David M Hinds - Author, Screenwriter and Accidental Filmmaker
David in situ on Dartmoor National Park, England at the setting of 'The Happiness Angel’, his multi-award-winning mental health ‘dark comedy’ feature screenplay. It reveals that some people can never win in love!
David M Hinds' 2025 feature screenplay THE HAPPINESS ANGEL
Tasered featuring The Happiness Angel
The Happiness Angel, Candy Towne, vents her frustration with the screenwriter David M Hinds in this multi-award winning two-minute teaser/trailer spoof video.
International Film Festival Screenplay Awards won during script development prior to completion in March 2025.
From: FilmFreeway Support <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 at 18:28
Subject: Re: Thank you Ashton for your prompt and kind recent support
To: David Hinds <[email protected]>
Hi David,
It's no problem at all, there's no need to limit your number of times reaching out to us.
We can confirm the 63 total Award Winner statuses and have attached that file for you.
We can confirm 8 award wins for TASERED featuring THE HAPPINESS ANGEL as well. This file is also attached for you.
Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.
Best,
Ashton
FilmFreeway Team
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David and his wife Tatiana at the Paris Art and Movie Awards, Summer 2022.
International Awards during development prior to completion in March 2025 - The Happiness Angel
| Festival | Project Title | Notification Date | Judging Status | Category Name |
| 2025 Shakespeare Film Awards in Verona | The Happiness Angel | February 8, 2025 | Award Winner | Best Original Indie Screenwriter (Arthouse Feature Script) |
| 2025 New Wave Cinema Festival Hollywood/Paris | The Happiness Angel | January 3, 2025 | Award Winner | Most Awarded Author of the last Film Season |
| Best International Motion Pictures | The Happiness Angel | December 05, 2023 | Award Winner | Script on Social Issues |
| Miami Film Critic Award | The Happiness Angel | November 11, 2023 | Award Winner | Best International Feature Script |
| L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Online Festival | The Happiness Angel | November 06, 2023 | Award Winner | NEO NOIR WRITING |
| Travancore International Film Awards (TIFA) | The Happiness Angel | November 05, 2023 | Award Winner | Best Feature Script |
| Cannes World Art Festival | The Happiness Angel | November 01, 2023 | Award Winner | Best Original Concept |
| Cannes World Art Festival | The Happiness Angel | November 01, 2023 | Award Winner | Best Feature Script |
| Frida Film Festival | The Happiness Angel | October 09, 2023 | Award Winner | Feature Script |
| Filmatic Filmfare | The Happiness Angel | October 08, 2023 | Award Winner | Best Social Screenplay of the Season |
| Hollywood on the Tiber Film Awards | The Happiness Angel | September 16, 2023 | Award Winner | Feature Script |
| Berlin International Screenwriting Festival | BISF | The Happiness Angel | September 14, 2023 | Award Winner | Best Feature Screenplay |
| Naples Film Awards | The Happiness Angel | September 10, 2023 | Award Winner | Feature Script |
| Dubai International Cine Carnival | The Happiness Angel | August 30, 2023 | Award Winner | Feature Script |
| World Film Carnival - Singapore | The Happiness Angel | August 23, 2023 | Award Winner | Feature Script |
| Rome Movie Awards | The Happiness Angel | August 12, 2023 | Award Winner | Feature Script |
| Golden Wheat Awards | The Happiness Angel | August 11, 2023 | Award Winner | BEST SCREENPLAY - (All Submitted Projects will compete) |
| The Singapore International Competition | The Happiness Angel | July 11, 2023 | Award Winner | Best Original Screenplay |
| Dona Paula International Film Awards | The Happiness Angel | July 01, 2023 | Award Winner | Best Screenplay |
| Oxford Script Awards | The Happiness Angel | May 18, 2023 | Award Winner | Best FEATURE Screenplay |
| New York Screenwriting Awards | The Happiness Angel | March 20, 2023 | Award Winner | Best Feature Screenplay European Winner |
| London International Screenwriting Competition | The Happiness Angel | February 27, 2023 | Award Winner | Best First 10 Pages Screenplay |
