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2025-2026 SCREENWRITING - FINALISTS

Please join us in celebrating this year's finalists!

FEATURE FINALISTS
Reverie by Giada Curiale 
Pink Rabbits by Todd Robert 
The Desert Shrine by V.R. Marianne Zahn 
A Day to Relive by Chris Donald Griffin 
Lullaby by Aliza Brugger 
Surf City by Robert A Breedlove 
Waking a Queen by Jean Barker 
A Fine Line by Dan Burns 
Helicopter by Keith Rubin 
27 Cows by Christopher Mark Holt 
 

SHORT-FILM FINALISTS
The White Scarf by Marc Angelo
Red Sneakers by Jennifer K Galm 
The Red Blanket by Carolina Alves 
PLUCK by Eva Louise Hall
Agency by Ari Harmon 
Confessions From a Serial Dater by Kalvin Taylor 
Stray by Noah Lang, Blake Hoss 
Blackout by Luka Silvestrini
Walkers by Stephen Motta
The Comfort Woman Statue by KYUNG-JA LEE   
 

TELEPLAY 60-MINUTE FINALISTS
DESCENT by Nadine Pequeneza 
THE MECHANIC by Peter Gibbons 
Fated by Haley Mancini 
BONAPARTE by Kevin Karp 
JUIF by Michele Noble 
Music Is Us by Dan Kinber 
Scent by Chris Donald Griffin 
Mad Color by Annique Arredondo 
Complete Reset by Chris Donald Griffin 
BLUNT by Hadeel Ramadan 
 

TELEPLAY 30-MINUTE FINALISTS
Happiness 2.0 by Michele Noble 
Public Way to Water by Marty Johnson 
Jane Austen's Juvenilia by Dana Wall 
TV Dyke by Xanna Don't 
Disco Cop by Benny Davis 
Getting Well by Nathan Shapiro 
Hey Doorman by Haji Outlaw 
Above Average Heroes by Carlos Greaves 
Midnight Fever by Vincent DeFeo 
JAZZMEN by David Allen King 
 

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