2024 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Winners

The Atlanta Film Society is pleased to present the 2024 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Winners. The following pilot, short, and three feature film screenplays are the chosen few from a pool of 1,555 submissions. These winning authors will receive a cash prize for their phenomenal work and invaluable mentorship opportunities to hone their craft and strategize the next steps in their careers. Please join us in congratulating these impressive authors and wishing them well as they continue their journey in the film industry.

Feature Screenplay Winners

Belonging - Liz Fields

HEARTRACE - Will Bermender

Lo & Em - Claire Audrey Aguayocan

Pilot Screenplay Winner

Gallatin - Ryan Skinner

Short Screenplay Winner

Handle With Care - Allison Orr Block

2024 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Finalists

The Atlanta Film Society is pleased to present the 2024 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Finalists. Chosen from 1,555 total submissions, the following 50 feature film screenplays, 15 pilots, and 15 shorts represent the top 3% 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 wish them well as the programming team continues to narrow this list down to 5 Winning Scripts!

Feature Screenplay Finalists

Adventures in Serial Killing - Jack Warner

Alien America - Gorby Mufan Shih

Aubrei from La Veta - Sam Ellison

Belonging - Liz Fields

But We Slept Soundly - Jake Kolton, Audrey Findlay

Cradle - Harriet Bramwell

Divorce, Marry, Kill - Alex Watson

Feedback - Jeffrey Dinghua Lei

HEARTRACE - Will Bermender

HOMESTALKER - Olivia Jampol

Hot Naked Mess - Jonathan Dillon, Sascha Alexander

Lo & Em - Claire Audrey Aguayo

Manongs - Mariel Madrid, Keone Madrid

Neat Freak - Christopher Glass

REMEDIATION - Conner Marie Allen

Rule Of Law - Eric Johnson

Sel De Mer "Sea Salt" - Jacqueline Cloake

The Hare - Bryson Edmondson

The Hazard Room - Mike Cymanski

The Struggle is Reel - Jennifer Tomlin

Pilot Screenplay Finalists

A Lost Lady - Pilot: "A Spark" - Holly Michelle Swenson

Akata - Stephanie Obadare, Caroline Gordon-Elliott

America Rise, America Fall - Giovanni Taveras

Gallatin - Ryan Skinner

Like You Stole It - Stacey Russell

MADS - Jan Pearson

McAllen - Michael Chludzinski

Run Red - Felicity R Landa

SIMORGH - Farzin Farzam

The Backrooms - Jon Addison

The Detail - Jonah Einstein

The Girl with the Devil Eyes - Toby Marks

The Local - Mark Naccarato

The Skipper - Telsyn Doucette

The subtle artGaia Kim Bartolini - Nick Habal

Short Screenplay Finalists

April and Mr. Stockman - Montgomery Burt

Become the Wounded - Gabe Berry

Bittersweet - Alec Gutherz

Bomb Ass Boss(es) - Shanice Williamson

Chosen - Michelle Farley

Curtain Call - Taylor Rankin

ELLIOTT - Shaun Radecki

Ghomeeda - Aya Mheidly

Handle With Care - Allison Orr Block

I DO MY BEST NOT TO REMEMBER THAT TIME MY BASEBALL CARD TRIED TO DESTROY MY LIFE - Shaun Radecki

Iron Fist - Kagure Kabue

Mouse - Michael Clifton

The 25th Annual Tucker High Talent Show - Evan Deis

The Rusty Nail - John Acquaviva

Togs - William Winston

2024 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Semifinalists

The Atlanta Film Society is pleased to present the 2024 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Semifinalists. Chosen from 1,555 total submissions, the following 80 feature film screenplays, 42 pilots, and 32 shorts represent the top 10% 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 wish them well as the programming team continues to narrow this list down to the Finalists and eventually to 5 Winning Scripts!

