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SUNSHOWER
Private
Winner
Feature
· Drama
· 103 Pages
A young Chinese American man visits his ailing grandma with dementia, but she mistakes him for her long lost love. As he plays along with this new “role” out of kindness, he begins losing sight of his true self.
Stefanos Tai is a Chinese–Greek–American writer/director. His works remind us of a simple idea: we have more in common than sets us apart. He's played Tribeca, BAM, Cinequest, DOXA, Palm Springs, Hawaii, Houston, Singapore– and has been recognized from Asia Society, the United Nations, Scholastic, and several universities. He has also crafted brande...
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Finalists
Finalist
Feature
· Action
· 100 Pages
Within the remote Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, a determined deafblind woman, and her loyal dog, attempt to rescue her kidnapped sister before she’s killed by a ruthless outlaw.
Raleigh, NC
Nicholl Fellowship winner and Austin Film Festival winner for PURE. Winner of the 2022 Scriptapalooza Feature Screenplay competition for HOLLY.
Finalist
Feature
· Drama
· 102 Pages
After an impulsive marriage ends in an accident, a woman becomes the legal guardian of her vegetative day-old husband and clashes with his foster brother over what's next.
Los Angeles, CA
Zoey is an actor turned writer/director whose primary goal is to create memorable roles for women – both in front and behind the camera. Outside the entertainment industry, she likes to pet other people's dogs. Her hobbies include a daily attempt to get Wordle in three (it's not going well) and studying foreign languages (better than Wordle).
Finalist
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 108 Pages
Following an awkward first date, two twenty-somethings become addicted to a mysterious love potion at a Brooklyn dive bar that allows them to go back in time and reverse-engineer a perfect romance.
Los Angeles, CA
Arun ("uh-roon") is a recent alum of the Universal Writers Lab and the creator/star of the Webby and YouTube Streamy Award nominated digital comedy series ARUN CONSIDERS.
Finalist
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 103 Pages
A mortician who specializes in restoring the faces of the 'traumatically deceased' encounters an existential crisis when he finds the next body that crosses his table is himself, 20 years older, with a bullet hole in his head and an ominous message tattooed on his chest.
Los Angeles, CA
Daniel and Adam Cooper are twin brothers who have written and directed six award-winning short films, receiving acclaim at festivals such as TIFF, Cannes, HollyShorts, and The Hamptons. They currently have multiple film and TV projects in development with Warner Bros, Gilbert Films, and Roadside Attractions.
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Semifinalists
Semifinalist
Feature
· Action
· 114 Pages
When the largest avalanche in recorded history strikes a close-knit ski town, a once-renowned skier turned avalanche expert must confront the relentless forces of nature and his own tragic past to save the town and his estranged wife and daughter.
No bio available.
Blindsight
Private
Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 95 Pages
When a legally blind teenager, living in a black-and-white world of blurred shapes and shadows, sees a monster that no one else can, he soon discovers he’s the only one who can stop it from abducting and killing teens of his town.
I’ve had screenplays optioned by a number of companies, including Cassian Elwes’ Elevated (Dallas Buyers Club, Mudbound) and former Disney executive Steve Sahlein’s Empire Media Partners (The Comeback Trail). My work has trended and earned awards on Franklin Leonard’s Black List site, scoring in the top percent of thousands of scripts, in addition t...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 99 Pages
On the night before her wedding, an anxious accountant must enlist her bridesmaids to help track down her criminal father who owes money to the head of a crime syndicate and a corrupt cop.
Los Angeles, CA
Nathan Patton is an award-winning writer and college dropout from the rural South. After briefly touring the tri-state area with his failed rock band, he went back to school where he received a James Michener Fellowship and an MFA. His script, GREENWOOD, was previously optioned, and he currently has producers attached to three of his recent script...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 95 Pages
A lonely CIA agent tasked with transporting cryogenically-frozen former assets meets an ass-kicking mercenary from the 80s with a thirst for revenge and the key to stopping nuclear war. Bad news is: her taste in music sucks.
Los Angeles, CA
Nathan Patton is an award-winning writer and college dropout from the rural South. After briefly touring the tri-state area with his failed rock band, he went back to school where he received a James Michener Fellowship and an MFA. His script, GREENWOOD, was previously optioned, and he currently has producers attached to three of his recent script...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 100 Pages
A former drug addict's limits are tested when a search for her missing ex-husband leads her into the world of a terrifying BDSM cult.
