Projects

"The Proxy Mom" TV series pilot & script

"Searching for Shadow" feature film script

"Atomic Summer" feature film script

"The Shell Collector" short film script

(c) Adagio Productions LLC , 2025

WINNER! 2025 Golden Pen Script Awards, Oniros Film Awards, New York International Film Awards, Melbourne International Screenplay Awards, Nocturna Film Festival and 2nd Place Nominee-Lonely Wolf Film Festival, London

WINNER! 2025 New York International Film Award, Oniros Film Award- Best Series Pilot Script

"Searching for Shadow” is an impressive first feature effort that demonstrates a strong grasp of narrative structure and emotional layering… There’s a clear understanding of rhythm in the dialogue, and the writer shows a strong instinct for how people speak and relate. … What stands out most is the script’s quiet originality.This script has the bones and soul of a deeply affecting and distinctive debut feature." Melbourne Int'l Screenplay Awards click here to read review

"An ensemble of intelligent characters that can appeal to wide audiences ... the leads are engaging ... a premise worthy of a series." Table Read My Screenplay

CLICK HERE to Read Coverage of "Searching for Shadow" in the 2026 Lonely Wolf Journal (center column just past mid-way down)

"Smalley has crafted something genuinely rare: a screenplay that honours the full complexity of grief's topography whilst insisting on the possibility—however fragile, however hard-won—of survival, transformation, and meaningful creative work emerging from life's most shattering losses. This is screenwriting as psychoanalytic excavation, formally audacious yet deeply humane, and destined to become essential viewing for anyone who's ever searched for something they'll never find." Lonely Wolf Journal, 2026 Edition click here to read critique

"Narratively very niche and even experimental – a little like a filmed take on James Joyce at times – “Searching for Shadow” has promising dramatic bones thanks to its deeply explored characters. Its unique tone launches an unusual writing voice." The Black List