In order to choose the Grand Prize and Honorable Mention winners for Screenplay Festival, there are three rounds to the competition. In the first round, every script is read by three judges and rated regardless of genre. The screenplays with the highest ratings move into the second round, or the Semi-Final Round. The scripts listed below made it through this process and deserve recognition as Screenplay Festival 2008 Semi-Finalists.
We appreciate everyone’s hard work and would again like to congratulate everyone for their great writing!
2008 Semi-Finalists:
Action/Adventure:
A Smile Through Tears — Shawn Royce
Amor? Amor! Amor. — Jacqueline Ramirez-Johnston
An Eye For An Eye — Monte Zain Tajudin
An Olympic Odyssey — Heidi Neale
Bodhisattva — Annita Pieroni
Brannon — Brian Lawless
Broken Leash — Peter Interland
Burnerz — Joseph J. Wheeler
Casting Stones — Brian Hartshorn
Citadel: A Hinter Realms Saga — Matthew Spizuco
Click to my Choo — Miyako Akina Fuqua
Cross of the Savage — Joe Crouch
DEAD line — Jim Corona
Death In The Arena — John Brinling
Devil Dog: The Rise of Red Star — Jianguang Guo
Devil’s Canyon — Michael Faron
Djinn — Matt Dallmann
Espionage — Carlo Treviso
Fort Defiance — Brian Hill
Heaven’s Gate — Matthew McAyeal
Her Swastika Sword — Christopher Canole
How To Kill A Dead Man — Don Filipoff & Henry Cohn
Infinite Power — Steven C. Oppenheimer
It Is Always Now — Brian Lawless
Killed in Action — Katrina Nicholson
King’s Heart — Svilen Kamburov
Kings of Maria — Wesley Hull
Llanada Villa — Chuck Whitton
Lost Island — Douglas Willi Castle
Mikado — Walter Bauer
Mosquitoes — Jason Kaleko
Mutant Killer — Joseph J. Wheeler
Once Upon A Tombstone — Richard Alan Elias
Phenomenon — Monte Zain Tajudin
Rage & Redemption — Douglas Anderson
Scripted — Dominic Graham
Space Mavericks — David S. Friedman
Synthetic Dreams — Per Mühlow
Tangled Affairs — Sylvie Chadourne
The Ace of Aces — Geoffrey Breuder
The Bottle Imp — Gered Beeby
The Cost of Redemption — Philip Spiteri
The Escape — Kent Wong
The Fuhrer’s Gold Buckle — Charles E. Gibb
The Harlem Story — Danny Holst
The Last Sentinel — Stephen M. Pace
The Line — Ben Krapf
The Minoan Message: Return to the Golden Age — Heidi Neale
The Patriot Act — Steven C. Oppenheimer
The Russian Kiss — Raef Eric Lawson
The Swimmer Manuscript — Joseph Kenny
The Vigil Aunties — Andrew Bailey Fumento
Tin Necklaces — Wesley Hull
Trumpet — Robert Macklin
Union — Chris Moolekamp
War Of Choice — John Brinling
Whisper Hollows — Brannan Doyle
White House Down — Martin Holloway
Yellow Fever — Edward C. Norton
Family:
Amor? Amor! Amor. — Jacqueline Ramirez-Johnston
Ant-ics — Donald Ashe
Belle Krisper — Julie Kirk
Calliope — James T. Frazier
Chasing Midnight — Kim Wells
Finding Patience — Aaliyah Miller
Freezer Born: The Adventures of Carl The Ice Cream Sandwich — Erin McLaughlin
Gotta Run — Richard Wilson
Hope for Christmas — Casey Jason Jr.
