THORN TREES was selected as a Quarter-Finalist by the International Screenwriters Association’s Family & History Genre-Busting Screenwriting Competition!

The International Screenwriters Association (ISA) is seeking classic and genre-busting family or holiday material in the feature and tv pilot categories. This contest is a celebration of traditional and idiosyncratic family narratives.

Congratulations to JACOB LARCH and VALERIE MICH’EL OLIVER (creators and screenwriters), and thanks to everyone who contributed to this most recent success via development meetings and any other support!

Next up is the Semi-Finalist round. Keep the good vibrations coming!

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A Successful Fundraiser & Internship Program During COVID, Screenplay Finalist Award-winner & Top Status On Screenwriter Web Site!

Family, friends, former students, colleagues, and other supporters, I hope you and your loved ones are safe and well as we begin 2022!

The Pursuit Studio had quite a busy 2021 claiming a number of achievements with your support! Here are some of the highlights (primarily in chronological order):

• Raised over 100% of our fundraising campaign goal to keep the company and the Thorn Trees TV Pilot project solvent during COVID.
• Continued and completed our premiere Assistant Producer Internship Program dedicated to supporting the Thorn Trees project.
• Continued and finalized Rachel’s Gazette, a Thorn Trees-inspired e-newsletter campaign edited by our assistant producer interns who curated news about witches and witchcraft.
• Jacob Larch (Co-creator/Screenwriter), Bernadette Montana (Producer), and Valerie Mich’El Oliver (Co-creator/Screenwriter/Producer) for Thorn Trees. experienced an engaging and fun interview as guests of the That Witch Life podcast.
• Hosted a podcast discussion on The Portrayal of Witches in the Entertainment Industry
• Established The Pursuit Studio as an LLC production company.
• Established a new company email address: oliver.valerie@thepursuitstudio.net. Best to add this to your email contact list so company communications don’t go to your spam folder.
• Jacob Larch partnered with Val as a screenwriter on the following The Pursuit Studio projects: Back Up the Truck (short film, based on a true story), Gifts (short film, based on a true story), and I’m No Square: The Freddy & Ann Tayor Story (feature film or limited episodic series, based on a true story)…AND MORE!

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