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Istanbul Crossing

Istanbul Crossing

Feature · Drama · 120 pages
Status: Spec
A gay Syrian refugee in Istanbul, while juggling dangerous smuggling operations for both the CIA and Islamic State, falls in love with, and must decide between, two men who offer him very different futures.
Written by Timothy Jay Smith
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Accolade Highlights
Quarterfinalist, The Academy Nicholl Fellowship 2023
Finalist, Shore Scripts - OutHere: An LGBTQIA+ Screenwriting Contest 2024
Quarterfinalist, PAGE Awards - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Competition 2024

1 Writer

Timothy Jay Smith
Nice, Alpes-maritimess, FR
From a young age, Timothy Jay Smith developed a wanderlust that’s taken him around the world many times. En route, he found the characters that people his work. Polish cops and Greek fishermen, mercenaries and arms dealers, prostitutes and terrorists: he hung with them all in an unparalleled international career that saw him smuggle banned plays fro...
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NOVEL TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2024 (LEAPFROG PRESS) Best Screenplay, Del Shores Foundation’s Writers Search, 2023 Winner in Screenplay Competition, Out on Film (Atlanta’s gay film festival) 2023 Finalist, StoryPros International 2023 Semifinalist, Creative Screenwriting Feature Screenplay Competition 2023 Semifinalist, Hollywood Diversity Award 2023 Quarterfinalist, Academy of Motion Picture Arts Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting 2023 Quarterfinalist, Santa Barbara International Screenwriting Awards 2023 Quarterfinalist, PAGE International 2023 Quarterfinalist, Filmmatic Drama Award 2023