Scriptation Showcase Script Competition Announces 2022 Features + Shorts Quarter Finalists

The Scriptation Showcase is pleased to announce its 2022 quarter finalists for the Features + Shorts category! Congratulations to these talented writers and thanks to everyone who submitted this year.

Comedy Feature

• 1 SPY 2 MANY by Bob Canning
• 1-800-BAD-GUYS by Steven Fisher
• A Girl’s Guide to Vampirism by Jack Aupperle
• A Ravenous Man by CK Eastman
• ANGST IN MY PANTS by Leslie Thomas
• Bingo Hollabouth by Francesco Capussela
• Christmas in Cryonis by Molly Bandt
• Christmas Sketch by Gloria Miller
• Cookieface by ELLEN Gerstein
• CRIME WAVE by Tammy Klembith and George Klembith
• Cursed Fortune by Mike Bianco
• Death Death by Marissa Ruben
• Doctor Detective by Emilio Santín
• Elmer’s Diner by Samuel Edwards
• Fighting Sara by Mary Lee Miller
• Finding Mordechai by Desmond Ngai
• Ghosties by Julie Sharbutt
• GIF Corp by Ryan Schorman
• Greeetings!!! by William Stephen Major
• Hack Need by David Schroeder and Christopher Jackson
• HOCUS POCUS – IN THE LAND OF BALONEY by Rana Aich
• Incredibull by Ruben Estremera and Gregory Wolk
• Killer Eclectic by Henry Farleo and Zachary Bellus
• Kookaburra Laugh by Georgia Adams
• Leaving L.A. by Jon Davis
• Madden by Wayne Phillips
• Made In Mexico by Patrice Moreaux
• Mary Mary Quite Contrary by Kevin Brunner
• Mina’s Deathstination Wedding by Oliver Wharton
• Nisha’s Second First Kiss by William Taylor
• Off Color by Tapan Sharma
• Organ Donor by Rustin Jarrell
• PENELOPE’S WAR!! by Nancy “Sunny” Ellis and Marc L. Ellis
• Pet Earthling by David Hundsness
• Red Letter Days by Marc Ketchem
• Remote by Ruben Estremera and Gregory Wolk
• Rescue Dogs by Luke Cartwright
• SAVING LOVE by Tammy Klembith and George Klembith
• Shiner! by Kevin Pacey
• Side Effects May Vary by Donald McQuade and Matthew Barnette
• Speak English by Kieran Angelini
• Stage People by Teddy Fischer
• Star 69 by Michael Jacobs
• Sweet Poison by Guillaume Banniard and Mathilde Lemaire
• The Art and Beauty of Miserable Bastards by Marilyn Jacovsky
• The Christmas Spirit by Christopher Foley
• The Comeback by Maurice Hicks
• The Dance of Shiva by Max Perlick
• The Dumbfounded by CK Eastman
• The Easel by Eric Feuer
• The First Michael by Michael Buonocore
• The Magic Tale by Paty Hanna
• The New Genie by Gabriel Vazquez
• The Protagonist by Giani Gates
• The Undeathable Dead Dudes by Winston Han
• Thug by Jeremy Ma
• Time And Space by Steven Prowse
• Too Bad to Be A Hero by Emeka Obika
• TRAPPED IN PLAIN SIGHT (aka THE PUZZLE) by Tammy Klembith and George Klembith
• Tsunamisaurus by Kai Kido
• Two Steps Back by Rory Torres
• Where You Fall by Kathy Dunnehoff
• Willa Cather Would Not Approve by David-Matthew Barnes
• Witness Protection by Maxwell Lamkin
• Yog by Joshua Kravitz

