SPEC SCRIPTS/ SCREENPLAYS

  • 'WHO ARE YOU, NANU?' (narrative short)

    After his grandfather's ceremonial cremation brings him to the River Ganges in India, eight year-old oddball Arjun learns the meaning of grief and what's after death when he befriends the phantom of his grandfather's adolescent self.

    • Top 1% discoverable on Coverfly

    • Finalist, WritersxWriters Competition (2023)

    • Semi-finalist, Screencraft Film Fund (2023)

    • Semi-Finalist, Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2023)

    • Second-Rounder, Screencraft Film Fund (2023)

    • Quarterfinalist, Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2023)

    • Nominee, New Media Film Festival (2023)

    • Top 1%, WeScreenplay (2023)

  • 'OUR SINS' (feature)

    A young first-gen immigrant is pushed to extreme lengths hustling for a black-market pharmaceuticals dealer in order to afford his mother's life-saving medication.

    • Finalist, Bigfoot Script Challenge (2022)

    • Finalist, Golden Script Competition (2022)

    • Semi-finalist, Big Apple Agents & Managers Lab (2022)

    • Selection & Honourable Mention, Finish Line Script Competition (2022)

    • Semi-finalist, PAGE Awards (2022)

    • Semi-finalist, Nashville Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2022)

    • Semi-finalist, Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2021)

    • Semi-finalist, Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2022)

    • Quarter-finalist, Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2022)

    • Second Rounder, ScreenCraft Film Fund Spring (2022)

    • NFFTY Pitch Finalist (2022)

    • Quarter-finalist, Filmmatic - Pitch Now Screenplay Competition Season 4

    • Quarter-finalist, Los Angeles Int’l Screenplay Awards (2021)

    • Quarter-finalist, Filmmatic Inroads Fellowship Season 5

  • MARTINA (narrative short)

    Before the beginning of what her dad hopes to be a better life away from her abuse, addict mother, eight-year old Martina embarks on one final journey to discover the raw worth of goodbyes. She closes the door on her broken home and charges into her bare-boned town, secretly crawling with life, with only a green glass bottle and the words of her father in her mind.

    • Quarter-finalist & official selection, Hollyshorts Screenplay Competition (2020)

    • Nominee, Los Angeles Int’l Screenplay Awards (2019)

    • Semi-finalist, Big Apple Screenplay Competition (2019)

    • Semi-finalist, Bahamas Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2019)