ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Competition |
2025
The True Story jury includes production companies, studios and literary managers behind some of the best true story entertainment out there, including The Wolf of Wall Street, King Richard, Woman of the Hour, Monsters, and many more.
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Winners
Winner
TV Script
· Fantasy
· 57 Pages
Inspired by the classic Thomas Carnacki stories of William Hope Hodgson, DARK ARTS follows Ryland Carnacki as the secretive Order of Saiitii resurfaces with a bitter vendetta against him forcing Ryland to build alliances and pull out every tool at his disposal to unravel the conspiracy and confront his own secretive past.
Noah Lang & Harold “Blake” Hoss: Blake & Noah are screenwriters and filmmakers whose writing has appeared in publications such as Dark Horses Magazine, Chamber Magazine, Black Ink Fiction, and many more with podcast adaptations by the NoSleep, Kaidankai: Ghosts and Supernatural Short Stories, and Grim & Gilded podcasts. As producers their credits in...
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Winner
Feature
· Historical
· 108 Pages
In the aftermath of World War I, sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld assembles an eclectic team to crusade for homosexual rights and overturn bigoted German law, founding the Institute of Sex and inadvertently discovering transsexual identity, until the rising Nazi Party threatens to destroy their pioneering work.
Brooklyn, NY
Ben is a two-time Nicholl Top 50 Finalist and TIFF Sloan Breakthroughs and Humanitas New Voices Semifinalist. His screenwriting has won Austin and Launchpad. He most recently wrote, directed, and co-starred in the ultrareal psychological thriller HIDE. The film is endorsed by the National Domestic Violence Hotline and toured America for DV Awareness...
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Winner
Feature
· Historical
· 109 Pages
To save his cash-strapped soccer club, the owner of SSC Napoli stakes his reputation and the taxpayers' dollars on a mercurial, drug-addicted superstar named Diego Maradona.
Leavenworth, Washington
Connor is a UK/US, Italian-raised, writer and director. He is a graduate of UCLA’s Film & TV Program. His projects include a TV Series with Echo Lake (The Great, Nebraska) and a feature with Automatik/Range (The Signal, Honey Boy). Other projects: Bunker (Studio71), Federal Offense (Crackle), and a Fritz Pollard biopic with David Permut.
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Finalists
Finalist
Feature
· Historical
· 105 Pages
The untold story of Freddie Mercury’s teenage escapades on Zanzibar and escape from the horrific revolution of 1964.
Lymington, Hants, GB
A multi-award winning British writer, Sophie became well known for starring as Titty in the EMI movie SWALLOWS & AMAZONS. She has a degree in Anthropology and a background in TV production. After producing an INSET series and writing her own docu-dramas for BBC TV she set up wildlife films in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. Her WWII screenplay s...
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Finalist
Feature
· Historical
· 102 Pages
In 1895 Ontario, after the gruesome murder of young Jessie Keith, Detective John Wilson Murray pursues eccentric Quebecois vagrant Almede Chattel for the crime. Soon, English and French Canadians clash over the out-of-control case as evidence seems to point to the return of Jack the Ripper as the real killer.
Toronto, Ontario, CA
Glenn Forbes won the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition and placed first on the 2014 Blood List/New Blood for THE WRECKAGE, a horror script under option to A Bigger Boat. Work-for-hires include: the horror/slasher BURNING LAKE for Misfits Entertainment; and a rewrite on a fantasy thriller ALBION, for Hacienda Films.
Finalist
Feature
· Drama
· 93 Pages
An aging woman in a mental asylum experiences memories of her youth in the early 1900s when she was the most famous model in the world, until a grisly murder brought her career to its knees. Based on the true story of Audrey Munson.
Los Angeles, CA
Sofia Drummond-Moore is a writer born in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She grew up in National Parks around the U.S. with her park ranger parents and ended up in Colorado for most of her childhood. Now she lives in Los Angeles, California. Sofia has a Bachelors Degree in Creative Writing from Knox College and a Masters Degree in Screenwriting from the Ameri...
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Finalist
Feature
· Family
· 106 Pages
In post-depression North Dakota, a young boy navigates a treacherous year on the farm with his sister and mother, while his father heads West to urban Washington State in search of a new future for his family. Based on actual events and stories.
Los Gatos, CA
A 2-time Winner and 15-time Finalist with two #1 features on the Coverfly Red List, 3 in the top 1% and 3 more in top 5%. Won the 2020 Screencraft True Story Competition (Endurance - in development with Noble Story Co), and won Silver in the 2020 PAGE Awards (Rescue Dog - available).
