WINNERS
First Place Horror and Grand Prize Winner: Fishmonger by Neil Ferron
In this supernatural dark comedy, a pathetic Irish fishmonger must survive a sex pact with an ancient sea creature in order to save his mother’s soul from burning in hell.
Screenplay Mentorship Award: Firebird by David Jones
A young African American girl in the Jim Crow south runs away to New York City to pursue her dreams of becoming a Prima Ballerina.
First Place Feature: IRL. by Reese Taylor Givens
Two girls from rural Kentucky scam, cheat, steal, and lie their ways into becoming the biggest and brightest influencers in New York City.
First Place TV Pilot: No Road to Nome by Maddy Schwartz
After escaping their moonshine-dealing, sex trafficking father, a teenage Yup’ik hooch runner and her younger sister journey through the Alaskan wilderness to find their missing mother.
First Place Short: I Am A Gentleman by Nicky Calloway
In a society that rationalizes violence against women, a teenage boy faces the harsh reality and consequences of his new, hormonal compulsions.
FINALISTS
FEATURE
DARKROOM by Robert Phillips
IRL. by Reese Taylor Givens
Welcome Home by Sara Strange
HORROR / THRILLER
Fishmonger by Neil Ferron
They Hunt by Mason Weigel
Worst Night Ever by Joe Bartone
TV PILOT
Entitled by Jenny Ulmer and Hannah Stoddard
Ex-Life by Kevin Walsh and Brian Biancardi
No Road to Nome by Maddy Schwartz
SHORT
I Am A Gentleman by Nicky Calloway
Reign by Diane Russo Cheng and Ban Ban Cheng
The Man In the Cabin by Robbie Lemieux
SEMIFINALISTS
FEATURE
Cheerleader Macbeth by Daniel Strange
DARKROOM by Robert Phillips
Giant Void by Michael Reisinger
IRL. by Reese Taylor Givens
Legends by Suhashini Krishnan
The Busy & The Tired by Randall Palmer
The Gardner Heist by Timothy Paul Driscoll
Welcome Home by Sara Strange
HORROR / THRILLER
Fishmonger by Neil Ferron
Haley Hill by Stephen Tramontana
Heartbeats Only For You by Peter D Fleming
Inside Me by Darien Harte
Our Thing by Andrew Hansen and Matthew Brian Cohen
The Key by Bret James Bordeaux
They Hunt by Mason Weigel
Worst Night Ever by Joe Bartone
TV PILOT
Black Friday by Christopher Peplin
Daddy’s Little Girl by Rob Poquez
Electric Blood by Max Cunningham
Entitled by Jenny Ulmer and Hannah Stoddard
Ex-Life by Kevin Walsh and Brian Biancardi
Munch by Erin Muroski
No Road to Nome by Maddy Schwartz
Small Fry by Madeline Mack and Michael Lincoln
SHORT
Acceptable in the 80s by Mike London
Beans by Brian Rawlins
Becoming by Tramaine Raphael Gray
I Am A Gentleman by Nicky Calloway
Love In The Time Of by Kate Kugler
Pinsetter by Rebecca L Marquardt
Reign by Diane Russo Cheng and Ban Ban Cheng
The Man In the Cabin by Robbie Lemieux
QUARTERFINALISTS
FEATURES
Adam & the Astronaut by Robby Justiss and Jordan Maze
Alice by Tom Albanese
An American in Cairo by Abraham El-Raheb
Barefoot in Bengal by Abhi Kumar
Cheerleader Macbeth by Daniel Strange
DARKROOM by Robert Phillips
Giant Void by Michael Reisinger
Girl Crush by Grace Melon
Grow Home by Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan
IRL. by Reese Taylor Givens
Legends by Suhashini Krishnan
Medicine Show Blues by Jeffrey Howe
Paradis by Oliver Silver
Pulling Seedlings by Eris Qian
Sinking by Paul Clarke
