Roadmap's Diversity Initiative Competition |
May 2022
Open to diverse screenwriters with at least one completed original Feature or Pilot who are ready to tackle the marketing aspect of their career!
Placement
Genre
Format
Representation Status
Winners
Winner
Feature
· Family
· 101 Pages
When a nerdy Black tween is sent to an outdoor summer camp, she finds her introverted booksmart ways challenged by nature, rivals and the opposite sex.
Portland, Oregon
Rebecca writes characters who challenge stereotypes and push the boundaries of their world to become unlikely heroes.
A biomedical engineering dropout, she's toured the globe as a recording artist, acted in Barry Levinson’s LIBERTY HEIGHTS and C.J. Cox’s LATTER DAYS, written songs recorded by Prince and Kelly Clarkson, and won accolades in multi...
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Runner-ups
Runner-up
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 109 Pages
Rebel scientists are sent back in time to assassinate a tyrannical dictator before her regime takes over the world. However, the time machine wipes out their memories and they must relearn their identities and purpose, while evading the emerging dark forces that threaten them and everyone they love.
Orlando, FL
Marcus is a full-time NASA technical writer and a part-time idiot. He likes to write genre scripts about very imperfect people, who deeply frustrate the audience with their various mistakes, while still getting them to root for his characters until the very end.
Hammer Jaxx Films Prizes
Hammer Jaxx Films Prize
Feature
· Horror
· 94 Pages
After denying a marriage proposal, an overworked businessman with commitment issues goes on a work trip to Florida only to go home from the bar with his worst nightmare... a serial killer who preys on homosexuals.
Los Angeles, CA
Born and raised in Fargo, North Dakota, Miller started screenwriting because he wanted to prove murder by wood chipper wasn’t as common as the Coen Brothers made it out to be (and because even imaginary friends in the Midwest didn’t want to play with the gay kid.) He writes gutsy, authentic, slice-of-life character studies about queer people who are...
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