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Shore Scripts Feature Contest |
2022
Guaranteed Option Prize, Specific Genre Meetings, 1-to-1 Judges' Feedback, Mentorships, Cash Prizes + more. We've launched screenwriting careers at Sony, Blumhouse, Film4, & Hulu.
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Genre
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Representation Status
Winners
Winner
Feature
· Horror
· 97 Pages
Forced to return to her hometown to recover from an injury, a loner must make amends with her estranged childhood best friend to unlock the truth about a derelict house from their past -- and the baby tooth she lost inside of it.
Brooklyn, New York
Jake is an NYC-based screenwriter and avid movie poster collector. He's loved writing his entire life, dating back to co-writing his first novel during 4th-grade recess (it's not as sad as it sounds!!)
After winning Best Horror in the 2023 Shore Scripts Feature Competition with BABY TEETH he co-directed a proof of concept for it, which was picked...
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Winner
Feature
· Adventure
· 101 Pages
Four kids who want to give their dog one last adventure, go on a quest to find Mythra, the magical elephant who can cure animals with a kiss from her trunk.
Wellington, NZ
Kristi is a NZ/British genre screenwriter. She’s been commissioned by producers on various projects. Her horror feature 39 Days has been sold to Libertine Pictures (NZ). Kristi also won the Grand Prize of the Stage32 Family Feature and Shore Scripts Action/Adventure competition. She is actively working with NZ directors and producers on her genre...
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Winner
Feature
· Comedy
· 107 Pages
When her long time unrequited love Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy returns to London society with his new bride Lizzie Bennett, wealthy socialite Prudence Priestley decides it's up to her to prove his new wife is not worthy of him. (This is set in Jane Austen universe).
New York, NY
Fran Ervin is an award-winning writer, director and producer whose most notable accolades include winning the 2024 Screencraft Feature Competition's Grand Prize, alumni of the 2024 Stowe September Writer's Retreat, and recipient of a first look deal with Universal Pictures
Fran's debut feature film has garnered nearly 2 million views on YouTube ...
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Winner
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 113 Pages
A disgraced mathematician is re-enlisted by NASA when a mysterious deep space event thrusts the ISS and the astronauts on board, including his sister, into perilous danger. Think ARRIVAL meets THE MARTIAN.
Alameda, CA
Born in Ireland into a family of cops, I jumped ship and became a coder in Silicon Valley :) Later, I took up acting where, ironically, I play a lot of cops...
Four years ago, my mother passed while I was ten thousand miles away on a movie set. That experience drives me to write about characters dealing with loss and their journeys to self-forgiv...
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Winner
Feature
· Drama
· 117 Pages
Based on the true story of boxer George Dixon. In 1800s Boston, Dixon battles racism, alcoholism and hallucinations en route to becoming the first Black world champion in any sport.
North Vancouver, BC, CA
L.X Mitev is an award-winning writer and director from Yellowknife, NT, Canada. He writes for film, theatre, comics, and podcasts, with his latest feature film "Prof." having won around the world. He received his training in New York and Stratford and is completing his grad studies in Digital Storytelling and Creative Writing at Harvard University. ...
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Winner
Feature
· Comedy
· 97 Pages
When a bumbling podcaster chronicles his journey to Florida to confront his biological father and finds out he got the wrong guy, he learns he’s not just on the hunt for a good Christmas story – he’s searching for the family he didn’t know he needed.
Portland, OR
Michael is a Roadmap Top Tier screenwriter whose comedy feature THE FIRST MICHAEL won Shore Scripts 2022 Grand Prize and 2023 Sun Valley Film Festival's High Scribe award. His independently produced podcast of the same name cracked Apple Podcast's top ten in the Arts category. His past as a small town, closeted, Catholic mess and present as a sex-po...
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Winner
Feature
· Thriller
· 98 Pages
When a group of Mozambican migrants attempts to illegally cross the border into South Africa, they are attacked by a rogue pride of lions and scramble up a Baobab tree for safety. Nine men went up, but a week later only two had survived...
Inspired by true events.
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GB
An avid lover of storytelling and film since childhood (thank you Blockbuster!), Karim was lucky to collaborate on an award-winning short film, Thespian X, and his passion for writing accelerated from there. He attended the UCLA School of Film & TV and shortly after was lucky to work with Wes Craven developing a horror project. And now...
