SCRIPTS
All scripts are WGA registered
BITTER BEANS
A drama/road movie
When the coffee farmers in a Mayan village choose young Conchita to end oppression, she travels through three continents to outwit the local henchman of the global dealers.
Conchita, an uninformed country girl, gradually turns herself into a clever negotiator. The tightly knitted relations in the village carry her through hardships. Even when she is miles away.
Torn between golden promises in the Mayan creation myth and harsh reality, young Conchita asks selfevident questions about the coffee dealer’s unscrupulous treatment of the farmers. That spurs the villagers to club their meager savings together and send her to town to get a commercial education. When the dealer cheats the farmers once more, they urge Conchita to confront him with the arguments she has learned. Her gifts have turned into a heavy burden.
Eager to comply she hops on board a freighter, carrying the new harvest. She has plunged into a task with immense demands. One thing leads to another.
Searching answers, she travels from Jacksonville to New York, Brussels and Copenhagen.
A quick learner, she soon sees through and utilizes people who pretend to help her but are merely helping themselves. Gradually she turns into a clever dealer.
Lorenza Manrique at IMCINE heard the story at the EFM and said:
I am sure this is a great and very significant story for Mexican and Latin American people and for all of us.
Scored 71 points at Slated 2022
A FATAL CURE
A character driven drama
A loyal PR consultant rudely awakens to reality, when mysterious deaths confront her with BigPharm’s sociopath gate keeper, who fiercely protects the secret about the new happiness pills.
A story about a psychological warfare between the protagonist’s awakening conscience and unscrupulous manipulations to silence her. A switch-back ride from admired hub to stigmatized plague. But what can bend, does not break.
The PR department prepares a campaign for a new psychopharmaceutic drug, the company’s trump card. Ground-breaking! But a colleague takes one of the pills and is in the last minute rescued from a deep coma. What is wrong?
Her long-lost flame, now an approved scientist, has the answer: a forbidden opioid, kept secret.
A judge at Roadmap Writers wrote:
A strong female character that is extremely castable. The stakes are clear, and the suspense is very well structured. The script can be a low-budget production. It plunges straight into the current Opioid crisis. With the right actresses and actors, it could be a hit.
IN DEVELOPMENT
BULLSHIT
A drama
Four rebellious officials in a remote Unit join forces with scandalized locals to make the minister admit his bullshit about drinking water
Susan is told where she gets off and mobilizes forces to hit back.
The public Unit for drinking water is moved from the Capital to bring it closer to the citizens. The new officials have their local pride and healthy common sense. Especially about pesticides threatening their drinking water. Susan, a popular lecturer at college, joins the Agency. All new officials have private relations with various stakeholders: farmers, eager to use pesticides, water work managers risking bankruptcy, and parents eager to protect their children’s health. The officials test the public system step by step to no use. The Minister’s henchman tells the managers of waterworks to leave their concerns to querulous females. Offended, they hop into a car to confront the Minister. They end up surprising him with a simple statement he cannot deny.
The first draft scored “Consider with reservations” at Coverageink. It has not been sent to competitions yet.
HANG ON
A drama
A warmhearted teacher turns math tests taken in a fifth-grade class from spreading hatred into games, creativity and friendship. She gives them their childhood back.
The draft has not been sent anywhere yet.
Three eleven-year-old girls see their long friendship spoiled by math tests. Patricia is dependent on Francesca’s secret help while Vera keeps a keen eye. The teacher finds a cheating note and starts fierce hostility among them. It culminates when the shack in Francesca’s backyard is on fire. The teacher finds out all the pupils cheat, just to hang on. The headmaster threatens her: be a better controller; the cheating problem may harm the school’s good name.
The warmhearted teacher gets the pupils to draw themselves. The result is a shock for her. Then she gets them to write a short story about doing the math tests. The low graders have given up and the high graders are only concerned about being number one. The teacher uses sweets to turn math classes and tests into a game. Friendships revitalize. The pupil’s creativity flourishes. In the next test the class collaborates and all score high grades.
