Scriptation Showcase Script Competition Announces 2024 Features + Shorts Quarter Finalists
The Scriptation Showcase is pleased to announce its 2024 quarter finalists for the Features and Shorts categories! Congratulations to these talented writers and thanks to everyone who submitted this year.
Comedy Feature
-
2nd Date
by Jaik Andino
- A Belly Full by Mary-Colin Chisholm and Marcia Kash
- All Time Bachelorette Party by Ben Blacker and Ben Acker
- American Digital by Greg Robbins
- Andy Warhol Must Die! by Graham Lee
- Ars gratia Artis by Stefan Alexander and Eric Williford
- ArtWorks by Jeffrey Meyer
- Blackbeard’s Ghost by Wesley Alley
- Booby Trapped by Christine Yount Jones
- Buried by Flynn Fletcher and Doug Mellard
- Children of the Night: Virgin Blood by Mark Newbauer
- Classic Masher by Ryan Johnson
- Consistency by Greg Robbins
- Crazy Honey by Tim Young
- Crime Wave by Tammy Klembith and George Klembith
- Dog Dash by Matt Lewis
- Fast Cash by Cary Lee Singleton
- Green Rush by Matt Gallagher
- Happy Landing by Dianne Blomberg and Joseph Carabello
- House Money by Will McNeill and Jamie Borst
- I’m Not Leaving by Jonathan T. Coleman
- Jen O Cide by Jason Bynoe
- Kabaddi by Sean O’Brien
- Kevin, I’m Pregnant by Caden H. Hollander
- Making Amends by Raymond Evtuch
- Monster Squad by Sean Mullavey
- Not Your Parents’ Christmas Story by Toni Gallagher
- Novella Manhattan by Ethan Zane Stages
- Nuns With Guns by Mark Wakely
- Of Paradise by Troy DeWinne and Allison Webster
- Pickled by Sharon Argo and Zina White
- Queen! by Kevin Glidden
- Ratols and Ransom by Ali Habib
- Restoration by Blaire French and Sarah Corse
- Sistas From Another Mista by Ashani Roberts
- Stuck Uploading by Chris O’Leary
- Tetris Terrace by Terry Miller
- That’s Our Girl by Lexi Brandt
- The Asylumeers by Jaimie Kourt
- The Crude by Zach Green
- The Deplorables by Brian Gill
- The Light of Venus by Kelly Beck-Byrnes
- The Marriage Maker by Cam Seamus, Dave Bone, and Laury Falter
- The Mob and I by Mark Wakely
- The Vegan Vigilante by Isaac Ergas
- The Warmth of the Sun by Philip Fenlon
- Three Iranian-Americans Walk into a Hostage Crisis by Omid Niliaram
- Toilet Sharks by Bruce Griffiths
- Vacationing with the Family by Barry Glauberman
- Victims and Killers by Susanda Wolf and Palma Carretta
- Vistas by Sean O’Brien
- When Pigs Fly by Terry Podnar and Ed Learner
- Xerxes, It’s Bitch to Be the King! by Adam Javan
- Zayde and Becky by Andrew M. Epstein
Drama Feature
-
20 Weeks
by Roger Walker
- A Call From China by Ye Zhang
- A Football Hero by Jonah Tapper
- A Matter of Chance by Subuddh Parekh
- A Mind Heist by Marc Henderson
- Adventures in Serial Killing by Jack Warner
- Animal Botanical by Conroy Esterhuizen
- Astronaut by Lukas Hassel
- Awakening by Max Luque
- Ball by Jacob Taplin
- Beachcomber by Iain Anderson
- Beautiful Bright Colors by Vonny Zeirre Jonezé
- Before the Boogie Down by Floyd Fisher
- Begg Rock by Nathan Foulger
- Belief by Susan Kelejian
- Beyond The Shadows by David Milwee
- Blood Relatives by Leslie Kogan
- Broken Worlds by Terry Podnar
- Butchie by Julio Velez
- Carry On, Love Is Coming by Michael Stringer
- Deadline by William Hyland
- Don’t Cry by Stefan Alexander and Anthony Guilianti
- Don’t Say Gay by Kevin J. Howard
- Dread White & Blue by Alex Watson
- Emily Anomaly by Larry Ziman
- En Route by Christine Chen
- Fighting Back by Richard Periard
- Flux by Shane White
- Geist by Michel Monty
- Grave Dangers: Blood of the Jaguar by Zachary Sabra
- Hart Crane by David Kaneen
- How to Ruin Thanksgiving by Diana Robertson Bond
- In the Dark by Stefan Alexander and Anthony Guilianti
- Infinite Man by Greg Robbins
- Iron Indian by George Gier
- It’s What You See by Lisa Hickey
- Jihadi Joe by Ernest Brawley
- Klan and Kin by Luke Thistleton
- Kunoichi by Scott Charnick
- Laced by Simon Wakelin
- Last Santa by Tapan Sharma
- Le Vin by David Kosh
- Like Old Times by Heston Horwin
- Live Animals by Emerson Fonseca
- Love & Detroit by Michael Dunker
- Love Loops’ Sparks by Marko Josic
- Love, Crime, and Boots by Janice Naehu
- Luck of the Draw by Tom Sabin
- Man of Another Age by David Warren