| Golden Draft Awards | The Happiness Angel | January 30, 2023 | Award Winner | Feature Screenplay |
| Page Turner Screenplays | The Happiness Angel | December 25, 2022 | Award Winner | Feature Script - Best First 15 pages |
| Golden Wheat Awards | The Happiness Angel | September 20, 2022 | Award Winner | Best Screenplay |
| Hamburg Indie Film Festival | The Happiness Angel | August 20, 2022 | Award Winner | Best Unproduced Feature script |
| Venus Community Awards | The Happiness Angel | August 20, 2022 | Award Winner | Main Category |
| Paris Movie Awards | PAMA | The Happiness Angel | August 01, 2022 | Award Winner | Best Feature Script |
| 8 & Halfilm Awards | The Happiness Angel | July 11, 2022 | Award Winner | Feature Script |
| Sweet Democracy Film Awards | The Happiness Angel | July 09, 2022 | Award Winner | Feature Script |
| Florence Film Awards | The Happiness Angel | July 05, 2022 | Award Winner | Feature Script |
| New York Movie Awards | The Happiness Angel | July 05, 2022 | Award Winner | Feature Script |
| Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival | The Happiness Angel | June 18, 2022 | Award Winner | Best Screenplay |
| Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival | The Happiness Angel | June 06, 2022 | Award Winner | Best screenplay |
| Golden Eagle International Film Festival | The Happiness Angel | May 30, 2022 | Award Winner | BEST FEATURE SCRIPT / SCREENPLAY |
| Oniros Film Awards - New York | The Happiness Angel | May 06, 2022 | Award Winner | Best Feature Script |
| WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival | The Happiness Angel | March 31, 2022 | Award Winner | Screenplay - Comedy - Dark or Black Comedy |
International Awards for my trailer/teaser - TASERED featuring THE HAPPINESS ANGEL
| Festival | Project Title | Notification Date | Judging Status | Category Name |
| AMDb Arthouse Movie Database | TASERED featuring THE HAPPINESS ANGEL | March 14, 2025 | Award Winner | Best International Super Short Film |
| Movie Trailers Genre Festival | THE HAPPINESS ANGEL trailer/teaser | March 16, 2025 | Award Winne | Best Comedy Trailer |
| Cineverse International Film Festival | Tasered featuring The Happiness Angel | October 05, 2024 | Award Winner | Best Trailer/Teaser |
| International Network Film Festival | Tasered featuring The Happiness Angel | February 20, 2024 | Award Winner | Trailer/Teaser (5 minutes or less). |
| No Country for Old Films | Tasered featuring The Happiness Angel | December 20, 2023 | Award Winner | Best Micro Short |
| No Country for Old Films | Tasered featuring The Happiness Angel | December 22, 2023 | Award Winner | Best Actress |
| Miami Film Critic Award | Tasered featuring The Happiness Angel | November 11, 2023 | Award Winner | Trailer/Teaser (5 Minutes or Less) |
| Travancore International Film Awards (TIFA) | Tasered featuring The Happiness Angel | November 24, 2023 | Award Winner | Best Humour Script. |
| Travancore International Film Awards (TIFA) | Tasered featuring The Happiness Angel | November 24, 2023 | Award Winner | Best Treatment. |
| THE GREAT BRITAIN SILVER SCREEN AWARDS | Tasered featuring The Happiness Angel | October 30, 2023 | Award Winner | Trailer/Teaser (Critic’s Choice Award) |
| THE GREAT BRITAIN SILVER SCREEN AWARDS | Tasered featuring The Happiness Angel | October 30, 2023 | Award Winner | Best Actress (Fiction) (Any Length) |
| Filmzen International Film Competition | Tasered featuring The Happiness Angel | September 28, 2023 | Award Winner | Trailer/Teaser (5 Minutes or Less) |
| 8 & Halfilm Awards | Tasered featuring The Happiness Angel | September 12, 2023 | Award Winner | Commercial/Promotional Video |
| Dubai International Cine Carnival | Tasered featuring The Happiness Angel | August 30, 2023 | Award Winner | Trailer/Teaser (5 minutes or less) |
| World Film Carnival - Singapore | Tasered featuring The Happiness Angel | August 23, 2023 | Award Winner | Trailer/Teaser (5 minutes or less) |
International Awards for TASERED prior to title change to THE HAPPINESS ANGEL
| Festival | Project Title | Notification Date | Judging Status | Category Name |