Finalists
Finalist
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 126 Pages
When a planetary council member on the terraformed planet of Automna seemingly disappears, Damon Mallard, a student working towards mastery in ‘Dream Theatre’ is pulled center stage into an unraveling puzzle.
Los Angeles, CA
Andy is a filmmaker, optioned screenwriter, published playwright, and working actor. Born in New York, he holds a BA in Cinema Production from Elon University and an associates degree in Drama from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He splits his time between LA, NY, and NOLA.
Finalist
Feature
· Drama
· 115 Pages
A resilient young girl in Iran emancipates herself from a child marriage through an unlikely friendship with women whose destinies are intertwined with hers.
New York, NY
Yasmeen has written for animated and mixed-media shows and her feature script, BRIDES AND GODDESSES, won the Best Original Drama Screenplay Award at the Richmond International Film Festival. Her interests include telling authentic stories about underrepresented and misrepresented communities as well as dark comedies that explore existentialism (insp...
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Finalist
Feature
· Horror
· 99 Pages
When a cancel-culture obsessed serial killer targets her classmates, a haunted dropout must uncover the killer before she too makes the “cancel list."
Los Angeles, California
Aidan Largey is the Writer/Director of numerous award winning work for BBC, HULU and RTE. He created the crime series FARR for RTE and the Irish Film Board, which won BEST DRAMA from ITVFest. It was also awarded BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA PILOT and BEST DIRECTOR at SERIES FEST. He's currently in post on a YA sci fi series he directed for BBC and HULU and c...
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Finalist
Feature
· Drama
· 85 Pages
At the height of World War II, a precocious Japanese girl is sent to an internment camp in Wyoming where she's forced to contend with a tyrannical soldier and a vengeful shaman.
Los Angeles, California
Raised in rural Wyoming with limited means of entertainment, Aaron spent his weekends at the local theater where he fell in love with film. Today, he's a professional screenwriter who specializes in psychological drama, comedy, and elevated horror thanks in part to his graduate studies in clinical psychology at Pepperdine University.
Chimera Dark
Private
Finalist
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 106 Pages
In a virtual reality simulation world known as Chimera, an agent tasked with policing the virtual society must take the law into his own hands in order to save his brother from a ruthless dark web Cyber-crime syndicate.
Nate is an award-winning screenwriter who specializes in elevated action, sci-fi, horror and thriller scripts. His talent was discovered in 2021 when he was signed by Gravity Squared Entertainment to represent his work. As a full-time writer, Nate is comfortable writing at any budget level and continually works on new and exciting projects with an e...
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Finalist
Feature
· Horror
· 98 Pages
Looking to get over a break up, a woman visits her quaint hometown for the holidays. Unfortunately, it turns out the town is being stalked by a monster that only eats single people.
Los Angeles, CA
Jon Bershad is a writer and animator who has written for The Onion, MTV, TBS, Funny or Die, College Humor, PBS, TruTV, and more. He is currently the Lead Character Rigger for the Paramount+ series Tooning Out the News. Back before the pandemic, he created and hosted two monthly shows at the UCB Theatre in New York where he's written, performed, and ...
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EVERYBODY HATES ROSEMARY
Private
Finalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 93 Pages
Three generations of women take a road trip to Scotland to scatter the ashes of husband, father and grandfather Jim, and as they tell tales, blame and fight, the prickliness between them gradually transforms into something akin to love.
No bio available.
Finalist
Feature
· Horror
· 90 Pages
The unseen fourth act of slasher flicks: The sole survivor of a slasher killer’s murderous spree struggles to overcome her grief and regret while fighting urges to exact vengeance on the killer’s family.
Consistently recognized for his unusual stories and ear for character and dialogue, Zach has had several films produced from short scripts and a couple feature scripts optioned.
He’s won several local screenwriting contests and has been named as a winner, finalist, semifinalist, and quarterfinalist in many national screenwriting competitions.
He has...
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Finalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 100 Pages
To avenge their father, four Chinese brothers attempt a series of robberies on the people who wronged him.
Los Angeles, CA
Jason Fong is a nerdy Asian director and writer from Portland, Oregon. His short films were featured in Hollyshorts and Shriekfest. He’s been a finalist for screenwriting in Shore Scripts, Big Break, Cinequest, Screencraft, and Screamfest. He writes to be an agent of growth for Asian representation. Currently, he is set to voice a recurring characte...
