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  • Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest Selects INCARNATIONS as Quarterfinalist

    Albert’s feature-length sci-fi drama screenplay Incarnations has been selected as a quarterfinalist by the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest. For over 25 years, Final Draft has been the industry standard, used by 95% of film and television productions. Final Draft continues to unearth the best new talent through the Big Break Screenwriting Contest, which…

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  • INCARNATIONS Trends on The Black List

    Albert’s feature screenplay Incarnations is now a “TRENDING SCRIPT” on the influential The Black List. According to a Black List reader: “Thought-provoking, mindblowing, and heartfelt, Incarnations blends science-fiction, spirituality, and pathos to create something wholly new and memorable… Incarnations hooks our attention immediately with its mindblowing high concept. The execution that follows is thoughtful and…

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  • WELCOME TO THE WORLD Wins Golden Elephant for Best Mental Health Short Film

    Albert’s film Welcome to the World, which was part of the 2021 lineup for the Europe-based Short Film Breaks, has won the Golden Elephant for Best Mental Health Short Film, which comes with a cash prize. The Silver Elephant went to As a Fish Out of Water from Italy, and the Bronze Elephant went to…

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  • THE BUTLER AND THE BALL Featured in Daily Online Magazine News-o-Matic

    The Butler and the Ball has been selected for the 2022 KIDS FIRST!/News-O-Matic Film Festival, presented by News-o-Matic, the Daily News Just for Kids, which publishes a daily online magazine for 600,000 middle-school students. Each day during the week of January 10, a variety of films from the festival and their creators will be spotlighted…

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  • THE STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY Wraps Principal Photography on Cape Cod

    Albert had a supporting role in the feature film The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, which wrapped recently on Cape Cod. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry is directed by Hans Canosa, stars Kunal Nayyar, Christina Hendricks, Lucy Hale, and David Arquette, and is written by Gabrielle Zevin, based on her New York Times best…

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  • THE BUTLER AND THE BALL Wins Screenplay and Acting Awards at British/French Film Festival

    Co-writers Andrew Chan-Possemato and Albert M. Chan won the award for Best Original Screenplay of a Short Film for The Butler and the Ball at the recent 2021 Children Short Film Festival, an annual competitive film festival held in Paris and London on December 8-10, 2021, that featured films about, for, or by children. Andrew…

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