Kazek Israni-Winger

Screenwriter/Director

2024 Iowa Screenwriter's Grant Recipient & 2024 CRIFF Golden Eddy Winner

 

Produced Works

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Unproduced Screenplays

'PARTITION'

Genre(s): Drama, Historical

Logline: Set against the harrowing backdrop of the 1947 Partition of India, two teenagers- one Hindu, one Muslim- are forced to survive the violent separation of their country.

Accolades: 2024-2025 Iowa Screenwriter Grant Recipient, Black List's Screenplay of the Week (March, 2025)

Featured Quotes: "An emotionally resonant and deeply intimate look into an impactful event for both India and Pakistan, one that still ripples out today." - Black List Professional Evaluation

"An incredible piece with some wonderful, heartbreaking, and important stories." - Slamdance Screenplay Competition

 

I Love Laura

Genre(s): Comedy, Music, Drama

Logline: In Encino, three sisters come of age by forming a band; in an effort to satisfy their love of punk rock and to distract from the disappointments of growing up.

Accolades: Big Apple Film Festival Selection, Portland Screenplay Awards Semi-Finalist, Marina del Rey Film Festival Selection

Featured Quotes: " The Lerret sisters’ rock-fueled journey presents a highly relatable story full of humor, ambition, and heart." - Black List Professional Evaluation

 

A Farm

Genre(s): Drama/Thriller

Logline: A quiet Iraqi immigrant chases the American Dream by becoming a paparazzo in New York City, only to find disillusionment and poison.

Accolades: TBA

Featured Quotes: "Conceptually, the notion of extrapolating an antihero-twinged critique of the American Dream out of a misguided immigrant's efforts to make it as a paparazzo certainly testifies to this screenplay's breadth of creative and thematic ingenuity." - Black List Professional Evaluation

 

 

For inquiries contact: kazekisraniwinger@gmail.com