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cave letters is a content development and literary seal-ring for both features and episodic work. Bespoke scripted fiction, both original and derivative.
It is a hatch, a backdoor, the absence of sunlight on an uncarpeted floor. It is an unused radio frequency. It is an upside-down hill where myriad characters come together to share the damage they bear. Until one of them finally opens the hatch, plunging into the pages within.
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MARTÍN ROMANELLA
MARTIN@CAVELETTERS.COM

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Nine Letters

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MINISERIES – ANTHOLOGICAL, PERIOD, HOLLYWOOD – DERIVATIVE

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Unknown

Screenplays

SERIES – DARK COMEDY, SUPERNATURAL, YA, BASED ON REAL EVENT

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Bedroom City

Screenplays

FEATURE MOVIE – DYSTOPIAN, DRAMA, THIRLLER – ORIGINAL IP

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Frost Fair

Screenplays

FEATURE MOVIE – SUPERNATURAL, DRAMA, XVII CENTURY – ORIGINAL IP

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Malambo

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FEATURE MOVIE – DRAMEDY, SUSPENSE, CRIME

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Spinner

Screenplays

FEATURE MOVIE – DRAMA, SOCIAL ISSUES ORIGINAL IP

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CONFESSION

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Confesión is not a novel about Argentinean dictatorship, but about the many ways in which monstrosity coexists perfectly with absolute normality.

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                        — ¡THERE YOU HAVE IT!,  ¡TAKE IT! — YELLED THE LEADER WHILE STANDING ON A STOOL, ON THE EDGE OF THE SUBURBAN CITY LINES. AND THE CITY, MATTRESSES IN HAND, ADVANCED
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