‘The Fall’ Wins Slamdance Screenwriting Grand Prize

Slamdance has awarded its grand prize for screenwriting to Tamra Teig and Michael Lipoma for their feature screenplay “The Fall.”The festival announced a dozen prizes Thursday night during a ceremony hosted by Writers Guild of America West across feature film, horror/thriller, TV pilot and short film categories.

Slamdance awarded more than $16,000 to winners across all categories.“The Fall” is a historical drama set in East Berlin in 1989, where a single mother is forced to become a spy to save her son after he’s framed for murder.

Her act of revenge, woven into historic events, leads to the fall of the Berlin Wall.“With over 4,200 submissions this year, our judges were challenged by a wealth of exciting new writers to choose from,” said Slamdance president Peter Baxter.

“Many plugged into the passion and concern around socially conscious themes our world is currently dealing with in raw, fun and unique ways.

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