A young woman's fantasy collides with reality when her online boyfriend wishes to meet the person she's pretending to be through a video-manipulation app.
Type:
Short
Status:
Produced
Page Count:
15pp
Genre:
Drama
Budget:
Shoestring
Age Rating:
13+
Studio/Financer:
TEGMATIC Pictures/Tommy Garcia
Copyright Details:
Copyright © 2021 Tommy García, All Rights Reserved.
Synopsis/Details
Fran Delgado's greatest wish comes true when her out-of-state, online boyfriend comes to visit his father nearby... the only problem is she's not the person she's pretending to be. With the use of "VidTune"--a controversial new app which offers seamless filters to transform oneself into another person--Fran has constructed her own fantasy world to escape the abuses of her volatile and vindictive mother, Ruby, as well as the strangers who constantly look down on Fran for her status and weight. As the fantasy starts to collapse, Fran must decide whether she will go down with it or face the young woman she truly is. A tragicomedy and antiheroine tale for a near future that may already be here.
Attached Talent

Emily Neva (Fran), Nicolette Acosta (Francine), Deborah Ramaglia (Ruby), John Katona (Darren)

All Accolades & Coverage

-Winner (Award of Recognition - Writer), Best Shorts Competition (2021)
-Winner, The Film Fund Pitch Competition (2020)
-Coverfly Red List (Spring 2019)
-Finalist, Fresh Voices (2018)
-Short Semifinalist, Cinequest (2018)
-Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft TV Pilot Contest (2018) [pilot version]

Video
LIFE TUNE - Coming Soon

Coverfly All-time Overall Top 25%
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Submitted: 2019-Dec-09
Last Updated: 2022-May-31
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The Writer: Tommy Garcia

Tommy García was born and raised in the starkly ordinary town of Fountain Valley, California--ordinary for him, however, was always hard going. When Tommy wasn't watching cartoons, he was drafting his own on a Movie Magic Screenwriter floppy disk set. Since running back and forth between the film and business schools at Cal State Long Beach, his screenplays and short films have placed in AMPAS and BAFTA-accredited events such as LA Shorts Fest, Nashville Film Festival, Flickers’ Rhode Island, and BFI London LGBT+ Film Festival. Tommy is currently developing a queer animated series and a horror passion project, among other film and TV scripts. Go to bio
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