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eOne Produces Contest Winner "Visitation"

March 5, 2023

Helen Gaughran’s Visitation, winner of the Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition and First Look Project, was produced in 2023 by Entertainment One, Blinder Films, and Rumble Films, with Nicolas Pesce directing.

The cast includes Olivia Cooke (House of the DragonSound of Metal), Isla Johnston (The Queen’s Gambit), Stephen Rea (Interview with the Vampire), Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones), and Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey).

After winning the 2019 Screenwriting season and getting wide circulation to industry execs including UTA, who Helen signed with.

A unanimous choice for both the Screenwriting Competition and genre-specific First Look Project, Script Pipeline execs called Visitation “a haunting depiction of this time and place,” “a refreshing, grounded twist on the genre,” and “one of the most impactful scripts we’ve ever read from a new, rising screenwriter.”

The horror was Helen’s first produced film.

Helen Gaughran

Helen Gaughran grew up in Dalkey, Co. Dublin, Ireland–the tiny hometown of James Joyce and George Bernard Shaw (who have also enjoyed modest writing success). There, she attended a castle-convent where she was taught Latin, discipline and a love of literature by nuns who could easily have played Bridge professionally. She graduated from an Irish […]

Visitation

2019 First Look Project - Winner (Horror & Thriller)

Visitation

2019 Screenwriting Contest - Winner

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