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2009 Semi-Finalists

2009 Semi-Finalists


Posted on Dec 1, 2009

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 2009 Semi-Finalists.

We appreciate everyone’s hard work and would again like to congratulate everyone for their great writing!

2009 Semi-Finalists:

Action/Adventure:

Absalom: a tale of the Civil War – J. Charles Zeller

Anne Bonny – Nathan Carliner Goldman

Armadillo City – Chris Clark

Be Ready To Kill – Leo Miller

Black Doors – Christopher Sorensen

Bodaiju Kon – Erika Zehner

Buried South of Galatians – Stephen Hoover

Canadian Spice – Ian Handson

Cape Light – Edward C. Norton

Cereal 4 Killers – Noua M. Phoenix

Coming Round the Mountain – Raef Eric Lawson

Demon Love – Bruce Lamb

Esperancia – John Edward Flynt

Farewell Diomedes – Guillermo Gomez

Genie – Erika Zehner

Hitler’s Second Coming – Brandon Wyse

Imminent Threat – Ron Fangio & Enza Fangio

Lars Lemming – Heiko Martens

Looking for a Man with a Corvette – Janet Hogate

Mariposa Millions – Matt Otstot

Memorial Day – Christopher L. Schaefer

Morgina – Erika Zehner

Never Principles – Stephen Oddy

Orville – Arthur Gregg LaShelle

Push Down and Twist – Noua M. Phoenix

Rage & Redemption – Douglas Anderson

Sea Weeds – Raef Eric Lawson

Sleuths – Don Herion Jr.

Street Smart – Arthur Gregg LaShelle

The Dead on Arrivals – Miyako Akina Fuqua

The Devil’s Crucible – John Brinling

The Moses Manuscript – Chris Clark

The Passage – Chris Hooton

The Ruins of Oz – Nathan Carliner Goldman

The Souls of Atlantis – Mark Perlick

Third Degree – Michael Raymond

Time Wreck – Larry Whatcott

Twilight of the Titans – Kyle Hagene

Voyage Of The ‘New Me’ – John J. Curran

Walk Of The Ancients – Brandon Wyse

Family:

Atlanta From Olympus – Lee Tidball

Dog Days – Eric Carlson

Fairies Landing – Cheryl Miller

Looking for a Man with a Corvette – Janet Hogate

Miss Christmas – John Barlowe & Irin Evers

Ms. Wreck’s Passion – Bradford Willis & Anne Dunkin

Pete and Petey – Thomas Christie

Return To Springtime – John McMillan

School Spirit – Robert Keith Watson

Scott Haven – Noua M. Phoenix

Shakespeare Unplugged – Erin Donavan

The Games – Shawn Royce

The Junior Detectives and the Cities of Gold – Irin Evers

The Ruins of Oz – Nathan Carliner Goldman

Third Ball Kill – Steve Hochman

Thriller/Horror:

A Feast of Crows – Ljubisha Milenkovic

A Life Unlived – Douglas L. Hall

Angel Cam – Jose Ho

Band of Angels – Michael Baley

Black Damp – Carla Robinson

Black Doors – Christopher Sorensen

Brad the Impaler – TJ Cimfel

Canaries – Craig Cambria

Cold Barrel Zero – Ronald L. Ecker

Controlled – Craig Cambria

Critical Silence – Cindy Circo Zahora

Dead Head – Michael Souder

Demon Crystal – Dexter Williams

Ding Dong Ditch – Erin Donovan

Drive The Pretty Boys Outta Their Heads – Armando Figueroa

Dunamis – Aaron Yarber

Exposure – Edward Klau

G.O.D. – Brandon Wyse

Greed – Josephine Romano

Horror Comic – Stephen Hoover

Intrusion 2: Disconnected – Craig Everett Earl

Legends – Kenny Mun

Lock(ed) In – by Peter Jones, McKenzie Cupp, Molly Morgan, Katie Herbst, Ali Gianutsos, & Jean Jamison – Farragut High School

Loose Ends – Michael Raymond

Mad Urges – Per Mühlow

Minnesota Ice – Adam Rockwell

Mortuus Vir – Gustavo Figueroa

Overdue – Michelle Muldoon

Palpitations – Brad Saenz

Search Party Massacre – Matthew Scott Weiner

Seeing Red – Sarah Turi Boshear

Soul Harvest – Larry Brenner

Statesville – Steven Bloome

The Changeling of Kilhaven – Michael Strode

The Cryobank Donor – Shawn Harris & Kevin Moore

The Devil’s Crucible – John Brinling

The Fabulous Forties – Don Erlandson

The Observer – Todd Heinrich

The Passage – Chris Hooton

The Red Crucifix – Oliver Tuthill

The Sleeping Deep – Jeff Palmer

The Widow Game – Sean Ursani

Trapped – Nicolas Hinze

Unguardian Angel – Onnie Terrell

Unmitigated Violence – Owen Douglas

When Danger Visits – Roger Williams

Comedy:

