GVSU International Short Screenplay Competition Winner Announced
The winning script of the 10th Annual GVSU International Short
Screenplay Competition is "A Moment of Grace" by Samantha Humphrey of
Los Angeles. The story is about an American doctor who risks her life
to save a premature baby born at the height of the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict.
A Southern California native, Samantha Humphrey graduated with a B.A. in
Political Science from UCLA. After UCLA, Humphrey entered Second City's
Los Angeles Writers Program. At Second City, she concentrated on
sitcoms, sketch comedy and wrote political satire songs and sketches for
the HBO Workspace and the Second City Conservatory shows. This past
year, Humphrey wrote two feature length comedies and several episodic
specs for television. Most recently, Humphrey was chosen as a 2004 ABC
Writing Fellow for Episodic Television.
A Moment Of Grace is a very personal project for Humphrey. While
working for Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation, the Los Angeles Jewish
Federation and the Pacific Council on International Policy, Humphrey
found herself immersed in not only the politics but also the personal
loss resulting from the Israeli/Palestinian crisis.
A Moment of Grace is a fictional amalgam of the real stories of
heartache, hatred and forgiveness that that she heard.
Updated: 01/29/2004
Additional Contest Info:
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When a 12-year-old boy and his friends discover buried mob money in their backyard, their secret spending spree turns into a chaotic adventure involving ex-cons, revenge, and a lesson about what wealth is really worth.
ALTA CALIFORNIA
A young mixed blood, determined to avenge his mother’s brutal death, is thrust into a battle of survival and identity as he navigates through the oppressive and inhumane colonizers of California's “Mission Era.
THE MONGREL, pilot for THE COMING MORROW series
A virus is decimating the male population making most impotent.
Waiting for the Apocalyse
When the father of a young man he once sentenced kidnaps his lover, a respected judge must decide whether to pay a $2 million ransom — and confront the human cost of the justice system he’s always trusted.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an ***AI Bot*** to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of ***Fake***.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their bizarre neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class science project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other pathetic souls) after their third offense.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
