VIEW 2019’s WINNERS. FEATURE | TV PILOT 1HR | TV PILOT 1/2 HR
Our Judges have spoken. We are honored to announce the order of 2019’s Feature and TV Pilot Winners below. Congratulations to our winners, those who placed, and to all who entered 2019’s contest.
SOME OF OUR JUDGES COMMENTS
Chris Provenzano ‘It was a pleasure to read such great new voices and stories with real heart.’
Patrick Lussier ‘These scripts were wonderful. It was great fun to read such a diverse group of stories, all of which were so well written.’ Patrick is already chatting with two of our winners about their projects.
Neil Maskell ‘I’ve really enjoyed reading these scripts. They are such a great, varied and eclectic mix.’
– Check out our post-contest timeline for full details of what happens next.
– 2020’s contest will be bigger and better than ever before! Keep up to date with our new calendar .
VIEW OUR FINALISTS
VIEW OUR SEMI-FINALISTS
VIEW OUR QUARTER-FINALISTS
FEATURE WINNERS
AMERICAN VICE
by Benjamin Feuer
Right wing lawyer, media genius, closeted homosexual. Aide to Joe McCarthy, mentor to Donald Trump, fiancee of Barbara Walters, blood rival of the Kennedys. This is the incredible true story of Roy Cohn, the greatest lawyer you’ve never heard of.
LAND’S END
by Jonny King
A surly, pregnant teenager reluctantly agrees to drive an elderly widower to Cornwall, where he plans to end his life by jumping from the cliffs at Land’s End.
MODEL MINORITY
by Amy Thomas
In 1970s Los Angeles, one woman finds herself stuck between the traditions of her Chinese-American family and her new found interest in the world of adult magazines.
BAD WATER
by Jacob Wehrman
A troubled biologist teams up with a grieving migrant to reveal a disturbing eco-terror plot. As the women race to stop the attack, they become targets of a racist war criminal.
SON OF A GUN
by Evan Cunningham
Frank Cooper is content to live a quiet life on his Texas homestead with his 10-year-old son, Sam. When a chance meeting with a bounty hunter brings troubles from his mysterious past, Frank decides to meet his problem head-on and takes Sam along on the journey of a lifetime.
TV PILOT – 1 HOUR WINNERS
PIPELINE
by Brian Golden
In California’s drought-stricken Central Valley, three Mexican-American siblings are forced to confront their complicated history when a controversial public works project pits them on opposite sides of the law.
SONS & MOTHERS
by Geoff Gedroyc
Fearing an arrest for historic war crimes in Afghanistan, an ex-military interrogator travels back to her seaside home town of Margate, to mend her relationship with her long-estranged son.
LIVING MEMORY
by Charlotte Cameron
A trauma psychotherapist turns memory detective when she suffers a vicious, mysterious attack she cannot remember, and encounters a patient whose trauma resembles her own. With the attacker still out there, and clues deep in the memory of this fellow victim – and others – she sets out on a dangerous quest for justice .
TV PILOT – 1/2 HOUR WINNERS
THE BIG O
by Kate Shenton
An awkward millennial who can’t reach orgasm embarks on a journey through sex therapy to face her demons and achieve her Big O.
BLUE GIANT
by Jordan Prosser
After suffering a nervous breakdown, self-destructive 28-year-old Abby Horne embarks on a hilarious and heartbreaking quest to become the first person on Mars.
STAGED
by Marla Cukor
Desperate to stop the network from cancelling their once-wildly popular real estate reality show, STAGED, TV’s most famous real-life couple, Ree and Billy Sanders, take matters into their own hands, devising a desperate, twisted scheme to save their TV empire, and bring their show back to its original glory.
