Dianne's Screenplay Award Nominations
International Christian Film & Music Festival 2019 Best Screenplay nomination and Official Selection:
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Dianne's short film "Thoughts & Prayers" was one of eight nominated for Best Screenplay, and...
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Dianne's feature length screenplay, "Hidden Treasures," was an Official Selection in the screenplay competition at the International Christian Film Festival in Orlando, Florida, May 1 - 4, 2019.
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National Screenwriters Day Screenplay Competition:
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January 5, 2018: "Jenna's Light" is a Quarterfinalist
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Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays:
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January 2017: "Jenna's Light" (revised) is, again, a Semifinalist
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Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays:
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January 2015: "Jenna's Light" is a TOP TEN Finalist!
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Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays:
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January 2013: "Daemon" is a Semifinalist
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168 Film Project's "Write of Passage":
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October 2010: "A Cowboy's Faith" short screenplay is one of eleven Finalists
Dianne's Screenplays
Hidden Treasures
Feature Film
Genre: A faith-friendly family drama
Logline: A homeless woman hiding from a criminal organization promises God if he gives her the winning lottery numbers she’ll use the money however he wants. When she wins one of the largest jackpots in history, she must learn how to walk with God in order to keep her promise.
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AWARDS:
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​"Official Selection" of the International Christian Film & Music Festival, March 2019
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TV Pilot and Series Proposal: Hidden Treasures
TV Pilot and Series Bible
Genre: A fun and humrous family drama in the vein of "Touched by an Angel"
Logline: A homeless woman hiding from a criminal organization promises God if he gives her the winning lottery numbers she’ll use the money however he wants. When she wins one of the largest jackpots in history, she must learn how to walk with God in order to keep her promise.
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Jenna's Light
Feature Film
Genre: A faith-friendly family drama
Logline: A young adult daughter must learn the transforming power of forgiveness when she returns home to care for her abusive mother who is dying.
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AWARDS:
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Quarterfinalist in the National Screenwriter's Day Screenplay Competition, January 5, 2018
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Semi-finalist in The Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays, January 2017
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Top ten Finalist in The Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays, January 2015
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IN THE NEWS:
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The Letter Box
Feature Film
Genre: A romance in the vein of Hallmark movies.
Logline: A widower puts off love when he and his children begin to mysteriously receive letters from his wife/their mom who has been dead for twelve years.
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The Lake County High School Winter Holiday Concert
Feature Film
Genre: A faith-based young-adult / family drama (with teenagers!)
Logline: A shy high school geek earns the honor of Student Guest Conductor for his school's annual Christmas concert and innocently chooses to conduct the band and choir in performing traditional Christmas carols igniting a national controversy.
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Daemon
Feature Film
Genre: A Biblical drama
Logline: The story of Jesus told from the point of view of a demon: A mid-level demon discovers the birth of God’s Son and shadows Jesus throughout His life working to create an opportune time to defeat Him for all eternity.
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AWARDS: Semifinalist in The Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays, January 2013
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A Cowboy's Faith
Short Film
Genre: Short film drama, inspired by a true story.
Logline: A post-abortion story from a man's point of view.
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AWARDS: Finalist in the 168 Film Project's "Write of Passage" speed-writing short screenplay competition, October 2010
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TV Pilot and Series Proposal: Rain
TV Pilot and Series Bible
Genre: A young adult fantasy
Logline: An orphaned slave girl in an embattled medievalist/dystopian, drought-stricken kingdom at war with dark forces embarks on a journey to learn her identity and discovers she may possess the legendary power to restore the ancient faith that is dying in the kingdom.
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