{"id":763006,"date":"2019-12-11T18:18:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T18:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/11\/ghanaian-screenwriter-anthony-osarfo-wins-hollywood-blood-horror-festival-2019-contest\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T18:18:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T18:18:35","slug":"ghanaian-screenwriter-anthony-osarfo-wins-hollywood-blood-horror-festival-2019-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/11\/ghanaian-screenwriter-anthony-osarfo-wins-hollywood-blood-horror-festival-2019-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian screenwriter, Anthony Osarfo, wins Hollywood Blood Horror Festival 2019 contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ghanaian entertainment journalist and critic, Anthony Osarfo, is on a journey to make a strong statement with his writing artistry \u2013 this time, as a screenwriter.<\/p>\n<p>Having nurtured the art of scriptwriting, a skill known only to his close associates, Anthony Osarfo is in full gear to storm Hollywood as a screenwriter.<\/p>\n<p>To prove his salt in an industry (Hollywood) that is saturated with top-drawer writers, Anthony Osarfo has won for himself, \u2018Best Original Screenplay\u2019 with his supernatural-horror feature screenplay titled \u2018Honor Janet.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>According to Osarfo, the inspiration behind the story and the title of the screenplay came from the life stories and first name of his mother, wife, and mother-in-law; who are all called Janet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-576700\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Osarfo-art-work.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"494\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI weaved the stories of these great women in my life together, added fiction, and came out with this mind-boggling screenplay titled \u201cHonor Janet\u201d I have a lot to share, but I will not spoil the surprise just yet. I reserve that for another day\u201d says Anthony Osarfo.<\/p>\n<p>Osarfo has also placed in other eminent screenplay contests like; Finalist \u2013 Oregon Scream Week Horror Film Festival (November 8, 2019) \u2014 Finalist with an Honorable Mention \u2013 Creepy Tree Film Festival (November 30, 2019) \u2013 100 Top Scripts Awardee \u2014 Capital Fund Screenplay Competition (July 1, 2019). He looks forward to more awards in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Osarfo Interviewed by Script Summit (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These tractions coupled with Osarfo\u2019s fascinating story of how he intends to penetrate Hollywood as an African scriptwriter while living in Ghana has earned him a rare interview with the Director of Script Summit contest, Geoffrey D. Calhoun \u2013 bestselling author of \u2018The Guide For Every Screenwriter\u2019 and founder of wefixyourscript.com.<\/p>\n<p>Following his exploits, Anthony Osarfo is the man of the moment for Script Summit\u2019s \u2018In The Spotlight\u2019 \u2013 an esteemed platform designed to discover emerging and promising scriptwriters in the US and across the globe to share their writing skills, vision, philosophies, and challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full interview \u2014\u2014 https:\/\/www.scriptsummit.com\/post\/in-the-spotlight-anthony-osarfo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian entertainment journalist and critic, Anthony Osarfo, is on a journey to make a strong statement with his writing artistry \u2013 this time, as a screenwriter. Having nurtured the art of scriptwriting, a skill known only to his close associates, Anthony Osarfo is in full gear to storm Hollywood as a screenwriter. 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