ARIEL SOBEL

Now one of the top 151 entries out of 7,102, four Academy members will now read "Assemblance of Truth" to consider it for the prestigious grand prize.

The screenplay is one of 272 quarter-finalists to advance out of a total of 3272 submissions.

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

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 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.

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.