Author: Christian Candido

My Hollywood Circus

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Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

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Pretty Little Lucy

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My Father Moves Mountains

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Non dimenticare il poeta

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Bellatrix

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Revisited – Life is Short

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Esperándote

By Jesus Schettino

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America Boxed In

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

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Disclosure from a Cloakroom

By Carol Dorn

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Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

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American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

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Aegean Love

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The Giant

By Kevin B Ploth

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Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

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Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

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When Cassandra Venice speaks

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Something ain’t right

By Susan Downs

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The Novice

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Staycation

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The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

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Borderline Justice

By Lynn Elliott

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“Only You Can Save Her,” pilot teleplay of series THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC

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Pirandello’s Wife

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Uncle Franco’s Birthday Suit

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Alta California

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The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

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Noise

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Doctor Hyphoteses

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Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

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An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

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Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

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Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

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Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

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The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

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The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

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Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

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The Duchess

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Walking With God

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The Armchair Travellers

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Kev Franzi – Works 80 Years in the Film Industry HD

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Brothers of Babylon

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Looking for inspiration/Poszukiwanie inspiracji

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Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

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Esperándote

By Jesus Schettino

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Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

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Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

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Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

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Something ain’t right

By Susan Downs

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A Rescues Song

By Tommy Anderson & Sherry Severs

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Floating Eyes

By Daniel Arreola

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Cherished Viciousness

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The Duchess

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Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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The Novice

By Vincenzo Amoruso

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Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

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Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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Your Father, who sees in secret

By Danilo Del Tufo

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American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

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The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

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The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

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Alison Somilleda

Daniel Arreola

Danilo Del Tufo

David Williamson

Dianne Lang

Dr Dawn Menge

Charli Brown

Emily Joshua

Faye Fayerman

Jacek Krawczyk

Jennifer Glee

Lena Mattsson

Lynn Elliott

Michelle Lynn

R. Scott MacLeay

Sean Gregory Tansey

Suzanne Lutas

Tim Myrick

Timothy A McGhee

Vicentini Gomez

Vivian Tsang