Film Production

Hollywood International Indie Screenplay Awards awarded Maggie, a screenplay written by independent writer-producer-director and university professor, Armando P. Ibanez, Best First-Time Screenwriter Award (Short Screenplay).

Hollywood International Indie Screenplay Awards is a screenplay competition that presents the best screenwriters in the world, according to the festival's posting on FilmFreeway.

We are honored and excited, said Ibanez, adding that Pluma Pictures, Inc., a nonprofit film production company, which he serves as president, is producing the film.

We've undertaken a fundraising campaign to pay for the production of Maggie, said Ibanez, who teaches film production at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and is a Dominican friar of the Southern Dominican Province.

Since Pluma Pictures is a 501(c) production company, donations are tax deductible, he said.

Maggie has won six other accolades. They are:

• Quarterfinalist, New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards, 2023.
• Quarterfinalist, Portland Screenplay Awards, 2023.
• Finalist, Southern California Screenplay Competition, 2022;
• Quarterfinalist, Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards Season 7, 2022.
• Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, 2022-23.
• Honorable Mention, Docs Without Borders International Film Festival, 2023.

We are blown away by these incredible honors, said Ibanez, adding that Maggie is scheduled to go into production in 2025.