| Swiss Screenwriting and Cinematic Summit | Tasered | March 18, 2024 | Award Winner | Best Action Movie |
| Swiss Screenwriting and Cinematic Summit | Tasered | March 18, 2024 | Award Winner | Best Drama |
| International Network Film Festival | Tasered | February 20, 2024 | Award Winner | Original Screenplay |
| Best International Motion Pictures | Tasered | December 05, 2023 | Award Winner | Feature Script |
| David Film Festival | Tasered | November 29, 2023 | Award Winner | BEST DRAMA - (All Submitted Projects will compete) |
| L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Online Festival | Tasered | November 06, 2023 | Award Winner | BEST SCREENPLAY |
| New Wave International Script & Film Festival | Tasered | November 01, 2023 | Award Winner | Best LGBTQ Screenplay |
| Filmzen International Film Competition | Tasered | September 28, 2023 | Award Winner | Best Original Screenplay |
| 8 & Halfilm Awards | Tasered | September 12, 2023 | Award Winner | Feature Script |
| French International Modern Film and Script Festival | Tasered | September 04, 2023 | Award Winner | Best Psychological Screenplay |
| Oxford Script Awards | Tasered | February 05, 2023 | Award Winner | Best FEATURE Screenplay |
| Hamburg Indie Film Festival | Tasered | August 20, 2022 | Award Winner | Best Feature Script |
| Best Script Award - London | Tasered | August 18, 2022 | Award Winner | Feature Script (over 61 pages) |
| Stanley Film Awards | Tasered | July 11, 2022 | Award Winner | Feature Script |
| European Cinematography AWARDS (ECA) | Tasered | July 08, 2022 | Award Winner | BEST SCREENPLAY |
| Indie Cine Tube Awards | Tasered | July 07, 2022 | Award Winner | Best screenplay |
| International Manhattan Film Awards | Tasered | June 20, 2022 | Award Winner | Best comedy |
| Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival | Tasered | June 18, 2022 | Award Winner | Best Screenplay |
| Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival | Tasered | June 06, 2022 | Award Winner | Best Scriptwriting |
| Golden Sparrow International Film Festival | Tasered | May 15, 2022 | Award Winner | Best Feature Script / screenplay |
| Kosice International Film Festival | Tasered | April 30, 2022 | Award Winner | Feature Script |
| Prague Film Festival | Tasered | March 31, 2022 | Award Winner | Action Screenplay |
| WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival | Tasered | March 31, 2022 | Award Winner | Screenplay - Horror / Thriller / Mystery |
| Oniros Film Awards® - New York | Tasered | January 06, 2022 | Award Winner | Best Thriller Script |
Available to order from all good bookshops including Waterstones.
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The author and his wife at the Paris Art & Movie Awards
David & Tatiana Hinds May 2022
Available to order from all good bookshops including Waterstones.
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Amazon paperback: https://mybook.to/beatdepression
Ebook
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Ebook everybody else: https://books2read.com/u/bPgWBd
Previous Published Work
In the Media
Click here to view the David M Hinds TV Interview on This Morning with Richard & Judy - 3rd February 2000
STOP PRESS - Read the Editor's sensational Note about Tasered!
Download the lead editorial in FILMMAKERLIFE Magazine
Photograph courtesy of Granada Television 2000
David on “This Morning” with Richard and Judy
Photograph courtesy of Channel 5 Television News 2000
David book launch on Channel 5 Television News
Photograph courtesy of Lambourn Court Int
David conducting the LCI Stress Management Seminar at Kings College, Cambridge
Photograph courtesy of Express Newspapers 1993
David presenting the LCI Practitioner of the Year Awards
Photograph courtesy of Ways with Words 2000
David giving a talk at the Dartington Book Festival in Devon
Photograph courtesy of Devon Life 2000
David with his wife, Tatiana, at Dartington Hall
Copyright
WGA Registration Number: 2128360
Library of Congress United States
Copyright Registration: PAu 4-098-739
Copyright Witness (UK) Reg: 284691426
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