Amongst many strong reader feedback’s:
– Blue Cat Screenplay Awards 1st reader analysis: “Despite dealing with ghosts (and the chilly physics of the air around them), this script is full of warmth, a big-hearted and earnest read with endearing characters and a clever, original setup from the first scene. Joanie and Roy never wear out their welcome individually, but their dynamic together is fresh, compelling, and constantly changing — the writer smartly uses Roy’s neurotic transference to illuminate and twist the relationship between the two, as they shift from therapist and client to friends to near-partners to an almost mother-and-child kinship (which is healthier than the real mother-and-child relationship between Dottie and Roy). I appreciated that the script quickly inverts the predictability of Roy’s unrequited love for Joanie into a more complex journey for both of them, as he moves toward self-discovery and freedom while she moves toward commitment and purpose. The rules and details of the ghost world are fun to learn about as they unfold, but they never overwhelm the story, and the wonderful supporting character of Lyuba acts as an exceedingly funny tool for exposition as well as an emotional, bruised soul in her own right.”

– 2024 – First Prize Comedy Feature Screenplay – Film Crash (40th year)

– 2024 – Best Comedy Screenplay – Woods Hole Film Festival (32nd year)

– 2024 – Finalist – Catalina Film Festival

– 2024 – Finalist – Houston Comedy Film Festival

– 2024 – Finalist – Northeast Film Festival

– 2024 – Semi-Finalist – Table Read My Screenplay (Hollywood)

– 2024 – Best Screenplay, 3rd place – Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival

– 2024 – Best Fantasy Romance Screenplay – Golden State Film Festival (at the Chinese
Theatre in LA)

– 2024 – Semi-Finalist – Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition

– 2024 – Semi-Finalist – Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival

– 2024 – Semi-Finalist – Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival

– 2024 – Quarter Finalist – Richmond International Film Festival

– 2024 – Quarter Finalist – Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition

– 2024 – Honorable Mention, The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival / Screenplay Contest

– 2024 – Official Selection – Austin Comedy Film Festival

– 2024 – Official Selection – Portland Comedy Film Festival

– 2024 – Official Selection – San Pedro International Film Festival

– 2024 – Official Selection – Hollywood International Indie Screenplay Awards

– 2024 – Official Selection – Berlin International Screenplay Festival