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THE Q



Created & Written by: Danny Boushebel





GENRE: Sci-Fi / Thriller / Drama


NUTSHELL: CONTAGION meets BLACK MIRROR & BIG BROTHER


TAGLINE: There's no place like home.



LOGLINE:

1 - When a mysterious airborne pandemic forces a group of aspiring chefs into a high-tech quarantine compound to continue their training, they soon discover the sinister and deadly secrets behind the walls of their so-called sanctuary.


2 - Various people begin living in a quarantine pod building, owned by an anarchist/entrepreneur who must find a way to generate income to create his dream World Order.



AWARDS & PLACEMENTS:

WINNER – Best Television Script – 8 & Halfilm Awards (Rome, Italy - Jan. 2023)

WINNER – Best Short Script - Milan Gold Awards (Italy - Jan. 2023)

WINNER – Best Television Pilot Script – Pallavaa International Film Festival (India - Jan. 2022)

WINNER – Best TV Pilot - Indie Cine Tube Awards (Kolkata, India - Aug. 2022)

WINNER – Best Television Script – Arrow Int'l Film Festival (Paris, France - March 2022)

WINNER – Best Short Screenplay – Ebullience Shorts (July. 2022)

WINNER – Best Television Script – Int'l Film Festival of Bangkok (Thailand - June. 2022)

WINNER – Best TV Script – White Unicorn International Film Festival (Russia - May 2022)

WINNER – Best TV Script – Snow Leopard International Film Festival (Russia - Feb. 2022)

WINNER – Best Web Series Pilot – Beyond the Curve Int'l Film Festival (France - Dec. 2021)

WINNER – Best TV Script – 1st Monthly Film Festival 2021 (Belgrade - Sep. 2021)


SPECIAL MENTION – Short Script – Red Dragon Creative Awards (USA - May 2022)


FINALIST – Best Original Script – Seoul Int'l Monthly Film Fest (South Korea – Jan. 2023)

FINALIST - Best TV Script – Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Contest! (USA - Jan. 2021)

FINALIST – Accord Cine Fest (India – Dec..2021)

FINALIST – Oaxaca Film Fest (Oaxaca, Mexico – Jan. 2021)


SEMI–FINALIST – Madrid Arthouse Film Festival (Madrid, Spain - Jan. 2023)

SEMI-FINALIST – Best Unproduced Script – Stockholm Short Festival (Sweden - June. 2022)

SEMI-FINALIST – Best Unproduced Script – Palm Springs Movie Awards (California, USA - Feb. 2022)

SEMI-FINALIST – Best Unproduced Script – Phoenix Shorts (USA - Feb. 2022)

SEMI-FINALIST – Best Unproduced Script – Vienna Indie Short Film Festival (Austria - Jan. 2022)

SEMI-FINALIST – Best Unproduced Script – London Indie Short Festival (UK - Nov. 2021)


QUARTER–FINALIST – Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition (USA - Jan. 2022)

QUARTER–FINALIST – Inroads Fellowship (Season 4) (USA - May 2021)


OFFICIAL SELECTION – Best Unproduced Short Script – Scarab Short Film Festival (Dubai - Mar. 2023)

OFFICIAL SELECTION – Vesuvius International Film Festival (Italy - Oct. 2021)

OFFICIAL SELECTION – Best TV Pilot – Roosevelt Island Film Festival (NY, USA - June 2022)