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Finalist
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 114 Pages
When an environmental disaster kills her daughter, the heiress of an oil fortune travels back in time to stop her relentless father from spurring the crisis that destroys their future world.
Los Angeles, CA
Ben Hickernell is an award-winning writer/director. His films have played SXSW & Seattle and have been distributed by MGM, Showtime & 20th Century Studios. Ben works to tell moving, entertaining stories that illuminate human-level perspectives on the issues of our day and comes to production with an experienced indie filmmaker's practical ingenuity....
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Finalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 111 Pages
In a small town plagued by missing children, a pair of strangers race to find a missing girl, while unknowingly sharing dreams.
Los Angeles, CA
H played in the NBA for 4 years and overseas for 4 more, spending his offseasons writing scripts. He is passionate about writing cerebral thrillers and dark comedies with a strong theme. With a unique perspective and outlook on society, he is often described by friends as the Black Larry David.
Minotaur
Private
Finalist
Feature
· Action
· 112 Pages
Ashamed of being treated as a hero, a self-loathing war veteran hopes to earn valor by searching remote wilderness for a missing child, only to find she’s being hunted through a booby-trapped labyrinth by a psychotic green beret.
London, London, GB
A writer/director whose short films have been selected for various festivals, most notably Palm Springs International. In 2022 he directed the pilot for a television series set in London.
Tim is determined to make meaningful action films that his wife and daughter would watch over and over again.
Finalist
Feature
· Family
· 106 Pages
After earning a soccer scholarship to a prestigious prep school, a willful Mixteco teen from a mixed-status family must learn how to embrace his indigenous roots while pushing against the forces of colorism to achieve his dream of playing for Notre Dame.
Los Angeles, CA
Miguel was born in East LA and moved to Utah when he was a teen. The culture shock led to his passion for writing about identity and communities that are often invisible. The film A BETTER LIFE, inspired his feature MIXTECO KID which was a Finalist for the Humanitas New Voices Fellowship and QF for the Nicholl Fellowship. Miguel started his career i...
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Finalist
Feature
· Western
· 117 Pages
When arthritic outlaw Silje Rash rides into Reno to retire and inadvertently kills the local Sheriff, she must decide whether to look out for her own interests or those of the half-Chinese niece of a double-amputee under threat from the Sheriff’s dastardly successor before her declining body decides for her.
Nipomo, California
Brian Koukol is an award-winning screenwriter, prose writer, and poet. A lifelong battle with muscular dystrophy has informed the majority of the darkly comedic stories he favors, which are written with the aid of voice recognition and eye gaze technology out of physical necessity. And because keyboards are for suckers.
Finalist
Feature
· Adventure
· 105 Pages
Beaten down by recent life events, a man inherits his cousin’s car where he finds his cousin’s journal which leads him to believe that his cousin’s suicide might not be as it seems. Now he must uncover the truth about his cousin’s untimely death before he meets the same fate.
Los Angeles, CA
Andrew Goldmeier is a comedy writer based out of Los Angeles, California. Andrew has created digital content for Yahoo, AOL, DirectTV, ComedyCake, and FunnyorDie and was a sketch writer for the 2017 CBS Diversity Showcase. As a comedic writer, Andrew strives to interpret the world from varied perspectives and bring his unique, but relatable outlook...
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Finalist
Feature
· Thriller
· 87 Pages
In 1970s London, a gang of ex-convict femme fatales attempt to deposit a haul of looted drugs - but the bikers they stole from are hot on their tail and out for blood.
A violent, retro, female-driven Crime Thriller - think PULP FICTION, LAYER CAKE and FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! meets BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99- or the all-female RESERVOIR DOGS reb...
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London, England, GB
Ria Fend is a London-based British Screenwriter, Actor and Graphic Designer who grew up in Manchester, UK. She grew up horror-obsessed, which lead to writing the genre-progressing horror and thriller films she‘d love to see, with strong female roles and reversed tropes from lived experiences. She placed in the Nicholl Fellowship Quarterfinals and wo...
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Finalist
Feature
· Action
· 99 Pages
A combat veteran struggles to adjust to life stateside, and prepare for fatherhood, when he becomes embroiled in a criminal conspiracy that forces him to use the violent skills he hoped to leave behind, in order to save his family.
