SAMIR
Feature film. Funded & distributed by WB Studios
A young American of Middle Eastern descent is framed by his coworkers in the wake of the September 11 attacks and sent to Guantanamo Bay. Thirteen years later, he returns to Los Angeles under a false identity to exact revenge.
Co writer: Adva Reichman
Producers: Miriam Arghandiwal, David Liu
Cinematographer: Ante Cheng
Cast: Iman Nazemzadeh, Sprague Grayden, Michelle Lukes, Mary Apick, Peter Greene, Jeremy Glazer & Kelvin Han Yee
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Heartland Film Festival
Newport Beach Film Festival
Cinequest Film Festival
JERUSALEM ‘67
Feature - Currently in post
The intertwining journeys of a young civilian woman who leaves her family to serve her country during the Six Day War, a man grappling with his aversion to war as he's forced to fight within sight of his home, and a group of unprepared paratroopers thrust into a battle they never trained for upon being dispatched to the besieged city.
Co writer: Adva Reichman
Director: Oded Raz
Production Company: Joe Schick Prod / Artza Productions
Cast: Yael Groblas (Jane the virgin), Itzik Cohen (Fauda), Guy Adler (Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan), Boaz Konforty (Fauda), Daniel Gad (Shababnikim), Dor Harari (Line in the Sand), Gal Amitai (Palmach), Diane Neal (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit).
Funded by Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, Maimonides Fund & private equity financing from the U.S.
Project Fog
Feature. 114 pages.
When war breaks between Israel and Gaza, an Israeli soldier gets kidnapped through the underground tunnels of Gaza. Ahmed, an undercover Israeli agent who infiltrated Hamas and has been living in Gaza for the last 18 years, is operated to locate the soldier. Astonished, he finds out his 16 year old son is one of the kidnappers and is now forced to choose between his son and his country, while trying to keep his identity a secret.
Semi Finalist - Academy Nicholl Fellowship - 2020
Winner - Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, International Screenplay - 2020
2nd Round - Sundance Developing Track - 2020
Finalist - ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship - 2021
Finalist - ScreenCraft Drama Competition - 2020
Finalist - Atlanta Film Festival - 2020
TOP 1% of overall screenplays on the RED LIST
Semi Finalist - Cinequest Screenplay Competition - 2021
Semi Finalist - Women in Film + Black List Feature Residency - 2019
Semi Finalist - Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition - 2021
Winner - California Women’s Film Festival - 2019
Finalist - La Femme Film Festival - 2020
#YouToo
Short script - Sci-Fi - 22 pages
After being date raped, Emma decides to form a super hero group to retaliate.
Second Round - Austin Film Festival - 2021
Semifinalist - Scriptation Showcase - 2021
Quarterfinalist - Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition - 2023
Nothing Can Hurt Me
1 hour Pilot - Drama -59 pages
Quarter-finalist - HollyShorts Screenwriting Competition - 2022