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For creatives who would like to be involved in future showcases, we are accepting loglines, headshots and resumes from writers, actors/actresses and directors.

ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Kia T. Barbee

Kia T. Barbee (she/her) Born and raised in New York City, she has been writing stories since the age of five. She enjoys creating flawed character driven inclusive stories exploring acceptance of self with sometimes non-pc humor. Her latest story Roommates (a play) was nominated for the 2023 Susan Smith Blackburn Award.

As a creative producer and freelance script and development consultant, she has worked with award winning screenwriters and filmmakers to strengthen story structure, character development and dialogue.

Her current goal is to continue to create IP based content for film, television and theatre, in addition to highlighting and mentoring other underrepresented writers via ScriptRead.

Kia is a member of the WGAE and Dramatist Guild.

Advisor

Deborah Goodwin

Deborah is a writer-director - producer whose work in film and television began as a Development Executive for Sanford-Pillsbury Productions (Desperately Seeking Susan, River's Edge, How to Make an American Quilt). Deborah's Urbanworld Film Festival, Best Screenplay win for her darkly provocative family drama Cherry's launched her filmmaking path. She has written for Emmy-winning and Independent Spirit Award nominated Producers, and for shows like the cult favorite horror anthology series "Tales from The Cryptkeeper." She is a Film Independent and IFP lab fellow, best known for her daylight horror fable Vampires in Venice, and her action-drama, The Pastor. Deborah is a Sundance Collab advisor and screenwriting professor at Brooklyn College, and newly minted co-creator, writer of the noir-crime-thriller series "Hot Freeze" with Canadian Producers, Nomadic (Van Helsing, Hell on Wheels, Fargo).

Visit Deborah's website