Feature Screenplay Semifinalists

10 Days In A Madhouse - Nicola Pittam

A Shooting Star - Jack Coady

Adventures in Serial Killing - Jack Warner

Afterwards - Lauren Grant

Alien America - Gorby Mufan Shih

Askari - Christiaan Smit

Aubrei from La Veta - Sam Ellison

Belonging - Liz Fields

Bike Lane Ends - Noah Glenn

Black Sheep - Mimi Lee

Bloom - James Lamp II

Braddock - Gregory Caruso

But Some of Us Are Brave - Jainaba Seckan

But We Slept Soundly - Jake Kolton, Audrey Findlay

Chosen - Cosmo Wallace

Classmates - Matthew Schlissel

Cling - AARON WARNER

Contained - Jennifer Wilton

Cradle - Harriet Bramwell

Crayola Zen - Mike Green

CRIME WAVE - Tammy Klembith, George Klembith

Dadwatch - Eric Stern, Joshua Mann

Diary of a Failed Minister's Daughter - Susie Mendoza

Divorce, Marry, Kill - Alex Watson

East Jesus - Duane Graves

Fade In, Fade Out - Rob Levinson

Feedback - Jeffrey Dinghua Lei

Fright Masks - Stephen Polakiewicz

Globulous - Flax Glor

HEARTRACE - Will Bermender

HOMESTALKER - Olivia Jampol

Hot Naked Mess - Jonathan Dillon, Sascha Alexander

If You're Lucky They'll Believe Every Word - Cameron Linly Robinson

Lo & Em - Claire Audrey Aguayo

Manongs - Mariel Madrid, Keone Madrid

Mud Simple - Austin Alward

Neat Freak - Christopher Glass

Oh Sickie! - julien wagner

Ouroboros - Red Davis

Over the Hill - Laura Kemp

Powdered Sugar - Tyler Gibbons

Problematic - Jerry J Sampson

Quran Camp - Samah Meghjee

REMEDIATION - Conner Marie Allen

Riddle - Shiva Ramanathan

Road Closure - John Cerrito

Roe Island - Hanna Hedqvist

Rule Of Law - Eric Johnson

Sel De Mer "Sea Salt" - Jacqueline Cloake

Senseless Confidential - Martin Bannon Beaudet

Serotinous - Terra Mackintosh

She Becomes Pedro Infante - J.K. Zepeda

Shelby - Brian Ruberry

Shot Clock - King Lu

Sixty Days Is Forever - Jeff Fletcher

Sludge - Jen Butler

Sonoran - Jack Aupperle

Stand Up - Eric Meltzer

Starchildren - Michael Anthony De Toffoli

Stranded - Jen Boxall

Survivor Duty - Kyle Curry

The Blur - Dean Farell Bruggeman

The Fallen - Gabrielle Nehring

The Hare - Bryson Edmondson

The Hazard Room - Mike Cymanski

The Knowledge of Good & Evil - Luke Edward

The Last Blockbuster - Justin Miller, Jeremiah Castleman

The Show Must Go On - Bret Miller

The Struggle is Reel - Jennifer Tomlin

The Taking of North Pole 1-2-3 - Robert Husted

The Untold Story of the Titanic - Willie Mae Kent

Thirstygirl - Alexandra Qin

This is Pablo - Sammie Rose

Three Sheets to the Wind - Sean Pedersen

Twisted Justice - Joel McElvaney

Us, Unlikely - Tricia Lee

Victor - Aaron Huckleberry

Watermelon, Watermelon, Watermelon - Calvin Claudio

Willa - Elizabeth Myer

Pilot Screenplay Semifinalists

A Black Girl's Guide... - Aadrise Johnson

A Lost Lady - Pilot: "A Spark" - Holly Michelle Swenson

Akata - Stephanie Obadare, Caroline Gordon-Elliott

America Rise, America Fall - Giovanni Taveras

BAD B "The Glamour Profession" - Jan Arnold

Bear Frat - Pilot - Will Moro

CRIMSON TIES - Jackie Quinones

Do I Belong Here? - Teri Rusike

Flipped - Justin Alicastro

FRUITFUL - Jessica McLaughlin

Fundies TV Pilot - Jessica Furniss

Gallatin - Ryan Skinner

Gigantica - Duane Smith, Stefane Barbeau

Good Bones - Brooke Becker

Grace and the Aliens - Jennica Johnson

Guardians Of The Pacific - Derek Quick (Negane Meno)

Like You Stole It - Stacey Russell

MADS - Jan Pearson

McAllen - Michael Chludzinski

Morlock - Anthony Povah

Pandora - Jeff Bower

PETROL GIRLS - Jade Maitre

Protocol One - Geoffrey Colo

Run Red - Felicity R Landa

SIMORGH - Farzin Farzam

Snack Shack - Kate Kowalski

The Age of the Empath - Steve Brown

The Backrooms - Jon Addison

The Detail - Jonah Einstein

The Fugitive Game - Martha Swetzoff

The Ginger Seeds of Loxahatchee - Nik Prietus

The Girl with the Devil Eyes - Toby Marks

The Great Balgair - Faith Dismuke

The Last Cabin Left on Old Sycamore Lane - Michael Rakoff

The Local - Mark Naccarato

The Sessions - Pilot episode - Alexander Julian

The Skipper - Telsyn Doucette

The subtle art - Gaia Kim Bartolini, Nick Habal

The Talking Animals - Andrew Gitomer

THE TWO OF US - Alison Balnar

WENCH Pilot Script - Aaveen Marandi, Tommy Miller

Short Screenplay Semifinalists

A Tempo - Lorelai Jo-hsuan Lin

Algorithm and Blues - Jamie Benson

April and Mr. Stockman - Montgomery Burt

Become the Wounded - Gabe Berry, Amir Zargara

Bittersweet - Alec Gutherz

Bomb Ass Boss(es) - Shanice Williamson

Byrdie's Call - Connor Austin Jones

Chosen - Michelle Farley

Curtain Call - Taylor Rankin

ELLIOTT - Shaun Radecki

First Sunrise - Healin Kweon

Ghomeeda - Aya Mheidly

Good Evening, Marshall (Good Evening, Geraldine) - Jessica Mosher

Handle With Care - Allison Orr Block

Homogeneous - Nicky Rudolph Calloway

Hook and Swing - Dana Hawthorne

I DO MY BEST NOT TO REMEMBER THAT TIME MY BASEBALL CARD TRIED TO DESTROY MY LIFE - Shaun Radecki

In With the Storm - Cara Marshall

Iron Fist - Kagure Kabue

Lead Sandwich - andre salloom

Life and Death are spelled the same - Neil Knox

Mouse - Michael Clifton

Paper Monsters - Michael Clifton

Pumpkin Goulash - Yvette Farmer

The 25th Annual Tucker High Talent Show - Evan Deis

The Late Shift - Hallie Reese Kostrencich

The Rusty Nail - John Acquaviva

Thirteen Mountains - Lauren James

Togs - William Winston

Witness to Breath - Doug Conant

Woman in the Wood - B Maddox

2024 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists

The Atlanta Film Society is pleased to present the 2024 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists. Chosen from 1,555 total submissions, the following 199 feature film screenplays, 107 pilots, and 82 shorts represent the top twenty 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 wish them well as the programming team continues to narrow this list down to the Semifinalists, Finalists, and eventually to 5 Winning Scripts!

