Time and Tide written by Ron Podell
After losing her husband and suffering a heart attack, widow Harriet Sealy lives with her daughter Jennifer and her family. Faced with moving to a nursing home, the 72 year-old agrees – but only if she can first go on a cruise she and her late husband planned for in retirement after they sold the family candy store. Jennifer agrees and Harriet takes her cruise. Only it ends up being longer than a week. It goes on for more than three months as Harriet realizes she can live much better on a cruise ship that she ever could in a nursing home.

Lemonade written by John Spinoso
Summertime screams Lemonade time. For nine year old Steven it started out as just another peaceful Saturday morning. However when competition forms across the street, by a sweet, spoiled little girl, Olivia, events sour as Steven's lemonade business begins to suffer. Now, an epic battle of company survival begins, as both neighbors rival over who has more to offer to their consumer. Let the best kid win.

When Vengeance Comes knocking written by Jomo Abdul
War can make devils of decent men. During the Civil War, Colonel Abraham Scott never objected when his men indulged their worst inclinations. He usually watched, impassively, feasting on an apple. Once, he even used that apple as a lethal weapon and allowed a young child to witness the rape and killing of his mother and grandmother.Now, years later, Abraham’s life is dedicated to God’s good service. However, relentless demons are not ready to let him off so easily.

The Border Land written by Faisal Qureshi
Two soldiers, on opposite sides of a border, find their friendship put to the test when hostilities build up between their two countries and have to choose between blind patriotism or friendship.

Livin’ in a V World written by Jennifer Bogush
Cassandra and her friends try to live by a simple code: discipline. No matter how hard they try, though, they fail horribly. It isn’t their fault. It’s their nature.

Hampton Court -Hunting Party written by James Kirtland
Episode #4 Hampton Court Television Series. Michael and Victoria Hampton are asked by Prince Charles to investigate an unknown member of the Royal staff selling favors. The setting is the annual Royal Fox Hunt. Katherine Hampton, Victoria's aunt, wangles an invitation and vows to sabotage the hunt. Victoria suspects Michael is having an affair with his young assistant and is tempted by an offer from an old beau.

Every time I go to Staten Island something bad happens... written by Irin Evers
A young Latino tries to start his life again and keep his family out of trouble.

A Rain Remembered written by Ron Podell
Art Weldon, 63, is content to stay inside and watch his beloved Pittsburgh Pirates on television. His seven-year-old granddaughter wants to go outside and play – despite a torrential downpour. A power outage forces both to communicate with each other without distractions. In this story that examines the viewpoints of wisdom and youth, Art’s recollection of a haunting experience in his past makes his granddaughter reconsider her wishes and appreciate what she has.

Silence of the Bees written by Ron Podell
Like any other day, Kentucky bee farmer Chester Wincott takes his routine stroll to check on his beehives. There’s one problem. His bees are gone. Alarmed, he contacts the local county extension agent who, in turn, calls the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The incident sparks national media interest and, like any subject in America, becomes the topic of debate among scientists, politicians, talk show hosts and even comedians.Based on real-life theories about the disappearance of America’s honeybees, this fictional account explores the origin of Colony Collapse Disorder; the experts and pundits who weigh in with the “whys” and the eerie and possible inevitable result if the human race continues its current course.

2008 FEATURE SCREENPLAYS

The Town Bazaar written by Michael Kozlowski
The holiday season has arrived in the small, inner-city neighborhood of Naspeth, Queens, and with it the annual town bazaar. All of Naspeth has come to celebrate: the dropouts and deadbeats, the poor and penniless, the old and forgotten scrounging for one last stab at the American dream. But what they find may well be the American nightmare.

Gamer’s Squad written by Brandon Williams
A group of high school boys, outcast by their video game habits, discover a group of celebrities playing the very same game online. Taking the boys under their wing, the celebrities show the boys that they are just like everyone else.

Garbo’s Last Stand written by Jonathan Miller
On the eve of World War II, silver screen siren Greta Garbo sets sail aboard an ocean liner bound for Nazi Germany to assassinate her biggest fan - Adolf Hitler. (Inspired by True Events)

Wild Dog County written by Jessica Edith Sinyard
Tasmanian tour-de-force in which unruly detective Bill Harper discovers thathis brother is involved with a gang that is destroying the region's dams. Ataut, unsettling thriller set against the backdrop of the Franklin Dam protestsin 1980’s Australia, with dark undertones of myth, menace and machismo.

