“LIMPING TOWARDS BABYLON” – 2024 Successes so far

I revised “Limping Towards Babylon.” Because, I never made a concerted effort to submit to Screenplay competitions when I first finished script, I have been sending it off – not to as many places as “Don’t Eat Paper!” but a somewhat parallel effort. (I was more concentrated on the difficult process of trying to raise money to produce and direct the film – a process that involved an enormous effort that on one level I was quite proud of (a “Limping Towards Babylon” website which I designed and populated, an excellent Look Book, accepted into Fiscal Sponsorship with the Gotham, etc.), but I was never able to raise the requisite funds. But I’ve never given up on getting it off the ground and thus why I thought maybe some screenplay competition successes would show investors it’s a worthwhile project:

– 2024 – Semi-Finalist, ScreenCraft Comedy Competition 2024

– 2024 – Semi-Finalist – 29th Annual Fade In Awards Drama Competition

– 2024 – Semi-Finalist – Dallas International Film Festival’s Screenwriting Competition


Above, a story board of the opening scene provided by Dallas International Film Festival – an excellent drawing though it’s missing one character who is in the scene

– 2024 – Semi-Finalist – Ojai Film Festival’s Screenplay Competition

– 2024 – Quarter Finalist – ScreenCraft Feature Competition 2024


– 2024 – Quarter Finalist – Final Draft – Big Break 2024

– 2024 – Official Selection – Berlin International Screenplay Festival

“Don’t Eat Paper!” and “Pray with a Bullet” 2023 Acceptances

When I initially finished “Don’t Eat Paper!” in 2023, I began to submit that comedy screenplay to competitions: major, minor and those in-between. I then started to submit my older screenplays to some of these contests simultaneously because I had never submitted to most of them. (Since 2023, I’ve done several re-drafts of paper as the current version is shorter than what I submitted in 2023… ditto, I’ve done polishes on the older scripts too.)

“DON’T EAT PAPER!”

– 2023 Semi-finalist – Final Draft’s Big Break

– 2023 Semi-finalist – Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival

– 2023 Semi-Finalist – Polish International Film Festival

– 2023 – Quarter-Finalist – Wiki World’s Fastest Screenplay Competition

– 2023 – Official Selection – Culver City Film Festival

“PRAY WITH A BULLET:

– 2023 – Quarter-Finalist – Outstanding Screenplays Feature Competition

Don’t Eat Paper! honored at two Los Angeles film festivals

On March 1, 2024 at the Chinese Theatres in Los Angeles on Hollywood Blvd, the script for “Don’t Eat Paper!” was names Best Fantasy Romance Screenplay at the Golden State Film Festival.


And earlier at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival (held at LA Live), the same screenplay was named Best Screenplay – 3rd Place.

“Limping Towards Babylon” Look Book done – Seeking Qualified Investors now

I’m just days away from being able to approach investors to fund my movie with just a few more technical tasks however the Line Producer has completed the preliminary budget, one liner and DOOD; the LLC is registered and the Look Book is done. (I know it’s the proverbial needle in a haystack, but if anyone has any “qualified investor” leads for me, PLEASE private message me.) Here’s the cover design for the Look Book, designed by Brian Grondahl brother of Jennifer Grondahl Wozniak. I think he did a fabulous job making my content sing. Look Book Cover design by Brian Grondahl

Limping Towards Babylon video for it’s successful Kickstarter (pre-production funding)