FEATURE FINALISTS 13 Finalists
Abdullah Alhendyani
Haram
Amy Thomas
Model Minority
Benjamin Feuer
American Vice
Billie Bates
Helldorado
Evan Cunningham
Son of a Gun
J. Eric Thompson
The Fambly Chambliss
Jacob Wehrman
Bad Water
James Stewart
Foxed
Jonny King
Land’s End
Matt Brothers
Breach
Nathan Patton
Waitress #2
Sarah Sheldon
Honey
Will Welles
Long Haul
TV PILOT – 1 HOUR FINALISTS 8 Finalists
Andy Healy
Open Space
Brian Golden
Pipeline
Charlotte Cameron
Living Memory
Faye Upton
Outrider
Geoff Gedroyc
Sons and Mothers
J.P. Estes
Laurel Canyon
Jack Kennedy
Whiskey Wheels
LeLe Park
The Bliss Killer
TV PILOT – 1/2 HOUR FINALISTS 8 Finalists
Amanda Keener
Madam Caraveil’s Caravan of Curiosities
David Zee
Losers
Jordan Prosser
Blue Giant
Jordan Sandfer
Leopold: The Lost Elephant
Kate Shenton
The Big O
Marla Cukor
Staged
Michael Jones
Paradise
Nate O’Mahoney
Kids of the Black Hole
SEMI-FINALISTS
FEATURE SF’s 43 Semi-Finalists
Abdullah Alhendyani
Haram
Adam Spring
Monstrous
Alex Arabian
Soul to Squeeze
Amy Thomas
Model Minority
Benjamin Feuer
American Vice
Bill Baxter
A Kind of Victory
Billie Bates
Helldorado
Brian Kazmarck
Emergent
Daniel Lauder
Heart
Douglas Spaltro
Lloyd
Eli Hart
First Century Break
Eric Jeske
Avalanche
Joann Buckley Collins & Eric Olson
Elsa
Evan Cunningham
Son of a Gun
Gordon LePage
Love, In the Time of Heat Death
J. Eric Thompson
The Fambly Chambliss
Jacob Wehrman
Bad Water
James Price
Gallus Days
James Stewart
Foxed
John Craig Howells
Barricades
Jonathan Mooney
Negroes With Guns
Jonny King
Land’s End
Justin Fox
Hemorrhage
Kevin Dembinsky
The Last Christmas
Laurie Whitaker
A Haunting in the Hollywood Tower
Lukas Hassel
Silhouette
Lynne Ashe
Scuppernongs
Matt Brothers
Breach
Michael Droberg
In His Stead
Michael Raymond
The Mother Road
Michael Rhodes
Save Lee
Nathan Patton
Waitress #2
Peter Haig
A War on Terror
Raven McGrew
The Gypsy Queen
Robert Rogers
Tutankhamun Not in Common
S R Kuy
The Heart of a Tiger .2
Sam Wright
Have You Heard About Harvey?
Sarah Sheldon
Honey
Sean Collins-Smith
Spiral
Staton Rabin
Betsy and the Emperor
Terri Viani
Dirty Water Dogs
Will Welles
Long Haul
Zack Frizzell
Charlie Horse
TV PILOT – 1 HOUR SF’s 26 Semi-Finalists
Alan R. Baxter
Glacier Point
Andy Healy
Open Space
Ben Maraniss
Weimar
Brian Golden
Pipeline
Brian McCauley Johnson
Brute
Cameron Barsanti
Apache
Carlo & Erin Carere
Near Death
Charlotte Cameron
Living Memory
Charlotte Essex
Contraband
Christopher Locke
Willowwood
Craig Page
Parts
Dan Benamor
Ash & Bone
Faye Upton
Outrider
Geoff Gedroyc
Sons and Mothers
Geoff Faugerolas
Haussmann
Heather Farlinger
No Good Deed: The Oliver Sipple Story
Helena Touseull
Not For Profit
J.P. Estes
Laurel Canyon
Jack Kennedy
Whiskey Wheels
Julia Skikavich
