Filmmaker Daniel Clements

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ÉCU’s Alumni of 2010: an Interview with Daniel Clements and Santiago Maza Stern – ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival As we look back on 20 years of the European Independent Film Festival, we decided to get in touch with some of of the directors from ÉCU’s past Official Selections over the years. In this trip down memory lane, we interviewed some of our filmmakers on their past work and current projects while sp...

Despite taking a minute to post about it (due to the arrival of our brand-new family member) I’m still thrilled the screenplay was so well received at the height of Coverfly’s screenwriting era. Just before they passed the baton to the International Screenwriters Association in late 2025, it hit the top 3% of all screenplays, the top 4% of all comedies, and peaked at #8 in Comedy Features on the “Red List” — the industry’s top merit-based leaderboard for 2025. Nice to see that audiences are still drawn to dark (pitch-black at times) comedy. Exciting news to come!

 

Apparently having a baby takes all of one’s time away. So… nearly a year later I get around to posting these laurels, starting with for my feature screenplay being a finalist and moving swiftly from buzz, momentum, and interest, into development (though, not posting about it so swiftly) ☺️☺️☺️