Feature Screenplay Quarterfinalists

#ViralQuest - Jennifer Sumbu Longe, Rhea Mary Oommen
10 Days In A Madhouse - Nicola Pittam
603 - Emily Prescott
A Dead Name I Love - Eric MacKinnon Johnson
A Flower in the Concrete - Khiray Richards
A Love Dream - Allison Betts
A Shooting Star - Jack Coady
Adventures in Serial Killing - Jack Warner
Afterwards - Lauren Grant
Alien America - Gorby Mufan Shih
All I Am - Rick Kline
All In! - MICHAEL GREENE
An Occurrence at Burger Bueno - Ty Herrell
And Justice For All - Carlos Perez
Andy Warhol Must Die! - Graham Lee
Askari - Christiaan Smit
Aubrei from La Veta - Sam Ellison
Backwaters - Jeffrey Craine
Becca Goes Back - Julie Kraut
Belonging - Liz Fields
Beneath the Creek - Christopher Massey
Bike Lane Ends - Noah Glenn
Black Sheep - Mimi Lee
Bloom - James Lamp II
Braddock - Gregory Caruso
But Some of Us Are Brave - Jainaba Seckan
But We Slept Soundly - Jake Kolton, Audrey Findlay
Celestials - Jennifer Sumbu Longe, Rhea Mary Oommen
Chosen - Cosmo Wallace
Christmas With K'Landre - Shahine Ezell
Classmates - Matthew Schlissel
Clearwater - Heather McDonald
Cling - AARON WARNER
Contained - Jennifer Wilton
Cool Uncle - J. Brian
Cradle - Harriet Bramwell
Crayola Zen - Mike Green
CRIME WAVE - Tammy Klembith, George Klembith
Dadwatch - Eric Stern, Joshua Mann
Dark Horizon - Annique Arredondo
DEADBEAT - Lauren BrownDegeneration - Richard Williams
Diary of a Failed Minister's Daughter - Susie Mendoza
DICK - Omeed Boghraty
Divorce, Marry, Kill - Alex Watson
Double Crossed - F. F. Mormanni
Down At The Val - Neil Goodchild
Dreams of My Mother - Marcus Smith
Dry by Midnight - Dustin Cook, Gregory Caruso
Dust Devil - Mark Bankins
DUTOPIA_ - Richard Marks
East Jesus - Duane Graves
Emotional Intelligence - Nicholas Roth
Fade In, Fade Out - Rob Levinson
Falling Up - Stephanie Drapeau
Feedback - Jeffrey Dinghua Lei
Fifteen Divide - Ramona Taylor, Josh Katz
Final Dress - Greg Beam, Kim McKean
Final Resting Place - Linda Fisher
Football Story - Richard Curtis
Fright Masks - Stephen Polakiewicz
G.O.D. OS - David Christopher Loya
Glass House - Amy Mednick
Globulous - Flax Glor
Golden Hour - James Buzzo
Good F*ck Charm - Isabelle Davis
GRAVEL - DT Houston
GRIEF CAMP - Sabrina Saleha
HEARTRACE - Will Bermender
HOMESTALKER - Olivia Jampol
Hot Naked Mess - Jonathan Dillon, Sascha Alexander
House Hunt - Greg Fortier
Huelensmond (Huelen's Moon) - J.K. Zepeda
If You're Lucky They'll Believe Every Word - Cameron Linly Robinson
Jeff Bezos 007 - Justin Reager, Shane Spiegel
Kitty - Brandon David Deyette, Emmy Morgan
L.O.B.E. - David Hunter Fein
Leila - Faryarsadat Hosseini
Liberty - Chris Lawing
Limelight - Terence Nigel Fisher
Little Mouse - Goldie Jones
Lo & Em - Claire Audrey Aguayo
Lost in a Book - Greg Bosworth
Madness - Chris Poore
Make It Happen. - Adrian Sterling
Mammoth - Robert Buscemi
Manongs - Mariel Madrid, Keone Madrid
Mason - Kevin Waite
Merde' - Kimberly Samon
Mud Simple - Austin Alward
Muddy Shoes Patrik Krivanek - Laurie Weltz
My Elvis - John Burdeaux
My Idiot Sister - Michael Basha
My Lovely Neighbors - Jake Buczewski
My Real Imaginary Friends - Kyle Rizor
Neat Freak - Christopher Glass
Nine Dead Cats - David Huante
None Of This Is Okay - Jonathan Castoro
Oberlin - J.P. Johnston
Obsession - Jason White
Oh Sickie! - julien wagner
Oh, Great Cosmic Master! - Kyle Spleiss
Oh, You Poor Thing - John Nugent
One Night in Purgatory - Robert Husted
Only Apparently Real - Michael Richter
Ouroboros - Red Davis
Over the Hill - Laura Kemp
Powdered Sugar - Tyler Gibbons
Problematic - Jerry J Sampson
Quran Camp - Samah Meghjee
Reformation - Stephen Morgan-MacKay, Stefan Alexander
REMEDIATION - Conner Marie Allen
Revival - Abby Selden
Riddle - Shiva Ramanathan
Road Closure - John Cerrito
Robin With The Red Nails - Lance Marshall
Rockpaw - Nora Delyra
Roe Island - Hanna Hedqvist
Rule Of Law - Eric Johnson
Scale - Chris Cameron
Scent of Marigold - Lily Malm, Laila Matuk
Searching for Marceau - Dan Abramovici
Secret Sun - Christian Maxwell, James Clark
Sel De Mer "Sea Salt" - Jacqueline Cloake
Senseless Confidential - Martin Bannon Beaudet
Serotinous - Terra Mackintosh
Sexy Little Murder - Alise Morales, Bailey Belzora
She Becomes Pedro Infante - J.K. Zepeda
SHE'S ALL RIGHT - Shon Keane, Melanie Williams Oram
Shelby - Brian Ruberry
Short Time - Anthony Zonfrelli
Shot Clock - King Lu
Sixty Days Is Forever - Jeff Fletcher
Sleeping with Strangers - Genie Leslie
Sludge - Jen Butler
Son of a Preacher Man - P.J. Palmer
Son of Africa - George Tarr
Sonoran - Jack Aupperle
Spy Bros - Jared Pettit, Jason Felix
Stand Up - Eric Meltzer
Starchildren - Michael Anthony De Toffoli
Stranded - Jen Boxall
Stripper Moms - Tricia Horvath
Superunknown - Sean Hennessy, Mike Hennessy
Surrogate - Jon Sanhueza
Survivor Duty - Kyle Curry
Swimming in T-Shirts - Matt Foss
TARO: Legend of Japan - Blue Spruell
The Blur - Dean Farell Bruggeman
The Chötgör - Max Rissman
The Fallen - Gabrielle Nehring
The Family Tree - Molly Clark
The Flip and the Dead - Greg Harvey
THE FOREVER HOTEL - Justin Ballheim
The Forever Moment - Greyson Wyatt
The Golem of Cotopaxi - Arnon Shorr
The Hare - Bryson Edmondson
The Hazard Room - Mike Cymanski
The Knowledge of Good & Evil - Luke Edward
The Last Blockbuster - Justin Miller, Jeremiah Castleman
The Life of Cockroaches - Gillian Croft
THE MORON - Kevin J. Howard
The Most Marvelous Man In The World - Khris Burton, Colin Scott
The Sheep - Ed Wiles
The Show Must Go On - Bret Miller
The Skin Rippers - Daniel William Pero
The Slashelorette - Anthony Zonfrelli
The Struggle is Reel - Jennifer Tomlin
The Summons - Mike Robinson
The Taking of North Pole 1-2-3 - Robert Husted
The Timeline - David Mokriski
The Untold Story of the Titanic - Willie Mae Kent
The Verge of Seas - Albert M. Chan
THE WARDROBE - Peter Noel
THE WITCHES' CRADLE - Tammy Klembith
The Woman at the Lake - Chris Inekhomon
Them Monsters - Simon Cheyne
They came for us from outer space - Gabriel Verdugo
Thirstygirl - Alexandra Qin
This is Pablo - Sammie Rose
Three Sheets to the Wind - Sean Pedersen
TILLY'S PROMISE - James Dillon
Token - Tristan Griffin
Toni and the Wolf - Elizabeth Corbett
TOWNIE - Suemedha Sood
Twisted Justice - Joel McElvaney
Us, Unlikely - Tricia Lee
Vengeance Airlines - Charlie Matthes, Hunt Holman
Victor - Aaron Huckleberry
Watermelon, Watermelon, Watermelon - Calvin Claudio
Wedding Day - Jason Stefaniak
West Texas Holiday - Matt Foss
Where the Wildflowers Grow - Robyn Bankston
Whuchu Boy - Edward Varnie
Willa - Elizabeth Myer
Wisteria - Adam Lapallo
Xena & Jonny - Robert Latham Brown, Ryan Schube
Yankee Bwoy - Ricardo Sean Thompson
Zitkála-Šá - Robert Jackson

