


An IMDb Qualifying
INTL. FILM FESTIVAL & GENRE SCRIPT COMPETITION

2025 GENRE SCRIPT COMPETITION
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS:
THE COW, Feature Screenplay - Jonathan Face.
WE'LL BE SAFE HERE, Short Screenplay - Erin Copen Howard
THE LAST BROADCAST, TV Pilot Script - Noureddine Hifad
GENRE WINNERS:
THE COW, Jonathan Face (Feature Drama Winner)
SHITFACE, Chandler Chavez (Feature Comedy Winner)
DEATHSLED, Wesley Drent (Feature Horror Winner)
FERAL MOUNTAINS, Terry Luke Podnar (Feature Thriller/Suspense Winner)
LADYBOY BLUES, Richard Lanoix (Feature Action/Adventure Winner)
COUNTING ON CLARK, Erin Copen Howard (Feature Sci-Fi/Fantasy Winner)
THE NURSE, Shanee Edwards (Feature Historical/Biopic Winner)
STRANGER CHOICE, Terrance Henry (Feature Western/Period Winner)
HOME FOR THE HOWLIDAYS, Terri D. Alkire (Feature Holiday/Family Winner)
OMAHA!, Kelly Gutierrez (TV Pilot Drama Winner)
DEPARTMENT OF UNSEEN AFFAIRS, Sarantos (TV Pilot Comedy Winner)
THE LAST BROADCAST, Noureddine Hifad (TV Pilot Horror/Thriller Winner)
WOODBRIDGE PARK, Drew Michael (TV Pilot Mystery/Crime Winner)
MAGIC AND COCKTAILS, Marcos Gracia (TV Pilot Action/Adventure Winner)
PLANET HUNTERS, Nick Newcastle (TV Pilot Sci-Fi/Fantasy Winner)
LIFE OF A FIREFLY, Sandra Brown Lindstedt (TV Pilot Historical/Biopic Winner)
WE'LL BE SAFE HERE, Erin Copen Howard (Short Screenplay Drama Winner)
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I'M WITH TRAUMA, Rebecca C. Scott (Short Screenplay Comedy Winner)
HEDONISM, Jessica James (Short Screenplay Horror Winner)
FOLKS, Jonathan Redding (Short Screenplay Thriller/Suspense Winner)
HOME AGAIN, Stephen Kellam (Short Screenplay Historical/Biopic Winner)
13 STEPS, Loren Davis (Short Screenplay Western/Period Winner)
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THE DANCE BETWEEN DARKNESS AND LIGHT, William Mariano (Short Faith/Family Winner)
FINALISTS:
COME BACK, Short Screenplay - Tiffany Nichole Bromley
HENRY AND THE HOUND, Feature Screenplay - Joshua Aaron Thomas
DEATH IN REALITY, Feature Screenplay - Erin Copen Howard
LADY OF GRACE, Feature Screenplay - Marvin Jackson
THE DRILL, Short Screenplay - Vee Kumari
BREAKING THE CURSE, Feature Screenplay - Lisa K. Thomas
STARLINE POST, Feature Screenplay - Emma Benten
TWO FATES,Feature Screenplay - Kelsey Ann Wacker & Lori Lee Peters
BUTTERFLY, Short Screenplay - Joseph Leonello
ATTAGIRL, Feature Screenplay - Terissa Kelton & Scott Morse
CHILI AND BOOTS, Feature Screenplay - Nyasha Foy
THE SEVEN “SEE US! HEAR US!”, Feature Screenplay - J. Blasi-Figueroa
KRIS KRINGLE, Feature Screenplay - Maria Ciampi
LEVI’S CONVERSION, Short Screenplay - Antonio Guanaes
MOTHERSHIP, Feature Screenplay - Joseph Michael Leone
APEX, Feature Screenplay - Erin Copen Howard
THE SISTREN, TV Pilot Script - Angela Thorne
THE END OF HOPE, Short Screenplay - Ricky Serrano Robles
THE NETWORK, Feature Screenplay - Rory Laughlin
GREEN MEANS GO!, Feature Screenplay - Harker Jones
OPERATION: CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, Feature Screenplay - Eric Edward Glawe
BASED ON A NON-TRUE STORY, Feature Screenplay - Emilio Santín
THINK APOCALYPSE!, Short Screenplay - Erin Copen Howard
7 THE LEGEND, Feature Screenplay - Randall Paul Swearingen
FADEPOINT, Feature Screenplay - Rory Laughlin
TAILGATING AT SWEENEY’S FUNERAL HOME, Short Screenplay - Kendra B. Cunningham
THE SURREALIST’S MUSE, Feature Screenplay - Steven Keith Bogart
AMERICA, Feature Screenplay - Mario Rios Pacheco
REAPER, Short Screenplay - Chloe Joanna Stephenson
THE SANTA SCOOP, Feature Screenplay - Terri Alkire