Missing Pieces
LeLe Park
The Bliss Killer
Martin Garner
Hesperium
Nabil Chowdhary
The Peragro Project
Tessa Shaffer
The Underground
William Beeker
Devices
Zoe Warncke & Michael Mizrahi
Libertine
TV PILOT – 1/2 HOUR SF’s 21 Semi-Finalists
A manda Keener
Madam Caraveil’s Caravan of Curiosities
Andrea VanEerten
High Strung
Christa Jarrold
The One
Connor McLean
Vala the Jaguar Guardian
Cristen Manion
Moist
Danielle Evenson & Heather Huntington
Pilgrimage
David Zee
Losers
Dominic Smith & Molly Ferguson
Analog
Jordan Prosser
Blue Giant
Jordan Sandfer
Leopold: The Lost Elephant
Kate Shenton
The Big O
Leanne Mangan
Disbos
Madeline Colker
Valerie
Marla Cukor
Staged
Michael Jones
Paradise
Nate O’Mahoney
Kids of the Black Hole
Nathalie Perus
Bad Seed
Phillip Ramati
Life Coach
Steven Nass
Professional Losers Pilot
William Dobson
Dark Lives
Zeo Niu
I Am Your Father
QUARTER-FINALISTS
FEATURE QF’s 127 Quarter-Finalists
Abdullah Alhendyani
Martyrs
Abdullah Alhendyani
Haram
Adam Spring
Monstrous
Adrian Prospero
The Clairvoyant
Albert M. Chan
Incarnations
Alex Arabian
Soul to Squeeze
Amanda Keener
Patchwork
Amanda Prentiss
The Windigo
Amy Thomas
Model Minority
Ari Gill
No Exit
Ben Escobar
You Make Me Feel
Benjamin Feuer
American Vice
Bill Baxter
A Kind of Victory
Bill Lahey
Nightmare on Flight 831
Bill Walker
Starring…John Dillinger
Billie Bates
Hellodorado
Brendan Beachman
The Lookout
Brent Hartinger
Bad Listing
Brian Kazmarck
Emergent
Bryan Kelsey
The Man by the River
Carlton Witherell
Skiptracer
Chiara Cassaghi
Beyond The Piave
Chris Hoshnic
Appropriately Paul Dano
Conor Simpson
A Handful of Fire
Craig Warren
The Rising
Daniel Corrieri
Disappearing
Daniel Doyle
Junk Boy
Daniel Lauder
Heart
David Earle
Searching for Michael
David Gero & Tahir Jon
Covfefe
Des Burnison
Barbara the Barbarian
Douglas Spaltro
Lloyd
Droknows Droberg
In His Stead
Eli Hart
First Century Break
Eric Jeske
Avalanche
Ernest Langston
Electric Lazarus
Ernestina Juarez
Death’s Hidden Love
Evan Cunningham
Son of a Gun
Everett Moss
Minidoka County
Florian Potra
State of Trance
Gordon LePage
Love, In the Time of Heat Death
Guy Pooles
Rust
Heather Farlinger
DNA
Howard Schreiber
Once, In a Dry Season (or My Big Gay Divorce)
Isla Ure
The Tides
Ivan Cush
Bean and Gone
J. Eric Thompson
The Fambly Chambliss
J.R. Statton
Portrait of a Beast
Jacob Wehrman
Bad Water
Jade S. Bokhari
Daisy Chained
James Mayer
The Peace Line
James Price
Gallus Days
James Stewart
Foxed
Janaé Rachel Ballot
Don’t Fence Me In: The Anthony Perkins Story
Jane Peters
Growing Up Crazy
Jason Howard
Out There
Jeremy Foley & Sara O’Reilly
Fender Bender
Jim Moore
Forbidden
Joann Buckley Collins & Eric Olson
Elsa
John A. Kuri
Anastácia
John Craig Howells
Barricades
John Mahony
Crimelords
