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Screenplays

Another City

(feature screenplay – produced film)
Premiered at Manhattan Film Festival
Distributed by BayView Entertainment

David and Beth have just moved to New York from other cities. David is recovering from a brutal divorce; Beth is hurting over the boyfriend who left her. When the two meet, they share an instant connection—but over the course of a single evening, their encounter turns from casual fling to something more complicated. As they seek to bury their pain from the past and try their hands at love in a new city, will they find happiness together or more heartbreak?

Watch the trailer

View scenes from the film:

Beth and David  (Contains adult language)

David’s monologue  (Contains adult language)

The Songstress

(TV pilot)
Finalist, ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition
Semifinalist, Scriptation Showcase Script Competition
Semifinalist, Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
Quarterfinalist, Final Draft – Big Break
Quarterfinalist, BlueCat Screenplay Competition
Quarterfinalist, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards

In the midst of the Syrian Civil War, a young Muslim woman, with the help of the CIA, goes deep into ISIS territory to avenge her family’s murder. But her quest for revenge becomes a high-stakes rescue mission with personal and global consequences.

The Bold Ones

(feature screenplay)
Semifinalist, BlueCat Screenplay Competition

When American mercenaries are sent to escort a female aid worker out of a besieged Colombian village, they become the unlikely defenders of the village against a violent drug cartel.

Read an excerpt here.

Used Books

(feature screenplay)
(co-written w/ Adam Rubin)
Developed with LeVar Burton, Producer (Eagle Nation Films)
Staged reading at DreamWorks Pictures

A gifted but troubled teenager struggling to get out of his rough Brooklyn neighborhood becomes the unlikely friend of an elderly British bookstore owner with a past.

The Sea Between

(feature screenplay)
(co-written w/ Nicola Behrman)
Commissioned by Elizabeth Kahn, Producer (Forever After Project, Inc.)

A Dutch girl who has survived the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen goes to live in London and meets a young Hungarian man, beginning a tumultuous romance that spans from England to Brazil.

The New World Order

(feature screenplay)
A madcap satirical comedy in which a besieged American president tries to stop an impending terrorist attack while overseeing a preemptive retaliation on fifty-three foreign countries, any of whom may be behind the terrorist plot.

Read an excerpt here.

To contact Kuros about developing film or TV projects, email kuroscharney@gmail.com.

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