When Francis assumes the identity of Damian, his gay, identical twin brother, to meet his perfect leading lady, Francis first must come to terms with his own homophobia against his brother, but at the same time keep his con going with Virginia, who’s attending Damian’s P-town wedding

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Michael: Shawn Devlin
Francis: Sean Ballantyne

Get to know the writer:

1. What is your screenplay about?

P-town is a modern-day romantic comedy that focuses on the microcosms of a gay New England eclectic community and when a non-empathetic LGBTQ+ schemer tries to enter this bubble.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Romantic Comedy

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

It's kinda of like Frozen meets The Bird Cage with all the comedic and crazy elements surrounding a real New England town and that quidestinal question of why some people are gay: nature or nurture? It should be made into a movie as it showcases the lessons that mistakes and bad decisions are the steppingstones in one's quest for undeniable love. The old adage of man meets woman and falls in love does not traditionally need to be every romantic comedy's central theme, man can be with man and woman can be with woman.

4. How would you describe this script in two words?

Genetics, Self-discovery

5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?

Can't Buy Me Love

6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?

Over 10 years

7. How many stories have you written?

5 Spec Scripts

8. What motivated you to write this screenplay?

After watching a Primetime News episode and watching a story of identical twin boys that had completely different phenotypes toward masculine and feminine toys. While externally the twins were indistinguishable, their internal characteristics and sexualities were completely different and it was so rare to understand and science could not explain this phenomenon.

9. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?

Having to make the protagonist more likeable and honing in on the character arc to pull out raw emotions and ensure that the backstory and true nature of the theme was not compromised.

10. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

Raising a family, mentoring my children, and being a better dad and member of the community.

11. What influenced you to enter the festival? What were your feelings
on the initial feedback you received?

I have had Wildsounds on my radar screen for over 5 years now. While I have applied to over 100s of film festivals for all my projects, an early version of P-town was submitted to your festival in early 2000. I was provided constructive feedback on ways to improve the character development and ensure that the ending was not your typical Hollywood ending. That feedback was tremendous and helped me along this journey to hone on my skills, improve the dialogue, and really distinguish each character and how they contributed or distributed the LGBTQ+ community. By applying the reviewers feedback to my script, I was able to retool P-town which has now won this prestigious award and keeping my dreams alive to find a literary agent.