Johnny Pickavance
El Aurens
Jon Scagos
This Is Not Georgia Aug 2019
Jonathan Mooney
Negroes With Guns
Jonny King
Land’s End
Julius Ritter
White Sheets
Justin Fox
Hemorrhage
Kae Bahar
Blindfold Shoes
Kamal John Iskander
Diabolina
Kenneth Kokin
Variations on Love and Madness
Kevin Dembinsky
The Last Christmas
Kulvinder Gill
The Life and Deaths of Jim Reaper
Kulvinder Gill
Flesh and Blood
Laurie Whitaker
The Hollywood Tower
Loren Soeiro
Red Vienna
Lukas Hassel
Silhouette
Lynne Ashe
Scuppernongs
Mark Feinsod
The End Of Time
Mary Griffitts and Ryan Griffitts
Worthy
Matt Brothers
Breach
Matt Sadowski
Cherries
Megan Raney Aarons & Colin K. Gray
Cages
Michael Curylo
Kill Shot
Michael Goldburg & Dave Chan
Sure-Fire
Michael Hubbard
The No-Goods
Michael Raymond
The Mother Road
Michael Rhodes
Save Lee
Milena Korolczuk
Animal
Monica Evans
Journey to the Giants
Nathan Patton
Waitress #2
Nelson Downend
Desdemona
Olivia Roberts
A Slow and Patient Thaw
Paul Baiguerra
The Dunes
Peter Haig
A War on Terror
R. L. Beeman
Escape From Lake City
Raven McGrew
The Gypsy Queen
Richard Wininger
How to Win the War For Peace
Rob Malenfant
Sake
Robert Rogers
Tutankhamun Not in Common
Robert Rossetti
The Further Adventures of Jimmy Lynch
Ryan Anker
Smart Puck
S R Kuy
The Heart of a Tiger .2
Sam Wright
Have You Heard About Harvey?
Sarah Sheldon
Honey
Sean Collins-Smith
Spiral
Selcen Onsan
A Suspect in Arms
Staton Rabin
Betsy and the Emperor
Summer Moore
6 Feet Above Screenplay
T Michael Serrani
Snowberry
Terri Viani
Dirty Water Dogs
Terry Connell
Slaves to the Rhythm
Thomas Marrier
For Her Own Good
Timucin Leflef
Heroman
Tom Cavanaugh
Behold
Tom Harrison
Home Care
Tom Massmann
Waking Up Dead
Tom Radovich
It’s a Christmas Miracle, Charlie Brown
Tomek P. Chenczke
House of Jade
Tony Shyu
Macau Omen
Tracie Hollis
Gemini Synth
Trevor Clarence
We Are Not Alone
Varun Raman & Tom Hancock
Hey Hudson
Will Welles
Long Haul
Yvonne Potter & Lea Sellers
Pola
Zach Jansen
Hadleyville
Zack Frizzell
Charlie Horse
TV PILOT – 1 HOUR QF’s 71 Quarter-Finalists
Aaron Chumbris
White Lotus
Alan R. Baxter
Glacier Point
Alex Ovadal
The Dying Road
Amar Rehal
The Maharaja
Andy Healy
Open Space
Ben Maraniss
Weimar
Brian Golden
Pipeline
Brian McCauley Johnson
Brute
Bryan Sisto
Ability
Cameron Barsanti
Apache
Carlo Carere & Erin Carere
Near Death
Chadwick Harman
The House Their Fathers Built
Charlotte Cameron
Living Memory
Charlotte Cohn & Jason Odell Williams
The Pawn
Charlotte Essex
Contraband
Christopher Locke
Willowwood
Christopher Patrick
Small Town
Connor Martin
Cucuy
Corey Swim
Chapulin
Craig Miller
Rock’n’Biscuit
Craig Page
Parts
Dan Benamor
Ash & Bone
Daniel Kavanagh
Blood of the Vine
Faye Upton
Outrider
Geoff Gedroyc
Sons and Mothers
Geoff Faugerolas
