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Quarterfinalists
"WINNING"
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Unknown
· 129 Pages
Ten Commandments meets Perry Mason
Charles Edward Mack
No bio available.
A Boy Named Barb - Lord of the Comedies
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Unknown
No logline available.
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 103 Pages
A tragic murder ignites a chain of retribution that spirals into a deadly dance between justice, vengeance, and fate...
Theo Leipert is a Berlin-based screenwriter specializing in compelling, character-driven narratives. His screenplay A Story of Wrath won Best Foreign Screenplay at the Chicago Script Awards and was a Finalist at the Dubai International Cineverse Screenplay Awards, while Kopleva was a semi-finalist at the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (...
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Abbey Gate
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Unknown
No logline available.
No bio available.
Ameneh
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 101 Pages
In Iran, a resilient Afghan widow, trapped in a forced marriage, fights to defy patriarchal customs and secure a better future for her daughters. Faced with crushing poverty, deportation threats, and cultural oppression, she must make an impossible choice: her eldest daughter’s freedom or her youngest daughter’s education.
Roqiye Tavakoli
No bio available.
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 118 Pages
When their sanctuary is marked for erasure, six New Orleans drag queens trade the spotlight for the streets, exposing a city’s dirty secrets with grace, grit, and unapologetic glamor.
Waco, TX
Kevin has directed nine short films and his credits and has more than 50 producing credits.
Currently in post-production, is "WORST ENEMY" Which wrapped in Dec. 2024, and should be completed soon. 3-time Emmy nominee Barry Corbin plays "Jim", the father of the lead character (who is played by me.)
He is a disabled veteran of the US Air Force a...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 114 Pages
Lettice jets around as a successful international troubleshooter, but her home life is a wreck. A new case in the USA raises hopes of love, against a backdrop of civic corruption and an onslaught of attacking mutant creatures.
Bristol, GB
Helen is a member of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, was a Creative Writing Associate at Bath Spa University in 2017-21, and has a BA (Hons) and MA in TV & Film Studies. Her short stories have been published in anthologies, and her eight full-length and eight short screenplays have all been selected for film festivals or won awards.
Birthday Boy
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Unknown
No logline available.
Michael Jonathan Gellis
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 83 Pages
A grieving couple’s fragile relationship is tested when they discover a mysterious baby hidden beneath their floorboards, forcing them to confront the darkness of their own grief.
"A storyteller who finds inspiration in the hidden moments of everyday life, Yair Zhurat is known for transforming even the smallest details into rich narratives. Eschewing traditional themes, Yair focuses on blending genres seamlessly to craft bold, unexpected stories. His approach to screenwriting combines seemingly incompatible ideas, delivering ...
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Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Sci-fi
· 31 Pages
In a futuristic world where AI dominates the entertainment industry, human artists, known as "jesters," must steal and sell industrial secrets from top companies to survive. When a secret is delivered to Elisa, a jester, her life is turned upside down. She now faces danger from KREATIVA, one of the most powerful AI entertainment companies, and its v...
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Internationally published author in Mexico, Latin America, and Spain, currently working with the script development team at Caledonia Productions, the U.S. extension of Eon Productions, producers of James Bond.
In 2021, I produced my first short film and attended the Cannes Film Festival through the Three Days in Cannes program. In 2024, my book...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Unknown
· 110 Pages
When third-grade teacher, Angela Sanchez, becomes aware of the growing issue of food insecurity within her community, she takes it upon herself to get involved in mutual aid and searches for a solution by any means necessary.
A young writer from Denver trying to make his political, philosophical, and artistic voice heard through his ability with words and writing.
By Land or Sea
Private
Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Drama
· 61 Pages
A young woman launches her Paris fashion career in the midst of an all-hands-on-deck crisis at the biggest haute couture show of the year -- and unknowingly falls into an international cocaine racket conspiracy.
No bio available.
