SCREENWRITING
Galactic Echoes
Galactic Echoes, a sci-fi short screenplay by Carla Pekander, blends love, time travel, and reincarnation. In 2095, Dr. Liang Mei recalls a past life as Concubine Liu Feng, whose forbidden love ended in tragedy. Using futuristic tech, she travels back to the Tang Dynasty to save Li Yuan and bring her to the future—rekindling a love that defies time and death.
Desert Storm
Desert Storm tells the story of Yiyang, a Chinese tour guide in Marrakech, whose mental health struggles test her marriage to Carlos, a Spanish painter. When her ex-boyfriend Kailei reappears and a desert storm traps them together, old feelings surface. Ultimately, Yiyang must confront her inner turmoil and rediscover strength in love.
The Girl You Lost to Cocaine
The Girl You Lost to Cocaine follows Wang Xiaoyue, a rising actress at the Beijing Film Academy, whose dreams unravel after a traumatic night leads her into cocaine addiction. As her life spirals, she faces betrayal, loss, and the harsh cost of ambition and emotional pain. The Girl You Lost to Cocaine won the Award for Best Short Screenplay at Rohip International Film Festival and was Finalist of the Elegant International Film Festival in 2025.
Love On A Rainy Day
Love On A Rainy Day is a short screenplay written by Carla Pekander that has been a part of four events already. First it participated in the London International Screenwriting Competition in 2022. Then, Love On A Rainy Day has won the awards for Best Short Script (unrealized work) at Vesuvius International Film Fest (Italy) and also Best Short Script at Mokkho International Film Festival (India) in 2022. The script is also Official Selection of Festival Angaelica 2023 and among the 10 screenplays selected for pitching at Tirana International Film Festival 2023. In Love On A Rainy Day, two people fall in love on a rainy day. But will their love last when the seasons change?
Wild Cloudberries
Wild Cloudberries is a short screenplay written by Carla Pekander. The script won the award for Best Short Script at Mokkho International Film Festival in 2023. The script also received the Special Jury Award in the category Best Short Screenplay at Rohip International Film Festival and Special Mention for Unproduced Short Script from Vesuvius International Film Fest in 2023.
Grandma's Recipe
Short screenplay Grandma's Recipe, written by Carla Pekander, has won four awards: Special Jury Award for Best Scriptwriter and Award for Best Short Script from Mokkho International Film Festival (India), Award for Best Short Script from Vesuvius International Film Fest (Italy), and Award for Best Short Script from Rohip International Film Festival (India). In Grandma's Recipe, Chinese student Jason is living in snowy Finland, and has a dark secret. He cannot stop himself from using his grandma's recipe.
Heart of Glass
Heart of Glass is a TV script written by Carla Pekander. Heart of Glass (Cuore di Vetro) won the award for Best Script at Vesuvius International Film Fest in 2021. The script participated in the London International Screenwriting competition, and was the Official Selection of Naples Film Awards and Prisma Film Awards. In Heart of Glass, five models finance their summer holidays in Bangkok and Pattaya with questionable methods. As they party, drink and take drugs, they are kidnapped and must survive hell to find their way home.