- Masked by Adam Lapish
- Midnight Dawn by Paul Levine
- Missing Persons by Nathan Burt
- Moonscope by David Hunter Fein
- Mr. Shakespeare’s Plays by Christena Ann Alcorn
- Muffled Screams by David Kaneen
- Now and After by Peter Davis
- Odyssey by Tosin Gbadegesin
- Operation Thunder Storm by Bill Dierberger and Dan Borunda
- Painless by Darrin Reed and Ian Rabin
- Punk City by Seth Hilami
- Racing The Storm by Mike Macke
- Red Men in Red Square by Claude Clayton Smith
- Satchell by Chad Shields
- Scars by Michael Kurtz
- Semi-Divine Creature by Brandon Lunzman and Mitchell Perera
- Semper Fidelis by Benedict Flynn
- Sophie and the Bluebird by Thomas Ronca
- Sovereign Risk by Michael Winfield
- Speak Now by Michelle Somruthai D’Angelo
- Stormheart by Meshal Alsaleem
- Takedown by Mark Cooper
- Teddy by Tania Gunadi
- Teddy Ridge by Bryan Arbor
- The Arrangement by Kátia Kieling
- The Gardener by Case Barden
- The Halfling Princess and The Fool by Helen Williams
- The Island Calls by Patrick Hogan
- The Language of Wolves by Nan Schmid
- The Loneliest Number by Bruce Levin
- The Lyon of Times Square by Christopher Loveland
- The Malian King by Francesco Capussela
- The Other Guy by Steven Hickel
- The Peacemakers by Stuart Long
- The Retreat by Robert McEveety
- The Runaway Pact by Amanda Sedaka
- The Sacred Profane by Shadd Williams and Michael Duffy
- The Scorpion by Jeff Burgett
- The Unquiet Dead by Nyah Gazda
- The Vessel by Cynthia Damon
- The Way Down by Katherine Morein
- The West Texas Waltz by John Paul Porter
- Third Person by Courtney Froemming
- Tigers from the Sun by CJ Baker
- Tornado by William Hunt
- Under One Roof by John Gebhart and Meghan Sinclair
- Unleaded Rage by Jackson Sansoucie
- Untouchable by Sam O’Neal
- While Owls Sleep by N. Batchelder
- Winnie & Clyde by Matthew Rafferty
- You Have Value by Meredith Kratochwill
Shorts
- 7:00 PM by Guilherme Somensato
- 84 by Lisa Hickey
- A Fresh Start by Peter Eyre
- A Respectable Family by Ian Senior
- Avant-Guard by CR Sherman
- Bank Robbery Hottie by Ruby Mainieri
- Between a Hard Place and the Drawing Board by Odin Riter
- Boobless by Jackie Geary
- Breaking Point by Lochie Graham
- Cake & Whiskey by Justis Kinney
- Casted – The Audition by Daniel Milam
- Cement by Alek Abate
- Circuito: The Final Thousandth by Gianlorenzo Albertini
- Dead Letters by Kel Vance
- Elixir by CR Sherman
- Faith by Michael Aparicio
- Four Knocks at the Door by Raimo Strangis
- Freeborn by Shane Harbinson
- Fresh Start by Kevin Willmering
- In With the Storm by Cara Marshall
- Killer Cupid by Janet Prescott
- Killswitch Engineer by Brad Cooper
- Mindweaver by Andrew Fong
- My Friend Robbie, The Extraterrestrial by Ashton Boyd and Matthew Ronchak
- Old Blue Eyes Strikes Gold in Green Hawaii by Tom Holowach
- One Way or Another by Katie Kelly
- Our 5th Goodbye by Isla Driver
- Panic by Matthew Cooke
- Pat by Quamé Hamlin
- Please Leave Me Alone, I’m Already Dead by Gonçalo Oliveira
- Prep by Hillary Wright
- Reflections by Jeff Walker
- Reservatory by Nicholas David Shanman
- Sharon’s 60th Lunner by Sharon Powers
- Slayfest by Mark Renshaw
- Stars and Roses by Tony Liu
- Subway Weed by Ndlela Nkobi
- Syzygy by Tamela D’Amico
- Tavern OFF the Green by Shilpa Mankikar
- The Botch Job by Jason Tristan Bynoe
- The Cactus Creek Cantina by Stuart Long
- The Chocolate Train by Katharine Rex
- The Deal by Jeno Hodi, Dorottya Durr, and Arpad Herman
- The Fishfolk of Luton Hill by Marcos Pinto-Leite
- The Fright Stuff by Ben Blacker
- The Grind by Jarrell Scott Barnes
- The Little Death by Jessica Moncrief and Christopher Shaibi
- The Loneliness by Mark Harrison
- The Lost Camp by Connor Etter
- The Modern Age by Max Kemp
- The One-Two by Esther Binstock
- The Revver by Mike Hanson and Kelly Moothart
- The Slugger by Brian Stover
- The Tenets of Belrose—Marr by Jett Tessaro
- The Wish That Changed Everything by Joseph Michael Leone
- Threats by Quamé Hamlin
- Top Priority by Saskia de Borchgrave
- Unfiltered by Anna Hooper
- Violino Tzigano by Gianfranco Di Iorio
- What You Deserve by Juan Calix
- Wiener Delivery by Troy DeWinne
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