ZIFF26 Bringing Scripts to Life
Discover the essence of storytelling at ZIFF26. Watch as talented actors bring characters to life, feel the vibrant energy of collaboration, and immerse yourself in the creative journey. Be a part of this inspiring experience and join us for an unforgettable reading!
Join screenwriter Alan Peterson along with selected actors and take part as an observer as they read, Winter Sky.
Tuesday, February 24th
4:00-5:50 PM
Screenwriter: Alan Peterson, Chris Stewart
Readers:
Christopher Miller
Nathan Jones
Scott Ditty'
Joel Bishop
Logline:
When an injured Polish freedom fighter returns to his home at the end of WWII, he is faced with the struggle to remember who he is and whether he will risk his life to save two orphaned children all while being relentlessly pursued by a Nazi officer bent on revenge.
Synopsis:
In a bombed-out Polish village during World War II, LUCAS, a young resistance fighter finds that he is suddenly alone and trapped between two opposing armies. He is one of Poland's ''Devil's Rebels'' fighting desperately to save his homeland, but an injury has erased his memory and his only possession is a torn photograph of a couple he assumes are his parents. The woman appears to be holding the hand of a young child whose image has been ripped off. Could the child be him?
Caught in the crosshairs of the retreating German army and the advancing Russian forces, the village holds nothing but destruction and despair until MELINA, a mysterious young woman, offers a small glimmer of hope that may represent his last chance—news of a refugee train departing from a nearby town headed for American installations at the border. But complications arise when the resistance fighter is betrayed by his own countryman and hunted by German SS COLONEL MUELLER who is determined to kill him before the Germans must retreat before the advancing Russians. Desperately searching for a home and family he can't remember, Melina persuades Lucas to rescue two children who are doomed to die without his help. As time runs out, the former rebel is faced with an impossible choice—saving himself or risking his life for his innocent, young charges.
ZIFF26 Bringing Scripts to Life
Discover the essence of storytelling at ZIFF26. Watch as talented actors bring characters to life, feel the vibrant energy of collaboration, and immerse yourself in the creative journey. Be a part of this inspiring experience and join us for an unforgettable reading!
Join screenwriter Alan Peterson along with selected actors and take part as an observer as they read, Winter Sky.
Tuesday, February 24th
4:00-5:50 PM
Screenwriter: Alan Peterson, Chris Stewart
Readers:
Christopher Miller
Nathan Jones
Scott Ditty'
Joel Bishop
Logline:
When an injured Polish freedom fighter returns to his home at the end of WWII, he is faced with the struggle to remember who he is and whether he will risk his life to save two orphaned children all while being relentlessly pursued by a Nazi officer bent on revenge.
Synopsis:
In a bombed-out Polish village during World War II, LUCAS, a young resistance fighter finds that he is suddenly alone and trapped between two opposing armies. He is one of Poland's ''Devil's Rebels'' fighting desperately to save his homeland, but an injury has erased his memory and his only possession is a torn photograph of a couple he assumes are his parents. The woman appears to be holding the hand of a young child whose image has been ripped off. Could the child be him?
Caught in the crosshairs of the retreating German army and the advancing Russian forces, the village holds nothing but destruction and despair until MELINA, a mysterious young woman, offers a small glimmer of hope that may represent his last chance—news of a refugee train departing from a nearby town headed for American installations at the border. But complications arise when the resistance fighter is betrayed by his own countryman and hunted by German SS COLONEL MUELLER who is determined to kill him before the Germans must retreat before the advancing Russians. Desperately searching for a home and family he can't remember, Melina persuades Lucas to rescue two children who are doomed to die without his help. As time runs out, the former rebel is faced with an impossible choice—saving himself or risking his life for his innocent, young charges.
