A Selection form THE LOST TREASURE OF THE MAYANS to be read at the Beaufort International Film Festival (2025)

THE LOST TREASURE OF THE MAYANS – just a fun Indiana Jones-esque romp. The Beaufort Film Festival (in South Carolina) has it as one of the 5 Official Selections. The unusual thing about this festival is that they present 5 or so pages as a public reading with local actors. (Unfortunately I can’t be there, but it’s a very cool thing, happening at 5 pm EST tomorrow Feb. 20, 2025 – free admission – https://www.beaufortfilmfestival.com/schedule-of-events ).

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“DON’T EAT PAPER!” a Finalist at VisionFest, NYC

My comedy script “Don’t Eat Paper!” is one of 10 Finalists at VisionFest in NYC.

Short Synopsis: Roy is obnoxiously in love with his therapist, Joanie, whose attempt to “fire” her client unintentionally leads to his death, but Roy’s ghost expects to maintain their “relationship”; however, a wild road-trip with Roy leads Joanie to discover her true mission in life.

After all, sometimes dying is the best therapy!

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Julius Galacki at a Screenwriters Presentation for “Don’t Eat Oat the San Pedro International Film Festival

Logline:
I drove down to San Pedro for the final night of the San Pedro International Film Festival (for those outside LA, it’s the port for Los Angeles right next to Long Beach, but is only connected to the rest of LA by a narrow corridor so that it feels very much like a different city). The San Pedro downtown can be desolate in some areas but there’s an arts / restaurant revitalization in a few blocks, which is where Collage: a Place for Art and Culture is located and the place for the closing night party and awards.

“Don’t Eat Paper!” remained only a nominee but I did take part in a presentation with the winning screenwriter about our respective screenplays. An unexpected lively Q&A followed where I was asked quite a few questions and even asked for advice for the beginning screenwriter. (I actually could give her some practical advice as I’ve been doing this a while, but it was the first time I’ve ever been asked that question.) I also got to drink some Croatian wine (a sponsor of the festival)… haven’t had Croatian wine since 1987 when I took a vacation there.

Next to Collage was a beautiful Art Deco former Montgomery Ward department store from 1930, which has been put to re-use.

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“Don’t Eat Paper!” script reviewed in a YouTube podcast

So, this was a surprise to me: a YouTube podcast reviewing my script, “Don’t Eat Paper!”. The Portland Comedy Film Festival just put this out yesterday. What’s cool is that the other reviews are for some of the films that will be shown at the festival but so far, I’m the only script that’s gotten talked about on the channel. (Click on the picture)

Portland Comedy Film Festival YouTube podcast link

(It’s 99% percent positive but the one negative is actually moot now. They got an earlier version of the script so the current version is 7 pages shorter which should address any questions of pace.)

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