Drama Feature

• 24-Hour Doorman by Ruben Estremera, Gregory Wolk
• 45 RPM by Joseph O’Keefe
• A Family Affair by Kate Ginna
• A Possession for All Time by Charles Kaufmann
• A Virtuous Son by Garth Morgan
• A Voyage to Forgiveness by Anthony Greenstone
• A War in the Mind of God by Jeremy Mayer
• Abyssinia Steel by Tej Rae and Yonas Gorfe
• Another One, Darling by Alec Gutherz
• Any Other Life by Josie Martineaux, Ri Versteegh
• APACHE by Adam Seidel
• As Time Goes By by Jon Davis
• Babelsberg by Jon Davis
• Back in the High Life by Larry Collins
• Beacon Beyond the Bay by Bryan Regan and Chen Zhen
• Beneath The Underdog by S. Wilbur Frazier
• Bingo Hollabouth by Francesco Capussela
• Blow Out the Light by Robert Ruffin and James Robinson, JR
• Blue Light by Caleson Sexson
• Boston, 1854 by Nate Washburn
• Brotherly Hate by Ruben Estremera and Gregory Wolk
• Cadenza by Alicia Grill
• Call Me Thor by Jamie Campbell
• Camp for the Abused by Alan Maki
• Can’t Turn Back by Amy Kinzer
• Chicken Tenderized by Bonnie Ilyse Tunick
• CHRYSALIS by JD Volk
• Close by Kristen Wade
• Close To You by J. Rapier
• Cochise Emergency by Leonard Meenach
• Crabs In A Mother F*cking Bucket by Kari Mote
• Crazy Girl by Amy Haeussler
• Crazy Like Me by Ben Colonomos
• Crescent by Ryan Owens
• Crocodile Hunters by Ryan Owens
• Dahlia by Kyle Berlin
• Damned Troublemakers by Ty Bradford
• Dead Bloodline by Ruben Estremera Gregory Wolk
• Dead Man’s Hand by Austin Ellsworth
• Death Cute by Alex Watson
• Descent by Laura Lynott
• Devil’s Breath by David McClendon
• Disco Rave Attack by Daniel Pappas
• Ella & Marilyn by Jon Davis
• ÉLUCIA’S GARDEN by Sarah Bertozzi
• Emery by Cate Carson
• Ephemeral Chaos by Kyle McCoy
• Etta, At Last by Robert Ruggeri
• Extended Family by Rick Jones
• Farewell to Berlin by Michelle Salmon
• Fateville by Gary Blackwood
• First Comes Death by Christopher Goodenough
• Five Fathers by Aron Flasher
• Flying Out by James Page
• For Later Times by Miguel Ramirez
• FREIGHT by Emily Sheehan and Andrea Sheehan
• Friendship, Honor, and Murder by Giacomo Giammatteo
• FULL CONTACT by Dave Kraft
• Gang of One: Hurricane Ron by CJ Hatch
• Genesis by Piotr Zawiślak
• Ghostboy by Robert Kelly McAllister
• Gun-Shy Crazy by William Baroo
• Hacker Fairies by Larissa Kruesi
• Half the World by Setareh Esfehani
• Handhaven by Kristen Wade
• Her Family by Grant Newcomb Henderson
• Heroes, Just For One Day by Salvatore Riggio
• High Sierra by Kathryn Cehrs
• Highgate by A.M. Khalifa
• Homestead by Lynwood Shiva Sawyer
• Hunter And The Giant by B S Allen
• I Want to Fly Where Monarchs Fly by Kevin Brunner
• If You Blink, You Might Miss It. by Devisha Todman
• Inordinate Instincts by Vatisha King
• Internal Security by Stefan Alexander
• TIME PIECE by Brett Stanning and Evlampia Papadopoulos
• James Clyde and the Diamonds of Orchestra by Colm McElwain
• Just The Right Amount Of Wrong by Larry Dean Hulse
• Las Excavadoras (The Diggers) by Michael Baker and Javier Ortiz
• Last Flight From Kabul by Joshua Keller Katz
• Lessons in Gravity by Sam Ellis
• Life On The Run by Andrew Fuhr
• Lifesaver by Avery Looser
• Light in Darkness by Chris Heller
• Like Something Personal by Charlie Anderson
• Lost in Control by Maria Massei-Rosato
• Love Unrest by Flora-Jewel Carter
• lovebug by Blake Kaiser
• Lovers of Darkness by Eduardo Soto-Falcon
• Maggie Noir by Eliza Donovan
• Mandy’s Gone by Kamila Stopyra
• Marcel by David Soll
• Meetings With Marty by Gregor Nicholas