Cafe Romeo
Private
Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Unknown
· 69 Pages
It’s 1962: in New York, a group of artists gathers in a café to create theater, art, comedy, and performance art. Meanwhile, the Cuban Missile Crisis brings the world to the brink of extinction.
Alberto Diamante
No bio available.
Chained to your ghost
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Unknown
No logline available.
Amanda Lemberg
No bio available.
Channel 92
Private
Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Unknown
No logline available.
Emily Tullock
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 139 Pages
A charming yet ruthless and sociopathic Veteran, Henry Hayes, returns home to London from World War II with one goal, seize control of the city's drug trade. Henry works as a double-agent for London's two largest gangs, until his deceit is discovered and must betray his only friends and the woman he loves in a desperate bid for survival.
Wilmington, NC
No bio available.
COFFEE?!
Private
Quarterfinalist
Short
· Unknown
No logline available.
Gabriel Silverio
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 109 Pages
After flunking out of medical school, a young man tries to win back the respect of his immigrant family by becoming a championship boxer.
Chicago, IL
Undiagnosed A.D.D. That's why I wrote the film, Silhouettes which got into the Montreal World Film Festival and was acquired by NY-based Dreamscape Media and is now available through Prime. I also have short stories this year in international literary magazines, The Bombay Review and The Nashwaak Review. I won't even mention my cry-in-your-beer em...
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Quarterfinalist
Short
· Unknown
· 19 Pages
No logline available.
No bio available.
Gang Agley
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Unknown
· 88 Pages
Mark Tyler gets out of prison after twelve years for a robbery gone awry. The loot is still out there. A corrupt cop, a local grifter, a femme fatale and the partner he left for dead all come marching out of his past to come for it.
No bio available.
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Getting Back
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 80 Pages
Getting Back has universal themes of grief, fear, hope, family and love. There are deep emotional struggles balanced with lightness and imagination. It explores how we all deal with grief differently, while trying to hold on to the bonds we have.
Haven Garber
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 123 Pages
A riveting and darkly humorous narrative that interweaves the lives of shipping employees, world leaders, and international aid workers - amidst a dystopian world collapsing at the hand of AI.
New York, NY
Monte was born in 1977 to a Guatemalan immigrant mother and a blue-collar Texan father who were both divorced and met at a singles party in Twin Peaks, San Francisco. He grew up in the rural hills near Napa, California, leaving at 18 to acquire a bachelor’s degree from Claremont McKenna College, and then a law degree from Harvard and a master’s degr...
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Good Medicine
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Unknown
No logline available.
Aaron Moss
No bio available.
Haven
Private
Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Sci-fi
· 57 Pages
The future at war with the past: In an integrated AI-Human future, a vintage relic smuggler and dissident who hates artificial intelligence turns his relic smuggling ring into an underground railroad to save AI beings from an international network of personality traffickers.
No bio available.
If I Killed a Man For You
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Unknown
· 97 Pages
Toasty Peters must balance his new girl with his lifelong dream of becoming a country music star and a promise he made to his dead mom.
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Short
· Comedy
· 9 Pages
When a woman on a promising date receives news about her ex, she finds herself at an unexpected crossroads of a decision she never thought she would have to make.
New York, NY
My foray into writing came out of the frustration of not getting booked as much as I wanted to be as an actor. I did not call myself a writer until my short-RSVP-won the audience choice for the best short film. I write comedy and drama and try to combine that in the same script, because life itself is not just one genre. My reward and motivation is...
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KIPLING'S SOLDIER
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Unknown
No logline available.
ILIYAS DAUDI | IMDb nm15078873. Born: January 29, 1967.
Iliyas Daudi is a soldier of the Soviet-Afghan War (1979–1989), Hero of Russia, novelist, essayist, publicist, filmmaker, and screenwriter. His literary works include novels such as «IN THE CIRCLE OF KUNDUZ», «WE WILL All RETURN!», «NOT BY THE FRONT CORRIDOR», «ZUGZWANG OF OBER LIEUTENANT BRUN...
