DON’T EAT PAPER! Finalist at the San Antonio Film Festival and Glendale Film Festival, with other placements for it
“Don’t Eat Paper!” placed as follows (note the 11th Glendale Film Festival will be held from September 25-30, 2025):
Los Angeles Film & Script Festival Honors 4 Screenplay and 1 Stage Play
The Los Angeles Film & Script Festival named “THE LOST TREASURE OF THE MAYANS” as BEST SCRIPT (Action/Adventure) while giving Honorable Mention to “LIMPING TOWARDS BABYLON”, “DON’T EAT PAPER!”, “PRAY WITH A BULLET” and the stage play “THE FRISCO FLASH”.
https://lafilmandscriptfest.com/LAFSF_Winners.html
ReelHeART International Screenplay Competition names “Limping Towards Babylon” and “Don’t Eat Paper!” as Quarter-Finalists
ReelHeART in Toronto, Canada has named both of my screenplays, the comedy “Don’t Eat Paper!” and comedy-drama “Limping Towards Babylon” as Quarter-Finalists. Additionally, “…Babylon” received the prize of a Script Consultation. https://reelheart.org/en/2025/04/07/2025-reelheart-screenplay-winners-and-placements/
FESTIVAL ANGAELICA chooses Limping Towards Babylon and 4 other scripts as Official Selections
Festival Angaelica (based in Pasadena, CA) has named 4 of my full length scripts: “Limping Towards Babylon”, “Don’t Eat Paper!”, “Pray with a Bullet” and “The Lost Treasure of the Mayans” and 1 short screenplay “Hell Hath No Fury (Pi)” as Official Selections.
“Don’t Eat Paper!” and “Hell Hath No Fury (Pi)” both are Official Selections
“DON’T EAT PAPER!” is an Official Selection at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. Also, my short script “HELL HATH NO FURY (Pi)” is an Official Selection at the Hang onto Your Shorts Film Festival in Red Bank, NJ (located in my home county of Monmouth).
3 Placements for “Limping Towards Babylon” plus 1 each for “Don’t Eat Paper!”, “The Lost Treasure of the Mayans” and “The Frisco Flash”
And for my comedy screenplay “DON’T EAT PAPER!”:
And for my stage play “THE FRISCO FLASH”:
And finally “THE LOST TREASURE OF THE MAYANS” is one of five screenplay Official Selections at the Beaufort International Film Festival. As part of the festival, yesterday there was a public presentation of scenes from the selected scripts.
“DON’T EAT PAPER!” a Finalist at VisionFest, NYC
My comedy script “Don’t Eat Paper!” is one of 10 Finalists at VisionFest in NYC.
Short Synopsis: Roy is obnoxiously in love with his therapist, Joanie, whose attempt to “fire” her client unintentionally leads to his death, but Roy’s ghost expects to maintain their “relationship”; however, a wild road-trip with Roy leads Joanie to discover her true mission in life.
After all, sometimes dying is the best therapy.
Julius Galacki Presents DON’T EAT PAPER! at the San Pedro International Film Festival
I drove down to San Pedro for the final night of the San Pedro International Film Festival (for those outside LA, it’s the port for Los Angeles right next to Long Beach, but is only connected to the rest of LA by a narrow corridor so that it feels very much like a different city). The San Pedro downtown can be desolate in some areas but there’s an arts / restaurant revitalization in a few blocks, which is where Collage: a Place for Art and Culture is located and the place for the closing night party and awards.
“Don’t Eat Paper!” remained only a nominee but I did take part in a presentation with the winning screenwriter about our respective screenplays. An unexpected lively Q&A followed where I was asked quite a few questions and even asked for advice for the beginning screenwriter. (I actually could give her some practical advice as I’ve been doing this a while, but it was the first time I’ve ever been asked that question.) I also got to drink some Croatian wine (a sponsor of the festival)… haven’t had Croatian wine since 1987 when I took a vacation there. Next to Collage was a beautiful Art Deco former Montgomery Ward department store from 1930, which has been put to re-use.
My comedy “Don’t Eat Paper!” is also racking up screenplay competition placements
Starting from late 2023 to this date, the script has placed in 23 competitions. Below are just some of the certificates and laurels (not pictured Final Draft Big Break Semi-Finalist):
Spotlight Article about me and “Don’t Eat Paper!” put out by the Houston Comedy Film Festival
Click on the article title to read the spotlight:“Don’t Eat Paper!”: Comedy in Therapy
