Marisa Forrest's Reel

MERRY PRANKSTERS wins Best Feature Screenplay at the Broad Humor Film Festival AND gets a DOUBLE RECOMMEND from Stage 32!

When the dangers of the streets close in on a group of sex workers battling addiction, they find refuge in the roadside motorhome of a self-styled savior with a mysterious past. But just as they begin to rebuild their lives, a shocking betrayal comes to light that will change them all.

MAKING HEADLINES! KUDZU is a FINALIST in the Stage 32 + Catalyst Studios Empowering Women Script Competition!!! Thank you for including my project in this amazing initiative celebrating female creators. GIRL POWER!!!!

CALIFORNIA ❤️ ! CLOSER TO FINE won BEST FEATURE SCRIPT at the 2024 California Women's Film Festival!!! This LA woman is so grateful!!

CLOSER TO FINE is a FINALIST in the Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition Fall 2023 and a SEMI-FINALIST in The Finish Line Script Competition and Table Read My Screenplay Hollywood 2023!

DADDY ISSUES is a TOP 10 COMEDY FINALIST in The 2023 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards AND on Coverfly's RED LIST of TOP COMEDY SCREENPLAYS!

AND WE'RE OFF! My new script, CLOSER TO FINE, won BEST DRAMA SCRIPT at the Imagine This Women's Film Festival! As a 3 time festival alumnus, thanks to ITWIFF for honoring me again and for offering me the opportunity to share my project via this virtual table read.

Thrilled that DADDY ISSUES won Best Feature screenplay at the Broad Humor Film Festival! So grateful to Michelle Clay and all the broads who put on this excellent festival year after year. As a 2019 alumni, I can say this is their labor of love and includes some remarkable creators!

Another one! DADDY ISSUES is a TOP 17 SEMIFINALIST in the STAGE 32 COMEDY FEATURE SCREENWRITING CONTEST! Thank you for this honor!!

Another one! DADDY ISSUES is a TOP 17 SEMIFINALIST in the STAGE 32 COMEDY FEATURE SCREENWRITING CONTEST! Thank you for this honor!!