Quarter-Finalists

Congrats to Heidi Hornbacher and Lis Fies for placing in Fade In's feature screenplay contest!

Accomplishments

Feedback LA members have been aggressively pursuing their writing careers; the following is a current status list for projects that we've workshopped at our meetings and/or Reading Series.

ADELITAS by Sarah Vaill
2007 Finalist, Latino Screenwriting Competition
2006 1st Runner-Up, AAA Screenplay Contest (Creative Screenwriting)
2006 Finalist, La Femme Film Festival Screenplay Competition
2006 Semi-finalist, Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting
2006 Semi-finalist, Slamdance Screenplay Competition
2006 Quarterfinalist, Screenwriting Expo Competition
2006 Quarterfinalist, Writers on the Storm Screenplay Contest

PISTOLERAS by Lis Fies
2006 In pre-Production.
Also, graphic novel adaptation in development.

DEAD RONNIE by Courtney Lamb
2006 Short Film making the festival rounds. See the website for upcoming screenings. Feature script in development.

FIXING EMMA by Heidi Hornbacher
2006 Top 25%, AAA Screenplay Contest

THE NEWS GIRL by Anna Siri
2005 UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting - Winner
2006 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Contest - 2nd Round

BEHIND THE GLASS by Sharri Hefner and Carrir Hadaller
2006 Top 10%, Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting

COSMIC CORN by Sharri Hefner
2006 American Zoetrope - Quarterfinalist

DOT'S TANGO by Sharri Hefner & Anna Siri
2006 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Contest – 2nd Round

Photos from sixth reading: FIXING EMMA

Our sixth reading was June 28th, 2006 at the Sacred Fools Theatre in Hollywood. The reading was following by a Q&A session, which allowed writer Heidi Hornbacher to hear immediate audience feedback to help in future drafts of the script.

Thanks to those who came to see it and participated in the Q&A, and to the actors!

The script was FIXING EMMA, by Heidi Hornbacher.

Writer Heidi Hornbacher preps some of the readers.

More of the Fixing Emma readers.

Reading Series June 28th, 2006: FIXING EMMA by Heidi Hornbacher

You are cordially invited to a reading of
FIXING EMMA
by Heidi Hornbacher

Emma, a creative blacksheep, wants to matter to her family’s restaurant business but she seems to mess up every chance she gets. With the family’s “magic ingredient” olive oil almost gone and the Italian producer mysteriously refusing to sell them more, Emma’s stressed out sister, Caitlin, bans her from the restaurant. The only way Emma won’t be branded a loser forever is to race to Italy to get the oil and prove herself to her family, winning the heart of an impossible Italian along the way. There’s only one problem: Emma doesn’t know the first thing about olive oil…or love.



French Kiss meets In Her Shoes, Fixing Emma is a story about finding your strengths, facing your fears and building family.

The Sacred Fools Theater www.sacredfools.org
660 N. Heliotrope (just south of Melrose), Hollywood 90004 Between Vermont and Normandie
++ Parking FREE in lot next to the building ++

Heidi Hornbacher is a graduate of the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting, a former teacher of Italian and current lover of all things Italy. Her genre is comedy. Fixing Emma is Heidi's 6th script.