Scriptation Showcase Script Competition Announces 2021 Feature + Shorts Quarter Finalists

The Scriptation Showcase is pleased to announce its 2021 Quarter finalists for the Feature + Short categories! Congratulations to these talented writers and thanks to everyone who submitted this year.

Comedy Feature

1-800-BAD-GUYS by Steven Fisher
12 Steps for Wussies by Jim Patton
12 Steps of Christmas by Brian Allen
86’d by Allen Schubert
A Nice Couple by Michael Erike
A Real Man by Magda Pazdej
American Daydream by Jim Grieco
And No One Mourned by Ky Rogers
Apocalyptical by Reynaldo Garza and Reynaldo A. Garza
Apollo’s Trumpet by Steve Shear
Battle of the Dad Bands by Vance Sanders
Beyond A Sapphire Meadow by Austin Valley
Birth Mother of the Bride by Patrick McKenna
BREAKING NEWS by Samuel Spitale
Canoo-ing by Stephen H. Wallace
Cecil’s Woods by CJ Hatch and Kevin Renshaw
Client From Hell by George Schwimmer
CLUB47 by Adam Fischer
Die Again Tomorrow by Dylan Arnow
Dominic’s by Burak Gunay and Charlie Cain
Don’t Glorp My Heart by Avery Girion
Double Booked by Jordan Holtzer
DOUGHBOY by Marcello Mottola and Scott Bell
Final Spree by Mike Bianco
Finding Santa by Matthew Giacheri
Gabby for God by Jennifer Cannady
Girl On A Swing by Shanna Reed
GOOD ENOUGH by Claire Partin
Horseman of the Esophagus by Adam Sedlak
I Am Not Myself by Jerry Pyle
Impossumible by Rich Swingley
Joshua’s Exceptional Pheromones by Nili Segal
Karma is a b*tch by Philip Th. Pedersen
Last Train by Eduardo Macchiarelli and Alejandro Geffner
Local Programming by Maxwell Lamkin
Mangelscar by Haji Outlaw
Mid Lakes by Kirt Barrett and Jo Harshbarger
Mob Rules by Scott Vogel
Mosquito by Jake Schick
Omissions by Jessica Sadler
On Vinyl by Ben Farrell
Organ Donor by Rustin Jarrell
Parallel Universe by Patrick McGrath
Political Theater by Kaitlin Moleen
POWER COUPLE by Peter Andrews
Power Trip by Jim Patton
QUEEN BEE by Elizabeth Weigandt
Rattlesnake Dan by Graham Raabe
Retirement Road Trip by Joe Leone
Revelation by Julia Rhodes
Rewind by Bobby Gorman and Marc Adams
Run! by Jack Balta
RUSH by Lauren Wright and Chelsea Murphy
Same Same But Different by Craig Brown
Shelter in Place by MAX ORKIS
Shitstorm by Sandra Rosko
Shroomsday by Christopher Wade and Matthew Allen
Silent Cal by Claire McKey Berkman
Silent Sprung by William Gage
SpellDown by Robert Peterpaul
Stuck In Memoriam by Steven Bednar
Swiftwater by Haley Emmino
Taser by David M Hinds
The Benefits and Setbacks of Couches and Towels by Michael Lemme
The Carrier by Todd Restler
The Conclave by Edward Hicklin
The Holiday Trap by Lee Hoverd and David Widdicombe
The Hunt for Summer by Chelsea Perrotty Talbot
The Mount by Fiona Tuohy
The Mythical Club by Stevie Raymond
The Mythical Golden Trout by Craig Peters
The Psychedelic Fist by Nicholas Sennott
The Real Thing by Matthew Papadopoulos
The Third Fork by Fred Calvert
The Third Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump by Bonnie Ilyse Tunick
The Wizard, Not the Sorcerer by Jeremy Ma
This Is it by Laura Garrelick
Trading Up by William Kansky
Undercover L.A.P.E. by Christopher Prince
Venetian Love Tricks by D.R. Ransdell
Worst Top Chef by Matthew Dalto
Young Adult: The Movie by Clare Orr and Will Yoder

