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THE BOY MADUKAThe boy willis maduka was destined to live. By divine providence,protection and preservation , he survived the sharp, strong and devoring teeth of the wild beast in the forest of bende, to which he wanted |
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THE TASTE OF FORBIDDEN LOVELOGLINE: Logline: When Lee returns home to his family in France from America, he begins a secret and passionate affair with his brother's wife; a relationship that spirals into murder, blackmail, and madness, pushing the family to the edge of psychological collapse. |
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If I Can't Have youAfter discovering her ex has moved on, a spiraling young woman stalks his new relationship, escalating from online harassment to a violent home invasion forcing her ex to fight for survival as her obsession turns deadly. |
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THE BOY WHO CARRIED TIME ON HIS BACKTHE BOY WHO CARRIED TIME ON HIS BACK is not a story about saving the world. It’s about returning what was never ours to keep. From childhood, the boy walks—never running, never stopping—his spine bent under an invisible burden: the grief of widows, the unslept nights of mothers, the frozen seconds before goodbyes. He doesn’t speak. He doesn’t weep. He carries. Villages whisper his name. Children leave offerings of river stones. Elders bow as he passes, knowing he holds the debt of their survival. But one evening, beneath a sky heavy with stars, he kneels. The weight cracks his ribs. And as he whispers, “It’s written,” the time flows back—not to clocks, but to hearts. Somewhere, a woman sleeps without nightmares. Somewhere, a man laughs without guilt. Because the boy gave back what he was never meant to hold. A film for those who believe cinema can heal the soul. |
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6:15Two strangers haunted by the same recurring dream of lost love race to meet at exactly 6:15 on a fateful street or one soul falls to tragedy forever. |
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THE CALL CENTERLocusts invade the building, the adherence schedules are off kilter, and one of the night managers is watching TV and preaching the word. Meet the staff of the Call Center where "the prisoners run the prison". But it's just a cup of coffee, for the merry go round of Managers in this wacky environment |
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THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINEA disgruntled Manager at the Unemployment office is having a really bad day. First there's the dirty Geese, then the slobs in the parking lot...and to top it off? One of his employee's is feeding them! It's a comedy expressso. A bold blend of "The Office and Seinfield with a shot of "How I met Your Mother." |
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White CatA lonely woman, attacked by a feral cat she tried to befriend, finds her way back to a lost love. Adapted from short story published in Thoughtful Dog Magazine https://www.thoughtfuldogmag.com/white-cat/ |
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Angie Gets a JobIn 1968, a rebellious young girl leaves home and finds a job in an Oakland typing pool, where she struggles against life's temptations, with uneven success. Adapted from short story published in Crack the Spine Literary Magazine https://pub.lucidpress.com/crackthespine227/#-nUzgKu47Il. |
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Jack's HeadTeenage Bonnie was a mantrap -— envied, respected, and hated like poison. Adapted from short story published in Parhelion Magazine https://parhelionliterary.com/linda-boroff/ |
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Dinner at the Bigelows'Teen girl from a poor family is hired to babysit the children of a wealthy Hollywood studio executive and is drawn into a world of forbidden love. (Published in Nikki Finke's fiction site "Hollywood Dementia) http://www.storyglossia.com/seven/lb_dinner.html |
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DoctorsIn 1969, Berkeley freshman Katie, 17, takes a part-time job at a doctor's office and learns about life, love --- and the end of both. |
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The Hundred Thousand Dollar SuitA father and son running an unprofitable tile store let a shirttail relative talk them into investing in his scam. Based on my published short story. https://adelaidemagazine.org/2017/06/17/the-hundred-thousand-dollar-suit-by-linda-boroff/ |
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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 gorgeous 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.
Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
Nina and Flossie
Three European sisters, in their 70's, scheme to dump a dead body that the eldest shot in the middle of the night as a result of a break-in.
Wounds of Love and Conspiracy
After an accident cripples the woman he loves, a guilt-ridden, obsessive man takes on America's scars as his own, risking everything to change the course of history and earn the love she freely gives.
Henry, Henry
A deadly act of violence he committed twenty years ago fractured Henry into two personalities — one driven by guilt and confession, the other by denial and survival; the audience is aware of the division, while other characters see only one eccentric person struggling to keep the future from repeating the past.
