2025 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists Announced
ATLANTA, GA (February 4, 2025) — The Atlanta Film Society is pleased to present the 2025 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists. Chosen from 1,106 total submissions, the following 138 feature film screenplays, 66 pilots, and 68 shorts represent the top twenty-five percent of all entries. Their authors are competing for invaluable mentorship opportunities to help hone their craft and plan the next steps in their careers in addition to cash prizes. Please join us in congratulating these impressive authors and wishing them well as the programming team continues to narrow this list down to the Semifinalists, Finalists, and eventually to 5 Winning Scripts!
ATLFF ‘24 Screenplay Competition Winner, Allison Orr Block, with their mentor, Madison Hatfield, at the Screenplay Retreat
Feature Films:
"14" by Stephanie Gaston
"Yolanda" by Kari Mote
"30 BILLION DOLLAR WOMAN" by Elizabeth Dean
"A Haunting Love" by Jennifer Lynn O'Hara
"A Love Dream" by Allison Betts
"A Low Country Crime Story" by Alexander Yarber
"A Product of Our Written Environment" by atheana ritchie
"A-Ma" by Xiayang Li
"Adventures in Serial Killing" by Jack Warner
"After the Harvest" by Jeffrey Howe
"AKILI" by Ivan Mooh Mooh
"And Before We're Condemned" by Gavin Fields
"Angus" by Richard Hempton
"Aqualand" by Luke Hunter
"Ashes to Ashes" by Bret Miller
"Awoke" by Christopher Emanuel Smith
"Bainbridge" by Kieran O'Dea and Brennan O'Dea
"Big Days" by Jesse Rothenberg
"Blades of Grass" by Wilson Stiner
"Blood Red and Goin' Down" by Rory Crittenden
"Blue Winter" by Madison Sean Flannery
"Broken Worlds" by TERRY PODNAR
"Butch Assidy and the Sundance Kid" by Drew McInturff and Garrett Pletcher
"Caddy Crush" by Julie Regine Dolan
"Coptic" by Robert Armanyous
"CRAB" by Abi Perpall
"Death at a Murder" by David Sajadi
"Deer Camp" by Brian Cunningham
"DEMANDING AN ANSWER FROM GOD" by Kevin J. Howard
"Demons" by Shiva Ramanathan
"Egg" by Kate Ryan Brewer and Thaddeus Gunn
"FIVE TIGERS" by Shiv B
"Future Tripping" by Brian Gene White
"Gaby's Heart" by Jennifer Lynn O'Hara
"Georgia Pool" by Gregory Caruso
"Get the Girl" by Elizabeth Rackley
"Giles v Harris" by Melanie van Betten Jeffcoat
"GUNSLINGER BRIDE" by Charmaine Colina
"Gusto!" by Ally Gilfeather
"Hallelujah Night" by Ivan Rome
"Harvest" by Gregory Beam and Kim McKean
"Heart of a Nation" by Richard Mundy
"Heaven's Gate" by DJ Burr
"Hidden Lines" by Shonte' Hodnett
"I Love You, I'm Sorry" by Tony Gary
"IL Bel Tenore (The Beautiful Tenor)" by Peter Hurwitz
"Immunity" by Shari Umansky
"In-Depth" by Ronald Smith
"Invisible Man" by Maeve Miller
"Janice Beside Herself" by Laura Jaques
"Jobber" by Michael Ronca
"Jonesy" by Gustavo Morales
"Keep Your Head Down" by Allan "Rj" Joseph and Terry Haskell
"Land of the Young" by Zach Bandler
"Last Case Resort" by Kevin Goolsby and Kevin Heyer
"Leaving Bethlehem" by Candice Holdorf
"Let There Be Light" by Paula Andrea Cajiao and Jessica L. Folk
"Locals" by Miles Kahn
"Lost and Found" by Theresa Chiu
"Madhouse" by Nick Krostag
"Mat-Leave" by Tamara Green
"Meraki" by Nicole Toren
"Mr. Black" by Akil Rashad Anderson
"Muck" by Ty Bradford
"Murder Most Virtual" by Ted Chastain
"NO LITTLE GIRL" by Robert Wooldridge
"Not At Night" by Travis Gardiner
"Not Skinny" by Martin Dix and Shannon Dix
"Oct 31 Sweet Williams Perfect" by marietta k. wilk
"Picnic At Gettysburg" by Pearse Lehane
"Point Arena" by Lance Dumais and Gerard Roxburgh
"Pure Intentions" by Sarah Peele
"QUIET" by Joshua Marx
"Radio Talk" by Allison Betts
"Red Cherries in Sommer" by Julien Martin Wagner