Los Angeles, CA
Timothy is a New England native who has acted professionally for the past decade, appearing in a variety of films, television shows, and web series. His writing has received finalist recognition from numerous screenwriting contests including Slamdance, ScreenCraft, and Shore Scripts.
Finalist
Feature
· Horror
· 106 Pages
In a lonely seaside mansion, a West African caregiver and her Alzheimer’s patient face an unknown peril when the old woman’s sinister memories start to reawaken.
Los Angeles, California
In all of Eve’s work as a writer and director, she focuses on women’s perspectives and voices, especially exploring connection and conflict among women from different backgrounds. She loves genre movies and has written horror, noir, and comedy among others. Her feature film BRUT FORCE, a wine country thriller, was released by XYZ Films in 2022 and c...
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Finalist
Feature
· Sci-fi
· 95 Pages
A grieving robotics engineer goes to extreme lengths to protect her children from the global pandemic that took her husband.
Los Angeles & Melbourne, California & Australia
Emmy nominated D.J. McPherson is an award-winning writer & producer. DJ's a fun loving Aussie who shares her time between Australia & LA. Her projects include the Guy Pearce thriller The Infernal Machine, Rose Byrne RomCom Seriously Red, the Sarah Snook thriller Run Rabbit Run, the Simon Pegg dark comedy Nandor Fordor and the Talking Mongoose & t...
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Finalist
Feature
· Drama
· 108 Pages
A charismatic, belligerent English nightclub singer, born with flipper-like arms because his pregnant mother took the drug thalidomide, believes his deformity will keep him from ever finding love -- until he falls for a younger American doctor, with intimacy issues of her own, and must confront his own dark past in order to win her.
Richard Willett was born in Hollywood but grew up in Vancouver. He was a playwright in NYC before moving back to L.A. a few years ago, where he's an optioned screenwriter now working on his eighth paid writing assignment. He has twice been in the Nicholl Top 50 and has also been an Austin semifinalist and a PAGE and Sundance Lab finalist.
Finalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 106 Pages
Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman attempt to jump start their fading acting careers with a new sequel to WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S. But when they seek out Terry Kiser to reprise his role as "Bernie", a gruesome mishap has them treading curiously familiar ground….
A bonkers, over the top, and pitch black comedy, WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S III examines the current reboot craze by taking its original has-been stars and forcing them to live a real life, dangerous, and grotesque weekend at Bernie's. Beneath the insanity, there is still a thoughtful exploration of friendship and finding purpose after facing failure.
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Atlanta, GA
Craig developed his dark humor and rebellious style over a 20 year career in advertising as a creative director, not to mention 5 years doing standup comedy. His first three screenwriting projects, ("Uncle Ron & The Ryan Express", "Rails" and "Weekend at Bernie's III") all earned 2nd Rounder status at Austin Film Festival along with other accolades...
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Semifinalists
Behemoth
Private
Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 89 Pages
Decades after surviving a sea monster’s attack that killed his crew, a terminally ill man seeks to make amends with his estranged family, before sailing out to face the creature he blames for derailing his life.
Los Angeles, CA
I'm a Samoan American writer whose work is genre-focused and character-centric. I most recently served as Writers’ Assistant, Script Coordinator, and Post-Production Coordinator on Netflix's THAI CAVE RESCUE.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 92 Pages
When his girlfriend unexpectedly abandons him, a rage-filled man is left alone with her troubled young daughter.
Brooklyn, NY
Marie is an education director by day and a writer by night. Her screenplays have placed in the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, American Gem Screenplay Competition, and GCSC. She is a former reader for BlueCat and a recipient of the J. Dietz Memorial Fiction award.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 104 Pages
A young alcoholic reporter discovers his new flame from AA might be a former child star that went missing 20 years ago.
Toronto, Ontario, CA
Following a 15-year career as an actor, observing directors and being drawn to all aspects of film, Denis wrote and directed I am Syd Stone, earning him acclaim at over 30 film festivals. The film was nominated for the prestigious Iris Prize. His latest project is a digital series adaptation of I am Syd Stone, which was acquired by LevelFILM and rel...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 90 Pages
The cast and crew of a "property porn” TV show are besieged by a brood of homicidal Scottish faerie children.
London, GB
No bio available.
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Historical
· 91 Pages
In Regency England, a painter discovers she's the bastard daughter of an aristocrat and descends on high society to scam her way to a better life.
