Better Angels
Better Angels
Feature
· Drama · 87 pages
After crash-landing his plane in the desert, an immigrant-bashing politician’s survival is contingent upon the charity of a border-crossing Latina and her young daughter, while his morality is being challenged by an imaginary, 6-foot-tall, talking desert tick.
Written by
Gary Bickal
5 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Quarterfinalist,
The Academy Nicholl Fellowship 2020
Semifinalist,
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Fall 2020
Top 100 (Feature or TV Pilot),
Table Read My Screenplay Competition Hollywood at AFM 2020
1 Writer
Trabuco Canyon, CA
Three-time AMPAS Nicholl Fellowships quarterfinalist and produced documentary, short film and fictional podcast writer. Having weathered both a stay in the UCI burn ward and a workplace “incident” with a knife-wielding co-worker, Gary has developed the thick skin necessary for success as a working screenwriter.
Additional Project Info
IIFF (Irvine International Film Festival) Finalist, 2020 Bronze Award Winner, Mindfield Film Festival, Albuquerque, May 2020 Bi-Monthly Competition