Loonatoona: Australian Surreal Absurd Fantasy Comedy Screenplay by Shockadelic

Loonatoona: Surreal, Schizo, Strayan (and a little Sex)

What if Monty Python had made Muriel's Wedding?

Hello. My name is Shockadelic (Yes, it is).

I am the author of a surreal/absurd fantasy comedy hyperlink screenplay named "Loonatoona", about a family's twisted day (and flashbacks) in a country town.

It is set in an Australian trans-chronological retro alternate reality that somewhat resembles the late 1970s.

The film is deliberately chock-a-block with Australian slang and pop culture references.

There are prominent teen characters and queer themes.

If you're an actor, director, producer or agent looking for a risky atypical project, with inevitable cult movie status (at least in Australia), you can view my project on FilmFreeway.

I have entered Loonatoona in these 2016/2017 script/screenplay competitions: 4-Chances International Film Festival, Atlanta Comedy Film Festival, American Filmatic Arts Awards, Amsterdam International Film Festival, Auckland International Film Festival, AURORA International Film Festival, Baku International Cinema Festival, Best Film Awards, Boomtown Film and Music Festival, Broadway International Film Festival Encenada, Bucharest Film Awards, Bucharest ShortCut CineFest, California Film Awards, California Indie Film Festival, California Underground Film Festival, Canada International Film Festival, Catharsis International Film Festival, Chandler International Film Festival, Chatham-Kent Film Festival, Chicago Independent Film Festival, Cineline International Film Festival, Cinema Los Angeles, Cinemagic London, Comedy Film & Screenplay Festival, Costa Blanca Film Festival, FanFilm Awards, Film Daily Screenwriting Contest, Filmmatic Screenplay Awards Competition, Final Draft Big Break Contest, Firenze FilmCorti Festival, Fordrojo Screenplay Contest, Frame by Sound Festival, Genre Celebration Festival, George Lindsey UNA Film Festival, German United Film Festival, Global Independent Film Awards, Headline International Film Festival, Hollywood Boulevard Film Festival, Hollywood Screenplay Contest, IndustryBOOST Competition**, Jive Azz Film Fest, Just Film International Festival, Lake Charles Film & Music Festival, Las Vegas Lift-Off Film Festival, London Golden Scout IFF, Los Angeles CineFest, LS&B Comedy Writing Contest, Madhouse Movies Film Festival, Malta Film Festival, Meters International Film Festival, Milledgeville Film Festival, Monmouth Film Festival, Moscowcity International Film Festival, Mountain Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Neu World International Film Festival, New Renaissance Film Festival (Amsterdam), New York Screenplay Contest, Oaxaca FilmFest, Ocean City Film Festival, OIFF TURIN CINEFEST, Oil Valley Film Festival, Paris International Cinefest, Philadelphia Independent Film Awards, Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne, Reel Authors Screenplay Contest, RIPP ENT FILM FEST, Rome International Cinefest, Sacramento International Film Festival, ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest, ScreenplayFest, Script Pipeline Screenwriting and TV Writing Competition, Scriptapalooza, Scriptwood Screenplay Competition, Seal Beach Film Festival, Singapore World International Film Festival, Short Stop International Film Festival, Slamdance Screenplay Competition, Sochi Film Festival, Southeastern International Film Festival, The Southern California Screenplay Competition, The Southern City Film Festival, StoneFair International Film Festival, Sunlight International Film Festival, Sunset Film Festival Los Angeles, Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival, Temecula International Film Festival, Texas Cinemania International Film Festival, Texas International Film Festival, TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival, Top Indie Film Awards, Transylvania Cinema Awards, Trasharama, Underground Indie Film Festival - Horror Cult Sci-Fi Fantasy, US Hollywood International Film Festival, Utah Film Awards, Warsaw Independent Film Festival, Wayfarer Film Festival, West Texas Film Festival and WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival.

Whether the judges can understand a word of it remains to be seen.

Results (How embarrassment!... But for whom?):

4-Chances International Film Festival: not accepted

American Filmatic Arts Awards: not accepted
Amsterdam Film Festival: Winner (Second Place), First Time Screenwriter Competition
Atlanta Comedy Film Festival: Official Selection
Auckland International Film Festival: Official Selection
AURORA International Film Festival: not accepted
Baku International Cinema Festival: not accepted
Best Film Awards: Quarter-Finalist
Boomtown Film and Music Festival*: not accepted
Broadway International Film Festival Encenada: not accepted
Bucharest Film Awards: Finalist
Bucharest ShortCut CineFest: not accepted
California Film Awards: not accepted
California Indie Film Festival: not accepted
Canada International Film Festival: not accepted
Catharsis International Film Festival: not accepted
Chandler International Film Festival: Official Selection
Chatham-Kent Film Festival: Official Selection
Chicago Independent Film Festival: not accepted
Cineline International Film Festival: not accepted
Cinema Los Angeles: not accepted
Cinemagic London: not accepted

Comedy Film & Screenplay Festival: Semi-Finalist
Costa Blanca Film Festival: not accepted
FanFilm Awards: not accepted
Film Daily Screenwriting Contest: not accepted
Filmmatic Screenplay Awards Competition: not accepted

Final Draft Big Break Contest: not accepted
Firenze FilmCorti Festival: not accepted
Fordrojo Screenplay Contest: not accepted

Frame by Sound Festival: not accepted
Genre Celebration Festival: Best Feature Screenplay
George Lindsey UNA Film Festival: not accepted
German United Film Festival: not accepted
Global Independent Film Awards: not accepted