Pilot Screenplay Quarterfinalists

A Black Girl's Guide…- Aadrise Johnson
A Lost Lady - Pilot: "A Spark" - Holly Michelle Swenson
A Sorcerer’s Apprentice - Autumn Cavender, Scott Ryan
After School Special - Matthew Hoch, Navaris Darson
Akata - Stephanie Obadare, Caroline Gordon-Elliott
ALMOST SIX - Suzan Mikiel
America Rise, America Fall - Giovanni Taveras
AVERAGE MAN - Jessie Gill
Awakening - Brian J Leitten
BAD B "The Glamour Profession" - Jan Arnold
BAD SOVIET - Nik Sysuev
Base Reality - Gregory Clark
Bear Frat - Pilot - Will Moro
Beneath Broadway - Gerardo Maravilla
Black Caesar - Amanda Prentiss
Brainspotting - Chelsea Spirito
BSMT - Annette Evans
Cain - Tricia Horvath
Camp Psychopathways - Danny Galvin, Brad Pike
Cancelled? - Thomas Ferguson
Colonial Times - Taylor Tobin
CRIMSON TIES - Jackie Quinones
CROW - Matilda Corley Schulman
Dance for Eternity - Gage Feraud
Do I Belong Here? - Teri Rusike
Dreamwalker - Jeremy Hsing
Exposed - Natalie G. Bergman
Flipped - Justin Alicastro
Fundies TV Pilot - Jessica Furniss
Gallatin - Ryan Skinner
Gigantica - Duane Smith, Stefane Barbeau
Good Bones - Brooke Becker
Grace and the Aliens - Jennica Johnson
Guardians Of The Pacific - Derek Quick, Negane Meno
Happy World - Nick Eagles, Brandon Shell
Humanely Human - Ryan Dellaquila
Hunches - Robert Husted
I Love Losalind - Rosalind Grush
I'm Not Dead, I'm Dreaming - Peter Petralia
Immaculate - Jessica McLaughlin
Jesus One-Stop - Frederik Ehrhardt
Liberté - Keya Hall
Lift - Allison Orr Block
Like You Stole It - Stacey Russell
Little Girl Grown - Kate Harpootlian
Love, Mary Todd - Bixby Elliot
MADS - Jan Pearson
McAllen - Michael Chludzinski
Midway - Sarah Ward
Morlock - Anthony Povah
Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington - Justin Appleton
Nepantla - Josue Hernandez
Novel Romance - Phoebe Zimmerer, Lauren Ferebee
Pandora - Jeff Bower
PETROL GIRLS - Jade Maitre
Praise - Megan Hayes
Protocol One - Geoffrey Colo
Rat City - Ally Gilfeather
Reuben - Nella Dudova
Run Red - Felicity R Landa
Scene Queen - Annique Arredondo
SIMORGH - Farzin Farzam
Skin Contact - Molly Rydzel
Snack Shack - Kate Kowalski
SPACE COWBOYS - Chris Keppel
Street Knowledge - Greg Sawicki, Brian Miller
Swishy - Christina Wren
The Age of the Empath - Steve Brown
The Backrooms - Jon Addison
The Bane of Monsters - Maya Churi
THE BLACK SWAN FILES - Tricia Cerrone
The Book of Raquel - Olga Holtz
The Control Problem - Sam J Alper
The Countess: The Death of Dante Edmonds - Diana Densmore
The Detail - Jonah Einstein
The Fugitive Game - Martha Swetzoff
The Ginger Seeds of Loxahatchee - Nik Prietus
The Girl with the Devil Eyes - Toby Marks
The Great Balgair - Faith Dismuke
The Informer - Coli Sylla
The Inspector Reboots - Mark Renshaw
The Last Cabin Left on Old Sycamore Lane - Michael Rakoff
The Local - Mark Naccarato
The Nightshift - Shiv B
the pod - Saraphina Redalieu
The Pressure Point - Nik Prietus
THE PROTECTOR - Kevin J. Howard
The Sands - Hannah Looney, Jason Cortez
The Sessions: Pilot episode - Alexander Julian
The Skipper - Telsyn Doucette
The subtle art - Gaia Kim Bartolini, Nick Habal
The Talking Animals - Andrew Gitomer
THE THREE OF US - Janna Jilnina
THE TWO OF US - Alison Balnar
The Way You Look Tonight - John Cerrito
The Wrestling Show - JULIE HARRISON-HARNEY
TIN KICKERS - Ned Farr
Trying - Maggie Stiggers
Valley Dicks - Sam Allemang
WAR DOG - Edward Dawson
Welcome to Dalwood - Joshua Young
WENCH Pilot Script - Aaveen Marandi, Tommy Miller
When I Dance… - Kyle Landgraf
Wolf's Head - Samuel Anderson
Y'allywood - Christian Noël
Youtopia - Danny Galvin, Brad Pike