Looking for the right team to partner with and bring emotiona...
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Finalist
Feature
· Historical
· 9 Pages
An inspirational story of love and war based on the true account of Makorongo, an African serviceman who became a POW to the Japanese but was rescued by his boyhood friend Hans-Werner before America bombed Tokyo in WWII and returned to the girl he left behind.
Lymington, Hants, GB
A multi-award winning British writer, Sophie became well known for starring as Titty in the EMI movie SWALLOWS & AMAZONS. She has a degree in Anthropology and a background in TV production. After producing an INSET series and writing her own docu-dramas for BBC TV she set up wildlife films in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. Her WWII screenplay s...
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Finalist
Feature
· Historical
· 105 Pages
When an eight-year-old boy vanishes from the sleepy suburbs of Bondi Beach in 1960, two seasoned detectives must embrace the fledgling art of forensic science to catch an international fugitive. Based on the shocking true story of Australia’s first ransom kidnapping.
Los Angeles, CA
Leslie Borchert is a Los Angeles based writer with a passion for fierce female protagonists and twisted mysteries. She is the founder and organizer of the Women Screenwriters Workshop, as well as a proud member of IATSE, having worked in film and television art departments over the past two decades. Leslie's pilot "EXODUS" was selected for the 2024-...
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Finalist
Feature
· Drama
· 109 Pages
In 1970s California, the young daughter of a Cadillac dealer faces a deadly prophecy as her father gambles everything to topple a Mafia boss.
Los Angeles, CA
Kelsey Ann is an actress turned screenwriter with roots in the wild heart of Florida. She currently shadows Co-EP Sarah Alderson on CBS’ S.W.A.T. Kelsey Ann directed, produced, co-wrote, and starred in the feature film, Stephanie Stevens, alongside her husband. Her thriller feature, Thrust is in development and was selected as a part of MOVIE MAKER ...
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Semifinalists
Semifinalist
Feature
· Historical
· 102 Pages
In the blistering summer of 1966, a troubled ex-Marine's escalating mental turmoil culminates in a horrifying sniper attack from the University of Texas Tower, forcing an unprepared city into an unprecedented struggle for survival.
Oregon
Sam's first two features, APEX and AUSTIN, have both been met with industry acclaim, and he's just getting started.
Semifinalist
TV Script
· Drama
· 55 Pages
Based on a true story.
In the 1970s, a witty Canadian housewife and mother of six goes undercover to organize the daring rescue of thousands of Jews from Syria, transforming herself into an international spy along the way.
Leila is a filmmaker and psychologist.
She studied psychology in Paris, filmmaking in Tel Aviv and writing for TV at UCLA's school of film and television.
She wrote and directed three short films that were screened on national French TV (France 2) and in various film festivals worldwide including Flickers' Rhode Island, Trouville (France), Li...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 103 Pages
In 1903, when a 19-year-old orphan, impersonator, and thief gains a chance to recreate herself on the stage, she struggles to realize who else she could be in real life.
San Francisco, CA
In love with stories since childhood, Lisa is an AFI Screenwriting graduate focused on creating compelling dramatic narratives. Her recent feature scripts have been recognized by Austin, ScreenCraft, and the Writers Lab. She has written for productions that have received an Emmy, a Codie, an Action for Children's Television Award, and a nomination f...
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IN A FULL MOON'S FORTNIGHT
Private
Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 90 Pages
When a scathing review threatens Jane Austen's career, she pens a letter to Walter Scott, giving him a piece of her mind.
Washington, DC
Caroline is a graduate of the UCLA Professional Program in TV Writing and has studied with the most in-demand writing instructors/professors (published/produced) who've influenced Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winners/nominees.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 114 Pages
In the wake of Stonewall, Yale professor John Boswell races against time and his own mortality to uncover hidden truths in history, sparking a battle between erasure and acceptance and inspiring a cultural revolution.
Cleveland, Ohio
Craig is the writer and creator of TREADING YESTERDAY, winner of the ScreenHits Universal Pilot Showcase, and the writer-director of two feature films, including NOT A TAME LION, the Grand Prize winner at the 2022 Rhode Island International Film Festival. While Craig has expanded into directing and producing, his passion remains rooted in crafting o...
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Semifinalist
TV Script
· Drama
· 45 Pages
Sentenced to life without parole for murder at age sixteen, James Hicklin, faces the brutality of prison by embracing a gender transition to become Jessica, dedicating her life to helping death row inmates, and embarking on a decades-long fight for justice, identity, and eventual freedom.