• Moe Norman by Todd Korgan
• Mosshart by Alec Gutherz
• Nivek by Kevin Luna
• Nobody’s Heroes by Michael Elliott
• Oilman by Matt Lowerre
• ORIGIN by Will Macduff
• OUT/BREAK by Tapan Sharma
• Ovum by Cidney Hue and Shunori Ramanthan
• Playing with Dolls by Kevin Brunner
• Pustka by Edel Dmytro Oksamyt
• Recitation by Courtney Froemming
• Redemption by Paul Sokal
• Reformation by Stefan Alexander Mannes and Stephen Morgan-MacKay
• Rhythm in Blues by Tamika Guishard
• Riding with Charlie by Shintaro Ogai
• Rough Point by Louis Lehrman
• Running Quarter by William Machin
• Sammy-Verse by John Houston
• SATORI by Peter Kaufman
• Saving Grace by Thomas Duffy
• Seraphim’s Miracle by JB Storey
• Sharp Tongue Devil by Adrian Munro and Ian Malone
• She’ol by Joel Gregoire
• Shine Your Eyes by Clint Pearson
• Shishazomba by James Langston
• Silarius by Jacob Gamble
• Skull Rock by Laura Rauh
• Something for Dr. Thode by William Birney
• Steph by Oksana Prysiazhniuk
• STOCK by Jo-Ann McClean
• Superman Never Saved Normandy by Michael Felix
• Tackle & Bait by Genevieve McDevitt
• TAKEDOWN by Mark Cooper
• TARO: Legend of Japan by Blue Spruell
• Team Yankee by HW Coyle
• The Battleground State by Monte Silver
• The Big Payback by John Konevich
• The Choice by Roger Walker
• The Dame by Everett Fox
• The Decision by Paul Sokal
• The Devil and Dick Gregory by Sean Slater
• The Devil in the Attic by Brian Rector
• The Folksinger by John Low
• The Forbidden Edge by Kevin Brunner
• The Forgotten Playground by Mary DiGennaro
• The Fragrance of Ash by Micheal Eastman
• The Gemstone Murders by Amy Garson
• The Guns at Cowra by Vir Srinivas
• The Heroine of Wrangel Island by Aaron Michael Bailey
• The Key of Be by Rich Kenney
• The King of L.A. by Timothy Malone
• The Locker by Joseph Bologna
• The Music We Once Shared by Harrison Fowler
• The Passion of Pauli Murray by Sean Slater
• The Persistence of Memory by Sid Bodalia
• The Place Between Our Lives by Clay Callender and David Ellard
• The Prosecution by Vir Srinivas
• THE ROMMEL GAMBIT by John Doble
• The Shadow Falls by Clay Callender
• The Stuff of Dreams by Michael Rupp
• The Summer We Ran by Bill Taylor
• The Technology of Truth by John Berens and K. Andra Larson
• The Trail by Kyle Griffin
• The Traveloguer by Kevin O’Murchu
• The Unseen by Shiva Ramanathan
• The Vairocana by Jason Jacobson and Michelle Trantina
• The Wicked Die Well by Jeff Gittel
• This Too Shall Pass by Rob Grant
• Thunderstorm by Maria Mathis
• Time, Space & the Poet – Part Two by John Turner
• Time, Space, And The Poet by John Turner
• To Kill Your Friends by Roberto Carmona
• Too Many Mornings by Carolyn Miller
• Too Much Toad by David W Hughens
• Train Wreck by Nate Briggs
• Transfiguration by Ethan Bartlett
• Travelin’ Free by William Shankle
• Trollstigen by Ruben Estremera and Gregory Wolk
• Uncle Nagorny by Stephen Curran
• Unconditional by Jessica Mastro
• Underground by Kelly Beck-Byrnes
• Unsatisfied by Evan Greenberg
• Virgins Of Volleyball by Christine Trageser
• Wake Me When You Leave by Elisa Donovan
• When is Now by Luke Stanaway and Adam Lehnert-Spalding
• Who Was Cary Grant? by Jon Davis
• Who’s Esther? The Nesting Dolls by Craig Metts and Colleen Metts
• Wilbur’s Way by Kevin Staake
• Wire Hangers by Jon Davis
• Women’s Game by Gary Blackwood
• Work in Progress by Jeremy Nork
• World Left Blind by Patrick Gallagher
• XY-113 by Ivan Bukta
• You Gotta Touch The Dead by Ivan Scandola

