Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
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2021-2022 SCREENWRITING - FINALISTS & WINNERS
Please join us in celebrating this year's finalists!
FEATURE FINALISTS
Winner: As Time Goes By by Jon Davis
2nd Place: Jimmy by Kent Moran
3rd Place: The Art and Beauty of Miserable Bastards by Marilyn Jacovsky
Libo to Hero by Desmond Ngai
Keeping A Secret by Kara Miller
Seven Thousand Islands by Gary White
Jimmy by Kent Moran
Ella & Marilyn by Jon Davis
Cadenza by Mark Nahuysen
As Time Goes By by Jon Davis
The Art and Beauty of Miserable Bastards by Marilyn Jacovsky
Portland by Michael Weinreb
Star-Crossed by Florencia Manovil
SHORT-FILM FINALISTS
Winner: Dying to Meet You by Bryan Bounds
2nd Place: Dead Garden, Underwater Bloom by Asuka Lin
3rd Place: The Paradise Road by Lisa Marie Tedesco
4th Place: NO DOGS FOR BREAKFAST by Ezra Sage Bynum
NO DOGS FOR BREAKFAST by Ezra Sage Bynum
Dead Garden, Underwater Bloom by Asuka Lin
Chitlin by Michael Clifton
Voila! by Mark Pomerville
A Grave Error by Dirk Sanders
I WAS WRONG by Tyler Cunningham
Contract for a New Kettle by Dawson Oso
Accidents by Stephanie Ahn
The Paradise Road by Lisa Marie Tedesco
Dying to Meet You by Bryan Bounds
Unsaid by Robert King
TELEPLAY 60-MINUTE FINALISTS
Winner: Woman's Work by Erin Beute
2nd Place: CHERRY PARK by Joseph Hooten
3rd Place: American Way by Jake Thomas
Aviatrix by Cynthia Wright
Let The Sleepers Lie by Ricardo Varona
Grace in the Clutch by Addie Talbott
My Father The Sociopath by Charlotte Miller
The Divided States of America by Vandon Gibbs
American Way by Jake Thomas
Woman's Work by Erin Beute
Young Country by Ariana McGinn
YONGE STREET STRIP by Lisa Gold
CHERRY PARK by Joseph Hooten
Masterpiece by Ann LeSchander
TELEPLAY 30-MINUTE FINALISTS
Winner: Musky Hole Rep by Brian Kahn & Lana Wilson
2nd Place: EXPOSURE by Michelle Aldridge
3rd Place: 2 Falls Forward, 1 Step Back by Ada Lee Halofsky
EXPOSURE by Michelle Aldridge
Parlor by Cynthia Wright
Musky Hole Rep by Brian Kahn & Lana Wilson
Ice Rink...The Musical by Stephen Krespel
2 Falls Forward, 1 Step Back by Ada Lee Halofsky
Rapper Girlfriend by Cody Kostro, Simone Grossman, and Ariel Sacajiu
White Dolphin Blues by Carl Burcham
NOT HOT by Samantha Mannis
Live and Let Hide by Steven Smith
Good Grief by Josh Nadler
Taco Cat by Rachel Reuben
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