Los Angeles, California
Tiziana Giammarino is a Swiss writer and producer based in Los Angeles and in Switzerland. She has written and produced several live-action and animated short films that have been shown at film festivals around the world. Tiziana recently completed the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting and has a feature script in development with a Swiss pr...
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Long John
Private
Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 105 Pages
A redneck rookie from Arkansas has only one thing stopping him from achieving legendary status in golf. Himself.
Westchester, CA
Ryan is an emerging screenwriter based in L.A. With over 25 placements in the film industry’s top-tier screenplay competitions, Ryan has demonstrated a talent for crafting compelling, high-concept stories. His work focuses on highly marketable feature projects, blending true stories of sports and crime with gripping fictional narratives inspired by ...
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Semifinalist
TV Script
· Thriller
· 60 Pages
An unnamed private detective arrives in a corrupt mining town called "Poisonville" only to find his client murdered, forcing him to manipulate warring criminals against each other to bring about a bloody reckoning, leaving the town cleansed by its own destruction.
North Hollywood, CA
Brandon's career path into writing began in post-production where he worked on high profile TV shows such as JOHN ADAMS (HBO) and LOST (ABC). From there he began working as an Executive Producer and Director for a creative ad agency. He continues to follow his true passion for screenwriting.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Fantasy
· 97 Pages
A parallel universe has been discovered, Wander-land. While the military investigate and explore this new world, Alice is caught up in the turmoil along with her friend Wilson Rabbiton, who hides secrets of his own.
Austin, Texas
I'm autistic and I've written over twenty novels and short stories. So far I've been a finalist in the Fall 2021 Los Angeles International Screenplay awards, a semifinalist in the Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards 2023, the Screencraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition 2022, the Los Angeles International Screenplay Diversity Initiative II, an...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 116 Pages
A teen runaway reflects on secrets at the heart of her existence as she searches for acceptance and liberation from her traumatic past in rural Mississippi. Based on the memoir by Angela Howard.
Los Angeles, CA
John got their start making docs exploring LGBTQIA+ struggles in their hometown of Memphis, TN. After earning their MFA in film directing from UCLA, they made their writer-director feature debut with THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT (Gravitas Ventures), a fantasy rom-com that explores queer themes. After working as a Writers Assistant and Script Coordina...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 97 Pages
When a young medical student reluctantly puts her life on hold to care for her injured sister, she’s forced to face her complicated family, an unplanned pregnancy, and the violent mistakes of her past before she can find peace through the sound of a beating heart.
Michael's work has been seen on major networks including Hulu, Apple iTunes, History, and more. Most recently he assisted in the development of the Netflix hit show WRESTLERS. Michael uses his experience in production to craft believable, achievable stories with relatable characters. He is also a MFA candidate in screenwriting at the Naslund-Mann Sc...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 94 Pages
As his books The Railway Series become the global TV phenomenon Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, the Reverend W. Awdry's own career and legacy decline.
Fairborn, OH
Sean has a M.F.A. in Film & Television Production from Asbury University and has taught film and video production at Cedarville University in Ohio since 2019. He and his wife Kallen reside in Fairborn, Ohio, where he continues to freelance as a video editor, cellist, and screenwriter. He launched Sean O’Connor Screenplays LLC in 2021.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 109 Pages
A handful of Americans and Africans risk it all in 2003 to stop a civilian massacre when a ruthless rebel army storms the capital of an equally murderous warlord President. This is an overlooked American-led success story, where peace triumphs over endless war, black lives really do matter, and courage enables victory.
Washington, DC
Mr. Datta is the author of four novels, Touched with Fire (2013), The Demon Stone (2014), A Perfect Disguise (2021) and Fire and Dust (2014), as well as two children's books. All his books are ranked 4.5 out of 5 stars or higher on Amazon. He has written two movie scripts, and a memoir, Guardians of the Grail: A Life of Diplomacy on the Edge, the ...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 90 Pages
A science fiction adaptation of The Sea Wolf, by Jack London. The Star Wolf is the epic tale of Jack Griffin, rescued by an intergalactic hell ship bound to blue frozen Europa to hunt valuable ice worms. He must overcome a dangerous crew and the murderous Captain Wolf Larsen who might show him how to survive the journey... if it doesn't kill him fir...
