Debbie Castanha
BLACK LIST / WOMEN IN FILM WRITERS LAB
SCRIPT PIPELINE FINALIST
NICHOLL FELLOWSHIP – SEMIFINALIST
PAGE INTERNATIONAL – SEMIFINALIST
SCREENCRAFT FAMILY FEATURES FINALIST
STOWE STORY LABS FELLOW
BIG BREAK SEMIFINALIST
See the full list of my placements here.
About Me.
At my live table read for WHITE KNIGHT, compliments of Coverfly.
I am an old girl, a wonderer, a dreamer.
A mother, wife, daughter. A friend, neighbor, employee.
An armchair philosopher. A dime store psychologist.
Every Man is unique, beautiful and compelling to me. I want nothing less than for my words to touch people, nothing more than to make a tiny difference in a complex and crazy world.
There’s nothing more precious than your time, so thank you for taking your valuable time to learn about my stories.
Debbie
THE BITTERROOT CHRONICLES
Years after a free-spirited young woman from California rejects a lovestruck cowboy, she returns to Montana, now broke and broken, to find that her inherited ranch is sought by an oil conglomerate and the fate of her ex’s beloved town rests in her hands.
WHITE KNIGHT
A dying Black mailman’s goal to win his local chess tournament is jeopardized when a young “shut-in” on his route rekindles troubling visions of his long-dead daughter, as his community simmers over a Confederate war monument.
ANYWHERE BUT HERE
Hoping to quickly unload her inherited childhood home, an artist with emotional baggage instead finds herself entangled with a neglected child and a man with his own difficult past.
TO BE PERFECKLY FRANK
A lawyer puts his dreams of a luxury yacht on hold when his brother becomes ill and his son gets a girlfriend pregnant, but after years of being an insensitive prick, he struggles to repair the damage.
THE WATER TOWER
Delaying a promise to go “all the way” with her boyfriend, a teen helps a retiree return to the hometown he was pushed out of decades earlier to finally paint his beloved’s name on the water tower.
THE DROUGHT
Self doubt prevents a man from fighting for his marriage but when his teen’s intervention forces him to finally face his painful past head-on, he resolves to get his wife and family back.
QUITTING TIME
(a short)
A woman on the edge gets a change of perspective by a stranger in need.
TO FLY
(animated short)
An office pest unexpectedly returns a favor and turns into a treasured friend.
SPICES WITH VICES
(animated short)
A pair of Ray Ban sunnies lost in the spice drawer must employ aid from infighting spices to escape before she’s replaced.
Read about my Black List Lab experience here.
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