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TRACES OF EDEN
Screenwriter: Barbara West
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure/Faith
WINNER: 2024 New York Script Awards: Best Sci-Fi Script
FINALIST: Kairos Screenwriting Competition
Log Line:
A restless treasure hunter journeys to an uncharted, mystical isle in search of a legendary trove, but a devastating shipwreck claims his son and crew--catapulting him to a hidden world reminiscent of the primordial Garden of Eden where wonders and secrets challenge everything he believes about loss, destiny, and the divine.
EDGE OF THE RAINBOW
Screenwriter: Barbara West
Director: Douglas Scott Hessler
Genre: Family/Mystery/Drama/YA
WINNER: 2024 Berlin International Screenwriting Festival
FINALIST: Santa Barbara International Film Festival and U.K. Cambridge Script Festival; 2025
LOG LINE:
A forgotten note, found seven decades later, spurs two teens to help a man grappling with an unknown past uncover his tangled origins as a lost child of the Holocaust.
SOMEWHERE HEAVENWARD
Screenwriter: Barbara West
Genre: Family/Mystery/Drama/YA
LOG LINE:
After two siblings are uprooted to a run-down old farm with a new stepdad in the middle of nowhere, all they want is a way out--until they uncover a mysterious treasure in a forgotten field, turning their unwanted detour into an adventure that just might change everything.
A STAR IN THE EAST
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Screenwriter: Barbara West
Genre: Drama/Faith/Music/Christmas
Log Line:
An unconventional pastor, given the impossible task of reviving an aging, dwindling congregation brings in a praise band and as he fights to keep the peace the discord intensifies and he loses his job, but uses the setback to kickstart a music ministry that shakes up the skeptics and turns resisters into believers.
DIAMOND DEBRIS
Screenwriter: Barbara West
Genre: Mystery/Drama
LOG LINE:
A secret buried decades ago, in a beach town long forgotten, unwittingly changes the past and future for a disillusioned young man and an inquisitive orphan girl whose paths converge in an emotional collision that alters both of their destinies.
COAL DUST DREAMS
Screenwriter: Barbara West
Genre: Mystery/Music/Drama-Thriller
WINNER: 2024 Best Feature Script: Venice Int'l Film Festival
FINALIST: 2025 Your Script Produced! Int'l Screenwriting Competition; 4th Edition
LOG LINE:
A young man, drawn into a deadly Appalachian feud, disappears into the wilderness and is forced into an alliance with a tough runaway who knows the backwoods better than anyone, but as boundaries blur, buried histories surface, and danger closes in, every choice is a gamble--and the brutal code of the hills will decide whether they escape the mountain's grip or vanish inside it forever.
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TECH REBELS
Screenwriter: Barbara West
Genre: Comedy/Drama/YA
LOG LINE:
After hacking the school’s security system and turning their teachers into viral stars, three student filmmakers trigger a teacher-versus-student showdown that threatens to destroy the school--or make legends of them all.
