by: Mac Maclamore
Film Independent has officially announced their top 10 picks for their 2013 Screenwriters Lab which will be mentored by Robin Swicord (Memoirs of a Geisha) and Jeff Stockwell (Bridge to Terabithia).
The top 10 picks for the latest batch of fellows will include:
Andrew Ahn | SPA NIGHT
Struggling to escape his crumbling family life, a closeted Korean-American teenager follows his desires and finds more than he bargains for at the Korean spa.
Dana Turken | LOVE ON THE TUNDRA
Seemingly together, type-A Emily becomes obsessed with trying to “save” mentally ill Jacob, but in the process of helping him get better, begins to psychologically unravel herself.
Edi Ibok | TRAUMA
A veteran discharged after a spontaneous act of violence struggles to reorient himself to home town life and must face emotional scars resulting from a sexual assault he experienced in the military.
Elliot Williams | THE MURCH
An extremely smart boy from the Midwest moves to the projects of North Carolina and learns that there is a high price for trying to fit in.
Fred Thomas Jr. | BROAD STREET DINER
Three elderly male friends who meet daily at a neighborhood diner, find that 70 is the new 40 as they deal with friendship, new love, sickness and fatherhood, making it hard for them to retire from “Life.”
Iram Parveen Bilal | FORBIDDEN STEPS
A Muslim daughter struggles with the divisions between her passion for dancing and the will of her family.
Natalija Vekic | JANE
After her sister’s fatal back alley abortion, Teresa, a bright, but naive 1960’s college student, joins “Jane,” an underground group who break the law and risk their lives to help women find access to safe abortions.
Shripriya Mahesh | VARENYA
Varenya, a South Indian Hindu priest, accepts a young apprentice and is forced to question the doctrines of his religion.
Tarik Karam | JAMIE AND JACKIE
Jamie and Jackie is the story of a small time thief who lives the life of a ghost until the day he’s invited to play a strange game with a woman he meets at a hotel.
Thymaya Payne | SUGAR
When a seasoned war correspondent is executed in a fancy Nairobi suburb, his 29 year-old lover is forced to confront corrupt politicians, Somali extremists and her own demons, in order to expose the conspiracy behind his death.
