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Kevin  J. Silva

Award winning screenwriter whose film “When She Went Away” is released this year.

Kevin was born and raised in San Francisco and Marin County. He studied screenwriting in San Francisco State University in 1983 and 1984.

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Come Back for Me
Fantasy - 23 Pages

A novelist discovers he was a real-life hero in the 19th century Western he's writing when he's transported into the story to save a mysterious beauty stranded in a remote forest.
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Awards: 2016 Short Script Finalist for 2016 Los Angeles CineFest | Semi-Finalist for 2016 Write Movies July 2016 Script Contest | Official Selection at 2016 Lake Charles Film & Music Festival | Best Short Screenplay at 2016 Genre Celebration Festival | Official Selection at  2017 Irvine International Film Festival | Semi-Finalist at 2017 The Omaha Film Festival | Semi-Finalist at 2017 Southern California Screenplay Competition| Winner Of Best Script at 2017 Pop Ninja Shortstfest  |  Finalist at 2017 Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival  | Best Short Script at 2017 Global Independent Film Awards  |  Las Vegas International Screenwriting Competition | Finalist at 2017 Underground Indie Film Festival
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When She Went Away
Romantic Mystery - 23 pages   | Locations - A farm and Forest only

A writer reveals part of the mystery about his lost love to a parolee whose wife has just been put in jail. 
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Awards: 2014 World Series of Screenwriting Bronze Award for Best Short Script |3rd Place 2014 Yosemite Film Festival |Honorable Mention at 2014 California Film Awards

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Lost Kites
Drama - 10 pages | 1 room, 2 people

A grief-stricken agnostic is pressured into joining his embittered ex-wife in a prayer after their son’s funeral.
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Awards: 2013 The Visual Narrative Project finalist | 2nd Place in Cherub Productions 2013 Short Screenplay Contest |3rd Place 2013 American Gem Literary Festival | 1st Place in 2014 Idaho Writers Guild Contest
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