Here is the list of 2023 screenplay winners from the LATINO Feedback Festival.
Watch the 2 winning screenplay best scene readings:
El Cuento De Mi Papa (The Story of my Father), by Alejandro Lalinde
When a naive D.A.C.A. single young father gets unexpectedly deported to a country he’s never been, he must at all costs journey back illegally despite crooks and cartels and a desolate rugged desert to reunite with his estranged daughter before his family is ultimately separated.
LATINO Festival Best Scene: El Cuento De Mi Papa (The Story of my Father), by Alejandro Lalinde
AMIGAS, by Lindsay Waite
In 1930s El Paso, Texas, when a timid Swedish maid and a strong-willed Mexican American maid develop an unexpected friendship, tension arises between them as the Swedish maid finds a mentor in her household but the Mexican-American maid is fired by her bosses for her assertiveness and fighting off sexual advances. The Mexican American maid becomes active in a fledgling Maids Union until she faces deportation and despairs. Her Swedish friend finds strength she never knew she had and takes steps to save her friend from deportation.