Short

• 5 Down by James Wright and Jane Blackburn Hammer
• A Kid Named Leslie by Lexx Truss
• A long road ahead by Bernhard Riedhammer
• A Package of Dreams by Bradley Look
• A Safe Space by Kayje Nogue
• A Song for Cassandra by Ashley Sengstaken
• Against Interpretation by Phil Vengrinovich
• Age of Consent by Katherine Gauthier
• Anti-Social by Kyle Cassie
• Between Two Lives by Rebecca Gray
• Blitzkrieg by Matt Curtsinger
• BODIES by Adam Linhares
• Changes by Martyn Eaden
• Contact 360 by Matthew Domenico
• Content by Diego Martin
• Cosmic Abyss by Jocsan Hernandez
• Dave’s Lucky Day by Kevin R. Fintland
• Dominum Nostrum Satanas by Leonard McGill
• Favors by Michael Kaplan
• Final Act by Juan Munoz
• Finding Mr. Reich by Brandon Bacall Tehrani
• FUN FACT by Quinn Katherman
• Ganache by Rebecca Leigh
• Genre Flick by Thom Hilton
• Harold, Electra and our Lord, David Attenborough by Kirsty Zane
• Honey by Lauren Certo
• It’s a Sunday by Mark Flehmer
• Karis by Rob Innes
• Kate’s Ballad by Rory O’Connor
• Keychains by Mehran Jafari
• Liquidity Influx by Sage Godrei
• Man Up Fairy Dust by Christopher Schwartz
• Me, Myself & I by Ying Chen
• Nightfall by Matt Curtsinger
• Pancake Skank by Sav Rodgers
• Pistachio by Dorothy Nguyen
• Plate by Tamika Guishard
• Playgrounds by Beau Blanchard
• Red Wine by Obakeng Mokote
• Say Something by Chelsea M Matthews
• Shaolin Shabbat by Brian Cohen
• Shell Game by Matt Curtsinger
• Slashr by Amir Moini
• Stand-In Santa by Stephen Roth
• Stranded by Kevin Machate
• Stuck by Adam Swimmer
• Survive The Night by Richard Hohenrath
• SWEET DREAMS by Gary Alvarez
• Syrriknosis by Julie Cohn
• Telethon: The Quest to Save Grease 2’s Reputation by Sav Rodgers
• The Balloon by Bryan Campbell
• The Lady Juliana by Hallie Stephenson
• The Lonely Cocodragon by Lynwood Shiva Sawyer and Keri Todd
• The Lost Camp by Connor Etter
• The National by Cris Manliclic
• The Sea is Calling by Rob Innes
• The Teenage Widow by Hannah Chapman
• Tiny Caskets by Mark Rosen
• Tonight You Belong to Me by Anthony M Gomez
• Unbound by Tavis Doucette
• Uncomfortable Conversations by Giovanni James Bertoia
• Underculture by Tomisin Atobatele
• Urdr by Elise Salomon
• Vampires Welcome by Hannah Swayze
• Vinyl Taped Mary Jane by Angel Hilson
• Wandering Man by Dakota Cripe and Joshua Mulder
• We Call Them Zombies by Lonnie Ray Atkinson
• Welcome to the Stage… by Kyle Chu and Roisin Isner
• What’s Deserved by Grace Elsie
• What’s the worst that can happen? by Joseph Michael Leone
• WITCHCRAFT by Jeffrey Sheu

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