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Manhasset Hills, NY
Andy was born the same day the Lumiere Brothers first projected an image to an audience gathered in the dark – albeit 77 years later. Film Historian. Oscar trivia expert. From Film Noir to New Hollywood. From the Pulps to the Bard. His screenplay THE GREAT BELZONI won the Alfred P. Sloan Award. His short script SEA OF DREAMS was recently a finalist ...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Historical
· 126 Pages
The unprecedented telling of Yoko Ono's controversial artistic journey spanning five decades, as she and John Lennon search the world for her 7 year old kidnapped daughter.
Studio City, CA
Asian Actress/ Comic who got her screenwriting certificate at UCLA, where she optioned her first script, “The Seed Between the Stones,” a coming-of-age story inspired by Mick Jagger.
Received Best Actress nomination as "Yoko Ono" in 2014 w/ a musical she penned- "Dear John, Why Yoko?". Loves “edu-taining” & writing edgy stories that challenge the ...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 125 Pages
After losing her passport, spoiled Chinese teen Yan finds herself in a US children's immigration center, where she encounters a circumcised Nigerian girl who escaped a Mexican cartel, an Eastern European boy who chased dud missiles for a living, and a Chinese boy who discovered love on his smuggling journey to the US. A revolutionary cross-cultural ...
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Pittsburgh, PA
Weiyang Liu, Director/Actor from China, who has 8 years of experience working with top players in the Chinese film industry, looking forward to breaking into the international market. Instagram (work showcase): @weiyang_liu
Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 127 Pages
No logline available.
GI
A Crime & History Screenwriter, Sam grew up between Gibraltar and Spain's Costa del Sol. There he witnessed the famous holiday destinations' volatile criminal underbellies & rich histories, culminating in lifelong obsession with true crime and historical non-fiction.
Sam has worked with numerous production companies to develop feature films inclu...
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Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 128 Pages
In this World War II drama based on a true story, a team of army flight nurses make a daring and heroic escape after crash-landing in Nazi-occupied Albania.
Bethesda, MD
Rangeley is a published novelist, litigator and law professor who now channels her passion for justice into screenplays about women fighting for what’s right against right-wing environmental forces, unjust legal prosecutions, World War II Nazis and toxic masculinity. She is mom to four adult children.
A Lost Virgin
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 93 Pages
The heart-wrenching true story of a courageous 16-year-old schoolgirl’s efforts to survive after being abandoned by the treacherous lover she ran away with to start a new life and kicked out of home by her unforgiving parents when she tried to return.
Colombo 3, Western Province, LK
Asoka combines PhD-level expertise with award-winning creative skills. His self-help book, "Flying Penguin," was an award-winning finalist at three international book awards. His first feature film, "Salvation," was screened at five international film festivals. His documentaries offer new insights into complex issues. His talent for new thinking r...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 119 Pages
In 1927 southern Louisiana, subversive housewife Ada LeBoeuf is put on trial alongside her alleged lover for the grisly murder of her husband in one of the most explosive sex-murder trials ever reported.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Matison was born and raised on the banks of the bayous in the small town of Morgan City, Louisiana. One of the most profound lessons she learned entering adulthood is that being born in Morgan City is not one of her fatal flaws, but one of her greatest strengths. Since graduating Summa Cum Laude from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Matison h...
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Alianza
Private
Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Drama
· 63 Pages
1931 - A turf war among rival drug trafficking groups leads to the first synergy of Mexican and American spies in history. But for Special Agent Juan Requena, this mission will make him ask: who is the real enemy in what will become the War on Drugs? Based on a true story.
Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Hernandez Zapata is a bilingual, Mexican immigrant raised in small-town Missouri. He writes about outsider, code-switching characters and the sacrifices they make in order to achieve their dreams.
His one-hour pilot, The Soloist, was selected for The Black List’s 2024 Latine List, is an Austin Film Festival semi-finalist, and a Nantucket ...
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Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Drama
· 55 Pages
Inspired by a secret U.S. intelligence program, Operation Paperclip, a quintessential 195O’s housewife becomes obsessed with an unsolved murder in her pristine suburb, leading to the discovery of a sadistic Nazi doctor hiding in plain sight and the subsequent unraveling of her own life.
Minneapolis, MN
I write my heart out so I can break yours. My screenplay, Dollhouse of Death was purchased by HBO and Academy Award Winner, Guillermo del Toro. I made the documentary film, Of Dolls & Murder, starring legendary filmmaker John Waters. Recently, my pilot script, All that Glitters won Outstanding Table Read at the Catalyst Content Festival and won Wr...
