JUDY BEDNAREK
 Screenwriter | Film Producer

 

HOW DO YOU WRITE A GREAT SCREENPLAY?

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Story Structure. Real Dialogue. Complex Characters. A solid script is the foundation of any award-winning film.

 

Judy Bednarek is a screenwriter who is a pitch winner and a Top-10 finalist in screenplay contests (2013-2024). She writes well-executed original scripts with culturally diverse characters for an international audience. Stories with a supernatural twist that entertain but provide life lessons or a message to inspire faith. Ordinary people who overcome extraordinary situations and face their inner demons. 

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Her screenwriting career started when she was commissioned to write a low-budget Bigfoot thriller for Chris Turner at Nano Films (Ballistic Films) in Toronto. She moved to LA in 2016 and worked with Matthew Helderman at Buffalo 8 (Bondit Media Capital) on her project Star Child. She took meetings with film colleagues and have collaborated with award-winning directors, producers, actors, cast and crew. She was a Top-10 finalist at the Oaxaca Film Festival where A Season of Strawberries was selected for the Global Script Competition from more than 10,000 scripts.

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Her short film "For All Eternity" is a visual representation of her screenwriting as Executive Producer with a Minnesota cast and crew in 2023. This powerful faith-based thriller was selected in 2024 by the Twin Cities Film Festival, New York Istanbul Festival and the Djarfogo International Film Festival. The script was a Top-10 finalist at the Apeiron Film Festival in Berlin, Germany and at the Le Femme International Film Festival in Paris celebrating women in film.

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