We are delighted to announce the Semi-Finalists of our 2023 Feature Screenplay Contest.
We’re sending huge thanks to all the writers who shared their feature screenplays with us this year. Feature storytelling is clearly alive and kicking as the caliber of entries continues to increase year-on-year.
Our Semi-Finalists represent 5% of our submissions this year.
OUR WINNERS & FINALISTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER 5TH.
For full details of what happens next, check out our post-contest timeline.
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FEATURE SCREENPLAY SEMI-FINALISTS
(53 screenplays have progressed)
| NAME(S) | SCRIPT TITLE |
| A. Peterson | Only If Never |
| Adam Seidel | Anywhere |
| Alan Schwarz | Exposed |
| Alex Murawski | Walking in Iowa |
| Andrew Smith | Hay’s Code |
| Anthony Marinelli | Life Sucks |
| Ariel Mayer | Guilty Conscious |
| Assia Lau’ren | Benefit of the Doubt |
| Bartosz Pietryka | Our Father |
| Blazej Dzikowski | Dog Night Brother |
| C. E. Simon | The Divide |
| Cedric Petitcollin | The Hold |
| Dale Griffiths Stamos | Imbalance |
| Dan Abramovici | Searching for Marceau |
| Danny Katz | Bloodhound |
| Danny Wascou | Tonight Tonight |
| David Schlow | The Silent Room |
| Dean Walton | The Input Problem |
| Douglas Dilg | The Inheritance |
| Eileen Dennehy | Masked Men |
| Eve Florin & Corey Mackey | The Impersonator |
| Gabrielle Nehring | The Fallen |
| Geaux Francois | The Pugilist |
| Ivan Kander | Nice Jewish Girls |
| Jack Aupperle | Sonoran |
| Jason William Lee | The Bridge Troll |
| Jonny Rae-Evans | Tryouts |
| Justin Ballheim | The Deadhead |
| Kari Mote | Crabs In A Mother F*cking Bucket |
| Kedar Williams Stirling | Vibrations |
| Kelly Stanphill | Exiled to Leisure Village |
| Keri Lee | Cage Life |
| Levi Scott | The Mare |
| Lindsay Jean Michelle & Pam Bussuk | App World |
| Lisa Cole | Filthy |
| Lynn H. Elliott | Alta California |
| Madi Stine | Out of Water |
| Mark Cooper | Takedown |
| Matt O’Reilly | Inner Station |
| Matthew Schlissel | Classmates |
| Max Rissman | The Chötgör |
| Nan Schmid | The Language of Wolves |
| Noemie Nakai | Nana Blues |
| P. J. Palmer | Son of a Preacher Man |
| Robbie Robertson | Just In Time |
| Ryan Brennan | I’ll F*cking Kill You! |
| Sara Dinga | Breaker Lane |
| Sarah Juma | Speed Trap |
| Scott Carelli & Nick Jimenez | The Other Side of Solitary |
| Soni Jorgensen | Bad Break |
| Stefan Alexander & Eric Williford | Ars Gratia Artis |
| Timo von Gunten | The Big Prince |
| Timothy Kontje | Zero Line |
FEATURE SCREENPLAY QUARTER-FINALISTS
(105 screenplays have progressed)
| NAME(S) | SCRIPT TITLE |
| A. Peterson | Only If Never |
| Adam Seidel | Anywhere |
| Alan Schwarz | Exposed |
| Alex Murawski | Walking in Iowa |
| Alex Vickery-Howe | Stupid Dead Boy |
| Alexei Laub | Flora Vision |
| Alia Zeid | Hy-Brasil |
| Alina & Bart Norman | Capital Punishment |
| Amadeus Redha | Paradise By Way of Jordyn |
| Andrew Crane | The Peacemaker |
| Andrew Smith | Hay’s Code |
| Anthony Marinelli | Life Sucks |
| Ari Gill | Lex Talionis |
| Ari Silver | Under The Moon |
| Ariel Mayer | Guilty Conscious |
| Assia Lau’ren | Benefit of the Doubt |
| Barry Leach | Madame Butterfly’s Mad Jaunt |
| Bartosz Pietryka | Our Father |