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Quarterfinalist
Short
· Drama
· 7 Pages
After his mother's death, a middle-aged struggling artist finds an old photograph that holds a well-kept secret. His decision whether or not to tell his successful sister will determine his future path.
Wisconsin
While I've written fiction most of my life, I began writing screenplays in 2013. I've written or co-written several short scripts that production companies have produced, and others are currently in post-production and pre-production. The 2023 Phoenix Film Festival, the 2023 Summer Season Liverpool Indie Awards, and the September 2022 London Movie A...
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Let the Boy Sing
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Unknown
· 122 Pages
John Dennis Smith , a fifteen-year-old kid with a voice as unmistakable as Elvis Presley’s, explodes onto the country music scene, by mistakenly walking onto the Lawrence Welk show, taking the mic and showing the world what he’s got. With just the one song, John won over not only the crowd, but Lawrence Welk himself, enough to convince Mr. Welk to s...
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Gunnar Garret
No bio available.
Marshmallow Lake
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Unknown
· 119 Pages
When a mentally distressed father wants to free himself from the shackles of the past and take his daughter to the Marshmallow Lake, a power struggle with his estranged wife begins.
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Short
· Action
· 5 Pages
For love or for luck, professionals who live in harm’s way keep a memory close of the one person that always tried to keep them out of it.
Las Vegas, Nevada
My name is Sherman, I am a writer living in the Vegas Valley
in southern Nevada. My area of fascination is creating action-adventure stories about men and women who live with risk.
Mothers
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 110 Pages
Two mothers from vastly different worlds navigate the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic. As they battle work, family, and loss, an unlikely friendship emerges—offering solace, strength, and a shared fight against isolation in an unraveling world.
No bio available.
My Friend Charlie
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 118 Pages
In a moment of desperation, a plumber's kindness
awakens hope in a lonely old man, Charlie, who struggles
with alcoholism and agoraphobia, guiding him toward
sobriety, forgiveness and redemption.
No bio available.
My Yoga Mat
Private
Quarterfinalist
Short
· Drama
· 30 Pages
Two Vietnam veterans, bound by decades of friendship, find a path to peace through a veterans' yoga program, but when one of them succumbs to illness, the survivor must carry on, honoring his friend's legacy while healing his own wounds.
Las Vegas, NV
Michael Monteiro is an American actor, director and award-winning screenwriter who was born in Detroit, Michigan as Michael Henry Monteiro of Cape Verdean descent. The eldest of six children, he was raised in Wareham, Massachusetts for several years before moving to the culturally rich Bronx borough of New York City. He is a recent graduate of the ...
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Quarterfinalist
Short
· Horror
· 7 Pages
A Black detective enters a nightmarish underworld in search of a masked vigilante who preys on members of law enforcement who were responsible for the deaths of unarmed African-Americans.
Jermaine Manigault is a Black LGBTQ director & screenwriter. His last film "Not Black Enough", screened internationally at 4 Oscar-Qualifying & 5 BAFTA-Qualifying festivals, & was mentioned in The New York Times, Variety, Yahoo! Entertainment, Filmmaker Magazine, Wonderland, & Hyperallergic. The film was distributed by Kino Lorber, Dedza Films, & st...
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One Night
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Unknown
No logline available.
No bio available.
Pearly Gate Estates
Private
Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Drama
· 40 Pages
After an unassuming man dies, he finds himself in a bureaucratic afterlife teetering on the brink of collapse. Tasked with restoring faith to save existence, he must navigate surreal challenges, cosmic chaos, and his own existential crises.
James Crisp
No bio available.
Prelude to a Death
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Unknown
No logline available.
Danny Ashkenasi
No bio available.
Promethean
Private
Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Sci-fi
· 59 Pages
When a guilt-ridden woman uploads her mind into a machine, she becomes the prototype for a ruthless bid to commercialise immortality, forcing her to fight for autonomy.