A Level of Cool – Raef Eric Lawson

Artifice – Steve Hochman

Barry Butter and the Sorcerer’s Scone – Ron Vincent

Beer Pong: Based On Actual Events – Chris Dell’Anno

Bel Air-Stream – Shanna Taylor

Best Washes – Mariann E. Danko

Betty Boop in Hollywood – Mark Perlick

Brad the Impaler – TJ Cimfel

Broken Dash – Micah Ovadia

Bubbistan – Shawn Harris & Kevin Moore

Canadian Spice – Ian Handson

Coming Round the Mountain – Raef Eric Lawson

Cosmic Roulette – Michael O’Brien

DASVIDAGNA DARLING (Ninotchka 2009) – Sylvain Doucet

Dead Man’s Hand – Ronald L. Ecker

Death Tax – Mike McGeever

Demon Love – Bruce Lamb

Ding Dong Ditch – Erin Donovan

Enginerds – Leila Huff Ludy & Todd Ludy

Glorious Crusade – John Thiessen

Going After Big Fish – Kristin Anne Fieseler

Head Trip – Craig Phillips

Helicopter Parents – David Boito

Ink Tag – John Blade

Karmically Correct – Erin Donavan

KHDZ – David R. Beshears

Killing Johnnie – Sundae Jahant-Osborn

Knew All Along – Mike Dragoo

Looking For Louie – Shawn Royce

Manana – Mark Saunders

Ms. Wreck’s Passion – Bradford Willis & Anne Dunkin

OH Baby – Jean Blasiar

On the Fly – Sammye Pokryfki

One Note Short – Charlie David Chase

Opportunity Knocks – Raef Eric Lawson

Orville – Arthur Gregg LaShelle

Out of Sync – John Barlowe & Irin Evers

Poor Choices – Sabina Sattar

Road Crew – Raef Eric Lawson

Rock Midnite “Superstar” – Chris Leonard

Sam’s Story – Robert Keith Watson

Scout – Laurie Weltz

Sea Weeds – Raef Eric Lawson

Shakespeare Unplugged – Erin Donavan

Silicon Bombay – Richard Soriano

Sure Would Be Nice – Thomas Serio

T.V.B. – Esther Geller

Tails of the Drug Sniffing Dogs – Robin Brecker

Picture Me And You – Robert Keith Watson

The Motley Kooks – Miyako Akina Fuqua

The Perfect Dream – Kenny Mun

The Resort – Matt Bryan & Dan Grigas

To bi or not to bi – Kenny Mun

Used to Love Her – Raef Eric Lawson

Wedding Knight – Stephen Hoover

Westerly – Carla Robinson

Xagz The Observer – Sylvain Doucet

Drama:

40 Millimeter – Steve Hochman

500 Tabs – Henrik Wilenius

Abilene – Michael Raymond`

An Occurrence of Light – Mike Dragoo

Dog Park – Harold Taw

Every time I go to Staten Island something bad happens… – Irin Evers

Fate’s Journey – Enza Fangio

Forever And Again – Burt Bulos

Glory’s Men – Alan Bryce Grossman

Home Front – Marcia Slatkin

I’ll Wear The Crown – Mark Brewton

Killer Secrets – Bobbette Findley

Killing the Messenger – Ethan Minsker

Kingdom Come – John Portilla

Legends – Kenny Mun

Life – Anthony Charles George

Marlowe! – C.M. Bistransin

Meadow Falls – Joe “Tuffy” Tofuri

Memorial Day – Christopher L. Schaefer

Needles and Pins – Kate Calabretta

Night Wind to Bahia – Thomas Thorpe

OH Baby – Jean Blasiar

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – Ron Podell

One Note Short – Charlie David Chase

Only The Devil Knows – Kathleen M. Mullin

Pastel Winds – Shawn Royce

Plastic Minnows – Carla Robinson

Playdate – Rachel Thomas-Medwid

Rarities – Dana Michaels

Reaching Rose – Steve Johnson

Shattered Dreams – Drora Machlev

Sophronia L. – Tim Bridwell

Still the Flame – Isabel Holtreman

Summer Soldier – Robert Repino

Taking Jason Home – Robert Keith Watson

Ten to One – Brian W. Goodman

The Great Quest – Steve Weissman

The Nahuatl Codex – Shannon Kracht

The Ones You Choose – Michelle Palmer

The Perfect Dream – Kenny Mun

The Poor Man’s Greed – Raymond Carter Cantrell

The Train West – Chris Hooton

The Voyeur – John Bengel

The Way It Spins – Irin Evers

The Winter Line – Fabrizio Napoleone

TKO – Robert Rice

Wednesday Club – Jo Barney

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Posted on Sep 22, 2009

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2008 Winners

2008 Winners


Posted on May 1, 2009

Thank you to everyone who entered the 2008 competition.  We appreciate everyone’s hard work and would again like to congratulate everyone for their great writing!

2008 Winners:


Action/Adventure:

Grand Prize

Casting Stones — Brian Hartshorn

Honorable Mention

Kings of Maria — Wesley Hull

Mosquitoes — Jason Kaleko

Tin Necklaces — Wesley Hull

War Of Choice — John Brinling

Comedy:

Grand Prize

Buried on Page 8 — Jennifer Harrison

Honorable Mention

Out of Practice — Brenda Jean Foley & Linnea Liu Dakin

Run Ran Run — Tom Nolan

Soaked! — Joseph J. Wheeler

The PORNovski Brothers — Rick Halpern & David Bertoni

Drama:

Grand Prize

Falling Into Place — Lily Mercer

Honorable Mention

Jailbait — Bryan Carrigan

Short Season — Shannon Kracht

Sparrow On The Roof — Craig Clyde

Wrocklage — Steve Daniels

Family:

Grand Prize

Hope for Christmas — Casey Jason Jr.

Honorable Mention
Pandamonium — Susan A. St. Peters

Serena’s Thunder — Jean Hunter

The Ace of Aces — Geoffrey Breuder

True North — Eric Carlson

Thriller/Horror:

Grand Prize

The Boy Next Door — Jayson Amoroso

Honorable Mention

Red Sierra — Armando Figueroa

Secrets of Scape Ore Swamp — Jocelyn Rish & Brian Rish

Southern Macabre — Richard Stringham

Tooth Lake — Richard Topping

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