Headline International Film Festival: Winner (Award of Merit)
Hollywood Boulevard Film Festival: Official Selection
Hollywood Screenplay Contest: not accepted
IndustryBOOST Competition*: Finalist
Jive Azz Film Fest: not accepted
Just Film International Festival: not accepted
LS&B Comedy Writing Contest: Official Selection
Lake Charles Film & Music Festival: Official Selection

Las Vegas Lift-Off Film Festival: not accepted
London Golden Scout IFF: not accepted
Los Angeles CineFest: Semi-Finalist
Madhouse Movies Film Festival: Official Selection
Malta Film Festival: not accepted
Meters International Film Festival: not accepted
Milledgeville Film Festival: Semi-Finalist
Monmouth Film Festival: not accepted
Moscowcity International Film Festival: not accepted
Mountain Film Festival: Winner (Sir Edmund Hillary Award, Screenplay)
Nashville Film Festival: not accepted

Neu World International Film Festival: Official Selection
New Renaissance Film Festival (Amsterdam): not accepted
New York Screenplay Contest: not accepted
Oaxaca FilmFest: Official Selection
Ocean City Film Festival: not accepted
OIFF TURIN CINEFEST: not accepted

Oil Valley Film Festival: not accepted
Paris International Cinefest: not accepted
Philadelphia Independent Film Awards: not accepted
Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne: Official Selection
Reel Authors Screenplay Contest: Semi-Finalist (Comedy/RomCom)
Rome International Cinefest: not accepted
Sacramento International Film Festival: Semi-Finalist
ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest: not accepted
ScreenplayFest: not accepted

Script Pipeline Screenwriting and TV Writing Competition: not accepted

Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition: not accepted
Scriptwood Screenplay Competition: not accepted
Seal Beach Film Festival: Semi-Finalist
Short Stop International Film Festival: Best Script (3rd Place)
Singapore World International Film Festival: not accepted
Slamdance Screenplay Competition: not accepted
Sochi Film Festival: not accepted
Southeastern Film Festival: not accepted
The Southern California Screenplay Competition: not accepted
The Southern City Film Festival: not accepted
StoneFair International Film Festival: Winner (Best Written Screenplay)
Sunlight International Film Festival: not accepted
Sunset Film Festival Los Angeles: Official Selection
Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival: not accepted

Temecula International Film Festival: not accepted

Texas Cinemania International Film Festival: Official Selection
Texas International Film Festival: Finalist
TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival: Finalist
Top Indie Film Awards: Nominee (Best Feature Script)
Transylvania Cinema Awards: Winner
Trasharama: not accepted
Underground Indie Film Festival: Official Selection
US Hollywood International Film Festival: Finalist
Utah Film Awards: not accepted
Warsaw Independent Film Festival: not accepted
Wayfarer Film Festival: Official Selection
West Texas Film Festival: not accepted

WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival: not accepted

Loonatoona was a Finalist in the IndustryBOOST Competition**, but this has no value to me, as I believe it was a scam to sign people up to a website I shall not name. Probably every entry was a "Finalist".

*Boomtown Film and Music Festival officially notified me on 16 January through Filmfreeway that I was a Semi-Finalist, and in a private email claimed I was in the "top 1-3 places".
Over a month later, on 23 February, they changed the status to "Not selected" and claimed that they made a mistake.
I presume they really omitted Loonatoona because the winner would need a live stage reading by actors, and they just found that impossible.

I have also written a short script called Mate For Life, about two boys, born in the same hospital at the same time, who become lifelong friends.

It is more serious/realistic than Loonatoona, but has some comedic elements.

Mate For Life has been submitted to the Boulder Creek Film Festival, Milledgeville Film Festival, Monmouth Film Festival, Palermo International Short Film Festival, Princeton Film Festival, Sacramento International Film Festival, Temecula International Film Festival, Toronto World International Film Festival and TTG Produce My Screenplay Competition.

Boulder Creek Film Festival: not accepted
Milledgeville Film Festival: Semi-Finalist
Monmouth Film Festival: not accepted
Palermo International Short Film Festival: not accepted
Princeton Film Festival: not accepted
Sacramento International Film Festival: Semi-Finalist
Temecula International Film Festival: not accepted
Toronto World International Film Festival: not accepted
TTG Produce My Screenplay Competition: not accepted

My short screenplay Superpsycho (a homoerotic mashup of Superman and Psycho) has entered Adi Shankar’s Bootleg Universe Short Script and Story Contest, Fan Fiction Festival, Monmouth Film Festival, Oaxaca FilmFest, Sacramento International Film Festival and Temecula International Film Festival.

Monmouth Film Festival: not accepted
Fan Fiction Festival: not accepted
Oaxaca FilmFest: not accepted
Sacramento International Film Festival: Semi-Finalist
Temecula International Film Festival: not accepted

I have also written Another Day at the Circus, a comedy-fantasy short script about a circus dwarf.

It has been submitted to Barni International Film Festival, Milledgeville Film Festival, Palermo International Short Film Festival, Red Flight Pictures Short Screenplays, Sacramento International Film Festival, Temecula International Film Festival and TTG Produce My Screenplay Competition.

Barni International Film Festival: not accepted
Milledgeville Film Festival: not accepted
Palermo International Short Film Festival: not accepted
Red Flight Pictures Short Screenplays: not accepted
Sacramento International Film Festival: Semi-Finalist

Temecula International Film Festival: not accepted

TTG Produce My Screenplay Competition: not accepted

The Writers Guild of America, East Inc. Certificates of Registration #I289174 (Loonatoona) and #I289487 (Mate For Life)

Contact:

PO Box 804, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia

shockadelic@hotmail.com

Mobile 0424 308 531 (International 61 424 308 531)