Success Stories: JUN'30 Passion Project Success - Just Say Goodbye released to the masses

Layla O'Shea

Passion Project Success - Just Say Goodbye released to the masses

Wrote the script for this film eight years ago. It’s a hard hitting, emotional film about true friendship and teen suicide. After a long journey, it won Best Director at the Boston International Film Festival last year (youngest director to win in their history - 18 years-old, on a scant budget of $15k!), and now it's just released! The film's DVDs are selling through major online platforms like Best Buy, Target and Walmart and it's streaming on platforms like Fandango Now and Amazon Prime. Just goes to show you, people still appreciate character-driven dramas without huge budgets and an over-abundance of VFX. A director from Finland came to our modest red carpet premiere in L.A. a few weeks ago, and now a contract is being worked out for him to re-make the film in Finnish. Happy screenwriter here! :D

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Teresa Barber

Congratulations! Wishing you much more success in your journey!

Layla O'Shea

Thanks so much! It's been a long, rewarding road. And all the tragic stories we heard after our Q&A's at film festivals proved to us we needed to get the flm out there and start conversations that some parents are afraid to have with their kids.

Teresa Barber

Layla O'Shea , I watched the trailer - VERY intense and well done. ♥

Layla O'Shea

Thanks again. We’re trying to spread the word. It’s the only way small indie films like ours have a chance to make a name for themselves. :D

John Kevin Bell

Nice work! Well done! I'm glad to see something written several years ago finally came together and is doing something positive!

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