Screenplays at 2018 San Diego International Kids Film Festival
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 2018 San Diego International Kids' Film Festival Screenplays
Screenplay showcases at August 25, 2018, from 7-8PM

FEATURE
 

Stone 1000 - The Sword in the series EP1 (Italy) - Guido Maria Giordano
The story begins when Jack, a young sensei, is sucked in the body of San Galgano during the Middle Ages. Jack and Galgano learn of Alferius' failed attempt to align a magic sword with the shrines of the Archangel Michael, a necessary condition for defeating the evil forces and preventing the impending Armageddon. They will inherit Alferius' mission, showing their ability to overcome the challenges of the time, avoiding the feared apocalypse, breaking spells and coming back to their families.
A Talk Show Boy (China) - Shiyu Zhou

A Talk Show Boy (China) - Shiyu Zhou
A TV program's ratings are stagnant. It is ona crisis of being corrected. The host and producer of the program Yu Wang, who has beeninarticulate and disrespectful, was turned into a child by his son Weili Wang under the meteor. Faced with unexpected situations, Yu Wang has to return to his childhood as a "Xiaoyu Wang", because he gets smaller. He must make a difference before he loses his job and family drastically, and solves his predicament in order to become an adult.

 

 Chasi (China) - Shiyu Zhou Chasi (China) - Shiyu Zhou
There was a legend about Mongol stringed instrument, which spread abroad in the beautiful XinlinGol prairie. The story began with a Mongolian young boy Wuenqi and a white horse Chasi. Growing up together with Chasi, Wuenqi always dreamed of becoming the best horse racer. On the other hand, due to Wuenqi’s sister’s marriage, the family decided to move to the city, while Chasi couldn’t leave with them. Before they left, mother sold Chasi to a horse dealer. Wuenqi suffered from the fact that Chasi had been sold, so he decided to look for Chasi with his friend Bilige.
Erkermer (USA) - Stacy Waymack Thornton Erkermer (USA) - Stacy Waymack Thornton
Erkermer is a little fella who looks like bird poop. Everyone thinks he is a worm while he thinks he's a snake. But he wants to fly like a turkey buzzard. It turns out to be... Just like a little caterpillar that turns into a beautiful butterfly. In the end, there was never a little 'fella' at all.
Distant Mother (China) - Yongliang Zhang, Shaohua Yu Distant Mother (China) - Yongliang Zhang, Shaohua Yu
Xiaoqiang became taciturn after his parents' divorce. Several close friends of the same situation decided to use their own power to change their parents and make their family more loving and happy. With the help of children's love, parents have changed.
Pigjuice (Canada) - Casey Laing Figjuice (Canada) - Casey Laing
A young girl fights to save her town from an evil farmer who wants to transform it into a giant pig farm, while rediscovering her mother, who died when she was just a baby.


The Door (USA) - Robert Cox
Carl is an eleven-year-old with serious health problems. He has a brain tumor that he is being treated for, but the loss of hair and the fear the other children in his class have of him has made his life even more miserable. The constant teasing and shunning he receives makes him dread going to school. His mother and he have moved in with his grandfather when his Carl's own father deserts them, after telling his wife and son that he can't deal with the strain of caring for a sick child.At his chemo treatment, he meets Evan, a boy about his age who has leukemia and is also undergoing chemo. They begin a friendship that make their illnesses easier to bear and makes even the problems Carl has had in school easier to take…
SHORT
 
  Talia (UK)-Cara Bamford
After the sudden passing of her mother, Talia, a spirited ten-year-old girl, finds herself moving to the city to live with her father. Lonely and bored during the school holidays, Talia finds new ways to slip out of the house, pushing her boundaries, exploring the world around her.
When her latest adventure leaves, her injured and losing a treasured necklace, her father forbids her to leave his sight for the remainder of the summer.
Confined to the back garden, Talia soon discovers the seventy-something lady next door, Fareeda, shares her passion for the wilderness, through her beautifully curated garden. Over the wall, Fareeda and Talia share their experiences and in doing so, their collective grief for all they have lost - striking up a unique friendship along the way.
   

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