BLANCA
A feature film
Hunted by soldiers after a coup in 1968, Peru’s First Lady must drive her wounded chauffeur and teen maid to the hospital down a treacherous road in the Andes. . .
THE FEATURE FILM HAS BEEN SHOT
. . . and it needs editing funds to finish.
Hop on board with a contribution.
Ask your employer for matching funds—gifts are tax-deductible.
AWARDS FOR THE SHORT FILM
2024/25
Chicago Feedback Film Festival - WINNER BEST DIRECTOR
Fotofilm International Short Film Festival - FINALIST
Shortstop International Film Festival - AWARD WINNER
Atlanta Cinema Awards - AWARD WINNER
Best Short Competition - AWARD WINNER
European Short Film Festival - SEMI-FINALIST
WSXA Paris International Film Festival - SEMI FINALIST
Blow-Up Chicago International Film Festival - SEMI-FINALIST
AARF Barcelona International Film Festival - HONORABLE MENTION
Beverly Hills Film Festival
Sactown Movie Buffs
Chicago Feedback Film Festival
Paradise Film Festival
Onyko Film Awards
Montreal Independent Film Festival
Atlanta Shortfest
Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival
Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival
NewFilmmakers NY
SHORT FILM AUDIENCE FEEDBACK
the SCREENPLAY
Language: English
Genre: Action-Adventure, Thriller, Drama
Estimated runtime: 95 minutes
Writer: Carlos Graña
SYNOPSIS
Blanca is an English language, action-adventure thriller based on historical events and real people: the director’s grandmother and her employee during a Peruvian coup in 1968.
As comical as it is dramatic, the edge-of-your-seat adventure thrusts two women from opposite extremes of society and country into a forced partnership for their own survival.
Riding a presidential car neither can drive, their chauffeur bleeding out while Blanca is in active labor, the women must overcome mountain terrain, personal hatred, and deep social prejudices to remain ahead of an army hungry for revenge…
SCRIPT AWARDS
Blanca the screenplay has been officially nominated for 11 juried awards, including Page Awards finalist out of 10,000 screenplays. The Page Awards is among the top ten competitions in the world. Among them is the Austin Film Festival, where Blanca made it to second round out of 14,500 submissions. These are high-end, legitimate institutions that objectively rate Blanca as an outstanding screenplay.
SCRIPT REVIEWS
Screenwriting involves reviews from professional script readers. These independent readers provide revision notes and an overall script rating, which helps producers quickly determine quality: 95% of scripts get a “Pass” rating, which means the script is simply no good; less than 5% of scripts get a "Consider” rating, meaning it needs a few tweaks but is in otherwise good shape; and only 1% get a “Recommend” rating, which means the script is in excellent shape, ready for production.
Blanca has coverage from seven readers. ALL SEVEN gave Blanca a “Recommend” or “Consider” - the highest ratings reserved for less than 5% of screenplays.
Excerpts:
Blanca is an ingenious high-octane drama... a ‘contained’ thriller – a much-prized paradigm in Hollywood, involving well-scripted scenarios with minimal locations, limited cast members, [and] intense drama…
Blanca has great visual potential and should prove an attractive acting vehicle.
An impressive piece of writing, an authentic-feeling story that defies expectations. It is an imaginative thriller, an emotional family story [that] would make a thrilling film.
CARLOS & BLANCA OVER A LIFETIME
Meet BLANCA
Interviews by Carlos, the foundation of the screenplay
from Carlos
I think this is a beautiful project in which to invest my life, inspired by a beautiful relationship. Blanca is fictionalized but based on the real bond between two extraordinary characters: my grandmother and her employee. As a child, they were always just Grandma and Blanca. As an adult, I wondered: How did such polar opposites become closer than blood? Are most of our differences superficial and manufactured? Are we all far more similar to one another than we are told?
Do we see friendship with our eyes or feel it with our soul?
The film has been shot. We are now in the post-production stage, for which we seek completion funding. Can you contribute, or does your employer offer matching gifts? For any patron of the arts, Blanca is a riveting, festival-caliber production, which is tax-deductible. For any investor, we have a business plan to ensure an ample, global audience.
Thank you.