- Verified WGA Member
Los Angeles, CA
In 1994, a third-grader named Jason Kaleko put an upturned flashlight under his chin, told a ghost story at a sleepover, and made his friends totally wig out -- and he’s been chasing that high ever since. Since moving to Los Angeles and working through the assistant ranks, Jason has developed several original projects around town with companies such...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 100 Pages
After the death of their son, a grieving couple discover a mysterious substance that offers the tempting possibility of connecting with him, but its addictive allure and insatiable appetite threaten to devour their lives.
Los Angeles, CA
The son of an Irish actor and a surrealist painter, Brendan Ryan spent his formative years between the college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan and Inishbofin, a tiny island of less than 200 inhabitants off the west coast of Ireland. Straddling these two worlds, he became a keen observer to fit in; whether among the pointy faced island lads as a pudgy Am...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 109 Pages
After an outcast teen makes a reckless deal with a foul-mouthed demon for high school popularity, she must stop the beast’s bloody rampage before it destroys everything she cares about.
Houston, TX
Darrell studied film at the University of Houston, where he wrote and directed several short films, but was forced to take a long hiatus from film due to a rare brain disorder. With the support of his amazing family, he navigated his condition and returned to screenwriting. He’s placed in the Nicholl, AFF, PAGE, Launch Pad, and ScreenCraft contests ...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 99 Pages
In the midst of her divorce, one of the world's wealthiest women retreats to the private island her ex-husband bought for her. When she discovers that the staff make sacrifices to a seductive, deadly creature, she must fight for her and her son's lives.
Los Angeles, CA
I'm a Gen Z screenwriter with a love of comedy, genre, and complex, messy female characters.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 98 Pages
A 1930s farming family buys a new mechanical plow to boost their harvest, but they soon find there’s a dark side to progress when the machine reveals its fearsome supernatural abilities.
San Diego, California
Jarom is a 2024 Script Pipeline and FilmQuest semifinalist and co-writer of the award-winning short film THE NEXT DOOR. He specializes in high-concept genre movies with strong hooks, big thrills, and (usually) a lot of blood.
First name is pronounced jare-um.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 95 Pages
On the cusp of delinquency, a teenager is sent to her family's farm to work out her behavioral issues and encounters a coven of creatures that look startlingly similar to herself.
Los Angeles, CA
Deeply rooted in psychology, Cassandra's stories focus on the complex character. Cassandra graduated from Full Sail University with a degree in creative writing, and with an intense interest in poetry and prose, she is in a constant state of self-learning and self-discovery. She approaches every story with an emotional charge with the hopes that it ...
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Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 115 Pages
Former bull-rider Archer Bloom has already lost his family ranch, and he's about to lose his father to illness. Now, to get back at the one percenters who built a casino on their land, Archer cooks up a plan to steal a truckload of the world's most expensive beef.
Los Angeles, CA
Sam has a degree in Neuroscience, has been a summer camp director, and worked for three years as an assistant to a criminal defense attorney in rural Texas. Sam writes science fiction and crime stories, often exploring positive masculinity and what a lack of it does to young men.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 115 Pages
When an atheist meets Jesus on a remote Scottish Island, he is plunged into a series of surreal and terrifying trials that challenge his sanity and his existence.
Portree, Isle Of Skye, GB
Cosmo Wallace worked from an art department runner to an award-winning commercials director and AAA game director--then walked away to pursue his true love, storytelling through film. His award-winning 30 minute horror "NSFW" screened in 9 festivals and racked up 1.5M views on Youtube. He has written two screenplays and a TV miniseries in the last y...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 114 Pages
Four work buddies at a failing tech startup must fight for their lives when their wilderness “team-building“ retreat is hijacked by masked killers.
CUTBACKS is everything you want in an action, comedy, and horror flick, combined. Come for the fast-paced read that puts a spin on the slasher genre, stay for the brutal takedown of corporate culture and the elite.
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
Andy Garland is a playwright, director and screenwriter, currently residing in Vancouver, British Columbia. Screenwriting credits to date include Transference (Minds Eye Pictures) and Lunar (HazFilm), both currently in preproduction, and his latest horror-comedy Cutbacks has recently placed in the Top 10 for Launch Pad's latest Feature Competition a...
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PERSONAL TOUCH
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 100 Pages
A rookie paramedic races to cure an uncanny virus that makes physical contact increasingly fatal when she becomes its latest host.
