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The Saint of Denmark Falls

A disgraced ex-cop on her first assignment as an insurance investigator looks into the accidental death of a popular small town mayor and finds a web of racism, betrayal and violence that forces her to reconsider her notions of law and justice.

Contest Placements

  • McKnight: 2009 Winner
  • Screenwriters’ Workshop: 2014 Winner
  • FilmNorth Screenwriting Residency: 2018 Finalist (Top 10)
  • Shore Scripts: 2017 Semi-Finalist
  • Screenplay Festival: 2014 Semi-Finalist
  • Fresh Voices: 2014 Semi-Finalist
  • Creative World Awards: 2014 Quarter-Finalist
  • Scriptapalooza: 2014 Quarter-Finalist

Girl In Trouble

When her younger sister is kidnapped by ruthless sex-traffickers a female special forces candidate goes AWOL to find her.

Contest Placements

  • Page Awards: 2015 Semi-Finalist (Top 20 out of 700 entries)
  • Cinequest: 2015 Finalist (3rd place)
  • Filmmakers 1st TV Script Writing Competition: 2015 Semi-Finalist (Top 30 entries)
  • Creative World Awards: 2015 Semi-Finalist
  • WeScreenplay WeTV Contest: 2016 Quarter-Finalist
  • Fresh Voices: 2015 Quarter-Finalist

Wake Up Call

The 40-something director of a quirky morning news show finds herself surrounded by interesting people but her unusual work hours prevent her from meeting the ‘quality’ person she’s been looking for.

Contest Placements

  • WeScreenplay WeTV TV Pilot Contest: 2016 Finalist – Honorable Mention (Top 4 out of 600 entries)
  • Filmmakers 1st TV Script Writing Competition: 2016 Quarter-Finalist
  • Screenplay Festival: 2015 Finalist (Top 18 entries)
  • Fresh Voices: 2015 Semi-Finalist

Zombie 101

After accidentally incurring the wrath of a powerful Zombie Queen a burned out college professor must overcome past and present fears to save his small college town from a zombie apocalypse.

Contest Placements

  • ZedFest: 2014 Finalist
  • Creative World Awards: 2014 Semi-Finalist
  • Fresh Voices: 2014 Semi-Finalist
  • Scriptapalooza: 2014 Quarter-Finalist

Halfway House

After ten years of marriage, a disillusioned couple files for divorce and finds starting separate lives not only difficult, but impossible, as family and finances force the reluctant pair to share the house they once called a home.

Contest Placements

  • Filmmakers 2nd Annual 1st TV Script Writing Competition: 2017 Grand Prize Winner
  • Screencraft Pilot Launch: 2016 Quarter-Finalist

Tipping Point

A team of Special Forces soldiers lead by a damaged but determined FBI agent track an ancient body-inhabiting demon hell-bent on destroying mankind.

Contest Placements

  • Filmmakers 2nd Annual 1st TV Script Writing Competition: 2017 First Place Winner – 1 Hour Drama
  • WeScreenplay WeTV TV Pilot Contest: 2016 Quarter-Finalist
  • Creative World Awards: 2016 Prelim-Finalist

Cinequest Film Festival

Attending the Cinequest 2015 Film Festival in San Jose California as a Teleplay 60-Min Finalist! Today is Day 5: Writers’ Celebration!! With Lindsay Duke, Allison Rose Phelan and Mark Lundholm.

Partners

When law school sweethearts reunite fifteen years later, they abandon their unhappy but comfortable lives to start their own law firm; but one of them secretly plans to rekindle more than just their legal careers.

Contest Placements

  • Filmmakers 2nd Annual 1st TV Script Writing Competition: 2017 2nd Place Winner – 30 Minute Sitcom
  • Fresh Voices TV Pilot Competition: 2017 Quarter-Finalist – 30 Minute Sitcom

Twin Cities Film Fest Screenplay Reading

2015 Twin Cities Film Fest presents a screenplay reading of The Saint of Denmark Falls written by Alan W. Porter on March 5th at the St. Paul Athletic Club at 6:30pm. Alan W. Porter is the winner of the 2014 Screenwriters’ Workshop Annual Feature Film Screenwriting Competition.

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