Jonathan LaPoma’s short, coming-of-age drama, A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES, is a finalist in the 2019 Oaxaca Film Festival’s screenplay competition. The script is competing in the “Best Legacy” and “Best Overall Script” categories. This is the script’s 10th award/honor, and LaPoma’s 161st overall.
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A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES a Finalist in Oaxaca Film Fest
September 7th, 2019A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES an Official Selection of Hollywood Film Fest
September 9th, 2017Jonathan LaPoma’s short script A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is an Official Selection of the 2017 Hollywood Independent Film Festival. This script has won 9 awards/honors and LaPoma’s 10 scripts have won 145 overall.
A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is based on a chapter of LaPoma’s novel UNDERSTANDING THE ALACRÁN.
A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES Official Selection of Neu World Film Fest
September 9th, 2017Jonathan LaPoma’s short script A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is an official selection of the 2017 Neu World Studios International Film Festival. This script has won 9 awards/honors and LaPoma’s 10 scripts have won 145 overall.
A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is based on a chapter of LaPoma’s award-winning novel UNDERSTANDING THE ALACRÁN.
A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES, Official Selection of EyeCatcher Film Fest
August 20th, 2017Jonathan LaPoma’s short script A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is an official selection of the 2017 EyeCatcher Film Festival. This is LaPoma’s 141st overall award/honor.
A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES Advances in CWA Contest
August 10th, 2017Jonathan LaPoma’s short script A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES has advanced to the quarterfinals in the 2017 Creative World Awards contest. This is LaPoma’s 140th overall award/honor.
A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES Advances in Lake Charles Film Fest
August 10th, 2017Jonathan LaPoma’s short coming-of-age script A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES has advanced to the semifinals in the 2017 Lake Charles Film & Music Festival. This is the script’s 5th award/honor and LaPoma’s 139th overall.
A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES, Official Selection of Near Nazareth Fest
May 23rd, 2017Jonathan LaPoma’s short coming-of-age drama A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is an official selection of the 2017 Near Nazareth Festival. This is LaPoma’s 125th award/honor.
A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES Nominated for Best Screenplay at Oregon FF
February 28th, 2017Jonathan LaPoma’s short script A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is one of eight scripts nominated for “Best Original Screenplay” at the 2017 Oregon Short Film Festival. A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES follows an impressionable young man who struggles to make sense of the alternating good and bad advice he receives from a much older friend as they travel through the heart of Mexican drug territory on a cursed trip to a remote Pacific coast beach.
This script is based on a short story of the same name that appeared in the November 2014 issue of 34thParallel Magazine, and that short story is based on a chapter of LaPoma’s novel UNDERSTANDING THE ALACRAN, which will be published later this year.
A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES Advances in Oregon FF
February 18th, 2017Jonathan LaPoma’s short drama A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is an official selection of the 2017 Oregon Short Film Festival. This is the script’s 3rd award/honor and LaPoma’s 115th overall.