2024 Best Pitch
Logline: The body is a museum for memories. I am the Smithsonian. An epic bildungsroman, "Who Has Known Heights" relentlessly explores the unabating torment and repercussions of being born in the wrong body 'long before' identifying as something “other” became a trend. Memoir disguised as fiction.
Inspired by a true story, an elderly woman recounts the tales of her ancestors from the glittering age of the Romanovs through today, and how their struggles, sacrifices, and perseverance has impacted her decision whether or not to have an operation to save her life.
When a severe drought makes potable water expensive, a powerful drug lord decides it's more profitable to sell water. He tries to manipulate the U.S. water supply and take over the White House, but the Secretary of Homeland Security races to stop him by any means necessary.
A mailman's life changes forever when he uncovers a conspiracy and cover up of a genocide during a mysterious flu epidemic in the United States. He is about to blow the whistle, but becomes the target of his own assassination attempt to keep him quiet.
Inspired by a true story, RACHEL STEIN teaches a valuable life lesson about adversity she hopes will make a difference in her students' lives. She relates the tales of her ancestors' struggles and sacrifices, and how they overcame adversity from the glittering age of the Romanovs through today.
After falling out of the sky- quite literally- with an airplane, Amber goes though life simply surviving from week to week. Her traumatic experience keeps on haunting her day and night, but mostly at night, and it seems there's no way out. If life is only a torture, why keep on going?
Based on a true story, a high school bully who continually harasses his teacher learns a lesson the hard way in this short heartwarming drama.
Three teenage boarding school students are thrown into an epic quest spanning two worlds. The year is 1939 and they will find themselves facing evil magic users, diabolical traps, suspicious gangsters, and power-hungry Nazis!
When a solar flare plunges the world into chaos and tears apart her family, retired teacher Laurie navigates a fractured America on foot, braving weakened magnetic fields and societal collapse, desperate to reach her sons - one clinging to safety in Africa, the other lost in the urban sprawl of a...
An inspirational tale of friends pulled apart by war based on the true story of an African serviceman who became a prisoner of war to the Japanese but was returned to the woman he loved before America bombed Tokyo in WWII.
In this dystopian sci-fi thriller, humanity will soon end. The Alien leader from the planet Gilese offers humans a chance to survive, but at a price.
A brother and sister discover that one of their parents is a serial killer. They team up with their other parent to bring the murderer to justice in this comedy/horror mash-up.
After the Feds unexpectedly knocked on the door looking for my father, my mental health took a dive. After an invasive investigation later, he pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges and was sentenced to a stint in federal prison. Moving away, I stumbled upon an unexpected saving grace in an eclectic...
A tragic love story of a socialite’s extramarital affair and heart-rendering romance with a dashing local farmer set in post-World War I Switzerland, comparable to Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
Seraphina must choose the lesser of two evils—the ghosts that haunt her or the murderer who hunts her. Born with a rare ability—or curse, Seraphina can see and hear the dead. During the early days of the London Blitz, she is confronted with hundreds of lost souls wandering the streets. As the war...
A series of gruesome murders leads a Detective to discover a centuries-old "Curse of the Werewolf Clan," uncovering a nationwide plot to create legions of the creatures.
In 1975, Montgomery, Alabama, veterinarian Paul Hartley and his partner thought they could avoid homophobia by moving to a small town, but the town gossip lady has other ideas in this heartwarming LGBTQ dramedy.
When devoted family man Max is mistaken for a high-class mature escort, he reluctantly enters a secret life of wealth and privilege to pay off his debts. Set in the contrasting world of excess and luxury against the reality of suburban life, Escorted explores how far Max will go to save his family.
A good man breaks away from an unholy group of desperados only to find himself defending an entire town from the undead monsters that he helped unleash.
When teenage Lucy visits an old Victorian house by the sea, her 1980's life becomes entwined with one form the 1890s. As things unfold she becomes determined to discover the purpose of the dreams now haunting her.
In this limited series adaptation of HAMLET, a young US soldier returning home from World War II to attend his murdered father’s funeral in the rural south discovers that not only has his uncle usurped his father’s seat on the Senate, but that he may have played a part in the murder itself.
After a beloved butcher is found brutally murdered after the village Hog Roast, a trainee detective completely out of his depth and his equally incompetent assistant must be the ones to help the villagers of Lower Strangling and find the killer before they strike again.
A farmer, suffering from PTSD over the tragic loss of his son, succumbs to his illness and brings nationwide attention to himself, and his small town, through a series of horrific events.
Poland 1939, three men have a chance to hit back at the invading Nazis by stealing their prized Enigma Machine and delivering it to the Allies. Even with help from loyal patriots to get Out of Poland, they struggle to outrun the German General obsessed with the return of “Baby”.
On the Rocks chronicles the real-life journey of restaurateur Joseph Costanzo Jr., from his rise to success as the owner of the highly acclaimed Primadonna Restaurant, radio host, columnist, and aspiring politician to his sharp fall ending with a stint in federal prison.