LIVIFF2024 screenplay finalists

BREASTS

USA

Noah Blakes

A lost husband in her early 20’s battles his demons as his wife is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

THE JUMP

ARGENTINA

Gabriela Ardiles

A stunt woman has one last stunt before she retires. One skyscraper and two children stand in her physical and metaphysical way.

ARNDALE

UNITED KINGDOM

Johnathan O Leary

Based on a true story. A shopping centre in Manchester City centre is the centre piece of a fictional narrative based on the infamous IRA bombing of June 1996.

LIviff2023 Screenplay Finalists

Super Fan 

Brazil

Leo Ladour

Based on the true story of Tiago Rech who went from a Brazilian football teams only fan in 2012 to becoming its club president in 2020, leading them to the clubs first ever winning success in its 107 year history.

Lovers *Winner

France

Jerome Canet

A tragic and compelling story of a love affair between a married Parisian woman and a Senegalese refugee, that retraces a conflicted relationship over a jigsawed time frame that spans over 20 years.

No Fools Allowed

USA

Justine Burrows

An NFL superstar’s wife runs away from her lavish and mundane lifestyle. In her search for freedom and her true self, she sets out on a treacherous journey across the open roads of the America’s in a comedy drama that nods to both Thelma & Louise and Shirley valentine.

LIVIFF2022 Un-commissioned screenplay finalists

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Retreating

United Kingdom

Daniel Galway

 Five couples, one retreat, one connection and one shared secret. A British farce that explores the complexity of relationships and the burden of human connections and hidden secrets.

Horse

Germany

Michael Muller

 A wealthy show jumping protégé, is held hostage after an international event takes an unexpected turn for the worst. Moralistic tale of greed and circumstance.

The Hotel Receptionist

USA

Gail Windles

 The story of a hotel receptionist and accidental killer, based around the real-life events that led up to soul singer Sam Cooke’s, tragic death.