[In development, seeking producing partners]

AKA: Cuernavaca

Contact for Pitch Deck and Screenplay (112 pages)

Written by Eliot Galán

Logline: A troubled teen is abandoned by his mother and sent to live with his estranged father on the edge of town, where a fresh start won’t remove the target from his back.

Awards: Winner of Best Feature Screenplay at Light Reel Film Festival, Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival, and Atlanta Movie Awards, 2024. Runner-up Best Feature Screenplay at Los Angeles IFS Film Festival. Placements at Flickers’ Rhode Island, Page Turner, Film Invasion LA, Santa Barbara International Screenplay Contest, Dallas International Film Festival, Las Vegas International Film & Screenplay Festival, Austin Spotlight Film Festival, Festival of Cinema NYC, LightReel Film Festival, Beverly Hills Film Festival, ISC Screenplay Competition, Paris Screenplay Awards, Denver Movie Awards, and Cineverse Hong Kong International Screenplay Contest.

Genre: Drama/Dramedy

Comps: Dìdi meets Go meets Dark

Synopsis: It’s the mid-90s, and Solomon lives in Austin, Texas with his mother Alicia, who is about to turn their lives upside down. Pregnant and facing eviction, she sends Sol to live with his estranged father Jed, in a suburb affectionately called “the hood” by locals for its unusually high crime rate.

Sol’s small stature, racial ambiguity, and reticent nature make him an easy target. In a new environment, Sol struggles with identity and belonging, while finding his way with a new crew, and forging a relationship with his father.

Amidst an unforgiving summer heat wave, tensions rise and a feud comes to a boil, unleashing a vicious chain of events culminating in kidnapping and homicide. The only certainty is the hood will never be the same.