Jonathan LaPoma

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LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO a Runner Up in British Independent Film Fest

Jonathan LaPoma and Natalia Porras Sivolobova’s feature-length drama, LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO (LAND THAT I LOVE), is a runner up in the 2017 British Independent Film Festival.

LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO Advances to Finals in World Series of Screenwriting

Jonathan LaPoma and Natalia Porras Sivolobova’s feature-length coming-of-age drama, LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO (LAND THAT I LOVE), is a finalist in the 2016 World Series of Screenwriting. This is the script’s 30th award/honor and LaPoma’s 102nd. LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO is ranked 2nd in the Urban, 5th in the Romance, and 9th in the Drama categories of MovieBytes.com’s Top 10 Contest Winning Scripts (over 2,700 scripts are listed on the site).

LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO Advances to Finals in Anchorage Film Fest

Jonathan LaPoma and Natalia Porras Sivolobova’s coming-of-age drama, LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO (LAND THAT I LOVE), advanced to the finals of the 2016 Anchorage International Film Festival. This is the script’s 29th award/honor and it’s ranked in the top 1% of the more than 2,700 scripts listed on MovieBytes.com.

Patricia Chica (CERAMIC TANGO, WOLVERINE HOTEL) is attached to direct.

LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO Wins the Auckland Film Festival

Jonathan LaPoma and Natalia Porras Sivolobova’s coming-of-age drama, LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO (LAND THAT I LOVE), won Best Screenplay at the 2016 Auckland Film Festival. This is the script’s 27th award/honor and LaPoma’s 99th overall.

Patricia Chica (CERAMIC TANGO, WOLVERINE HOTEL) is attached to direct.

LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO Official Selection of Swedish Film Fest

The Swedish International Film Festival has chosen Jonathan LaPoma and Natalia Porras Sivolobova’s feature-length, coming-of-age drama, LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO (LAND THAT I LOVE), as an official selection of their 2016 competition. This is the script’s 25th award/honor and LaPoma’s 84th overall.

Patricia Chica (CERAMIC TANGO, WOLVERINE HOTEL) is attached to direct.

LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO Advances in FilmMakers International

Jonathan LaPoma and Natalia Porras Sivolobova’s character-driven coming-of-age drama, LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO (LAND THAT I LOVE), has advanced to the semifinals in the 2016 FilmMakers International Screenwriting Awards, putting it in the top 7% of more than 1,500 submissions. LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO follows a 30-year old half-Mexican half-American woman who, after failing to make it as a dancer in New York City, returns to her hometown of Oaxaca, Mexico and struggles with where she truly belongs. It can be described as EVEN THE RAIN meets BEFORE SUNRISE.

 

Patricia Chica (CERAMIC TANGO, WOLVERINE HOTEL) is attached to direct.

LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO an Official Selection of Pasadena Film Fest

Jonathan LaPoma and Natalia Porras Sivolobova’s feature-length character-driven romantic drama, LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO (LAND THAT I LOVE), is an official selection of the 2016 Pasadena International Film Festival. This is the script’s 20th award/honor, and LaPoma’s 71st overall. LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO can be seen as EVEN THE RAIN meets BEFORE SUNSET and is ranked in the top 2% of the more than 2,600 scripts listed on MovieBytes.com.

 

Patricia Chica (CERAMIC TANGO, WOLVERINE HOTEL) is attached to direct.

JON LAPOMA WINS LONDON FILM AWARDS FOR SECOND TIME

The London Film Awards has selected Jonathan LaPoma and Natalia Porras Sivolobova’s romantic drama, LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO (LAND THAT I LOVE), as the Grand Prize winner of their 2015 Feature Screenplay category. This is the second consecutive year LaPoma has won the Grand Prize in this competition, winning with his script THE WAY BACK HOME last year. His scripts have won 67 awards/honors in the last two years. LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO can be seen as BEFORE SUNRISE meets EVEN THE RAIN.

 

Patricia Chica (CERAMIC TANGO, WOLVERINE HOTEL) is attached to direct.

Jon LaPoma Places Two Scripts in LA Screenplay Contest

The Los Angeles Screenplay Contest has selected Jonathan LaPoma and Natalia Porras Sivolobova’s coming-of-age drama, LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO (LAND THAT I LOVE), as the 2nd place winner of their 2015 drama category. They also selected LaPoma’s script THE WAY BACK HOME as a finalist in the same category.

LaPoma has won 19 awards/honors since 10/7, and he’s won 64 overall since 2013.

Both LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO and THE WAY BACK HOME are ranked in the top 3% of the more than 2,600 feature-length screenplays listed on MovieBytes.com, and LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO is also the 4th ranked script in the romance category.

Patricia Chica (CERAMIC TANGO, WOLVERINE HOTEL) is attached to direct.

LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO an Official Selection of The Monthly Film Fest

The Monthly Film Festival has selected Jonathan LaPoma and Natalia Porras Sivolobova’s character-driven coming-of-age drama, LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO (LAND THAT I LOVE), as an official selection of their October-November screenplay contest.

Patricia Chica (CERAMIC TANGO, WOLVERINE HOTEL) is attached to direct.