John Kestner

Cavity Search Pictures
Director, Screenwriter, Producer and Storyboard Artist

Phoenix, Arizona

Member Since:
January 2017

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About John

Independent producer, writer, director with Cavity Search Pictures LLC.
Winner of over 100 awards for screenwriting and nearly 300 awards for seven short films over the past three years.
YouTube page at Cavity Search Pictures Films.
(Make sure you have Films at the end of Cavity Search Pictures: we are not responsible for what comes up without it!)

Gender:
Male

Height:
6'

Certifications

Photos

2024 Chandler Int'l Film Festival (Arizona)

Loglines

The App Budget: $100K - $1M | Horror A group of high school friends all download an app on their phones that claims to see ghosts and check into a haunted bed & breakfast, unaware that the ghosts can now see them as well.
Hanging Buddy Budget: $100K - $1M | Comedy The first successful sex change operation between a biological female and a dead man's sex organ takes a shocking turn when the sex organ's voice speaks up in the trans person's head.
Shut Eye Revival Budget: $1M - $5M | Western A scarred Civil War Veteran is mistaken for a preacher by a desperate town under assault from a dying land baron.
Happy Camp Nine Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy The year 2040. The first woman is elected as US President. On her first day in office, she orders all men rounded up and taken to concentration camps for "sensitivity training." The Battle of the Sexes just went nuclear.

Awards

Prague Int'l FF Best Horror Screenplay
(2021)
Shriekfest Horror & Sci-Fi FF Finalist
(2021)
7th Annual Top Shorts FF Best Comedy Screenplay
(2021)
Hollywood Blood Horror Fest Finalist
(2021)
Houston Comedy FF Best Horror Comedy Short Screenplay
(2021)
Amsterdam World Int'l FF Official Selection
(2021)
Military Script Showcase Official Selection
(2021)
Big Sur FF Best Short Screenplay Winner
(2021)
Big Apple FF and Screenplay Competition Award Winner
(2021)
Independent Shorts Awards Gold Award Winner
(2021)
Night of Comedy Shorts (Italy) Award Winner (Hon Mention)
(2021)
Hollywood Int'l Golden Age Festival Award Winner
(2021)
The Wild Bunch Film Festival 1st Place Feature Horror Western
(2021)
L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, and Script Festival - Official Selection
(2020)
CARE Awards (Parkersburg, WV) - Official Selection
(2020)
Boobs and Blood Int'l Film Festival - Official Selection
(2020)
PLAY Film Festival (Paris, France) - Finalist
(2020)
Prague Int'l Monthly Film Festival (Czech Rep) - Winner
(2020)
Nightmares Film Festival (Columbus, OH) - Finalist
(2020)
It Came From the Sky Film Festival - Official Selection
(2020)
Show Low Film Festival (AZ) - Best of Scripts Award Winner
(2020)
Houston Comedy Film Festival - Best Horror Comedy Feature Screenplay
(2020)
Worldfest Houston Platinum REMI Award Winner for Action/Adventure Screenplay
(2017)
London Independent Film Awards Best Original Screenplay (August)
(2017)
Las Vegas int'l Screenwriting Competition Official Selection
(2017)
Cannes Screenplay Contest Official Finalist
(2017)