Good news keeps knock, knock, knocking on the door of Carole Wagener. You might recall that her screenplay The Girl with the Dark Red Hair was a Semi-Finalist in the Glendale International Film Festival in September 2024. Knock, knock in January 2025 Wagner’s screenplay won Honorable Mention in the LA Independent Women Film Award.
Keep knocking, Wagener just received official notice that this screenplay is a finalist in Best Script Awards London 2025, an international screenwriters contest. Dark Red Hair competed with more than 1,000 entries to attain this distinction. In the letter announcing her finalist status the jury wrote, “The jury wanted to highlight the uniqueness of your project, which is why you got the FINALIST status.” Does this sound like good news, no it is great news! Let’s keep our eyes on Wagener’s The Girl with the Dark Red Hair. The screenplay is based on her book The Hardest Year: A Love Story in Letters During the Vietnam War available on Amazon.
By Philip Henderson