Short Screenplay Quarterfinalists

A Friend of Your Mom’s - Joe Miles
A Man in the Dark - Sean Hennessy
A Tempo - Lorelai Jo-hsuan Lin
A toothbrush story - Rodrigo Figueiredo
Albert's Mile - Michael Mau
Algorithm and Blues - Jamie Benson
All The Time - Mars Hogan
Ambient Light - H.Cherdon Bedford
And I'll Dream of Sheep - Isabella Vargas
April and Mr. Stockman - Montgomery Burt
Art's Domain - Shaun Radecki
Assimilated - Christopher Guerrero
Bearbatfrankenstein - Shaun Radecki
Become the Wounded - Gabe Berry, Amir Zargara
Bite Marks - Rachel Debolski
Bittersweet - Alec Gutherz
Bomb Ass Boss(es) - Shanice Williamson
Byrdie's Call - Connor Austin Jones
Chosen - Michelle Farley
Chrome Plated - Sarah Ward
Cicada - Yoo-Jin Oh
Colored - Sam Henderson, Ryan Romine
Curtain Call - Taylor Rankin
ELLIOTT - Shaun Radecki
Encore - Garrett Detrixhe
Feed the Brute - Corsica Wilson
First Sunrise - Healin Kweon
Freeborn - Shane Harbinson
Gasablanca - Cody Sousa, D.J. O'Connor
Ghomeeda - Aya Mheidly
Good Evening, Marshall (Good Evening, Geraldine) - Jessica Mosher
Grace - Andrew Smith
Handle With Care - Allison Orr Block
Homogeneous - Nicky Rudolph Calloway
Hook and Swing - Dana Hawthorne
I DO MY BEST NOT TO REMEMBER THAT TIME MY BASEBALL CARD TRIED TO DESTROY MY LIFE - Shaun Radecki
In With the Storm - Cara Marshall
Iron Fist - Kagure Kabue
Joaquin - Adán Almaraz
Junie Junie - Anna Krieske
Lady of the Light - Sara K. Murphy
Lead Sandwich - andre salloom
Life and Death are spelled the same - Neil Knox
LINKED HEARTS - Kathleen Hof
Little Tokyo Story - Kyung-Ja Lee
Love Is Strange - David Tiritilli
Masking - Joel McElvaney
Mattress-cide - Michael Johnston
Mouse - Michael Clifton
MY BLONDE - Zardosht Afshari
Nova Hora - Francesco Capussela
Oh Happy Day! - Ivan Rome
Oh, Fuck Me - Steven Tralongo
One Day Lasts Three Autumns - Delfina Braverman
One Minute to Midnight - Joshua James, Kobe Sipp
Out - Jazmine Gibbs
Overtime - Pak Hin Phileas Cheung
Pal - Michael Mau
Paper Monsters - Michael Clifton
Perkins is Perfect - Maura May
Pumpkin Goulash - Yvette Farmer
Rules of the Game - Ian Griffin
Sin Eater - Corey Simpson
Slip - Lara Hill
Soap! - Sami Al Sharikh
SUGAR - Derek Nicoletto
Superman Doesn't Steal - Tamika Lamison
The 25th Annual Tucker High Talent Show - Evan Deis
The Beholder - Ryan Lee Gregory
The Late Shift - Hallie Reese Kostrencich
The Ruby Blade - William Davies Golec
The Rusty Nail - John Acquaviva
The Untamed - Olga Holtz
These Fish Will Stop At Nothing - G Prevost
Thirteen Mountains - Lauren James
Three Rivers - Don DiPetta
Togs - William Winston
Wah Lau - Tanya Jade
WE ARE THE DEAD GIRLS - Kylie Boersma
What You Deserve - Juan Calix
WHY IT'S NEVER A GOOD IDEA TO BURN A CITY AND BLAME A COW - Shaun Radecki
Witness to Breath - Doug Conant
Woman in the Wood - B Maddox

2023 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Winners

With great pride, we, the Atlanta Film Society, formally declare the Winners of the 2023 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition. The following 5 Winning Scripts were chosen from 1,921 total submissions.

Feature Screenplay Winners

CHANCE BY UNFATHOMABLE FATE by Dmani Williams
FREAKNIK by Jon Vaude
THE SHIMMERS by Brendan Vogel & Ruth Sabin

Pilot Screenplay Winner

THE SPACE SUITS by Landon Ashworth

Short Screenplay Winner

I SEE YOU by Faith Dismuke

2023 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Finalists

The Atlanta Film Society is thrilled to announce the 2023 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Finalists. From 1,921 total submissions, there now remain only 18 feature film screenplays, 11 pilots, and 8 shorts. To call these 37 wonderful screenplays the lucky few still in competition would be a disservice to the amazing talent on the page, but we do hope you join us in wishing their authors nothing but luck and fortune with the rest of the competition and with their screenwriting careers!

Feature Screenplay Finalists

THE APPLICANTS by Justin Ballheim
ARACHNIFABULOUS by Brian "Crusty" Horgan
(A)SEXUAL AWAKENING by Henry Jarvis
CAPTAIN BLOOD by Kate Imy
CHANCE BY UNFATHOMABLE FATE by Dmani Williams
CUFFING SEASON by Jon Bershad
DEEP BLUE II: KASPAROV'S REVENGE by Ben Gottlieb
EASTERN SKIES by Andrew Liou
FRANK'S HEART by Marilynn Loveless
FREAKNIK by Jon Vaude
GOOD CHANCE by Tricia Lee
GOODBYE EVERYBODY by Benjamin Lewis
GRIEF LEECH by Shayna Hack
ORDINARY LIFE by Charlotte Alexander
THE PURPOSE OF A LIGHTHOUSE by Gabe Berry
SHADOWBOXING by Tsoanelo Rantsho & Logan Mitev
THE SHIMMERS by Brendan Vogel & Ruth Sabin
SHOOTING by Nathan Cabaniss

Pilot Screenplay Finalists

ARTHUR & LANCELOT by Victoria Zeutzius
BLACK NERD by Jon Carr
BUFORD HIGHWAY by Jordan Watland & Bahar Atvur
BUTCH by Rae Binstock
DOWNTOWN by Brian Stone
MOSTLY VIRGIN by Baldvin Kari & Ana Lazarevic
MR. DIY by Michael Johnston
THE PARC by Morgan Grice
THE PIRATE QUEEN by Nora-Jane Noone
THE SPACE SUITS by Landon Ashworth
YOUNGBLOODS by Stacey Russell

Short Screenplay Finalists

BREATHE by Mark Labella
I SEE YOU by Faith Dismuke
LEFT & LEAVING by Michael Mau
MAN UP FAIRY DUST by Christopher Schwartz
ONOURA by Chigozie Onyeaka
R.E.G.G.I.N by A. D. Smith
TODD KNOWS by Michael Buonocore
WALL by Erin Cantelo

2023 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Semifinalists

The Atlanta Film Society is happy to share the 193 screenplays advancing into the 2023 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Semifinals. The following 97 feature film scripts, 55 pilots, and 41 shorts represent the top 10% of the 1,921 total submissions. In addition to a cash prize, their authors are competing for an invaluable mentorship opportunity. Please help us celebrate the amazing accomplishment achieved, and wish these skilled scribes well as they continue to compete for the honor of being named Finalists and Winners!

