ARIEL SOBEL

The screenplay placed in the top 5% of over 7,000 submissions and has advanced in the competition.

The short, written by Ariel Sobel and directed by Neil Andrew Cerullo, also won best "Dynamic Duo" for its actors Isabella Cuda and Gage Magosin. Out of 67 films, it was one of three nominated for Best Writing.

Ariel's screenplay ASSEMBLANCE OF TRUTH has landed her in the quarter-finals of the 4th annual ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship, culled from over 2,000 applications.

Ariel's short "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Burkini" was one of three winning screenplays at the Ivy Film Festival, the largest student-run film festival in the world. It was presented in a live reading at Brown University.

The film caught the eye of one of China's most prestigious documentary awards.

Ariel has been admitted to USC's prestigious CTWR 585 class, where she will cowrite a feature adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo, which will we be executive produced and mentored by James Franco. Out of over 40 writers, only 8 were selected based on their writing sample, resume, and approach.

The festival recognized the film in its Documentary Short, Jewish Film, and Film by Women Filmmakers categories.

YOU ASKED FOR IT to be screened in November 2016, nominated as best short.

Ariel's poem "A Letter to the Stanford Rapist, From His Mother" now included in a visual exhibit that in, THIS ENDS HERE, a joint effort between PAC-12 student governments to inspire students to take a stand and end sexual assault on campuses.

The Lost Tribe will screen at the The Joyce Forum, which recognizes outstanding Jewish-themed short-subject films from all over the world.

Performed at TEDxTrousdale, the talk discusses mental illness, ethical creativity, and how there are co-writers in our life-stories who have the right to keep some pages private.

You Asked For It to be screened at the California Women's Film Festival.