Loglines & Screenplays by Nelda De La Paz
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FREE MONEY
GENRES: Drama, Independent
Stuck living in a basement after losing their jobs, a couple’s broken relationship faces a final test when a million-dollar lottery ticket takes them on a storm-ridden journey that could either mend or tear them apart.
Free Money is under consideration for a writing gig posted on ISA (International Screenwriters' Association). ISA Top Reads, Spring 2025: https://www.networkisa.org/scr...
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STEVIE & NICK
GENRES: Romance, Independent
Two next-door neighbors, one needing to get somewhere and the other to get away, embark on an unexpected road trip across America that will redefine what they want from life and from each other
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL STATE WE ARE IN
GENRES: Romance
When a carbon monoxide leak forces the evacuation of their apartment building, two strangers living in the same East Village complex embark on an impromptu day-long adventure across the diverse boroughs of New York City, forming a unique bond amidst the chaos.
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DON'T LET ME DOWN
GENRES: Independent
Devastated by a recent break-up, a heartbroken man hatches a convoluted plan to win back the love of his life amidst the chaos of post-flood New York, where climate change protests and gentrification battles take center stage.
PARALLEL SISTERS
GENRES: Fantasy, Comedy
In the aftermath of their father's death, estranged sisters - a privileged, pregnant film producer and a struggling lesbian designer turned firefighter trainee - reconnect after a decade apart, only to find their lives literally swapped due to a mysterious wish and an enigmatic pill, forcing them to reconcile their differences and unravel the puzzle to restore their identities.
Waiting for Happiness
GENRES: Romance, Drama
A man resolved to move forward, and a woman determined to hide away, fall in love; unfortunately, the racial persecution he faces, and the scars she bears, threaten their future together.
Quarterfinalist, Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition 2024, Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2018 Quarterfinalist, Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition 2019 Quarterfinalist, Final Draft - Big Break 2019 Top 100 (Feature or TV Pilot), Table Read My Screenplay Competition 2021
SING DON'T CRY
GENRES: Drama
A naïve immigrant seeks a better life in America, but first, he'll have to survive New York City.
Top 15%, The Academy Nicholl Fellowship 2017
NO VOLVERE
GENRES: Romance, Drama
In 2025, under Trump’s immigration crackdown, a teen is sent to El Salvador as punishment for being gay, where she falls in love with a local girl; when they’re both denied entry to the U.S., they risk everything to cross the border together — only to find that freedom no longer exists.
Semifinalist, Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition 2018
Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2018
Semifinalist, Scriptapalooza Fellowship 2018
NELSON
GENRES: Romance, Independent
When yet another girlfriend leaves her for a man, an anxious lesbian aims to sleep with one herself, for the first time, but her quest leads to an old friend and perhaps a new beginning.
Nelson is under consideration for a writing gig posted on ISA (International Screenwriters' Association).
https://www.meaviastudios.com/...
MADE IN AMERICA
GENRES: Action, Thriller
In the midst of a nervous breakdown and battling his own demons, a disgraced Los Angeles detective sets on a high-stakes mission to locate an American infant abducted by a Mexican immigrant risking a re-crossing of the Mexico-United States border with the baby.
MADE IN AMERICA was selected for Round 2 of the MACRO Episodic Lab powered by The Black List, headed by Lena Waithe and Eva Longoria. It advanced to the quarterfinals in the 2018 ScreenCraft Pilot Launch competition.
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