Feature Screenplay Semifinalists

ACTAEON by Dustin Quinteros
ADA by Nora Jaenicke
(AM I) GAY FOR AMY? by Meghan Lennox
AMERICAN DREAMS by Tricia Lee & Corey Brown
APACHE by Adam Seidel
THE APPLICANTS by Justin Ballheim
ARACHNIFABULOUS by Brian "Crusty" Horgan
(A)SEXUAL AWAKENING by Henry Jarvis
AUGUST BEAUTY by Elisa Greenberg
BAD ROMANCE by Chad Wellinger
THE BANNER by Ernestina Juarez
BEETLE BABY by Asya Segalovich
BILL, GOD OF WAR by Caleb Dillon
BLACK IVORY by Adisa Septuri
BLOOD THIEF by Winnie Soldi
THE BODY OF CHRIS by Erin Brown Thomas
BOUNDARIES by Asad Farooqui
BURN PATTERN by Laura M. Kemp
BURY THE LEDE by Brianna Naderpour
CAPTAIN BLOOD by Kate Imy
CAVEAT EMPTOR by Ray Goldberg
CHANCE BY UNFATHOMABLE FATE by Dmani Williams
CHESTER HOUSE by Elvira Ibragimova
CHUM by John Cicco & Nathan Krieger
CONTINUED CARE by Gretchen Hopkirk
THE CRICKET by Gabe Berry
CUFFING SEASON by Jon Bershad
DEEP BLUE II: KASPAROV'S REVENGE by Ben Gottlieb
THE DEMON JOB by Robert Husted
DIAL IT BACK by Erin Elizabeth Keefer
DIVINE GIFTS by Hamidreza Rafatnejad
DO OVER by Sari Earl
DOG DAYS by Ryan Nielsen
DOPE FRIEND by Matt Ferrucci
EASTERN SKIES by Andrew Liou
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL by Suzie Bohannon
THE FINAL CUT by Chaseedaw Giles
FIND ME IN YOUR SMILE by Guilherme Viegas
FOR PHILLIP by Rob Seyk
FORGETTING JUPITER by Jeff Hindenach
FRANK'S HEART by Marilynn Loveless
FREAKNIK by Jon Vaude
FROM ABOVE by Ben Tedesco
THE GAME CHANGER by Jerry Reedy
GOOD CHANCE by Tricia Lee
GOODBYE EVERYBODY by Benjamin Lewis
GRIEF LEECH by Shayna Hack
GROW HOME by Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan
HOUSE ON FIRE by Donald Mitchell, Robert Goldberg, & James Goldberg
HUNGRY LITTLE CUBS by William Winston
I AM THE DRAGON KING by Storm Choi
IBU (MOTHER) by Kanya Iwana
IF THESE WALLS COULD SHUT UP by Gina DeAngelis
INTERBLOOM by Ari Dassa
THE ITCH by Jeremy Bradford
A JERSEY CHRISTMAS MOVIE by Laura Napoli & Brian Gene White
KEEPER by R.L. Hooker
KEESHA GOES TO CAMP by Rebecca Jordan Smith
KILLER CROSSOVER by Brandon Burkhart
LADY INTO FOX by R. H. Farrell
THE LAST INDIAN WAR by Michael Graf
THE LION MAKOI by Chad Mathews
THE LOCK - IN by Maalik Evans
MINISTER SPEER by Sven Anarki
MISCHIEF NIGHT by Peter Macaluso
MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE by Matthew Gomez
NOT HAUNTED by Katie Ennis
ODE TO ORANGE by Catherine Delaloye
OLD MAIDEN'S PRAYER by Grace Gao
ORDINARY LIFE by Charlotte Alexander
OUR LADY OF SORROWS by Karen Conley
THE PRECIPITATING EVENT by EmmaC.
THE PURPOSE OF A LIGHTHOUSE by Gabe Berry
RAISED BY DOGS by Christin Finch
REASONABLE by Jeremy Lloyd-Styles
REDACTED by Alexandra Redwood
REDEEMER'S LIGHT by Toyi Elizabeth
THE ROCK N' ROLL BROTHERS by Guil Parreiras
RUT by David Zaccaria
THE SECRET OF THE SMILE by Robin Russin
SHADOWBOXING by Tsoanelo Rantsho & Logan Mitev
THE SHIMMERS by Brendan Vogel & Ruth Sabin
SHOOTING by Nathan Cabaniss
SMALL TOWN by Gemma Addy
SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER by William Schreiber
STEPH by Oksana Prysiazhniuk
SUCKERS by Elena Welles
TAKE MY HAND by Sam Pavich
TARNISHED by Matthew Walker
TARO: LEGEND OF JAPAN by Blue Spruell
THE TEJANO by Derek C. Block
THIS LIGHT OF MINE by Quinn Martin
TRICE by Matt Foss & Carlos Washington
(TRUE) NORTH by HF Crum
THE WHISKEY FOUR by Menna Dosal
THE WORTH OF WOMAN$ WORK by EmmaC.
WYATT by Stephanie Gaston