Hydra — Anna Maria Torelli
Infinite Power — Steven C. Oppenheimer
Jack and Chip — Robert Bronstein
Learning to See — Robert Lamborn
Lisa’s Angel — Marilou Trask-Curtin
Llanada Villa — Chuck Whitton
Miracles — Sandy Scherer
Otter Science — Norah Molina
Pandamonium — Susan St. Peters
Sandy Mills — Nathan Carliner Goldman
Screaming My Heart Out — Janyce Lapore
Senior Solstice — John McMillan
Serena’s Thunder — Jean Hunter
SKILLZ — Onnie Terrell
Space Race — Eric Carlson
Stage Dad — Jo-el Doty
Stealing First — Joan Golden & Cynthia Drew
Summer’s Treasure — Larry M. Hedaa
The Ace of Aces — Geoffrey Breuder
The Adventors’ Adventures: The Jail Inn — Matthew McAyeal
The Games — Shawn Royce
The Magical Kingdom of Naga as Envisioned by the Princess Lena — Tanya Klein
The Swimmer Manuscript — Joseph Kenny
The Vigil Aunties — Andrew Bailey Fumento
Toucans of the Amazon — Donna Lisa
True North — Eric Carlson
Trumpet — Robert Macklin
Unexpected Reward — Monte Zain Tajudin
Weekend Dad — Barbara Jackson
Whisper Hollows — Brannan Doyle
White Elephant — Susan St. Peters
Thriller/Horror:
A Son of Maine Ian Sax
Aimless — Cyrus Littlejohn
Blood Trail — Michael Strode
Blowback Jeff Travers
Blue Bloods — Lucy Cruell
Bodhisattva Annita Pieroni
Burnerz Joseph J. Wheeler
Canaries — Daniel C. Jay
Chosen One — William Sikorski III & William Sikorski J
Controlled Daniel C. Jay
Crow’s End — Colin M. Maguire
Cult Following — Robert Dorian
Daddy’s Little Girl — Erica Sutherland
Dana’s Inferno — Andrew Bailey Fumento
Darkroom — Alex Cope
Down Under — Per Mühlow
Hell Week — Erik Lunseth
Infinite Power Steven C. Oppenheimer
Is That A Gun In Your Pocket? Emanuel Ruggeri
Isolation — David Sakmyster
Lifeline — Stacy Baker
Llanada Villa Chuck Whitton
Lunatic Fringe — Bruce D’Amato
Macau Twilight — Tony Shyu
Mutant Killer Joseph J. Wheeler
Occultus — Michael T. Mason
Once Upon A Tombstone Richard Alan Elias
Pretty — Kim Townsel
Red Sierra — Amrando Figueroa
Secrets of Scape Ore Swamp — Jocelyn Rish
Solo — Jay Slagle
Southern Macabre — Richard Stringham
Synthetic Dreams Per Mühlow
Tangled Affairs Sylvie Chadourne
The Bottle Imp — Gered Beeby
The Boy Next Door — Jayson Amoroso
The Camp — Adam Balsam
The Foundling — Harold Jewell
The Lodge — Alex Faber
The Patriot Act Steven C. Oppenheimer
The Shorting — Arlo Devlin-Brown
The Summoning — Mark Lukens
The Surgeon — Eunice Kim
The Theater — Paul J.J. Pastore
Tooth Lake — Richard Topping
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Comedy:
13 Notches — Sandy Scherer
15 is not 16 — George Buzoianu & Alexandra Morariu
A Most Excellent Day in Venice, CA — Squidly Jablonski
Ambassador to Earth — Daniel Clark
Amor? Amor! Amor. — Jacqueline Ramirez-Johnston
As You Are — Claudia Myers
Belle Krisper — Julie Kirk
Beluga Shuffle — jens Pil Pilegaard
Beyond Dating — Tanya M. Wheeler
Buried on Page 8 — Jennifer Harrison
Click to my Choo — Miyako Akina Fuqua
Cougar — Raef Eric Lawson
Counting The Ways — Ronald Ecker
Dead Mans P.O.V. — Reginald E. Rowe
Dreamweaver — Kim Townsel & Jeff Sargeant
Father Finn’s Baby — Christopher Setten
Five Cars — Lisa Lunt
Frat Boys — Raef Eric Lawson
Frickin’ A — Brian C. Brown
Ghettoblaster — Eric Giroux
Gotta Run — Richard Wilson
Hard Sell — Ken Beckrich
Haute Cuisine — Jonathan Miller
Head Trip — Craig Phillips
Heads or Tails — Jonathan Miller
Heaven’s Gate — Matthew McAyeal
Help Your Self — Jason Roti & Robert Silva
Homecoming — Garrett Casey
I Wanna Be Madonna — BatSheva Vaknin
I’m A (Wo)Man — Raluca Buksz
In Search of Betty Blue — Mas Panor
In Search of Betty Blue (originally entered as add’l category for $15, this is added to that to … — Mas Panor
Infinite Power — Steven C. Oppenheimer
Is That A Gun In Your Pocket? — Emanuel Ruggeri
Jerusalem Idol — Lewis Papier
Kiss and Make Up — Stacy Baker
Lionel’s Blue Period — John Letzing
Looking For Louie — Shawn Royce
Mid-Write Crisis — Robert E. Nelson
milk toast — Matt Dallmann
Miracles — Sandy Scherer
MISOCAPNIA (Oh tobacco!) — Sylvain Doucet
Model Class — Colleen & Frank Malfitano
Modern Meat — Michael Kaplan
My Angel Wore Stripes — John J. Maffucci
Oblivious — Brian Lucas
Out of Practice — Brenda Jean Foley & Linnea Liu Dakin