Hamilton, Ontario, CA
Joe Favalaro is a screenwriter, novelist, poet, and punk musician based in Hamilton Ontario. A graduate of Toronto Film School’s Screenwriting Program, Joe focuses on character-driven genre features exploring psychological and existential themes. He was born and raised in Burlington, Ontario; a city only known for briefly harbouring the likes of Jim...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 99 Pages
A body dysmorphic model must escape the captivity of an obese dairy farmer who hungers to show her how the other half feeds.
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 117 Pages
In the early 1900’s a scrappy group of boys, forced to attend a Native American boarding school, band together to become America’s most influential football team ever - changing the game from a brutish slugfest to the strategic game we know today.
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 103 Pages
In a desperate attempt to impress his standoffish brother before he leaves for college, an impulsive high school freshman goes to epic lengths to secure a case of beer for the final senior party of summer.
Washington, DC
Thomas is a former corporate sell-out, born-again creative. A screenwriting, skateboarding, dad who used to travel the world investigating fraud who's still an accountant in his unfree time. A fine young man who writes comedic adventures with capable heroes ending up in the wrong situation.
Nocturnal
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 108 Pages
Colton Green is deathly allergic to sunlight, living a lonely, nocturnal life. When he finds himself hunted by a monstrous killer, Colton must make it to safety before the sun rises.
I’ve had screenplays optioned by a number of companies, including Cassian Elwes’ Elevated (Dallas Buyers Club, Mudbound) and former Disney executive Steve Sahlein’s Empire Media Partners (The Comeback Trail). My work has trended and earned awards on Franklin Leonard’s Black List site, scoring in the top percent of thousands of scripts, in addition t...
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Nothing to Say
Private
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 81 Pages
High school friends Bridget and Nick reconnect as adults and try to figure out how to love each other without hurting themselves.
No bio available.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 96 Pages
When his ride to a skateboard competition bails on him, a penniless teen has 60 minutes to scratch together $300 for another ride or get stuck in the city he desperately wants to leave, forever.
Washington, DC
Thomas is a former corporate sell-out, born-again creative. A screenwriting, skateboarding, dad who used to travel the world investigating fraud who's still an accountant in his unfree time. A fine young man who writes comedic adventures with capable heroes ending up in the wrong situation.
Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 101 Pages
It’s Grad Nite at Splash Zone, but when dead bodies start dropping like wet swimsuits, it’s up to the water park’s disgraced manager and a buttoned-up teen to rally those left behind after the evacuation if they hope to make it out alive.
Glendale, CA
I'm a writer/creator living in Glendale, CA. I've written for Disney, VH1, Rizzle, and American Express and, amazingly, my words have been spoken by comedians like Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Keegan Michael Key, Kumail Nanjiani, and Glenn Howerton. I grew up in Georgia and graduated from Boston University with a degree in Film & TV so I can poorly mimic al...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 114 Pages
After meeting in an online support group, two shut-ins form a connection that quickly evolves into a budding romance, but to actually be together, they might finally have to overcome their crippling agoraphobia and try to leave their homes.
Los Angeles, California
Growing up in small-town Indiana, Scott got creative by independently producing short films and scripted podcasts while in school. Now in LA, Scott & his writing partner Nick Jimenez are devoted to telling original genre stories with unique characters and an open heart. Their rom-com feature THE OTHER SIDE OF SOLITARY is on The Red List and has reac...
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 105 Pages
After his nephew receives an unexpected cancer diagnosis, an ex-convict, grappling with America's parole and welfare systems, navigates into the dark tunnels of sex work and his traumatic past in order to pay for his nephew's treatment.
Portland, Oregon
Vijay Ilankamban is a science fiction and drama writer based in Portland, Oregon.
His script, These Cuffs Followed Me Home, has received five+ 8 overall reviews on The Black List website and was featured #1 on the Black List Top Lists.
His script, The Dead Bird Sings, was a finalist in the Austin Film Festival and Final Draft Big Break.
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Quarterfinalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 96 Pages
A disgruntled government employee kidnaps her estranged, dementia-addled mother and takes her on a road trip designed to tap into old memories and hopefully unearth the password to a hard drive that contains millions of dollars in bitcoin.
New Orleans, LA
While working as a Script Supervisor on productions like Where the Crawdads Sing and Five Nights at Freddy's David has continued to hone their writing and has now penned more than 50 scripts, many of which have been produced. Though David's films vary in genre, they always aim to be emotionally engaging and intellectually stimulating while challengi...
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