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The Benefactor!

A young business woman attracts the wrath of bankers when she makes interest-free loans to farmers, in her attempts to stem murder/suicides on the land.

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Written by:
Patricia Poulos
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Format:
Screenplay
Genres:
Drama Thriller Biography
Budget:
Modest
Starring Roles For:
Angelina Jolie
Sam Neill
Matt Damon
In the Vein Of:
Unique based on a True Story
Film Noir.
inspired by true events
Posted:
05/04/2018
Updated:
11/29/2024
Author Bio:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5673147 https://www.moviebytes.com https://www.filmfreeway.com https://www.stage32.com/Profiler Screenwriter: seven (7) Award-winning Feature Scripts and two (2) Short Screenplays Author: four (4) non-fiction books - Amazon "Best Seller" 'Elders and The Real Story' - 2020 Poet: AllPoetry - 4 poems - Wildsound - Top 100 Publisher/ 'Profiler' Magazine - distributed nationally and throughout New Zealand through newsagencies by Editor: the Packer network (NSC) and Gordon & Gotch Producer: R J to Mars - animated Christian Children's film

Screenwriting Awards: 2024 - Melbourne Live Indi Film Awards - 'Doors of Miracles' - Award Winner - 2024 - Melbourne Live Indi Film Awards - 'And The Devil called!' - Award Winner - 2023 - Close International Film Awards - 'Doors of Miracles' - Award Winner - 2023 - Close International Film Awards -'And The Devil called!' - Award Winner -2022 - Athens International Monthly Art 2022 - Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival - 'And The Devil called!' - Honourable Mention - 2022 - International Symbolic Art Film Festival (ISAFF) - 'And the Devil called!' - Winner - 2022 - Halo International Film Festival - 'Doors of Miracles' - Winner - 2022 - Halo International Film Festival - 'The Benefactor!!' - Winner 2022 - Bridge Fest International Film Festival - 'And The Devil called!' - Winner- 2022 - Amsterdam International Film Festival - 'And The Devil called!' - Winner- 2022 - BEYOND: The Film Festival - 'And The Devil called!' - Winner - 2022 - Santa Barbara International Screenwriting Awards - 'Murder in Emergency!' - Quarter Finalist - 2022 - Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards 'meet The Devil!!' - Quarter Finalist 2022 - European Film Festival (Mainstream & Underground) - Finalist - 'And The Devil called!' 2022 - Moviebytes 'Top 10' - 'And The Devil called!' 2022 - Moviebytes 'Top 10' - 'Doors of Miracles' 2021 - Moviebytes 'Top 10' - 'Untouchable', 2021 - Oaxaca International Film Festival 11 - "And The Devil called!" - Finalist - 2020 - Moviebytes 'Top 10' - Six (6) in the Top 10 of their genre 2019 - Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival - 'The Benefactor!' - Winner - 2019 - L.

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Contest Results:
Hollywood Moving Pictures (First Place, Winner Best Screenplay Feature 2019) [2020]
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