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American Cassandra
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Historical
· 104 Pages
No logline available.
Santa Monica, California
Barbara's female-centric political dramas draw on her own excellent international development career adventures in over 85 countries. GLOBAL GOOD, a TV pilot about a West Bank Gaza-based aid official, is a WeScreenplay finalist. Her scripts won/placed highly in Meryl Streep & Athena Writers Labs, FinishLine, TrackingB, JumpStart, BigBreak, Hedg...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 112 Pages
As a determined geneticist investigates Australia’s most infamous female serial killer—a mother convicted of murdering her four babies—and uncovers evidence of a potential genetic mutation in her, she becomes entangled in a high-stakes battle that challenges both the limits of science and her own personal convictions.
New York, NY
Franck Benayoun is a French-born writer living in New York.
Storytelling has been his passion from an early age, first expressed through his ambition to become a comic artist, then explored through photography, and later brought to life in his children's book, Molly and The Damaged Books. This creative journey led him to screenwriting, a craft h...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Historical
· 97 Pages
Racist officials and a global field of oddball athletes pit their integrity against glory, in the true story of the disastrous 1904 St. Louis Olympics Marathon.
Melbourne, Victoria, AU
Nick studied journalism before learning that journalism had ceased to exist and that esoteric web series might provide a more useful service to society.
His subsequent channels Poncho and then Banalarama attracted significant attention in Australia with financial support from Creative Victoria and advertisers like Puma (for shows including ABABC...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 119 Pages
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall create the Rat Pack. Together they overcome multi-generational child abuse, antisemitism and cancer in Hollywood!
WINNER 20xs on FilmFreeway!
63k followers without a movie on Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/BOGIEandBACALLtheMOVIE?mibextid=ZbWKwL
Athol, NY
I worked for a national talk show, the news, was a Literary Agent for 20 years, and Manager for Singers. I was mentored by Nora Ephron and Richard Walter former Chairman of TV and Film for UCLA.
Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Historical
· 58 Pages
The legendary, but jaded, d'Artagnan navigates the tumultuous seas of political intrigue and the quest for justice in a series of adrenaline-fuelled adventures, set amidst the backdrop of French monarchy upheavals, the English Civil War, and the enigma of the REAL Man in the Iron Mask
Slough, —, GB
I'm a former tank commander in the French military, and a former prison inmate.
I focus on characters that are broken in some way, place them in situations where that 'break' can become completely fractured, and see how they cope.
I want a manager to look at me and want to present my work to the wider world.
If you can give me that, I'll give ...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 113 Pages
Broke and in despair, Vincent Van Gogh befriends the impressionist and sculptor Paul Gauguin, sparking a formidable, but costly bond.
NY, NY
Writer/Director
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Historical
· 90 Pages
The strange son of a Lakota holy man grows from loner to leader as the entire Sioux Nation struggles to survive in the face of the encroaching United States.
Los Angeles, California
Academy Nicholl Quarter-Finalist & The next 100, 8X Best Screenplay Winner, 6X Finalist at Story Pros, 4X TOP 10 Finalist @ Table Read My Screenplay, Top 10 Finalist at Emerging Screenwriters & ScreenCraft. 20X Screenplay Finalist, 35X Semifinalist, Second Rounder at Austin, Blue Cat, ISA Fast Track X2. Top 1,1,2,3,3,3 &5% on Coverfly, 12Xon the R...
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Hotbed
Private
Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Drama
· 54 Pages
When three friends start a radical feminist group in a Greenwich Village restaurant in 1916, they know their activism might start a revolution. What they don’t know is that they are about to put their most intimate relationships to the test.
Los Angeles, CA
Rachel Eskin Fisher holds an MFA in Television Writing & Production from the TV Writers Studio and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of California. She co-produced and directed the documentary Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Rachel lives in Los Angeles and New Jersey, where she raised two childre...
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Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Drama
· 75 Pages
During the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s attempt to resolve tensions between the city officials, civic leaders, and the Invaders leads to his assassination and a worldwide manhunt.
Los Angeles, CA
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Phillip is shaped by his hometown's rich cultural heritage and music history. He is an alum of Clark Atlanta University and University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. He focuses on dramas inspired by real stories that inspired him or people in his communities. Phillip has scripts that have placed in variou...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 95 Pages
Thrust into present day Vegas, Romeo and Juliet flee their tragic fate, but to stay, they have five days to complete a chaotic journey of self-discovery as they follow the advice of a relationship guru to determine who their truest love actually is.