Outrageous — Saul & Todd & Brenda & Sussan
Pop Goes The Weasel — BatSheva Vaknin
Portrait of a Suburb Bunny — Mary MacDonald
Primer — Richard Heyl
Run Ran Run — Tom Nolan
Sandy Mills — Nathan Carliner Goldman
Screw Nevada! — Steve Kanigher
Second Chances — Ron Basso
Soaked — Joseph J. Wheeler
Space Mavericks — David S. Friedman
Stan the Man — Karen Buckton
Stuffed — Donald Levente Lorincz
The Big One Eight — Jermon Wright
The Fools’ Journey — Miyako Akina Fuqua
The Grow House — Don Filipoff
The PORNovski Brothers — Rick Halpern
The Russian Kiss — Raef Eric Lawson
The Senior List — Spiro Adam Siavelis
The Shadyview Retirement Home (For Hitmen) — Jason Kaleko
The Sweet Life — Danny Palumbo
The Uglies — Miyako Akina Fuqua
The Vigil Aunties — Andrew Bailey Fumento
The World’s Greatest Bad Golfer — Frank Peters
The Wrath of Gran — Gary Sharp
Three Hours Without You — Amy Robertson
Til The Fat Lady Sings — Thom Wilder
Transplant — Raef Eric Lawson
Trial and Erin — Lawrence Shulruff
Tricks of the Trade — Robert Dorian
Trumpet — Robert Macklin
Water Logged — Jenny D. Copeland
Who Would’ve Thought — Julie Kirk
Will Adams & Co. — Greg Wells
Drama:
2000 Miles To Salvation — Marcus Metsala
A Drive — Kendra Strouf
A Smile Through Tears — Shawn Royce
A Son of Maine — Ian Sax
A Wink of the Black Eye — Mark Wagner
Ancient of Days — Craig Stewart
Andy — Hector Estrada
Bellingham — Pablo Valiente
Billy Ray’s Story — Dewey Shulda
Blowback — Jeff Travers
Bottom of the Ninth — Mark Levine
Broken Leash — Peter Interland
Callie Earlene — Scott Simpson
Casino Conspiracy — John McMillan
Checkered Past — Michael Mihalek
Closure — Darren Swanson
Closure With A Twist — Dan Riley
Contorted Hazel — Marc de Launay
Controlled — Daniel C. Jay
Cross of the Savage — Joe Crouch
Death In The Arena — John Brinling
Devil Dog: The Rise of Red Star — Jianguang Guo
Diamondfield Jack — Andrew J. Crane
The Price of Happiness — Mindy Fortune & Douglas Walker
Endless Baggage — Barbara Jackson
Faith — Anthon Porrazzo
Falling Into Place — Lily Mercer
Finding Patience — Aaliyah Miller
For Life — Steve Weissman
Glory’s Men — Alan Bryce Grossman
Infinite Power — Steven C. Oppenheimer
Irony — Christopher Spourdalakis
Jailbait — Bryan Carrigan
Joshua’s Trumpet — Stanley Heisler
Kingbird — Donald Thomas Adams
King’s Heart — Svilen Kamburov
Kiss and Make Up — Stacy Baker
Llanada Villa — Chuck Whitton
Love The Sinner — Jazmen Brown
Measure of a Man — Leon Aaron Moore Jr.
Mikado — Walter Bauer
Missing Roots — Said Benejeloun
Moorestown High — Derek O’Brien
On The Other Side — Erica Sutherland
Passage to November — Phyllis De Marco
Pastel Winds — Shawn Royce
Pearl — Sandra Reed
Portrait of a Suburb Bunny — Mary MacDonald
Rabbit — Graham Thomas Kosakoski
Rage & Redemption — Douglas Anderson
Rail Tales — David A. Campbell
Red, White and Blue — Darrel Anderson
Redemption — Christine Downs
S. B. 257 — Robert Bronstein
Saving Analise — Joseph W. Frio
Say Something Funny — Jim Nevins
Screaming My Heart Out — Janyce Lapore
Security Deposit — Sandra L. Bolton & Thomas H. Tresilian
Shake the Heavens — Joseph J. Wheeler
Short Season — Shannon Kracht
SKILLZ — Onnie Terrell
Slim Goodie & Fast Black — Stephen G. Weinstein
Sparrow On The Roof — Craig Clyde
Spirit Rocks — Kevin McCarthy
St. Jane — Tom Rossi & Kim Montell
Suck — Ursula Holloman
Surviving the Fall from Bennington Bridge — Jeff Myers
Texas Mountain — Anissa Shah & Munir Shah
The Backward Thieves — David Benoit
The Darkness — Tanya Klein
The Escape — Kent Wong
The Games — Shawn Royce
The Joppa Flat — Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid
The Knuckleballer — Michael L. Murphy
The Line — Ben Krapf
The Patriot Act — Steven C. Oppenheimer
The Problematic Virtue — James Heskett
The Sharp — Jay Cannistraci & Lochlainn Seabrook
The Silenced Lamb — Martin Horsey
The Story of Life — Graham Thomas Kosakoski
The Swing King — Eric Carlson
The Uglies — Miyako Akina Fuqua
Tiananmen West — Jenny D. Copeland
Touched By Love — Michael Hollingsworth
Trumpet — Robert Macklin
Visions of Johanna — Mark D. Smith
Voices — Susan Klos
Waiting on Somebody — Tom Kirby
Wrocklage — Steve Daniels
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