Ron Modro
MY NAME WAS ICEK
After 65 years, a Holocaust survivor, stripped of his identity at the age of 10, searches for proof of his existence and must come to terms with memories of violence and rape at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators. (Inspired by a True Story)
Quarterfinalist, Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship 2021
Quarterfinalist, Stage 32 Feature Drama Screenwriting Contest 2021
Quarterfinalist, Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards 2023
Official Selection, Berlin International Screenwriting Festival 2023
Finalist, Cambridge Script Festival Winter Season 23/24
Honorable Mentioned, Stage Script Film Competition 2025
FORBIDDEN: ONCE UPON A WAR
A teenage French Girl falls in love with a Nazi officer during the WWII occupation of Paris. When she becomes pregnant, her entire world is turned upside-down. (Based on a True Story)
Best Teleplay, New Hope Film Festival and Screenplay Contest 2021
Semi-finalist, Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards 2021
Official Selection, Cannes Cinema Festival 2022
Quarterfinalist, Inroads Fellowship Season 5
Top 13% of all scripts, Coverfly Red List
Official Selection, Berlin International Screenwriting Festival 2023
Semi-finalist, SCRIPTMATIX Pilot Season Contest 2024
Quarterfinalist, Script Lab Screenplay Contest 2024
Honorable Mention, Chicago Script Awards 2025
Official Selection , Hollywood International Indie Screenplay Awards 2025
Winner, Tokyo Film & Screenplay Awards 2025
CONFLUENCE
An ambitious, married Pittsburgh politico sees his dreams of becoming City Councilman threatened when a mentally unstable former male lover moves into the same neighborhood with the sole purpose of outing the darkest secrets of his past and destroying his life and reputation completely, all while the man’s multiple personalities infiltrate the community in the guise of characters no one would ever suspect.
Quarterfinalist, Stage 32 Diversity Springboard 2021
BEGIN THE BEGUINE
Two families from two eras – 1940s and present-day – One White, One Black – are linked by a violent family legacy and a historic home where an expectant couple uncovers a legacy of racism and homophobia and must learn to embrace love to save their children from a doomed future mired in hate.
Official Winner, LGTBQ+ Los Angeles Film Festival 2024
Official Winner, Queer Screenplay Project 2024
Quarterfinalist, STAGE 32 Screenwriting Fellowship 2024
Quarterfinalist, Atlanta Screenplay Awards
Quarterfinalist, Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards 2024
Official Selection, Stage Script Film Competition 2025
Rhodium Medal, LBGTQ Unbordered International Film Festival 2025
Official Winner , Chicago Script Awards 2025
Semi-finalist, Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship 2025
NEARER TO GOD
A body is discovered in an abandoned farmhouse, revealing the harrowing journal of a young gay man who, during the height of the AIDS crisis, was cast out by his family and endured a brutal ex-gay conversion program, chronicling his desperate search for acceptance and the devastating impact of societal prejudice.
Gold Medal Winner, LBGTQ Unbordered International Film Festival
Official Winner, Hollywood International Indie Screenplay Awards 2025