Wiltshire, GB
Niamh is an award-winning, emerging screenwriter from the United Kingdom. She was awarded her MA Screenwriting for Film & Television (with Distinction) from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2020 and her debut play was produced by Ruckus Theatre Co. in September 2023. She writes female-led films, TV shows and plays about funny things and serio...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 103 Pages
An interracial married couple struggles to come to terms with the role they played—and race played—in the tragic death of their biracial son at the hands of a police officer.
Los Angeles, CA
John is a writer and a content distribution media executive with past experience as an entertainment and corporate attorney. He has worked with companies such as Disney, Netflix, Sony, Hulu and Amazon. He wants to create a better world for his biracial daughter, and in his work he seeks to tackle social issues in novel ways. He is based in Los Angel...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 92 Pages
Aging pop star Ginger forms a charming bond with her 13-year-old neighbor as she battles the conflicts arising within her family, the cancer that poisons her body, and the wildfires raging close by.
Loule, Algarve, PT
A moderate introvert finding release in producing, directing and writing, in constant search for a perfect non sequitur, both in life & filmmaking; a failed musician, lawyer, financier and onetime novelist convinced that the best job he ever held was a dishwasher in a veggie place; a patient worker with frequent breaks for smokes and drinks.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Horror
· 116 Pages
When the callous governor of a British colony savagely kills the woman he loves, an enslaved man must become a monster to avenge her death and save his people.
Castle Rock, CO
Kenya Collins is a former practicing attorney, lifelong student, and professional dreamer. With a degree in Psychology and a minor in English, Kenya has a particular passion for writing stories with themes that explore emotional trauma, fear, and the human psyche. Kenya is a graduate of the Professional Screenwriting Program at UCLA.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 116 Pages
During the COVID-19 pandemic, two best friends grapple with the already-stressful holiday season while also navigating work and relationships in their mid-20s.
No bio available.
Happy Hour
Private
Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 108 Pages
After leaving a high-profile - yet toxic - position at one of Los Angeles’ top restaurants, a gifted Sommelier rebuilds her career by working as Wine Distributor. When the cycle of abuse threatens to repeat itself, she will defend her new vocation – by any means necessary.
Los Angeles, CA
Cynthia got a fancy piece of paper for studying acting, but she feels like working in the liquor industry taught her everything she needed to know about storytelling. She saw a lot of things like substance abuse, corporate greed, income inequality and misogyny. As a creature who takes lemons and makes lemonade, she writes about these themes - usuall...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 106 Pages
A dying rancher wrestles with his daughter’s determination to keep the ranch as is, a neighbor’s dream of a vast cow-free wilderness, and a young man’s vision for a wind farm as he decides his legacy.
Vancouver, WA
For twenty years, I have been on the front lines of the culture and land use wars that roil the rural west. I partner with ranchers, tribes and environmental groups to develop renewable energy projects, with some notable successes and more hard defeats. I write about the people, places and problems I know from those conflicts with love, respect and...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 118 Pages
When an immature university dropout learns she must soon move out of her parent's house, she slowly begins to suspect that her comfortable life is holding her back from reaching her full potential.
Belfast, GB
Luke has had a varied career in the Film and TV industry, working on productions for the BBC, Channel 4 and HBO’s Game of Thrones. Despite these experiences, Luke has never forgot the Northern Irish seaside town of Bangor he was born in, a location that features prominently in his work, most notably his feature screenplay ‘Homebird’ which ranked in ...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 110 Pages
John Brown's battle to end slavery.
Los Angeles, CA
After graduating in Film and TV from the University of Westminster, Simon produced at BBC World Service Television, Channel 4, The World Bank and produced multiple shows for ABC, PBS, Discovery, Vh1, Oxygen, Bravo, and Friends of the Earth. He has written numerous award-winning screenplays and plays and is currently developing several full-length pl...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Adventure
· 112 Pages
After stealing a priceless artefact in a desperate bid for a new life, a persecuted indigenous hunter must brave the unforgiving landscape known as The Jaegerfell in order to outrun a ruthless master tracker and her band of mercenaries.
