Incarnations

Logline: Desperate to reunite with his late four-year-old son, a brilliant biologist risks his career and marriage to journey to Tibet and uncover the meaning of a mysterious epigenetic marker—the “fingerprint of the soul”—that may be proof of reincarnation.

Comps: ARRIVAL meets I, ORIGINS

Written by Albert M. Chan, Incarnations is a grounded sci-fi drama feature screenplay that is “Black List Recommended.”

Incarnations was selected for a 2022-2023 Humanitas New Voices Fellowship as a work that explores the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way.

Incarnations won First Place in the Best Screenplay competition at the Oscar-accredited Rhode Island International Film Festival. The screenplay was also a finalist for the Tracking Board Launch Pad Feature Competition, Screencraft Film Fund, Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition, Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition, and Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition.

“THOUGHT-PROVOKING, MINDBLOWING, AND HEARTFELT, INCARNATIONS BLENDS SCIENCE-FICTION, SPIRITUALITY, AND PATHOS TO CREATE SOMETHING WHOLLY NEW AND MEMORABLE… INCARNATIONS HOOKS OUR ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY WITH ITS MINDBLOWING HIGH CONCEPT. THE EXECUTION THAT FOLLOWS IS THOUGHTFUL AND HUMAN… INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND STIRRING, A UNIQUE CATHARSIS ONLY THIS SCRIPT AND THIS CONCEPT CAN DELIVER.”
– The Black List

“CLEVER, ORIGINAL, INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATING, AND GRIPPING, A HIGH CONCEPT IDEA THAT TRANSLATES INTO A SMART CHARACTER- AND IDEA-DRIVEN STORY… THE PLOT TWISTS ARE CONSISTENTLY SURPRISING… THE KIND OF LOW-BUDGET, INTELLECTUAL THRILLER THAT PLAYS AT SUNDANCE… THE IDEAS ARE KING HERE.”
– The Black List

““INCARNATIONS IS A SUPERBLY WRITTEN, RICHLY COMPELLING MEDICAL DRAMA… THE FINAL SEQUENCE IN FRANCE IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING; EMOTIONALLY GUTTING; WHILE DEEPLY LIFE-AFFIRMING… SIMULTANEOUSLY SMART, DIFFERENT, EXPERTLY RENDERED AND ULTIMATELY PROFOUND… THIS IS THE TYPE OF WORK THAT SHOULD HAVE AN EASY TIME FINDING CHAMPIONS, AND WOULD FIT PERFECTLY WITHIN THE CATALOGUES OF ANY ONE OF THE MAJOR STREAMERS.”
– The Black List

“SOARS EMOTIONALLY WITHOUT EVER FEELING SENTIMENTAL, CLOYING, OR FALSE… THE SCRIPT IS TRULY UNIQUE. IT’S UNLIKE ANYTHING THE READER HAS SEEN BEFORE: A FASCINATING PREMISE WITH AN ENTHRALLING WORLD.”
– Bluecat

The Verge of Seas

Logline: After returning to his childhood home, a father in a collapsing marriage crosses into a parallel universe where he died as a teenager—and finds his husband living an unresolved life. As the worlds threaten to separate forever, he must decide where—and with whom—he truly belongs.

Comps: ANOTHER EARTH meets ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

The Verge of Seas, a “Black List Recommended” feature screenplay written by Albert M. Chan, is a romantic sci-fi drama that was a Second Rounder in the 2025 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Top 10 Finalist for the 2025 Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Competition, and Top 15 Finalist for the 2024 Shore Scripts – OutHere: An LGBTQIA+ Screenwriting Contest.

“A BEAUTIFUL, GROUNDED SCIENCE-FICTION JOURNEY… RAW AND HEARTFELT… A UNIQUE VOICE AND CONCEPT THAT FULLY DELIVERS AN EMOTIONALLY-CHARGED STORY.”
– The Black List

“IMPRESSIVE AND ENTERTAINING… LIKE SOME OF THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION IN CINEMA, ITS STRENGTH DID NOT RELY ON EPIC BATTLES WITH MONSTERS OR MIND-BLOWING EFFECTS, BUT INSTEAD IN ITS ORIGINAL IDEAS, HEARTFELT MESSAGING, AND WELL-CRAFTED STORYTELLING FROM A WRITER WHO SEEMS TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.”
– Austin Film Festival

“HEART AND EXCELLENT STORYTELLING… AN EMINENTLY ENJOYABLE ROMANTIC FANTASY FILM THAT’S WELL-PACED AND CLEVERLY PLOTTED… THE WRITING IS STELLAR.”
– The Black List

“THE SCRIPT BEAUTIFULLY COMBINES THE GENRES OF SCI-FI AND ROMANCE INTO AN INNOVATIVE NARRATIVE ABOUT THE POWER OF LOVE AND CHOSEN DESTINY… THERE IS A VERY PROFICIENT TALENT BEHIND THIS SCREENPLAY… IT’S PRETTY EASY TO ENVISION THIS BECOMING A HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER SCRIPT IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET… AN IMMENSELY ENTERTAINING STORY THAT DESERVES TO FIND SUCCESS IN A CINEMATIC MEDIUM!”
– The Black List

“A PRETTY EXCEPTIONAL SCRIPT. SUBTLE AND ELEGANT IN ITS HANDLING OF BOTH DIFFICULT SUBJECT MATTER AND A HIGH CONCEPT MYSTERY… IMMENSELY POWERFUL AND ENTERTAINING… THE STRENGTH OF THIS SCRIPT LIES WITH THE TWO MAIN CHARACTERS WHO SLOWLY COME TO LIFE BEFORE OUR EYES, IMPERFECTIONS, CONFLICTS AND ALL… THERE’S PLENTY OF UNDERSTATED HUMOR WOVEN IN BETWEEN THE DRAMA.”
– The Black List

“WITH A BRILLIANT PREMISE, POIGNANT RELATIONSHIPS AND THEMES AT PLAY, AND STRONG WRITING THROUGHOUT, THIS SCRIPT DELIVERS A THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND ENGAGING READ… COMPELLING AND EXCITING FROM START TO FINISH… THE QUEER LOVE STORY AT THE CORE IS REFRESHING AND HEARTFELT.”
– The Black List

Renaissance Town

Logline: In a dying Rust Belt town recently rejuvenated by refugees, the police department’s first ethnically Karen Burmese female officer goes rogue to prove her brother’s innocence in the rape and murder of a local Caucasian woman, all the while navigating questionable police conduct, her brother’s evasiveness, an overbearing mother, flaring racial tensions, the media frenzy, and past traumas in Myanmar.

Comps: AMERICAN CRIME meets MARE OF EASTTOWN

Written by Albert M. Chan, Renaissance Town is a one-hour crime-drama pilot that was a semifinalist in the 2025 BlueCat TV Writing Competition.