Pilot Screenplay Semifinalists

THE ACADEMY by Brit Cowan
ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID by Cynthia Mersten
ARTHUR & LANCELOT by Victoria Zeutzius
BACK FIRES by Alex Blumberg
THE BARBERS OF NEW ENGLAND by Nicholas Fowler & Scott Fowler
THE BIG HOUSE by Kristofer Mikal
BLACK NERD by Jon Carr
BUFORD HIGHWAY by Jordan Watland & Bahar Atvur
BUTCH by Rae Binstock
CHERRY PARK by Joseph Hooten
CRICKET CLUB OF CANON HIGH by Priya Mohanty
DOWNTOWN by Brian Stone
DREAM BOY by Hannah Melissa Scott & Jordan Watson
EAT WHAT YOU KILL by Leslie Lyshkov
EMERGENT by Alan Mah Baxter
FAST BREAK by Kathryn Elise Drexler
FERALS by M.R. Fitzgerald
THE GALLERY by Will Downs
THE HAPPIEST PLACE by Jon Davis
HARPOON by Ria Tobaccowala
HIRADO by Jennifer Wilton
KANDLESTICK MEN by Frank Monteleone
KEITH SWEATS by Lexx Truss
THE KING OF THE CANNIBALS by Sam Watson
LADY OF THE LAKE by Estella Gabriel
LAST OF THE COWBOYS by Brent Minderler
LIFE DURING WARTIME by Mark Bowes
MAN-MADE by Ryan Cunningham
THE MATCH by Justin Ballheim
MOSTLY VIRGIN by Baldvin Kari & Ana Lazarevic
MR. DIY by Michael Johnston
MR. PLEASURE by Nicole Kemper
MY HAPPY PLACE by Angel Hilson
NIGHT DOGS by Linhan Zhang
THE NIGHT WATCHMAN by Thomas Gaunt
THE PARC by Morgan Grice
THE PIRATE QUEEN by Nora-Jane Noone
PRICELESS by Betsy Nagler
THE QUARTER QUEEN by Kayla Hardy
QUEEN OF WARDS by Shanice Williamson
RENEGADE by Logan Porter
THE REPEATERS by Patrice Williams Marks
REVERSE by Benjamin Lewis
SEABROOK by Alex Hanno
SINGLE PERSON by Matt Foss
THE SPACE SUITS by Landon Ashworth
SPRINGTIME by Danny Newell
STALKY & CO. by Nicole Lynn Cohen
TAURED by Christian Maxwell
TEMPERANCE (AND OTHER VIRTUES) by Alexandra Hayes
TRENCH TOWN by Ricardo Sean Thompson
WHEN MANGOES START TO TURN YELLOW by Harika Ganeshni Bommana
WOMAN'S WORK by Erin Beute
YOU ARE NOT A HERO by Josh Jacobs
YOUNGBLOODS by Stacey Russell

Short Screenplay Semifinalists

APPARATCHIK by Morgane Ciot
ARC by Stephen Evans
THE ART OF ETERNAL LOVE by Dawn Reavis
BABY LOVE by Kate Kelsen
BE MY BOY by Ethan Homen
BONESEED by Brett Brooks & Joshua David Matthews
BREATHE by Mark Labella
CHOICE by Bernhard Riedhammer
THE DOOR IN THE MIRROR by Geoff Murillo
FIGHT LIKE A GIRL by Melody Herr
THE FUTURE REPORT by Elisabeth Hayward
GATSBY by Alec Seymour
GENERATION SERVICE by Kiwana Rose
THE GHOSTODIANS by Leila Murton Poole
HAVE A MINT by Taylor McTague
HEARTSTRINGS by J.D. Zelman & Matthew Dushkes
HOT TORTILLAS by Nicolas Jara
HOUSE OF WOLVES by Andrew Yeremeyev
I LOVE NANCY MEYERS by Narineh Tahmasebian
I SEE YOU by Faith Dismuke
KOUKLA by Jamie-Michelle Whalen
THE LAST CREATION by Brad Cooper
LASTING MARK by Shaun Radecki
LEFT & LEAVING by Michael Mau
MAN UP FAIRY DUST by Christopher Schwartz
MOON EYES by Alston Jones
MY WAY by Afton Quast Saler
ONOURA by Chigozie Onyeaka
PAL by Michael Mau
PIETRA FREDDA by Matthew Nicholson
R.E.G.G.I.N by A. D. Smith
SAY YES by Gabe Berry
THERE'S A FROG ON MARS (IT'S TRUE!) by Shaun Radecki
TO THE MOON by Michael Dukakis
TODD KNOWS by Michael Buonocore
THE UNTAMED by Olga Holtz
WALL by Erin Cantelo
WEEPING WALL by Mark Dollard
WHO ARE YOU, NANU? by Anjini Taneja Azhar
YA GHALBI by Yasmeen Albrahim
ZEPHYR by Amy Allen

2023 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists

The Atlanta Film Society is pleased to present the 2023 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists. Chosen from 1,921 total submissions, the following 193 feature film screenplays, 110 pilots, and 82 shorts represent the top twenty 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 wish them well as the programming team continues to narrow this list down to the Semifinalists, Finalists, and eventually to 5 Winning Scripts!

