Screen Writer
Litza is interested in how and why we tell stories, and how these stories influence the world around us. She believes that a good story shows us the world as it is, as well as how it could be. She has always been curious about people and what makes them tick. And she loves building interesting worlds and asking challenging questions.
Litza was recently awarded an I.S.A. fellowship for her Screenplay ‘City of Clouds’ to attend the 2020 Stowe Story Lab. This screenplay was also a quarter-finalist in the ScreenCraft Animation competition, and her screenplays ‘Blood, Water, Dust’ and ‘Safety in Numbers’ have been shortlisted in multiple competitions including Blue Cat, ScreenCraft, Nashville, Capital Films Hot 100 and ISA Table-Read London.
Writing samples available upon request.
The Everything
Feature Film
Status: In development
Genre: Sci-fi Horror / Mindbending
LOGLINE: A grief stricken physics professor participates in a controversial DMT (N-dimethyltryptamine) study in the hopes of communicating with her recently deceased daughter. But she gets more than she bargains for when her beliefs around consciousness, reality and the nature of time are upended.
The City of Clouds
Feature Film (104 min)
Status: Seeking partners, shopping
Genre: Animation / Fantasy / Adventure
LOGLINE: After her father disappears during a routine cargo flight, ten-year-old May discovers that she can fly. And on her quest to find him, she learns that flying isn’t the only surprising thing she can do.
WON: ISA Fellowship, Stowe Story Labs 2020
Quarter-Finalist: Screen Craft Animation 2020
Blood. Water. Dust.
TV Series
Status: Pilot Script & Pitch Doc
Genre: Detective / Mexican Gothic Horror
TAG: Baca County didn’t have much water to begin with. And its newest resident is awfully thirsty.
LOGLINE: In 1978, in a town ravaged by dust storms, a dog dies from extreme dehydration. When a strange cake is found near the carcass, JEAN BLAKE (50), the county’s first female sheriff, is drawn into a world of ancient Maya mythology. And at its center is DUSTY, a bi-racial Maya girl (15) who has come to America in search of her father and is haunted by a centuries-old curse.
Safety In Numbers
Feature Film (115 min)
Status: screenplay complete, producer attached (seeking partners)
Genre: Buddy Comedy / Sci-Fi Musical
LOGLINE: City Manager, GREY BUKOWSKI (30s) hates musicals, then one day – via an interstellar wormhole – he wakes up in one.
Semi-Finalist in Screenwriting International’s ‘Table Read My Screenplay’ 2016
Listed In Capitol Film’s ‘Top 100’ 2017
Dustbaby
Short Film (15 min)
Status: Screenplay Complete
Genre: Fantasy Western
LOGLINE: In a world where water is as expensive as oil, a lonely immigrant seeks refuge.
Copelia’s Heart
TV Series
Status: Outline
Genre: Detective / Sci-Fi
TAG: It’s 2056 and everything has a price, including love.
LOGLINE: After her sister vanishes, a beleaguered detective discovers the body of a senator in her sister’s bedroom with Eros Soma in his blood – a controversial substance that induces a chemical ‘love’ state that is indistinguishable from the real thing.
SYNOPSIS: KAT BISHOP (40s) is a detective in a bankrupt police department trying her best to protect her team and her community. But when she discovers the body of a senator in her sister’s bedroom, she hides the body and covers up the crime. After her sister vanishes and Kat finds Eros Soma in the senator’s blood – a controversial substance that induces a chemical ‘love’ state that is indistinguishable from the real thing – she risks more than her career to locate her sister and uncover the truth about the drug and the powerful political cartel that profits from it.
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