“This is a truly original take on the crime thriller that challenges the genre and our culture at large, without sacrificing a moment of suspense.”

— Reviewer for The Black List

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Promoted as a highly-rated script by The Black List.

“A Native Land lures viewers into a character-driven mystery with smart writing, strong characters, and a skillfully rendered setting that delivers a compelling mystery.”

— Reviewer for The Black List

Awards & Recognitions

  • Promoted as a "highly-rated script" by The Black List website.

  • Semifinalist in the Writing Climate Pitchfest (hosted by NBCUniversal and sponsored and supported by The Redford Center).

    The Writing Climate Pitchfest celebrates the best unproduced climate-themed scripts in film and television by connecting the writers of those scripts to Hollywood executives, producers, agents, and/or managers through curated one-on-one meetings.

  • Semifinalist in The Writers Lab US, a program supported by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman.

  • Top 10% in the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition.

  • A NATIVE LAND advanced to the Semifinals in this contest open to feature film scripts by women and non-binary filmmakers of any and all genres that bring awareness to a current issue or progress society forward with innovative thinking that doesn’t fall into typical patriarchal views and conditioning.

  • Semifinalist in the Women In Film and The Black List Writing Labs Feature Residency.

  • Winner of Artist Fellowship in Dramatic Writing from the Mass Cultural Council.

  • Coverfly Top 1% of all screenplays.

  • Best Feature Screenplay at George Lindsey UNA Film Festival. 

  • Selected for the annual Women in Screen Workshop, a six-week lab run by the Australian International Screen Forum in New York.

  • Finalist in the Lonely Seal screenplay competition.

  • Selected for The Gotham’s Owning It Winter 2022 Accountability Challenge Cohort.

  • Finalist in Mystic Film Festival Screenplay Competition.

  • Semifinalist in the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition.

  • Second Rounder in ISA Fast Track Fellowship.

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