Boston, MA
As a Boston Conservatory graduate and equity theatre music director, James brings his vast experience harnessing the power of emotion to the page. Whether a workplace sitcom or heartfelt romcom, character always comes first. James has worked extensively with script consultant Jen Grisanti and is part of the Top Tier program at Roadmap Writers. In 20...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Historical
· 110 Pages
The epic true story of Black Roman soldier and saint, Mauritius, who carried the Spear of Destiny, and his rise from legionnaire to general alongside emperors Diocletian and Maximian in 3rd century Rome, their betrayal of Mauritius and his ultimate sacrifice for peace.
Growing up without a television, Philippe was far too entranced by the silver screen and ultimately made his way to UCLA and worked in the literary departments of Fox Searchlight, DreamWorks SKG, Silver Pictures, Regency Productions, ICM and Paradigm.
His project MAURITIUS was a PARAMOUNT+ series until the Skydance merger and the feature vers...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Historical
· 111 Pages
In Iceland, a reformed criminal bands with a colorful collection of characters to steal bitcoin mining computers, putting his family and the life he’s built at risk and becoming a folk hero in the process. Based on true events.
New York, NY
Craig is a screenwriter, producer and director based in NYC who studied playwriting and screenwriting at NYU's Dramatic Writing Program and has worked in both theatre and independent film.
He writes character-based thrillers with genre elements like grounded sci-fi or horror which expose complex power structures and has placed in a number of co...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Historical
· 109 Pages
In 1816, literary giants gathered and Frankenstein was born, but the part of that well-known story that is left out is that Lord Byron’s lover John Polidori was there and he became so furious with Byron that he literally invented the modern vampire by basing it off of Byron. This film finally tells the untold true story of John Polidori and the mak...
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Los Angeles, California
Stephanie Weber is a Cuban American writer and comedian from Chicago. She performed standup and sketch comedy for years before attending SCAD to earn her MFA in screenwriting. Her writing can be found in Reductress, The AV Club, Mental Floss, Slate, and more. She wrote and directed the short film Real Live Girls.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 99 Pages
When a Pride and Prejudice virtual world that she designs malfunctions, a brilliant but controlling game developer must enter the simulation to rescue her trapped sister – only to discover a killer is on the loose and the culprit may be one of Jane Austen’s most beloved characters.
Wellington, NZ
Jennifer writes horror and action-filled features that draw on her experiences as a diplomat in Asia and Europe. Her projects have received accolades from the Austin Film Festival, US Writers' Lab, Page International Screenwriting Awards and ScreenCraft. Her project, 'Contained,' is currently among the top-ranked horror projects on Coverfly's Red Li...
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Quarterfinalist
TV Script
· Drama
· 65 Pages
At just 16, Benazir Bhutto begins her political awakening while studying at Harvard—as her father, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, fights for democracy. But she soon inherits his enemies and a legacy written in blood.
New York, NY
I'm a bilingual, multi-faceted artist from northern California, now living between NY/LA. My mother hails from Juarez, Mexico, while my father is of Scottish descent.
I have a distinct voice, writing transformative female lead characters in powerful, controversial, and relevant worlds.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 122 Pages
In 1937, Satchell Paige, perhaps the most famous Negro league pitcher of all time, was no longer pitching to win baseball games... he was pitching to survive.
Los Angeles, California
Chad's professional life has taken him from the military (U.S. Coast Guard) to tech (Facebook) to entertainment (DGA Assistant Director) as he has sought to make the world more open and empathetic. He has worked in production on prestige shows for Apple TV+, Amazon, WB Studios, and more while also producing several independent features eventually be...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Historical
· 113 Pages
Wrenched from his home, the son of a chief is cast into a symbolic odyssey that mirrors the chapters of Africa's past—from the era of slavery to colonial rule—and must walk the road back to independence.
Oxford-educated writer. Lover of truth, myth and the starlit paths that bind them!
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 98 Pages
After being buried alive in a remote forest, a mother fights to survive, reclaim her life and discover who tried to kill her before they strike again. GONE GIRL meets ROOM
Oakland, CA
Hired to adapt Amanda DuBois' mystery novel UNSHACKLED with Ross Kagan Marks producing (THE RITUAL starring Al Pacino and Ashley Greene), Rosemary is a blend of her fearless Irish FBI agent dad and Italian tarot card reading mom. She writes Drama/Genre Features, went to Iowa, has an MFA and award winning book published by Fence. She has 2 scripts wi...
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