WARRIOR’S TRAIL, Feature Screenplay - Marco Rodriguez
THE PERFECT GAME, Feature Screenplay - Peter T. Simon
THE CHAIRMAN, Short Screenplay - Greg Barnes
NECROTICA, Feature Screenplay - Wesley Steven Drent
BIG AL, HIP HOP AND HER, Feature Screenplay - Ellen Gerstein
EMERALD CITY, Feature Screenplay - David Bobrow
FINAL DAWN, Short Screenplay - Heather Farlinger
AMERICAN MONEY, Feature Screenplay - Timothy A. McGhee
PRETENTIOUS MOVIE, Feature Screenplay - Michael Paradiso
A MIRACLE FOR CHRISTMAS, Feature Screenplay - Shelley Chester
THE “C” WORD (NO, NOT THAT ONE), Short Screenplay - Melanie Gail Wilderman
SEMI-FINALISTS:
CHILDLESS CAT LADY, TV Pilot Script - Meaghan Hynes Reese
1999, TV Pilot Script - Kristopher Pierce
SYNNOIA, Short Screenplay - Javier Hinojosa Allely
MOGEN THE BOLD, Feature Screenplay - Laura Londagin
MUNDANE, Short Screenplay - Teresa Castilho
LEGACY, TV Pilot Script - Morgan Turner
A THIS AND THAT GOLDEN HOLIDAY, Feature Screenplay - Lisa Summerour
TOP SECRET SANTA, Feature Screenplay - Jayne Ormerod
THE REVENGE CLUB, Short Screenplay - Marla Naomi Eaton
SEA HASH, TV Pilot Script - Molly Olasiji
BOOGLINEE, Feature Screenplay - Randall K. Wong
LATTE, TV Pilot Script - Kario Marcel
LEAD INTO LOVE, Feature Screenplay - Megan Archbold & Melissa Winter
HOW TO FLIRT WITH A WITCH, TV Pilot Script - Ilyssa Peltz, Tiana Warner, Stephanie Warner
A VERY TIMBER CHRISTMAS, Feature Screenplay - Diana Shoykhet
0800 DEADLINE (ANON), TV Pilot Script - Katy Edelsten
THREE STRIKES, NO CHRISTMAS!, Feature Screneplay - Ktohri Nicole Ross
TROPHIES, TV Pilot Script - Phillip Cook
SECOND SET, Feature Screenplay - Candace Lee Egan
LOSING LIGHT, Feature Screenplay - Nick Pullia
WHITE ORCHID, Feature Screenplay - Maura Campbell & RIk Sinkeldam
THE WOMAN IN THE MIRROR, Short Screenplay - Kimber Leigh
Pi, TV Pilot Script - Dani Cannon
TARGET AUDIENCE, Feature Screenplay - Rory Laughlin
THE MANHATTAN PROJECT, Feature Screenplay - Janet Walker
SOMEONE LIKE ME/BLACK DRAGON, Feature Screenplay - Timothy S. Lott
LOOK BOTH WAY IN THE BARRIO BLANCO, Feature Screenplay - Judith Robbins Rose
IN THIN AIR, Feature Screenplay - Jay Rubin & Jim Ruel
IN THE GARDEN, Feature Screenplay - Christal Kahles-Jones & Kathy Krantz Stewart
SOCIAL TIES, TV Pilot Script - Cas Saxe
INTERLOPER, Feature Screenplay - Guinevere Rose
RED HANDS, Feature Screenplay - Maureen Anne Meehan
SACRED SUN, Feature Screenplay - Michael Louis Gould
OCCHUED, Feature Screenplay - Ucon & Saya
A SHADOW IN AYLOUL’S STORM, Feature Screenplay - Fidaa Hourani
THE FAMILY COTTAGE, Short Screenplay - Michael Shawn McInnes
SIDES OF NORMAL, Short Screenplay - Synth Knox
COW FARM, TV Pilot Script - Natasha Sofia Goulden
DETENTION: ROOM 107, Short Screenplay - Joseph Michael Leone
AMERICAN MONEY, Feature Screenplay - Timothy A. McGhee
DEAR GRANDSON, Feature Screenplay - Scott Reneau
JIMI, JANIS, AND JIM MUST DIE, Feature Screenplay - John Arnau
BOB DOOLEY, Feature Screenplay - Margina Sisson
GYRE: SONGLINES, TV Pilot Script - Gina Lennox
7TH WAVE, TV Pilot Script - Noah Lang & Harold "Blake" Hoss
AMBERICA, TV Pilot Script - Amber Shaheen Nelson & Mokotsi Rukundo
POCKETS, TV Pilot Script - Erik Walker Neill & Anthony DeVine
ANGELS, DEMONS, AND A COURT-MARTIAL, Feature Screenplay - Chris Kreger
VOODOO VALENTINOS, Feature Screenplay - Michael Louis Gould
CONSUMED, Feature Screenplay - Don Stroud
QUARTER-FINALISTS:
BURNOUT, TV Pilot Script - Izzie Mantese
SEASONS CHANGE, Feature Screenplay - Josh Datingaling
THE SHADOWLANDS, TV Pilot Script - Christine Bush
SEOUL HEARTS, TV Pilot Script - Cheryl L. Burrows
KILLIN’ IT IN THE KITCHEN, Feature Screenplay - Jayne Ormerod
