Greetings from Shangri-la

It was an honor to be dubbed an Official Selection of the 2012 competition. This festival was a unique and intimate experience, and it was a pleasure to meet Suzanne Kellman, Lauren Hirsch Williams, and all of my fellow screenwriters and the volunteers and organizers of the Love Unlimited Film Festival this year!

The Bridge Builder is a true story of the eternal bond between father and son.  On a personal note, my father, who fortunately did have the opportunity to read my script about him, died unexpectedly on November 2, 2011, but his love and remarkable life still inspire me today.  The Bridge Builder is dedicated to his memory.

Screenwriters panel at the Love Unlimited Film Festival in Austin, Texas, February 2012

It was an honor to be dubbed an Official Selection of the 2012 competition, and it was a pleasure to meet Movie Hatch’s Lauren Hirsch Williams at the Love Unlimited Film Festival this year.

I’m grateful to Movie Hatch for providing the impetus for the visual pitch for my screenplay.  Thanks to everyone who favorably reviewed my pitch!

The Bridge Builder was a finalist in this year’s Peachtree Village International Film Festival, previously the Sweet Auburn International Film Festival.

Thanks to those who turned out for the screenplay reading, and congratulations to James St. Clair!  It was a pleasure to meet you, James!

An excerpt from the press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Atlanta Family Lawyer Celebrates Father and Son in Award-Winning Screenplay

Atlanta-based domestic relations lawyer Blue Spruell’s award-winning screenplay, The Bridge Builder, is based on true events in the lives of his father and grandfather.  The screenplay is a finalist in the Peachtree Village International Film Festival in Atlanta, August 16-19, 2012.

Attorney and martial arts instructor Blue Spruell has already garnered several awards for his screenplay, including Best Feature Drama and Best First Time Script Writer in the American International Film Festival, Georgia Screenplay Category in the Dixie Film Festival, and Gold Level in the Oregon Film Awards.