My poignant short script, Waking Amelia, regarding suicide, placed as a quarter finalist in The Southern California Short Screenplay Competition.
Logline: A grieving millennial attends his former lover’s wake, where her parents laud their daughter for sacrificing her life to provide organs to others, when he knows she didn’t.
The story deals with relationships in the aftermath of a suicide. It reveals how family, friends, and lovers respond to such an event, and how emotions can be expressed in solemn, explosive and evasive manner.
I haven’t submitted the script to many contests, due to its sensitive nature.
So I’m glad it was as well received as in this contest.
If you, or anyone you know, has suicidal thoughts ~ especially around the holiday seasons ~ don’t suffer alone. Seek help Talk to someone. You can call the Suicide Hotline by dialing 988, or by dialing their full number at 1-800-273-8255.
Your call is ANONYMOUS,.
You’re not alone. Help is just a 3-digit call away.
