Held by Water
Held by Water
Feature
· Thriller · 106 pages
When a waterborne illness shuts down NYC, a traumatized woman absconds to a closed hotel in the idyllic Catskills to work with a renowned healer, but when she discovers she’s pregnant, she must fight for her sanity, life, and child as increasingly dark cult-mentality takes over.
Written by
Jenny Kleiman
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4 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Semifinalist,
Shore Scripts Feature Contest 2021
Second Rounder,
Austin Film Festival 2021
1 Writer
New York, NY
Jenny Kleiman is a NY-based screenwriter, director, and producer. She was recently featured by Austin Film Festival and No Film School as #5 on the “25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2021” list. She puts the Queer Jew in LGBTQ, and her expertise lies at the weird, genre-bending intersection of dark comedy and psychological thriller.