Drama Feature

A Better Chance by L.T. Woody
A BLACK VEIL by Leslie Lyshkov
A CHANGE IS COMING SOON by Emiliya Ahmadova
A Dead Man’s Tale by Matthew Giacheri
A Second Short by Patrick McGrath
A Soul Called Ida by Abigail Fraker
Actress by Eli Pompili
Adler by Soeun Lee
Ain’t No Grave by Jaime Conti
Alcanza el Sol by Douglas May
All We Perceive by Olympia Canales
Aloha ‘Oe (Farewell to Thee) by Ross Matlin
AMBROSIA by Alessandra Monti
An Ounce of Prevention by Christine Kaczynski-Cronin and Kinsey Leigh Cronin
Anasazi: The True Story of Mr. Wetherill Based on Real Events by Jerian Franco and Tim McGrath
Angel’s Paradise by Aya Hoja
Any Soldier by Doug Griffith
ASK: American Serial Killer by Cristian Xavier
Backwash City by Ian Berry
BAGHDAD MESSI by Kobe Van Steenberghe
Batshit by Ian Martin
Behind the 8-Ball by Nathan Israileff
BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD by Marco Calvani
Betsy and the Emperor by Staton Rabin
BFFs Never Say Die by K. Jennifer Ilagan
Big Girl by Cyn Harris
BIG SISTER by David Chester and Blake Pinter
Birmingham by Gary Jaworski
Black Heart Red by Mason Thomas Freeman
Black-Eyed Susans by Jared Hardy
Brink by Greg Kousoulis
Buka by Slater Stark
Bullets Over Bozeman by Mark ONeill
Calabar by Olabisi Clinton and Daria Lewis
Calls To Virginia by Jason Ruscio
Can We Go Home Now? by Jonathon Charatsis
Captain Kidd by Brian Arterburn
Chicago Orgy by Ted Moss
Cold, Nevada by Chris Bean
Colorado Caliber by Karan Talwar
Cornerstone by Chris Arnold
Cowboys in Transylvania by William Parsons
Coyote by Adam Cosco
Daria by Ayoub Qanir and Art Arutyunyan
Date of Death by Nick Zabierek
Daughter of the Samurai by Esther Shihabi
David Boder by Jason Ruscio
Dead Woman Waltzing by Janine Horsburgh
Down the Lane by Johanna Moreau
Dreamboat by Aluísio Leite
DUMBEST GENERATION by Leslie Lyshkov
Échappé by Allison Mattox
Evanescent Innocence by Rickie Williams
Family Secrets by William Parsons
Father’s Funeral by Gianluca Morganti
FDNY by Michael Burke
Field Trip by Claudio Martinez-Valle
Fins by Kevin Brunner
FIRENZE by Steve Birger and Michael Lucid
flower boy by Mike Salisbury
Flying Bird’s Diary by Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
Folded Joy by Stephen van Vuuren
For Later Times by Miguel Ramirez
Foreigner by Michelle Malley Campos
Four Seasons Today by Panagiota (Penny) Fylaktaki
FRANCESCA by Malik Maliki
From Below by Mirjana Kovac and Niksa Kovac
Gardens of Mars by Ali Glasser
Girl On Fire by Kimberly Fisher
Greenwich Village Days by Michael Volpe and Andrew M. Volpe
GUARDIAN by Jess Gupta
Hand Twins by Macee Binns
HATS: The Feature Film by Christopher Watkins
Heart of a Mustang by Jalynn Venis and M.J. Evans
HENRY DAVID by Wayne Baltz and Terry Baltz
Hit the Road, Jack by Brett Stanning and Paul Hand
How to Smile in Photographs by Max Rifkind-Barron
Hurricane Hennley by Nicole Groton
ibrahim by Terron Jones
Impenetrable by Daniel Broderick
In the Eye of the Storm by William Young
In the Light of the Fire by Ryan Parkinson
Indian Summer by Madhu Powar Garg
Infinite Man by Greg Robbins
It Came From Within by James Allerdyce and Steven Pierce
Janissary by Ferit Atalay
Jeff and Zoe by Ben Richardson
JESUS: CHILD OF DESTINY by Cheryl Boyles
Jitterbug by Julianna Feit
Johnny by Julia Kirsch
Jubilee by Mason Thomas Freeman
JUMBO LOVE by Jay Moore
Jumpman by Matthew Breault and Alex George Pickering
Lady Reporter by Michael Lucid and Michael Lannan
Late Bloomers by Paige Morrow Kimball
Leave Room for Jesus by Olivia Capestany
Libo to Hero by Desmond Ngai
Long Live John Africa! by Sean Slater
Love, Crime, and Boots by Janice Naehu
Luckenbach, TX by William Slough
LUCKY DOG by Kenny Lee
Male Order by Lisa Wassel
Memory Lane Classics by Forrest Waage and Daniel Viau
Meridian by Forest Tennis
Meridian Response by Kevin Staake
Mind Games by Matthew Manson
MIRACLES by Sean McGinty
Mo by Sarah Heinz
Monolith by Cosmin Visan
MONTGOMERY POE by Peter Noel
Murder Me Sunshine by Steve Wollett
Never Alone by Morgan Sheardown
Newton’s Laws of Emotion by Eugene Ramos
Niki and Joan by NC Heikin
No Direction Home by Greg Cayea
No Mexicans Allowed by Rene G Salinas and Michael J Trejo
NOBO by A.P. Boland
Nosedive by Brad Kinney
Notes For My Life by Brendan Hubble
NPC by Kenneth Pulgar-Vidal
NUNLEY by Timothy Williams
Obscura by Carlos Marín
ODA by Matthew Renner
Of Martyrs and Miracles by John McCarthy
Ohayogirl by Yumio Katsumata
