2008 IFFF Winner Best Feature Comedy Screenplay

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR   

 
SCREENWRITER: Carol Sabik-Jaffe
SYNOPSIS: Josh Brewer, a literary reject/underwear inspector, pens a romance novel that becomes a break-out success when it’s released to the public in packages of panty hose. When he refuses to reveal his identity, this creates a media frenzy. But after blowing his cover and inadvertently betraying Missy, he hits rock bottom. Realizing that success is a lonely experience without someone to share it with, he sets out to win back Missy and embrace his fame (even if it’s not exactly as he originally pictured it).

  FINALIST!
LIFE’S A MESS                         
SCREENWRITER: Heidi M.V. Sullivan
SYNOPSIS: Devastated by the sudden death of his oldest patient, Dr. Everett Langdell is thrown for another loop when he’s named executor of her estate.  Diagnosing himself with a bad case of probate, he enlists the help of Kate O’Connell, a spunky professional organizer.  His patient’s earthly possessions spark a heavenly romance –hopefully one worth keeping!

CATCHING BUBBLES
SCREENWRITER: Anthony Orkin
SYNOPSIS: When Bubbles, the cat inherits $14 million, 12-year-old Jeremy Forster is hired as her caretaker.  However, a family full of scheming relatives would like Bubbles dead, and Jeremy is saving Bubbles’ life almost daily.  All this action hurts Jeremy socially and academically, and as he finally faces death himself, Jeremy learns that all those blood-soaked video games he plays aren’t so much fun when they’re really happening to you.

DANCING MORRIS (Canada)
SCREENWRITER: W.T. Mitchell
SYNOPSIS: Shy, asthmatic Tyler wants a swimming pool for his backyard. His bawdy extended family pulls together in support of his tap dancing for the prize money in a talent contest.

JETT JAGUAR (Canada)
SCREENWRITER: Mark Sanders
SYNOPSIS: A one hit wonder rock star, unwittingly implicated in a money laundering scheme, is forced to hide out from vengeful mobsters, at a financially troubled children’s summer camp, where he must choose between saving the camp or his own hide.

PARNASSUS ON WHEELS (Christopher Morley adaptation)
SCREENWRITER: Kevin McCarthy
SYNOPSIS: To spite her writer brother, a farm woman buys a book peddler’s wagon from a pugnacious literary zealot but finds herself pestered by both her brother and the book peddler.  Charming Americana.