Haussmann
Glen McCoy
Griffins
Glenn Acosta
Redreamers
Graeme Keeton
The Ghost Behind Glass
Greg McCarron
Alice and Dorothy
Gregory Pratt
Destination Unknown
Heather Farlinger
No Good Deed: The Oliver Sipple Story
Helena Touseull
Not For Profit
Ian Masters & Jon Smith
They Walked Alone
J.P. Estes
Laurel Canyon
Jack Kennedy
Whiskey Wheels
Jason Hefter
Karma McMannus
Jeff Bower
Wiped
Jenny Donoghue
Ally On Time
Josh Kaukl
Heathens
Joshua Sackheim
Mawashi Man
Julia Skikavich
Missing Pieces
Juliana Rabadjija
The Aftermath
Kelly Krause
Macabre
Kim Shaw
The Big Break
Kristen Bjorge
Kingdom of Children
Kristine Eckert
Salvation Ship
LeLe Park
The Bliss Killer
Linda MacPherson Davidson
Big Stick
Mark Thomas
The Nation
Martin Garner
Hesperium
Matthew Riopelle
Clean
Michael Catlin
Plainview
Mike Pelak
Top of the Hill
Nabil Chowdhary
The Peragro Project
Octavio Llano
Adelitas
Richard Crawford
A Fall of Eagles
Roxanne Beck
The Queen of Magic
Sahit Anand
Just Hit Delete
Sam Ferguson
Pest Control
Scott Hawthorne & Jim Goode
Xchange
Seaton Kay-Smith
Mars One
Selvir Katich & Dave Belvederi
Borders
Steve Blame
Hammurabi
Suzanne Griffin
The Sensualist – A Woman in Black
Tessa Shaffer
The Underground
Thomas W. Giuliano
The Shetland Bus
Tony Hendriks & Gillian Royes
Ganja Bay
Vincent Stoia
Bountiful
William Beeker
Devices
Zoe Warncke & Michael Mizrahi
Libertine
TV PILOT – 1/2 HOUR QF’s 46 Quarter-Finalists
Aaron Singer
Strangers
Amanda Keener
Madam Caraveil’s Caravan of Curiosities
Andrea VanEerten
High Strung
Brianna Brown
White Reacher
Cameron Gavinski
Committed
Christa Jarrold
The One
Cody Mauro
Mad & Frank
Connor McLean
Vala the Jaguar Guardian
Cristen Manion
Moist
Dale Winton
Sausage & Sushi
Dalton Short
Heroes Guild
Dan Goodsell
Monkey Weatherman
Danielle Evenson & Heather Huntington
Pilgrimage
David Zee
Losers
Dominic Smith & Molly Ferguson
Analog
Douglas Cushnie
Broad Daylight 30
Emil Benjamin
Hopeless
Erica Fagan
Rainbow Mafia
Evan Purcell
Workforce
Jacob Wydra
Family Boat Trip
Jordan Friedberg
Hola Hermana!
Jordan Prosser
Blue Giant
Jordan Sandfer
Leopold: The Lost Elephant
Joseph Luther & Connor Rohan
Post-
kate shenton
The Big O
Kay Webb
More Than Molly
Keshia Coe
The Reality Show
Leanne Mangan
Disbos
Lilliana Winkworth & Jeremy Sender
My Mom Is My Pimp
Madeline Colker
Valerie
Marla Cukor
Staged
Martin Fleming
Cowabunga Beach
Matthew Farthing
Lost Cause
Melanie Holmes
Big Star
Michael Jones
Paradise
Michelle Lam
Vihazka
Nate O’Mahoney
Kids of the Black Hole
Nathalie Perus
Bad Seed
Paul Spreadbury
Lagnaippe
Phillip Ramati
Life Coach
Steven Nass
Professional Losers
Steven Prieto
Valley Village 12
Tiffa Foster
Tom and Laura
William Dobson
Dark Lives
Zeo Niu
I Am Your Father
Zep Williams
Scrimshaw