club.

Coverage has called it "a compelling and incisive sports dramedy with a strong premise and a charismatic protagonist."

Other comments include: "Your portrait of the inherent conservatism and misogyny at an upscale golf club rings true."

"The adage "hurt people hurt people" breaks through cliché into real truth."

"You clearly have a great working knowledge of the expected beats of a sports movie." (That one cracked me up :)

"The final showdown is totally satisfying in that HOOSIERS/A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN way."

"Golf isn't the easiest sport to make cinematic, but you do a really good job of showing how beautiful it can be to watch."

ASMODEUS is about an infamous "Demon of Lust" seeking redemption. Tasked with keeping a certain object safe in the mortal world, he lives a lonely, love-starved existence until, one day, the object is stolen and a woman named Mirabel comes along. Dying from an incurable disease, she is caught up in an ancient battle between gods and demons. Now, only he can save her and if that means journeying through the Underworld, he will. Good luck everyone!

I submitted two features. Tink, and Stations.

Logline for Tink: Flora, a lonely middle-aged woman stuck in a monotonous BEIGE life, is estranged from her adult daughter, Iris, who is equally stuck in the trendy black, white, and grey world. One day, Flora stumbles upon a teenage fairy, which opens up a colorful life for Flora and helps her reconnect with Iris.

Logline for Stations: A fatal car accident lands Tess on a crowded train bound for the unexpected; a cast of unlikely characters, including her deceased husband, an Italian chef, and a film director, combine forces to help Tess process her life and death, whether she likes it or not!

Pat Alexander Hi Pat, I entered my screenplay, 'Prodrome'.

The logline is: · When the world he thinks is real, is an illusion - and the world he thinks is an illusion, is real, a psychotic break seems to be the only way out. But then the CEO of PsychoTranz has other ideas.

After writing, Seeing Rachel, which focuses on sex trafficking, I wanted to write something with a lighter tone, but then my imagination had different ideas. Prodrome is a Big Pharma Drama, a Divine (black) Comedy about a lost soul who is longing to be found.

Jude, the main character, is haunted by two French philosophers; Albert Camus and Paul Ricoeur. Camus is pushing him towards suicide as the only option of true rebellion left open to him and Ricoeur helps him with a more hopeful and redemptive solution. And then to add to his confusion, his boss, the CEO of PsychoTranz, intervenes.

It's written as a project for me as writer/director.

Comparables: An Inception-like landscape is corrected by Philip K Dick’s The Adjustment Bureau.

Hello everyone! I entered my feature screenplay BEGIN THE BEGUINE - the story of two families from two eras –1940s and present-day– one White, One Black – linked by a violent past and a historic home where an expectant couple uncovers a legacy of racism and homophobia and must learn to embrace love to save their children from a doomed future of repeating the same mistakes.

ONE MAN ARMY

WWII Biopic

Wanting more from life, Job Maseko volunteered for a war he didn't need to.

Then he won it.

In 1939, 20yr old Job Maseko left a life in a South African gold mine, to sign up for the war effort. Refused rifles for fear of uprisings, Blacks were trained only with spears, so he elected instead to become a stretcher bearer. Sent in desperation to the UK HQ for urgent armament and supplies, the British forces elected to make him to wait all day.

By the time he returned to the front line, they were run over and he too was captured, to be marched to PoW camp in Tobruk. Run by a racist Italian Comandante, life took a serious slide for the worse...

But then the Desert Fox himself, Rommel made an appearance, asking Job Maseko what he thought of conditions. Job spoke his mind, the Comandante was humiliated and Job was duly thrown in the Hole for his honesty.

However, with several of his fellow Black comrades, he was sequestered to unload German supply ships in Tobruk harbour and managed to single-handedly blow one up, using just ammunition cordite, a fuse and a soap tin.

Shortly thereafter he escaped prison, to then walk the 340 miles through North African desert to eventually re-join Allied Forces in Egypt. The Brits awarded him the Military Medal for his actions, his SA superiors having refused him the VC.

An extraordinary man, a truly amazing story and one so important to tell, in rebalancing how the war was won - by volunteers of colour - as much as white Westerners.

A remarkable true story about one man’s struggle not to be judged by the colour of his skin.

LaunchPad Feature Screenplay Comp – Top 50

I submitted my screenplay "Character Flaw," in which a middle-aged loser realizes he is a fictional TV character when the serious actor who plays him gets lost in the pointless role.

For many people, middle age is a time to reflect on life, love and accomplishments, but what if you have done nothing … almost literally, nothing with your life?

On the other hand, what if you are a striving actor full of ambition, prone to get lost in your roles ... even when that role is a slacker without ambition, accomplishment or a life?

"Character Flaw" takes a stab at the answers in the form of a supernatural fantasy that blurs the lines between reality and television fiction, between mental illness and an actor's dedication to his role of a "lifetime."

The surreal and character-driven comedy-drama is both quirky and substantive.

Peter Jones Sounds like a fun ride!

Peter Jones Wow! What a GREAT idea, Pete! Best of luck with it!

I submitted my script called The Way Out. This drama is about abused women taking control of their lives. After a counselor who suffers life-long abuse almost dies from an overdose, she returns to a women’s shelter, where she is determined to rescue an abused woman, and in doing so, she may learn how to save herself. I wish everyone All The Best.!

Good luck Joan. Sounds great!

Best of luck all

Amar R Sovasheya thank you, Amar!

Thanks, Jill and Amar.

I entered my Vietnam-ear Action/Drama, "Nobody's Heroes". Logline: A disillusioned Vietnam combat vet defies the FBI to help a notorious antiwar activist escape to Canada. "The Fugitive" meets "The Deer Hunter".