| Blazej Dzikowski | Dog Night Brother |
| Brent Delaney | Brownie Mary |
| Bret Raybould | A Christmas Carol 2: In Which A Big-Box Retailer Moves Into Town, Forcing Small-Business Scrooge To Reconsider The Charitable Values He Learned In A Christmas Carol 1 |
| Brian Koukol | The Shady Side of the Mountain |
| C. E. Simon | The Divide |
| Cedric Petitcollin | The Hold |
| Cees Steenmetz | Squared Circles |
| Christopher Lombard | Deletion |
| Cosmo Wallace | Chosen |
| Curt Samlaska | Jingle Bell Rock |
| Dale Griffiths Stamos | Imbalance |
| Dan Abramovici | Searching for Marceau |
| Danny Katz | Bloodhound |
| Danny Wascou | Tonight Tonight |
| David Angelelli | A Red Shirt |
| David Ferris | Forsaken |
| David O’Mahony | Milady |
| David Schlow | The Silent Room |
| Dean Walton | The Input Problem |
| Don Shroll | Never Wake A Sleepwalker |
| Douglas Dilg | The Inheritance |
| Eileen Dennehy | Masked Men |
| Evan Jobb | Night of the Living |
| Eve Florin & Corey Mackey | The Impersonator |
| Farrin Rosenthal | Trapped |
| Felix Halim | Maruta |
| Fred Sprock | Merryweather |
| Gabe Berry | The Purpose of a Lighthouse |
| Gabrielle Nehring | The Fallen |
| Geaux Francois | The Pugilist |
| Ivan Beste | Achilles |
| Ivan Kander | Nice Jewish Girls |
| Jack Aupperle | Sonoran |
| Jason William Lee | The Bridge Troll |
| Jennifer Sumbu Longe & Rhea Mary Oommen | Celestials |
| Jim Goode | From Somewhere Else |
| John Mahony | Blacktop |
| John Turner | Time, Space, And The Poet |
| Johnny Gilligan | Lifelink |
| Jonny Rae-Evans | Tryouts |
| Julian Paulsen | Violet’s Code |
| Justin Ballheim | The Deadhead |
| Kari Mote | Crabs In A Mother F*cking Bucket |
| Kedar Williams Stirling | Vibrations |
| Kelly Stanphill | Exiled To Leisure Village |
| Keri Lee | Cage Life |
| Kevin Michael Irvine | Ragzi & The Danseuse |
| Lauren Camp | Monsters & Angels |
| Lee Whittaker | Catching Fireflies |
| LeeAnne Lowry | Hick Darling |
| Levi Scott | The Mare |
| Lindsay Jean Michelle & Pam Bassuk | App World |
| Lisa Cole | Filthy |
| Lynn H. Elliott | Alta California |
| Madi Stine | Out of Water |
| Mark Cooper | Takedown |
| Martin Cooke | Once, A Con, A Crime |
| Matt O’Reilly | Inner Station |
| Matthew Schlissel | Classmates |
| Max Perlick | The Shadow of Dharma |
| Max Rissman | The Chötgör |
| Michael Buonocore | Merry Christmas from Mud Mountain |
| Michael Richter | Only Apparently Real |
| Myles Lazarou | Fern |
| Nan Schmid | The Language of Wolves |
| Nick White | Urban Pirates |
| Noemie Nakai | Nana Blues |
| P. J. Palmer | Son of a Preacher Man |
| Patti Curl | Bocce’s Kiss |
| Phil Hamer | Entangled |
| Rhys Sherring | Crystallised |
| Robbie Robertson | Just In Time |
| Ryan Brennan | I’ll F*cking Kill You! |
| Sara Dinga | Breaker Lane |
| Sarah Dassero | You Saved Me |
| Sarah Juma | Speed Trap |
| Scott Carelli & Nick Jimenez | The Other Side of Solitary |
| Sean Hennessy & Mike Hennessy | Superunknown |
| Soni Jorgensen | Bad Break |
| Stefan Alexander & Eric Williford | Ars Gratia Artis |
| Stephen Brooks | One Hit Wonder |
| Steven Lundgren | Pando |
| Taylor Stark | Closer Than You’d Think |
| Timo von Gunten | The Big Prince |
| Timothy Kontje | Zero Line |
| Tom Burke | The Precipice – America on the Edge of Madness! |
| Will Jones | Dives Manor |