Praxis Announces Fall 2007 Winners
The Praxis Centre for Screenwriters has announced the following writers and projects for their Fall 2007 Workshops:
The six finalists:
Truck Stop by Bonnie Fairweather, Toronto, ON
Chivalry by Rudy Thauberger, Vancouver, BC
Monument Valley by Andrew Hunt, Waterloo, ON
Daisy Baby by Elaine Littmann, Vancouver, BC
The Dark Angel by Deborah Chow, Mississauga, ON
Struck by Lynne Kamm, Toronto, ON
The following projects made the jury's shortlist:
Hammer Horror by David Geary,, Victoria, BC
Spare Change by Sara Mitchell, Vancouver, BC
Search and Rescue by Hal Haberman (Cdn), Los Angeles, USA
Native Sons by Simon Bradbury and Brent Stait, Vancouver, BC
Local Boys by Maureen Larkin, Toronto, ON
The jury also had an honorable mention listing for the following screenplays:
Jonathan and David by Barton E. Braun, Vancouver, BC
Desert Man by Kevin McDonough, Vancouver, BC
Christmas is for Cats by Sonja Bennett, Vancouver, BC
Beverly Hills Burka by Tarique Qayumi, Vancouver, BC
Updated: 01/06/2008
Additional Contest Info:
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Xanadu Shores: Proof of Concept (PoC)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
The Coyote
When a Native American scholar and a graduate student unearth a mysterious tomb, they find it contains a Navajo god and soon find themselves embroiled in a cosmic battle between good and evil with the fate of humanity at stake.
The Umpire Has No Balls
A fiery young woman who has baseball running through her blood and can call the game better than anyone starts her journey through the umpire ranks to achieve her one goal in life – becoming a major league baseball umpire.
All That Glitters (excerpt) From The Novel: Xanadu Shores
The Xanadu Team in their second outing become pawns in a complicated gem heist, involving a beautiful Russian woman and her nefarious employer after a boat of stolen jewelry explodes.
Screenplay Adaptation (excerpt) From The Novel: Xanadu Shores
Two ex-pilots become embroiled in a kidnapping and gold heist, after an employer's scheme escalates from theft to kidnapping.
PITTSBURGH PHIL
Biopic of Harry Strauss, a.k.a.
IT'S A POPCORN WORLD
An inventor strives to pop the world like popcorn, to save his home from being stolen by government eminent domain, if his dance-clubbing hunchback lawyer can keep him out of jail.
Marilyn
The ghost of a young woman falls in love with the man living in her old apartment and must try to protect him from his murderous, adulterous wife.
The Storm
A small-town sheriff dealing with personal problems investigates the murder and kidnapping of several girls where there’s no lack of suspects.