Jonathan LaPoma

Author / Screenwriter / Songwriter

A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES (Short Screenplay)

An impressionable young man 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.

*Based on Jonathan LaPoma’s short story of the same title that appeared in the November 2014 issue of 34thParallel Magazine.

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Awards/honors:

  • Oaxaca Film Fest, 2019, Finalist
  • Near Nazareth Festival, 2017, Official Selection
  • Neu World Studios International Film Festival, 2017, Official Selection
  • Hollywood Independent Film Festival, 2017, Official Selection
  • The Monthly Film Festival (October/November), 2016, Official Selection
  • Eye Catcher Film Festival, 2017, Official Selection
  • Oregon Short Film Festival, 2017, Official Selection
  • Los Angeles CineFest, 2016, Semifinalist 
  • Lake Charles Film & Music Festival, 2017, Semifinalist
  • Creative World Awards, 2017, Quarterfinalist