Olive Pickle by Robert Cassman
One: Beginning by Puck Tsai
Only Way Out by Jason Sawyer and Sean Gallagher
Oprexium by Cody Pearce
Our Land by Nick Maiorano
Pain Killers by Glen Michel
Parodi and the Whales by Matias Cristaldi Vellutini and Robert Wolf Dunn
Party Boy by Alex Morris
Pasvik by Magne Hovden
Pirate’s Bride by Robert Dufault
Play Dead by Neil Stevens
Pornocracy by Ricardo de Montreuil and Will Stewart
Project Fog by Adva Reichman
Que to Murder by Matt Moon
Queen of the Jews by Chef Rossi
Rap Star (Birth of Denzel Cain) by Guillermo Machado
Real Heroes by Richard Hohenrath and Carolina Lovera
Recursion by Adam Files
Reno Drifters by Graham Lee
Return to Felicity by Jeff Ingber
Return to Spalding Drive by Kevin Brunner
Review by Jonathan Zarantonello
Rock Gods by Bryce Hatch
Rosetta’s War by Kenneth Lueders
Sands of Lanikai by Greg Blair
Saved by Matthew Millard and Sierra Phelps
SAVING MARK TWAIN by Staton Rabin
Scuppernongs by Lynne Ashe
SEEING RED by Timothy Williams
Showcase by Bianca Smith
SINGING IN SHORTHAND by Wayne Baltz and Terry Baltz
Skull Rock by Laura Rauh
SNOWY STRANGEWAYS by Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
Somewhere, Sometime in America by Matt Lewis
Sons of Liberty by Christian Delavie
Soot by Stephen Curran
Spartan Mansion by Stacey Spivey
Splintered Soul by Bobby Sacher
Spoken For by Micki Colker-Pearlman
Stella by Juan Topete
Still Time to Change by Jim Grieco
Stolen Heart by Linda Palmer
sunflower by Amina Summers
Tee Time for Satan by John Reilly
The 49th Day by Craig Peters
The Arrangement by Kátia Kieling
The Art of Resistance by Andrew Caley and David Brown
THE ASH TREE HOTEL by David Herman
The Big Dance by John Reilly
The Book of Sarah by Roger Walker
The Burdening by Adnan Ahmed
The Campaign by Kyle Griffin
THE CARLISLE INDIANS by Illette Elvgren
The Cistern by Robert Kaprall and Steven Colbert
The Citizens by Jacco Kroon
The Depths Below by Andrew Dean Pearson
The Diamondback by Michael Southworth
The English Compound by Rebekah Wilkinson
The Euripides Engine by Peter Andrews
The Evocations to the Specters by Ivan Scandola
The Fall by Marc Chomel
The Firestone by Stephen Carter
The Future by Randy Yang
THE GIANT by Peter Noel
The Gods Curse by Elizabeth Reams and Vicky Neal
The Head In The Heartland by William Neary
The Last Day of Paradise by Kiki Denis
The Last Stage, or Wyatt’s Earp Dying Dream by Bruce Scivally
THE LEGEND OF LIZZY FLYNN by Paul Awad and Kathryn O’Sullivan
The Legends of Bonny & Read by Carolyn Janis
The Light Bearer by Ewan Ansurius
The Long Trip Home by James Hsiao
The Loss of Faith by Kevin Brunner
The Lot by Kip Bennett and Joe Zappa
The Magnificent Harry Fly by L.E. Coleman
The Man Doctrine by Christopher Prince
The Man Who Killed the World by Guy Ducker
THE MAN-EATER OF KOT KINDRI by Douglas Graeme MacQueen
The Maze by Joey Haley
The Minefield by Jason Skorski and Quinn Redeker
The Mural by Carolyn Bradley
THE NECKLACE by Ronald Pergola
The Other Mother Cried by Kelly Nugent
The Pulpit by Tosin Morohunfola
The Price Of Ivory by Austin Rodriguez
The Redemption of Bobby Wayner by Fred Calvert
THE ROMMEL GAMBIT by John Doble
The Ruby Tree by Mateusz Poreda and Hal Golden
The Safeguard by Damian Rzymski
The Seedling by Kevin J. Howard
The Show by Patrick McGrath
The Sound of Summer by Charlotte E. Shunk
The Tale Of The Nightingale by Derrick Ingram
The Vampire of Barcelona by Nancy George
The Vet by Karan Talwar
The Way of Killing by Joseph Thomas
The Way She Looked at Him by Jaya Suriya
THE WEAPON by Peter Murphy
The Well by Patrick Leonard and Max Golden
The Wind Howls by Carlos J Matos
This is the Day by Nicole Sacker
This Love by Emmett Jack Lundberg
Thor Lake by Miia Piironen and Michael Williams
Three Apes Perform Shakespeare in Chicago by Simon Ong
Three Roads To Oaxaca by Spencer Brewer and Evan Gaustad
TIGISI by JJ Koester and Jesse Koester
Time, Space, And The Poet by John Turner
Tinkerers by David Gottfried
To Secrets by Melisa D. Monts and Shereen Lani Younes
Two Game Table by Flora-Jewel Carter
Unbridled Courage by Bruce Miles and Julia Phillips
Unison Kismet: The Twin Samaritan by Francesco Capussela
Unsatisfied by Evan Greenberg
Valley Kids by Nona Kocharyan
Waking Up On Wall Street by Charlie Cain
Wide Open Spaces by R.L. Hooker
Without Hesitation, Without Conscience by Michael Willis
World Left Blind by Patrick Gallagher
WRESTL(H)ER by Susan Maddocks