Cinequest Screenwriting Competition

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



