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Lola Petitbon
Screenwriters Lab
2025-2026 Fellow
Uprise
WWII, a wing of a Nazi concentration camp, six Jewish prisoners are subjected to horrific experiments by a sadistic doctor discover they’ve developed superpowers. After a daring escape, they flee into occupied Europe — wounded, hunted, and battling to control the abilities forced upon them. As they struggle with who they’ve become, they begin to understand their powers, forge unlikely alliances, and prepare to rise against the regime that tried to annihilate them.
Lola Petitbon is a Franco-American screenwriter and director who trained at UCLA after beginning her career as an actress. A finalist and winner of several international screenwriting competitions, she is currently developing a TV series in Los Angeles, backed by an Oscar-winning producer, and a short film produced in France, where she will make her official directorial debut. Her work blends intimate, character-driven storytelling with music, humor, and a touch of burlesque.
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