No bio available.
Provenance (Pilot/Episode 1)
Private
Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Unknown
· 62 Pages
PROVENANCE Pilot/Episode 1
It is morning, February 25, 1944. British-Chinese boarding school student, Hannah Shore, learns that her parents, residing in India, are suddenly missing. Hannah immediately travels to Hampton Court Palace to live with her guardian, her widowed great-aunt, Lina Shore. Suddenly, air raid sirens blare and, for the first tim...
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No bio available.
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Pyre
Private
Quarterfinalist
Short
· Unknown
No logline available.
Dylan Miller
No bio available.
RUSAMBO - (Dowry of Deceit)
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 88 Pages
When the money goes missing at her dowry ceremony, everyone is a suspect. The bride has to question the motives, loyalty and secrets of everyone she thought she could trust.
Angela Zivo Gapa
No bio available.
Seat Covers
Private
Quarterfinalist
Short
· Unknown
· 3 Pages
It happens… you must drop a deuce NOW! But what if that means in a dirty restroom! This comedic short story is just one of those times when you just want to use a seat cover, but you don’t always get what you want.
No bio available.
Sons of Abraham
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 100 Pages
A Palestinian terrorist and an Israeli soldier work together in order to stop a terrorist attack on American soil.
San Diego, CA
No bio available.
StarStruck Galileo - A 10 Part Mini-Series
Private
Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Unknown
· 30 Pages
“StarStruck” is a compelling, inspiring and sometimes disturbing journey into the very depths of a man’s soul.
The scientist and philosopher Galileo Galilei, 1564 - 1642, was the first person to use a telescope to study the skies. He gathered evidence that convinced him that the Copernican Theory that the earth revolved around the sun was correc...
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Andrew Chiaramonte
No bio available.
Staten Island Project
Private
Quarterfinalist
Short
· Unknown
· 24 Pages
Sonny’s living in Staten Island, miserable, imprisoned by his right-wing extremist views. He’s tormented with loneliness, mourning his wife. He goes on a mission to Venice, CA to “rescue” his sister, Rose, who’s living a liberal lifestyle. But Sonny's plan to bring her back into the family fold backfires and he is the one rescued. With help from R...
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No bio available.
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 91 Pages
When Angel Madison finds herself stranded after her spaceship crashes on Ganymede, to survive, she seeks shelter in an alien spacecraft, ignoring that entering this new world will lead her to an ultimate sacrifice.
Notre-dame Des Prairies, Québec, CA
Scriptwriting training from Cinecours, creative writing training from Ottawa School of Writing. Intense training in scriptwriting from Telefilm Canada and National Image and Sound Institution. Like many of my characters, I have a hybrid cultural identity. I speak and write French, Italian, and Atikamekw, an indigenous dialect. My co-author and I ...
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Quarterfinalist
Short
· Comedy
· 10 Pages
In the late 80's a struggling synth-pop band got their first hit. Decades later, the reclusive producer behind it is finally ready to explain what no one ever understood.
Waco, TX
Kevin has directed nine short films and his credits and has more than 50 producing credits.
Currently in post-production, is "WORST ENEMY" Which wrapped in Dec. 2024, and should be completed soon. 3-time Emmy nominee Barry Corbin plays "Jim", the father of the lead character (who is played by me.)
He is a disabled veteran of the US Air Force a...
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Tales of Olympus: The Titanomachy
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Fantasy
· 127 Pages
A young Zeus leads his siblings in a war with their tyrant father in a race against time before the world is reduced to ash.
Jake Vistoso
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Other
· 118 Pages
As the season of thanks approaches, Grace Harris, the sole paid employee of the Darryl F. Zanuck Museum and Historical Society of Wahoo, Nebraska comes face to face with her husband’s infidelity and her daughter’s shrinking small town aspirations. Deciding her only remedy is to return a recently purchased K-Mart nightgown to Turkey, Grace travels ha...
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No bio available.