"Ride or Die" by Alex Parkinson
"Riptide" by Christopher Smith
"RIVETERS" by Max Rissman
"Samurai Trucker Jerry" by Sean Shinji Inamine
"SHADOW IN HAWTHORN BAY" by Steven R. Mitchell
"Sheepish" by Azadeh Navai
"Siberia" by Jeff Hindenach
"Sin Child" by John Cerrito
"Skin Deep" by Dave Holton
"Spirit Wilds" by Noah Sellman
"Spitting Fire" by Angie Comer
"Spread 'Em" by Jacob McKee
"Stagnant" by Emmanuel Benitez
"Street Smart" by Michael A. Richards
"Strongmen" by Sylvain "Sly" Raymond
"Suffer the Act" by Tony Bustamante
"Surrender the Stars" by David Byrne
"Take My Life" by Larry Collins
"The Adventures of Sock Man and The Tunnel of Doom" by Melissa Sheridan and Amy Traurig
"THE BANNER" by Ernestina Juarez
"The Basement" by J.D. Elliby
"The Battles of Birdtown" by Christopher Shank
"The Big Sneeze" by Jen Butler
"The Crude" by Zach Green
"The Electors" by Donald Morgan
"The Great Cat Massacre" by Patrick Wilder
"The Greenhouse At Dark" by John Ludwick
"The Heavens and the Earth" by Nicholas Paxton
"The Hole Story" by Joe Veix
"THE LEGEND OF GISHEE ISLAND" by Andy Kaknevicius
"The Lycan" by Paula Cantillo
"The Masque of the Red Death" by Nyah Gazda
"The Middle" by Sylvia Ray
"The New Jacks" by Amondre D. Jackson
"The Quiet Fire" by Christopher McGuinness
"THE SALESMAN" by Adam Seidel
"The Seer" by Matthew Karges
"The Unraveling" by Samantha Mallory
"The Witch Queen" by Dayna Noffke
"The Year The World Ended" by Jacqueline Xerri
"This Is How It Ends" by Melia Gabriel
"Tight-Knit" by Samantha Duncan
"TITCH" by Jody Matzer
"To Skye" by Erin Macdonald
"To the Future Miss Overlord Supreme" by Carter Dupree Johnson
"Tomorrow Is a Long Time" by Jesse Mays Robinson
"Topher & Nate & The Invaders From Mars" by Ryan Dooley
"Two Kids in a Trench Coat" by Noah Glenn
"Unbound" by Renn Tan
"Undertow" by GABRIELLE NEHRING
"Undocumented Minors" by Weiyang Liu
"Unmarked" by Christina Tucker
"VALCO" by Michael Albanese
"VOLATILES" by Dominique Saint Malo
"Welcome to America" by Weiyang Liu
"West with the Night" by Ellen M. Puff
"When Pigs Fly" by Terry Podnar
"When the Goats Came" by Rali Chaouni
"White Knuckling" by Jim Woods
"Wrong Number Scam" by Nick Fuller
"XOVA7" by Quanah Hicks
"Yahoo Boy" by Wendy Bednarz
"You Are Going to Die Tomorrow" by Elise Felber
Pilots:
"American Import (TV Pilot)" by Steven Shehori
"Anna's Business" by Ksenia Tolmazin
"Anotha Fifteen Minutes" by Jon Vaude
"APEX" by Ned Farr
"Arlington Dreamers" by Erik Bostedt
"Baby Steps" by Julia Delmedico
"Baby Steps" by Maggie Stiggers
"BASED AND REDPILLED SIGMA SAMURAI" by Nicolas Rose
"Be Bold!" by Ruby Mainieri
"Beauty In Chaos" by Caitie Eddy
"BLACK DEATH" by Cam Smith
"Blood & Whiskey" by Tom Basis and Brandon McArdle
"Broken: Bathwater Edition: 'The Boiler, The Broken, and The Bounty'" by Zachary Vickers
"Brooklyn Blacks" by Briaunna Caver
"CLASS" by Kalaiah Vaughn
"COLOR OF LAW" by Aaron Clark
"Crescent Sun (Pilot Script)" by LaDarrion Williams
"Disco Inferno" by Oliver Woolf
"Division 5" by Tim Furlong
"Do No Harm" by Josh Bing
"Easter Eggs" by Ally Gilfeather
"Gay as in Happy" by Olivia Miller
"Happytown, Inc." by Rosalind Grush
"Holy Cleats" by Faith Dismuke
"I AM THE STORM" by Sara Hallowell and Arabella Field
"In the Kitchen with Iris" by Lynnette Kraft
"In the Margins" by Ray-Alan Cameron
"In The Moorland" by Jon Addison
"Island Kingdom" by Hiroshi Mori
"Jekyll" by Logan Porter
"Jesus One-Stop" by Frederik Ehrhardt
"Kingdoms Come" by Olga Holtz
"LADY M." by Sara Hallowell
"LAND EATER" by Zachary Vickers
"Late Bloomers" by Kyle Kennan
"Mattress Store Assassin" by Christopher Loveland
"Mayor of the Ghetto: The Bunchy Carter Story" by Jayson Aaron and Jetpack Jones
