2025 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Winners Announced!
ATLANTA, GA (March 7, 2025)— The Atlanta Film Society is pleased to present the 2025 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Winners. Chosen from 1,106 total submissions, the following three feature film screenplays, one pilot, and one short represent this year's competition's finest and best entries. The authors will receive 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 take a look at the synopsis of their scripts:
Feature Screenplays
Xiayang Li - A-MA // Los Angeles, CA
(96 pages // Drama)
Synopsis: Faye, an ex-addict who vows to mend her ways, must deal with her overbearing mother and her senile grandmother A-Ma. As her gang-affiliated friend pressures her into drug deals to repay unsettled debts, Faye finds herself entangled in the web of danger. When things couldn’t get any worse, A-Ma’s dark secrets plunge her into chaos beyond her wildest imagination.
Sarah Peele - PURE INTENTIONS // Brooklyn, NY
(99 pages // Comedy)
Synopsis: Two evangelical teens in 90’s rural Missouri set out to buy vibrators in a misguided attempt to remain pure. (They’re not touching themselves if they use a vibrator, right?) With their church’s inaugural father-daughter purity ball fast approaching, EMILY and KARA sweet talk “slutty” upperclassman – and sworn enemy – JADE into driving them to the Big City (suburban mall) to buy back massagers (vibrators) in exchange for one for herself. This simple errand snowballs into an epic quest that leaves each girl questioning the very nature of sin, sex, and girlhood.
Alex Parkinson - RIDE OR DIE // Atlanta, GA
(105 pages // Comedy)
Synopsis: Fred, Tom, Pete, and Gerald are lifelong friends. Facing middle age, they discover the joys of stopping at the local coffee shop after an intense ride together through their neighborhood. But when a group of women cyclists, led by middle-aged mean girl Carla, insults Gerald and challenges the guys to a cycling showdown to win the coveted patio tables at their local coffee shop, Fred must improve his cycling game to keep Tom from losing his shit and from dismantling their peloton forever.
Pilot Screenplay - Television (One-hour)
Briaunna Caver - BROOKLYN BLACKS // Clovis, CA
(58 pages // Other)
Synopsis: Shayla Black, an incoming college freshman unconsciously burdened with grief, decides on a whim to visit her estranged relatives for a wedding. When the expensive 3-tier cake is stolen, Shayla and her unpredictable cousin Shadé must search the city of Brooklyn to find it and save what’s left of the wedding.
