Alexander Seltzer

Screenplays

 FEATURES

  • MERROW (Coming-of-age/horror) WeScreenplay Features lab Quarterfinalist, funded by Canada Council of the arts

On the eve of his thirteenth birthday, a gentle boy confronts the dark reality of manhood when his mother's disappearance threatens to derail his remote fishing villages' disturbing coming-of-age ritual. Pan’s Labyrinth meets The Lighthouse.

  • WHITE LIES (THRILLER/HORROR) - Austin Film Festival second-rounder

Smoldering racial tensions explode at a friendly getaway in the woods after a young artist is confronted by a woman from his past with disturbing accusations.

  • DON’T GO BACK (sCI-FI)

After her husband's death, a troubled neuroscientist discovers a way to travel back in time through her memories. But when her attempts to fix the past lead to disaster, she must find a way to undo the damage she's caused and save them both BEFORE THEIR WHOLE WORLD IS DESTROYED.

PILOTS

  • THE DOOR (30 Min, DRAMA/HORRor)

A couple grieving over their daughter's disappearance struggles to move on after a mysterious door appears in their house. THE affair meets counterpart.

  • REMUS (1 HR. SCI-FI/MYSTERY) - blacklist 9, Top 5 Finalist Tracking B TV Competition, Austin film festival 2nd rounder, sEMIFINALIST Filmmatic - Inroads Fellowship Season 6, Quarterfinalist Big Break Competition

Stranded on a colossal alien ship millions of miles from Earth, a disgraced astronaut must unite her team and a rival crew of Russian cosmonauts long enough to find a way home.

  • THE PASSING (1 HR. MYSTERY/CRIME DRAMA/GROUNDED SCI-FI) - Screencraft screenwriting fellowship semi-finalist, Blacklist top 100, austin film festival second-rounder

On a remote Canadian Island, two detectives—one running from her past, the other clinging to his—must work together against a dangerous local cult protecting an ancient secret, to solve the mystery of a young girl’s death and apparent resurrection.

SHORTS

  • I DO (Drama) - COMPLETED - funded by Canada Council of the Arts, Premiered at REjYkAVIK International Film Festival - Golden Egg Competition

Faced with deportation after their visas expire two Russian students in Canada must grapple with their conservative upbringings and feelings for each other as they try to find a way to stay.

  • MERROW (COMING OF AGE/HORROR) - Slamdance film festival script competition winner (2022), killer shorts wINNER (SEASON 4), coverfly top 1%, rEDLIST best horror short of all time, Wescreenplay short script lab - Winner (2023)

A young boy is forced to grow up after his father brings him on his first fishing trip as part of a disturbing coming-of-age ritual.

  • THE DOOR (hORROR/DRAMA) - COMPLETED - wINNER, lOS Angeles iNTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY AWARDS, Killer shorts semi-finalist (SEASON 4)

A mother grieving over her daughter's disappearance struggles to move on after she becomes obsessed with a mysterious door that appears in her house.

  • Water Me (horror) - Killer Shorts Quarter Finalist

An ancient Sumerian god juggles online dating and gardening.

  • THE STAGE (HORROR/DRAMA)

Five strangers compete for a new luxury car in a life-or-death game orchestrated by a mysterious stranger.

  • COLLECT (DRAMA)

For 10-year-old Jacob, Saturdays are for cartoons and babysitting his sister. But when his dad calls needing bail money, Jacob will be forced to grow up far too quickly.

  • 10-33 (horror/thriller) - COMPLETED - PREMIERED AT FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL

AVA'S QUIET DATE NIGHT OUT AT THE CINEMA TURNS INTO A NIGHTMARE WHEN SHE'S TRAPPED IN A TOILET STALL DURING AN ACTIVE SHOOTING ATTACK. WITH ONLY A THIN DOOR SEPARATING HER FROM THE GUNMAN, SHE IS FORCED TO CONFRONT HIM AND TRY TO FIND A WAY TO SURVIVE.