Snow in July by Sera Barbieri and Heather Barbieri
So I Paint by Lee Whittaker
The Busy & The Tired by Randall Palmer
The Future by Randy Yang
The Gardner Heist by Timothy Paul Driscoll
The Neighborhood by Sara Strange
Trigger Warning by Adam Lederer
Wash Me to the Sea by Thien Do
Weight by Caleb John Cushing
Welcome Home by Sara Strange
HORROR / THRILLER
American Slashers by MJ Farber-Ray
Assimilated by Christopher Guerrero
Belonging by Angela Wong Carbone
Broonies by Craig Warren and Joe Kellam
Captive by Preston Peterson and Jason Boesch
Comet from Hell by Jacqueline Marett
Daemon by Daniel Phelps
Deliria by Dan Parenti
F.U. by Tom Putnam
Fishmonger by Neil Ferron
Haley Hill by Stephen Tramontana
Heartbeats Only For You by Peter D Fleming
ILY Annie by Brian McIlroy
Inside Me by Darien Harte
Love After Life by Rich Machin
Minerva by Joel Watson
Our Thing by Andrew Hansen and Matthew Brian Cohen
Project Clean Slate by Jonathan Bowen
Starlight Hacienda or The Secret to Eternal Life in The Desert by Kyle Little
Stuck by Sam Gasch and Harry Valentine
The Key by Bret James Bordeaux
The Murder Show by Shane Spiegel and Justin Reager
The Sky We Look Upon by Ali Imran Zaidi
They Hunt by Mason Weigel
Together by Neal Dhand
Welcome to Wetiko by Robin James Habil
What to Expect When You’re Expecting Werewolves by Matthew Scheffler
Worst Night Ever by Joe Bartone
TV PILOT
Bitch by Joy Frelinghuysen
Black Friday by Christopher Peplin
Church And State by Warren McHenry
Daddy’s Little Girl by Rob Poquez
Damsel by Avery Girion
Electric Blood by Max Cunningham
Entitled by Jenny Ulmer and Hannah Stoddard
Ex-Life by Kevin Walsh and Brian Biancardi
Extracurriculars by Grace Shaffer
Eyepatch McForce by Jay Hammer
Looking Down by Adi Blotman
Munch by Erin Muroski
No Road to Nome by Maddy Schwartz
Open Season by Mason Hsieh
Plug by Summer Chastant
Rapper Girlfriend Pilot by Cody Kostro
Shadow Lakes by Keri Kaiulani Picolla
Skip Tracer by Claire Downs
Small Fry by Madeline Mack and Michael Lincoln
Sunshine Home Health by Laura Skopec
The Bush by Will Seefried
The Watch by Aaron Morrison
The Way Life Should Be by Meghan McGuire
Time Holes by Steve Szlaga
Trail Runs Cold by Steve Robillard
Tweak by Taryn Procsal
Wallington by Andrew Cohen
White Terror by Philip Lyu
Young Country by Ariana Keswani McGinn
SHORT
Acceptable in the 80s by Mike London
Beans by Brian Rawlins
Becoming by Tramaine Raphael Gray
Bold by C Marie O’Connell
breaking, broken by Jae Nichelle
Elephant in the Room by Jennifer Msumba
Ends by Timothy Paul Coderre
Firmitas/Utilitas/Venustas by Bryn Striepe
How to Wear a Sari by Souha Usman
I Am A Gentleman by Nicky Calloway
I’m Sorry, I Tried, I Love You by Goldie Jones
Leopard by Dan Abramovici
Love In The Time Of by Kate Kugler
Pasta by Adam Sheridan
Pinsetter by Rebecca L Marquardt
Quinn Girl by Tandy Versyp
Reign by Diane Russo Cheng and Ban Ban Cheng
Shoot Me Right Here by Rhonda Walsingham-Colonna
Stork by Cathriona Slammon
The Life and Death of Jean-Luc III by Courtney Hope Therond
The Man In the Cabin by Robbie Lemieux
The Mantis Club by Yalian Li
The Masculine Mystique by Mida Chu
The Revver by Mike Hanson and Kelly Moothart
The Torah Portion by Kara Fein
Tickle by Kimberly Carvalho