Wish You Were Here written by John Barlowe
An 18-year-old girl’s accidental death lands her in a maddening holding pattern where she's forced to assist a bad-ass, deceased 1970's rock star in his long-standing mission to prevent bold university scientists from threatening the natural order. Shades of 'Juno,’ ‘Rushmore, ' 'Heaven Can Wait,' and other films I've never seen.

Ghost Sonata: The Winged Bridge written by Jamie Read
With a ghost of a chance, Lu Zhang - Chinese dentist, master cellist, immigrant turned phantom of the Governor Hotel - waits a century in Portland, Oregon, for his love, a half-French, half-Chinese ballerina. An Asperger boy and a grieving ghost girl help Lu -they all help each other - and travel continents for Lu to find his love, and a new life. Set in Portland, Paris and Shanghai, this 'Merchant Ivory meets Robert Redford' screenplay shares love and friendship, and a belief in the ability to change.

The Magical Kingdom of Naga as Envisioned by the Princess Lena written by Tanya Klein
Orphaned Lena spends most of her time in the imagined and magical world of Naga. During a Hawaiian vacation with her adoptive parents, Lena runs away from their perceived rejection to climb a treacherous wish-granting mountain. She’s aided only by her imagination, where she battles ogres, demons and her own fears to secure a loving family.

Trapped in Paradise written by Mercedes Muhlethaler
It is the story of one young woman’s awakening to the world and her surprising love for a man whom she is being set up to destroy. This drama is set in the late 1950s about Hollywood’s first paparazzo who is out to prove that Hollywood stars aren’t perfect, until he meets a young starlet who seduces him and plots to frame him in the killing of a studio executive who’s getting in the way of her career. Her plan begins to crumble when he helps open up her eyes to her parents’ obsession with fame, wealth, and control of her life. In the end, their attempt to run away together fails when his newly-hired partner reveals her true identity and her plan to take revenge after his photos destroy her sister’s life.

Nobody Left to Run With Anymore written by Nicky Julius
Winning and losing money is the least of four friends worries, when they hit the road for one of their all out Vegas bachelor parties. Amidst tempestuous women and, out of control friends, the groom must keep his head, and his sense of humor. Laughs, quick-witted tongue and cheek dialogue quickly turn into life threatening situations as the stakes are truly heightened when the veneer of who they truly are is lifted and they bare themselves to each other, for better or worse. By the time the trip is over they come to realize, That there really is 'Nobody left to run with anymore.'

Shangri-La written by James Kirtland
The price we pay for our dreams may be more than we can bear. A woman in her youth is forced to give up her new born son to save her dream of a career. In her 70's, living in Ojai, California, alone and bitter, she meets a young man in town for a conference. The young man is her grandson and the town, the locals call Shangri-La, works it's magic to bring the Stewart family back together

Journal of a Dinka Boy written by Jomo Merritt
In Sudan, a young boy whose tribe is decimated, writes of his and his brothers’ road to survival.

The Theory written by Marco Mazzoli
A young man commits suicide and discovers the afterlife is far from what we've believed.Mark has everything to live for, or so it seems until his wife dies and so does his chance for happiness on Earth. One suicide later and he finds himself in the Afterlife.Contrary to everything he believed there are no clouds or angels but instead a high tech facility where mankind gets processed. Mark is due to return to Earth to finish his time but this time he's going back with everything he's learned.

Harper and the Search for Happiness written by Dennis Newport
Harper is a 23 year old man engaged to be married to Sara, a neighborhood girl. He wants nothing more than a normal life. Abandoned by his father when he was small, he’s been raised by his by-the-book mother. Everything in his life seems “on course.” Harper meets Ransom, an embittered divorced man, on a random assignment at the law firm where he works. Ransom is everything Harper isn’t, and vice versa. Ransom does not explain to the “square” Harper that he’s a driver for a stripper on weekends, and when Ransom can’t make a driving assignment on Friday night, he manipulates Harper into driving his stripper to a bachelor party. Harper sees a different side of life when he meets Kay, the stripper. One thing leads to another, and eventually he realizes that he needs to go on a journey – now that so many things have changed.