A RomCom screenwriter needs to deliver a dark thriller if she wants to keep her job.

2015 Festival | To Kill or Not to Kill PBS Short Film Festival

Premiered June 14, 2015
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2015 Festival | To Kill or Not to Kill

Linda Horowitz, a Romantic Comedy screenwriter, gets a threatening message from her agent urging her to pen a thriller. Hollywood Studios are not buying optimistic films anymore and she needs to write darker stories. She tries to produce a sinister script about a hitman, but when the character is about to kill another man something unexpected happens. Presented by CET/Think TV.

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