54SP
54 Scripts Productions
We are a Production Company that since our inception in Summer of 2021 have created 4 short films, and are currently in preproduction on several more.
During the quarantine of 2020 I wrote 54 short scripts in 60 days. I partnered with Tin Nguyen to create this company and produce our films.
FILM FESTIVAL -RECOGNITION AND SCREENINGS
“YELLOW POLKA DOT”
PRODUCER - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY - SCREENWRITER - 2022
NEPTUNE MOVIE AWARDS - BOLOGNA - ITALY
BODEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - BODEN SWEDEN
Winner - Best LGBT FILM
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL G.L.A.D. FILM FESTIVAL -
THESSALONIKI, GREECE
MIDWEST FILM FESTIVAL - CHICAGO IL
Nominee: Best Production Design
ROLLCALL INDIE SHOWCASE - ATLANTA GA. - USA
BECH TEST FILM FESTIVAL - SCOTLAND
Winner - Best Cinematography
LONG BEACH QFILM FESTIVAL - LONG BEACH CA. - USA
DREAMANILA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - MANILA, PHILIPPINES
OUT & LOUD PUNE INTERNATIONAL QUEER FILM FESTIVAL - PUNE, INDIA
KASHISH MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL QUEER FILM FESTIVAL - MUMBAI, INDIA
RED CEDAR FILM FESTIVAL - MENOMANIE, WI. - USA
MAKE ART NOT FEAR - PORTO PORTUGAL
Winner - Best Poetry Short
Winner - Best Fearless Cinematography
ALTA MAREA FESTIVAL - TERMOLI - ITALY
SemiFinalist
SMALL AXE RADICAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL - TOLPUDDLE - UK
SemiFinalist
LULEA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - LULEA, SWEDEN
Winner - Best LGBT Film
CHICAGO SOUTHLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - UNIVERSITY PARK IL USA
Nominee: Best Short Film Audience Award
LOVE & HOPE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - BARCELONA SPAIN
Nominee: Best LGBQT Short Film
STAMPED FILM FESTIVAL - PENSACOLA FL - USA
AKS INTERNATIONAL MINORITIES FESTIVAL - FILM ART DIALOGUE - PAKISTAN
LGBT+ FILM FESTIVAL POLAND - POLAND
FESTIVAL ANGAELICA - PASADENA CA - USA
LOVE ACTUALLY INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLER SHOWCASE - NEW YORK CITY NY - USA
FORT MEYERS FILM FESTIVAL - FOTY MEYERS FL - USA
STOCKHOLM CITY FILM FESTIVAL - STOCKHOLM SWEDEN
Winner - Best LGBT Film
SAN ANTONIO QFEST - LGBT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - SAN ANTONIO TX, USA
CHICAGO ONSCREEN - CHICAGO IL USA
Screenings with Movies in the Park at: Promontory Point, Lincoln Park Cultural Center, Wicker Park, Washington Park, Douglass Park
FILM PRIDE - BRIGHTON & HOVE PRIDE LGBTQIA+ FILM FESTIVAL - BRIGHTON - UK
BICONIC FILM FESTIVAL - CENTERING ON THE BI+ UMBRELLA - SAN FRANCISCO CA - USA
“THE SLEIGHT”
PRODUCER - DIRECTOR - SCREENWRITER - EDITOR 2022
MIDWEST FILM FESTIVAL - CHICAGO IL
Winner - Best Editing
Winner - Best Actor - Rikki Lee Travolta
MAKE ART NOT FEAR - PORTO, PORTUGAL
Winner - Best Cinematography
RAVENWOOD FILM FESTIVAL - SAULT STE. MARIE, ON. CANADA
THE PITTSBURGH MOVING PICTURE FESTIVAL: THRILLER PICTURE SHOW - PITTSBURGH, PA. USA
MAKE ME LAUGH FESTIVAL - OPOLE, POLAND
Winner - Best Dark Comedy
Winner - Best Sound Design
PHANTASMAGORIA HORROR FILM FESTIVAL - WREXHAM, WALES
Finalist
BR BANSHEE FESTIVAL - RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
ALIBAG SHORT FILM FESTIVAL - ALIBAG, INDIA
“SPEARMINT”
PRODUCER - DIRECTOR - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY SCREENWRITER - EDITOR 2023
KFFK KURZFILMFESTIVAL KOLN - COLOGNE GERMANY
Yellow Polka Dot
Sandra and Barbara are enjoying a day at the beach with their partners in 1962. The night before they all went out to a night club. The men bonded, as well as the women, albeit in very different fashions.
28 Festival Acceptances
10 Award Wins
The Sleight
A touring magician joins one of his audience members in her hotel room after his last show at the hotel bar. After she drugs him, and he awakens, she and two other women explain how they came to find him, and why.
9 Festival Acceptances
5 Award Wins
Spearmint
Olivia, a young inventor, is up late at night, tinkering with a brand new device. once turned on, it begins leading her around her home, it’s a magnet for finding hidden treasure. It seems like there is hidden riches everywhere. The device then leads Olivia out of her apartment, and into parts unknown. where will it lead her next, and what might she find?
1 Festival Acceptance