SPARROWS, TV Pilot Script - Karen Campion
CHASING TRUTHS, Feature Screenplay - Dennis Manning
AMERICAN MYTHOS - THE CATHEDRAL, TV Pilot Script - Craig L. Graaff
PRECURSOR, TV Pilot Script - Steve Brown
ZIMMI: THE ODYSSEY, TV Pilot - Todd Stark
NEXT CHAPTER, TV Pilot Script - Brian Meegan
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH, Feature Screenplay - Samuel Taylor
LE MOGADOR, TV Pilot Script - Noureddine Hifad
DEATH CAN BE A FUNNY BUSINESS, Feature Screenplay - Joe Fishel
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, Feature Screenplay - Dennis Michael O’Connor
THE SESSION, Short Screenplay - Xola Xander
LOVE AND PURPOSE, TV Pilot Script - Molly Gross
GLORY AND LOOT, Short Screenplay - Jamie R. Kadavy & Troy M. Kadavy
HIGHLAND DRIVE, TV Pilot Script - Rosalyn Rosen
SPICE (THE VARIETY OF LIFE), Feature Screenplay - Laura B. Londagin
MUTT AND JACK’S EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE, Feature Screenplay - Jodi L. Dickey
CLEANSE MY SINS, Feature Screenplay - Viveka Thompson-Robinson
THE WINTER WOLVES, Feature Screenplay - Mark Kelly
ALIEN CAMCORDER, Short Screenplay - Corey Hood
AGENT JAX JACKSON: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW, Short Screenplay - Chris Warner
2 MAN, TV Pilot Script - Palmer Townes Hope
FORBIDDEN LOVE, Feature Screenplay - Timothy Shrikrishnan Lott
60 DATES IN SIX MONTHS (WITH A BROKEN NECK), Feature Screenplay -
Maureen Anne Meehan
THE GHOST OF DI AN (ZEE AHN), Feature Screenplay - Taylor Hunt
NOCTURNAL TENDENCIES, Feature Screenplay - Stephanie Sowder
ALL UP IN YOUR BUZINESS: MANAGING YOUR BUSINESS CRAP, Feature Screenplay - Julianna M. Newland
A HOLLYWOOD WEREWOLF, Feature Screenplay - Joseph Graves
CITADEL LOST, Feature Screenplay - Ernie Rivera
THE SOUND OF RUINS, TV Pilot Script - Kris Bart
CHAINED TO YOUR GHOST, Feature Screenplay - Amanda Lemberg
A PIRATE AND A PRINCESS, Feature Screenplay - Mark Thomas Kelly
A PHOTOGRAPH,Feature Screenplay - Conor Clancy & Christina Sussmann
GREED, Short Screenplay - Tania Villegas Ocampo
A WRINKLE IN TIME, TV Pilot Script - Ben Tobin
THE MAR CHRONICLES, TV Pilot Script - A. S. Templeton
THE LAST TRIAL, Feature Screenplay - Rebekah Scheffelmaier
THE WEIGHT OF GUILT, Short Screenplay - Maria K. Singh
THE EXTERMINATOR, Feature Screenplay - William Thomas Curley
THE BLACKSMITH, Feature Screenplay - Gina Lennox & Barzou Mansour Ishmael
YEAR OF THE DRAGON, TV Pilot Script - Natasha Langridge-Thorpe
UNIT F: MONSTER VICE, TV Pilot Script - Chris Warner
LOVE KILLS, Short Screenplay - Xola Xander
MYSTIC MASALA, TV Pilot Script - Sadhana Singhal
INKED IN BLOOD, Feature Screenplay - Paul Corricelli
BEACH BLACKOUT, Feature Screenplay - Blair London
A HOUSE FOR THE FLOWERS, Feature Screenplay - Juliana Philippi
OVERDUE, Short Screenplay - Philippa Rae
ON THE EDGE, Feature Screenplay - Irina Vysotskaya
TRUE NORTH, Feature Screenplay - Sophia Flot-Warner
FIVE DEFIANT WOMEN, Feature Screenplay - Vivianne Rosenberg
NATALIA, Feature Screenplay - Rosalyn Rosen
COMING OF AGE, Feature Screenplay - Connor A. Field
DANCE, Feature Screenplay - Mark Thomas Kelly
MEDICINE, TV Pilot Script - Daniel Austin Jones
INVASION OF THE BREWERY SLUGS, Feature Screenplay - William Curley
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
THE BEECHER TRIALS, TV Pilot Script - John Gatta
DANCING WITH SPIES @GODDESS, TV Pilot Script - Francis Billingsley
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH (TERROR VERSION), Feature Screenplay - Samuel L. Taylor
CHRYSALIS - THE FAMILY ADVENTURE(S), TV Pilot Script - Marc Ginsburg
WINNING, Feature Screenplay - Charles Edward Mack