A British writer living in Taiwan. I have a passion for writing stories that are borne out of the current arc of global human society's development, focussing on themes of justice/injustice, identity, historical/political inertia, race relations, and progressivism versus conservatism. I like fantasy realms or futuristic sci-fi settings, with excitin...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 109 Pages
During World War II, when a shy teenager recruits boys from a nearby Japanese internment camp to fill out his baseball team’s roster, he angers the town’s racist mayor and endangers all the boys’ families. (Based on Actual Events)
Boulder, CO
Ray Keller is an award-winning optioned screenwriter and filmmaker who has written over two dozen screenplays and earned over 150 awards. He’s a Page Awards Winner, Austin Film Festival Semifinalist and Academy Nicholl Semifinalist who founded Generosity Films following a successful career in engineering. Ray is passionate about bringing his brand o...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Comedy
· 106 Pages
A poor orphan jester attempts to woo a beautiful princess with her jokes with the help of her womanizing Duke bestie, but faces persecution for her sexuality in medieval plague ridden Spain.
Los Angeles, California
SAG-AFTRA actor who serves on the women’s and next generation committees, producer at Sueñito Media, monetized on YouTube, 20k following across social media, went to the White House with MTV for my work in mental health advocacy- something I pride myself running my business and sets and writing our stories with.
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 113 Pages
Unable to make ends meet, a New Orleans waitress teams up with a pickpocket dishwasher to make some real money robbing the ungrateful drunk tourists they normally serve.
Brooklyn, NY
Eileen Dennehy is a writer from NYC, descended from a long line of great storytellers and shameless liars.. A lifelong fan of stories where the princess saves herself, Eileen specializes in dark comedies and drama-thrillers that celebrate unconventional heroes and unapologetically messy female characters.
Growing up as the youngest in a quite larg...
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Lovebomb
Private
Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 92 Pages
Queer couple Frankie and Cam are determined to flee repressive small town life in rural PA, if only they can get the money they're owed from Cam's domineering stepfather, Dick. But when Dick turns to manipulation and abuse to keep Cam from leaving, Frankie sinks into a violent yet empowering fantasy world, and must ultimately choose between protecti...
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North Hollywood, CA
James Kautz is a multifaceted artist of stage and film, hailed by The NY Times as “fearless” and as “fiercely talented” by Time Out.
He is the founder of RED SEED FILMS, an independent film production company focusing on stories of personal transformation, gender, and identity.
As a filmmaker, his work has screened around the world in Oscar, BAFTA...
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Ludlow
Private
Semifinalist
Feature
· Historical
· 111 Pages
A beleaguered Greek miner draws a reluctant strike instigator into the throes of a Colorado mining revolt, sparking a labor dispute with horrifying consequences. Based on a true story. Multiple Awards. Award-winning produced screenwriter.
Dallas, Texas
Sarah left a career as an executive speech writer and communications strategist for a Fortune 5 company to stay home with children and care for elderly parents. She feels there are important stories that need to be told and that cinema is the ultimate canvas.
Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 114 Pages
While competing in the first Tour de France after WWII, Europe’s most famous athlete, aging Italian cyclist Gino Bartali has a secret he’s harboring. Recruited by the Vatican, Bartali spent his country’s Nazi occupation transporting false identity papers and smuggling an estimated 800 Jews to safety. An inspiring true story, "Man of Iron" charts one...
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New York, NY
Sam Kressner's currently in pre-production on his first feature, Light On Broken Glass, starring Academy Award Nominee and Emmy Award Winning actress Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects). The film will be produced by Daniel Dreifuss (Netflix, All Quiet On the Western Front).
Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 111 Pages
An emotionally stunted tech bro is recruited to launch a product based on his late brother's work: a wearable helmet that livestreams the subconscious. It's a chance to get his career going again and win back his ex girlfriend, but he'll have to deal with more insight than he ever imagined.
Brooklyn, NY
David’s sci-fi feature, Marcel, won grand prize in the 2022 Coverfly/Script Lab free screenplay competition out of over 10,000 submissions. As a Creative Director he's made commercials and brand films for Democrats and progressive causes, including in the last four Presidential campaigns, as well as major financial and retail brands. He’s a MacDowel...
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Semifinalist
Feature
· Drama
· 105 Pages
When a rich industrialist is murdered in a tiny rustbelt town, a misfit veteran must choose between saving her idiot brothers from jail, or escaping her toxic family forever.
Sevenoaks, Kent, GB
4 projects optioned.
8 projects in the top 1% Coverfly all time list.
Writer on "The Head" (season 3), now streaming on HBO Max.