Loglines & Screenplays by Nelda Turcios

GENRES: Drama, Comedy

Stuck living in a basement after losing their jobs, Maxine and Gus’s broken relationship faces a final test when a million-dollar lottery ticket takes them on a storm-ridden journey that could either mend or tear them apart.

GENRES: Romance, Independent

Stevie and Nick, next-door neighbors, one needs to get somewhere and the other to get away, embark on an unexpected road trip across America that will redefine what they want from life and from each other.

GENRES: Independent

Devastated by a recent break-up, a heartbroken man hatches a convoluted plan to win back the love of his life amidst the chaos of post-flood New York, where climate change protests and gentrification battles take center stage.

GENRES: Romance

When a carbon monoxide leak forces the evacuation of their apartment building, Cass and Row, two strangers living in the same East Village complex, embark on an impromptu day-long adventure across the diverse boroughs of New York City, forming a unique bond amidst the chaos.

GENRES: Romance, Independent

When yet another girlfriend leaves her for a man, an anxious lesbian aims to sleep with one herself, for the first time, but her quest leads to an old friend and perhaps a new beginning. 

GENRES: Fantasy, Comedy

In the aftermath of their father's death, estranged sisters - a privileged, pregnant film producer and a struggling lesbian designer turned firefighter trainee - reconnect after a decade apart, only to find their lives literally swapped due to a mysterious wish and an enigmatic pill, forcing them to reconcile their differences and unravel the puzzle to restore their identities.

GENRES: Romance, Drama

A man resolved to move forward, and a woman determined to hide away, fall in love; unfortunately, the racial persecution he faces, and the scars she bears, threaten their future together.

Quarterfinalist, Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition 2024, Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2018 Quarterfinalist, Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition 2019 Quarterfinalist, Final Draft - Big Break 2019 Top 100 (Feature or TV Pilot), Table Read My Screenplay Competition 2021

GENRES: Drama

A naïve immigrant seeks a better life in America, but first, he'll have to survive New York City.

Top 15%, The Academy Nicholl Fellowship 2017

GENRES: Romance, Drama

After two girls fall in love in El Salvador, they try to make a future, even if it means crossing the dangerous border for the 'land of the free.'

Semifinalist, Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition 2018
Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2018
Semifinalist, Scriptapalooza Fellowship 2018

GENRES: Action, Thriller

In the midst of a nervous breakdown and battling his own demons, a disgraced Los Angeles detective sets on a high-stakes mission to locate an American infant abducted by a Mexican immigrant risking a re-crossing of the Mexico-United States border with the baby.  

MADE IN AMERICA was selected for Round 2 of the MACRO Episodic Lab powered by The Black List, headed by Lena Waithe and Eva Longoria. It advanced to the quarterfinals in the 2018 ScreenCraft Pilot Launch competition.