"Mel's Bar" by Shannon Kelley
"Mother of Vice" by Emily Lerer
"No Shortcut to Freedom" by Rita Cornelia Reinecker
"OPEN" by Daniela Saioni and Paul Hopkins
"Paper Dreams" by RB Vigneshwar
"Precursor" by Steve Brown
"RUBICON" by Matthew Casado
"Saving Madame Keira" by Carter Adkins and Jack Sentell
"SHOW THEM ALL" by Amanda Cole
"Teacher of the Year" by Joseph Mau
"The 411" by Allyson Morgan
"The Appointed" by Sidney Bottino
"The Asteria Project" by Nell Ovitt
"The Atlanta Way" by Tony Lucadamo
"The BattleGround" by teri elam
"The Broker" by Travis Gonzalez
"The Chronicles Of A Retired Hitman" by Hunter Freedom
"The Grifter" by Jon Vaude
"The King of Kansas City" by Christopher Loveland
"The Last Resort" by Jim Bishop
"The Precipice" by Olga Holtz
"The Spirit of '76" by Jerry Jerome
"The Temp" by Devi Snively
"The X Factor" by Stoyan Popov
"TRACER" by Julia Campanelli
"True Delta" by Snowden Wright
"Versus" by Alex Marsha Sylvia
"Woodpeck County" by Frank Vallarelli
"Work Life Balance" by Kaleigh Fitzgerald
"WORLDS APART" by Thomas Gaunt
Short Films:
"13 Steps" by Loren Davis
"A Crying Shame" by Allie Duke
"A6" by Akevo Jenkins
"Abby Needs a Friend" by Jennifer McMurtry
"Almost Human" by Bernhard Riedhammer
"Becca" by Neil Wishman
"Bridge in the Distance" by Clarence Holmes Jr
"Broken Windows" by Ashley Rebecca Farley
"Bug Man" by Nell Ovitt
"Bullseye" by Riley Scott
"Can You See Me?" by Klaartje Pedersen
"Career Day" by Devin Hylton
"Cheekbit" by William Winston
"CLIPPED" by Sara Shelton
"Demon" by Patrick Saleh-torres
"Elixir" by CR Sherman
"Embellecimiento" by Jeremy Bradford
"Empty House" by Sheida Sheikhha
"Even Hell Don't Want You" by Tiffany Cherry White
"Fern" by Carly MacIsaac
"Fishbowl" by Alessandra Bautze
"Honda Boy Brian" by Chiahao Chou
"How Thick is Blood" by Kay Gleaton
"Into the Desert" by Robert Armanyous
"Jamil's Delivery" by Stefan Nachtsheim
"Just a Foolish Thing" by Ariel Raines
"Las Maldecidas (The Cursed)" by Alycya Magana
"Likeness" by Micheline Wu
"Long Way Home" by TERRY PODNAR
"MAKING WAVES" by Joseph Drew Larimore
"Marigold Leaves Her Body" by Adesola Thomas
"Mine To Keep" by Alia Zeid
"My Best Friend, Shane" by Christian Meier
"My Friend, Body" by Aleisha D. Hull
"NOMAD" by Brentson Buckner
"NOT WITHOUT LAUGHTER" by Jermaine Manigault
"On Sundays" by Samantha Soule
"On The 49th Day" by Angela Healin Kweon
"Party Hearse" by Neil Wishman
"Retro" by Ashley Casperite
"Rolling in the Deep" by Kim Richardson
"SAILORS, KISSING IN THE DANCE HALL" by Suzanne Griffin
"Scars That Define Us" by Edward Worthy
"Silent Song" by Jon Lee-Vroman
"Skirt That Bleeds" by Abhishek Mishrra
"Spoon Fed" by Ria Ashley Vieira
"Stranger From Leviathan" by Laura Hou
"Take The Pill" by Ina Espiritu
"The Art of Fencing" by Laura Davies
"THE DEER" by Julia Campanelli
"The Evil That Men Do" by Steve Hanisch
"The Hollywood Martyr" by Marco A Castaneda
"The Inspection" by Thomas Bauer
"The Job" by Alfred Price
"The Naughty List" by Brandon Osterman and Thomas Bell
"The Perfect Fit" by Faith Dismuke
"The Scream of the Butterfly" by Ariya Akhavan and Anjini Taneja Azhar
"The Sketch" by Katelynn Burns
"The Survivor" by Kevin Machate
"The Untamed" by Olga Holtz
"They Came for Me" by Douglas Lieberman
"Tom's Diner" by Christie Glascoe
"Tresses" by Saeid Ghasemi and ATEFEH SALEHI
"Tribulation TT with Kyp Kyp Levoux" by PETER DARCHUK
"Ultimate-Ultimate" by Stephanie Matarazzo and Alix Efaw
"White Light / White Heat" by Warren Myers
"WORTHY OF LIFE" by Allison Norlian and Judith Rubin
"YIELD" by Ned Farr
Learn more about the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay competition here