Feature Screenplay Quarterfinalists

93% CHANCE OF HAPPINESS by Jeff Bower
ACTAEON by Dustin Quinteros
ADA by Nora Jaenicke
(AM I) GAY FOR AMY? by Meghan Lennox
AMERICAN DREAMS by by Tricia Lee & Corey Brown
AN UNFAMILIAR LIFE by Toni D'Antonio
ANALYTICA by Paul Ingoldsby
APACHE by Adam Seidel
THE APPLICANTS by Justin Ballheim
ARACHNIFABULOUS by Brian "Crusty" Horgan
ARMSTRONG IN HANOI by Bryerly Long
ARROW OF HONOR by Robin Woldorf & Rik Center
(A)SEXUAL AWAKENING by Henry Jarvis
AUGUST BEAUTY by Elisa Greenberg
BAD ROMANCE by Chad Wellinger
THE BANNER by Ernestina Juarez
BEETLE BABY by Asya Segalovich
THE BELL WITCH IS JUST A LESBIAN by Cieara West
BILL, GOD OF WAR by Caleb Dillon
BLACK COMEDY by Matt Foss & James Dickerson
BLACK IVORY by Adisa Septuri
BLOOD by Aashish Gadhvi
BLOOD ON THE MOUNTAIN by Emett Casey
BLOOD TATTOO by Bruce Hickey
BLOOD THIEF by Winnie Soldi
THE BODY OF CHRIS by Erin Brown Thomas
BOUNDARIES by Asad Farooqui
BRAIN GAMES by Alan Schwarz
BREEDER by Alex Goyette
A BULLET FOR A BASTARD by Chris Allen Helton & Waleed Hassan
BURN PATTERN by Laura M. Kemp
BURY THE LEDE by Brianna Naderpour
CAGE LIFE by Keri Lee
CAPTAIN BLOOD by Kate Imy
CAVEAT EMPTOR by Ray Goldberg
THE CELESTIAL HIGHWAY by Kevin J. Howard
CHANCE BY UNFATHOMABLE FATE by Dmani Williams
THE CHANCER by Fiona Graham
THE CHANS & SCHWARTZBAUMS SAVE CHRISTMAS! by Tricia Lee & Corey Brown
CHESTER HOUSE by Elvira Ibragimova
CHUM by John Cicco & Nathan Krieger
CLOSE by Kristen Wade
CONTINUED CARE by Gretchen Hopkirk
THE CRICKET by Gabe Berry
CUFFING SEASON by Jon Bershad
THE DEADHEAD by Justin Ballheim
DEAD MOM FRIEND SUMMERTIME FUN CLUB by Alex Walker
DEEP BLUE II: KASPAROV'S REVENGE by Ben Gottlieb
THE DEMON JOB by Robert Husted
DETH KNELL by Merida Quinlan
DIAL IT BACK by Erin Elizabeth Keefer
DIMINUENDO by Paul Gross
DIVINE GIFTS by Hamidreza Rafatnejad
DO OVER by Sari Earl
DOG DAYS by Ryan Nielsen
DOPE FRIEND by Matt Ferrucci
DOWN IN THE HOLLER by Paul Rowe
EASTERN SKIES by Andrew Liou
EMERGENCY CONTACT by Erin Brown Thomas & Kelly Vrooman
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL by Suzie Bohannon
ENSIGN by Stephanie Maura Sanchez
THE EVERYTHING GAME by Ryan Gielen
EXODUSTER by Gunnar Garrett
A FAMILY AFFAIR by Tim Bartell
THE FATHERS by Kristina Zill
THE FINAL CUT by Chaseedaw Giles
FIND ME IN YOUR SMILE by Guilherme Viegas
FIREFLIES by Amanda Keener
FIRST BLOODED by Kenya Collins
FLAT PENNIES by Robert Ward
FOR PHILLIP by Rob Seyk
FORGETTING JUPITER by Jeff Hindenach
FOX HOLLOWS by Joe Osborne
FRAGMENTED SCARS by Yanatha Desouvre
FRANK'S HEART by Marilynn Loveless
FREAKNIK by Jon Vaude
FROM ABOVE by Ben Tedesco
THE GAME CHANGER by Jerry Reedy
GOOD CHANCE by Tricia Lee
GOODBYE EVERYBODY by Benjamin Lewis
GREEN BLOODS by Kevin Percival
GRIEF LEECH by Shayna Hack
GROW HOME by Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan
HAVE MERCY by Jason Ruscio
THE HAWK AND THE SUN by Edward Gadrix
HOMECOMING by Aadrise Johnson
HOUSE ON FIRE by Donald Mitchell, Robert Goldberg, & James Goldberg
HUNGRY LITTLE CUBS by William Winston
HURRICANE by Chris Willis
I AM THE DRAGON KING by Storm Choi
IBU (MOTHER) by Kanya Iwana
IF THESE WALLS COULD SHUT UP by Gina DeAngelis
IMPROV by Genet Hughes
INTERBLOOM by Ari Dassa
THE IRON LEECH by Neal O'Bryan & Chad Thurman
THE ITCH by Jeremy Bradford
THE JANITOR by Woting Cai
A JERSEY CHRISTMAS MOVIE by Laura Napoli & Brian Gene White
KABUL, TOKYO by Lila Wakili
KALI ON THE ROPES by Ali Choucri
KEEPER by R.L. Hooker
KEESHA GOES TO CAMP by Rebecca Jordan Smith
KILLER CROSSOVER by Brandon Burkhart
KISS OF DARKNESS by MICHAEL MCCLUNG
A LABOUR OF LOVE by Olga Holtz
LADY INTO FOX by R. H. Farrell
THE LAST INDIAN WAR by Michael Graf
LAZY DAZY by Rudy Jansen
LEGGY by Sierra Smith
THE LION MAKOI by Chad Mathews
THE LOCK - IN by Maalik Evans
MAKE BELIEVE by Brit Cowan
MEAN STREAK by Janette Danielson & Giovana Frediani
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S PLAY by Eric Johnson
MILES TO GO by Ken Viteri-Lynn
MINISTER SPEER by Sven Anarki
MISCHIEF NIGHT by Peter Macaluso
MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE by Matthew Gomez
MOJO by Joanne Bellew
NEEDLES by Bobby Sacher
NOT HAUNTED by Katie Ennis
ODE TO ORANGE by Catherine Delaloye
OFFSHORE REVENGE by Marie Etzler
OLD MA by Jonathan Maxwell Shander
OLD MAIDEN'S PRAYER by Grace Gao
ONE WAY by Meital Cohen Navarro
ORANGEBURG 68' by Calhoun Cornwell
ORDINARY LIFE by Charlotte Alexander
OUR LADY OF SORROWS by Karen Conley
THE PAINTING by Stefan Alexander
THE PEPPER by Christine Garver
PHILLY BOYS by Kevin Giles
POPCORN PROPHETS by Reynaldo Leal
THE PRECIPITATING EVENT by EmmaC.
PRISONER OF DECEIT by Gretchen Klein
THE PROSECUTION by Vir Srinivas
THE PURPOSE OF A LIGHTHOUSE by Gabe Berry
RAISED BY DOGS by Christin Finch
THE REAL PROM QUEENS OF WESTFIELD HIGH by Laurie Ann Crompton
REASONABLE by Jeremy Lloyd-Styles
REDACTED by Alexandra Redwood
REDEEMER'S LIGHT by Toyi Elizabeth
THE ROCK N' ROLL BROTHERS by Guil Parreiras
ROSEBUD by Kayla Hardy
RUMSPRINGA by Finnegan Haid & Jake Haddock
RUNAWAY BOB by Victoria Spencer Smith
RUSH by Lauren Wright & Chelsea Murphy
RUT by David Zaccaria
SAINTS AND SINNERS by Brit Cowan
THE SCORCHED FACE by Pauline McAlonan
SCRAPS by Ryan Nordin
SEA LEGS by Ariel Mahler
THE SECRET OF THE SMILE by Robin Russin
SECURITY THEATER by Daniel Sole
SENIOR LIVING by Kaitlin Larson & Kyle Boynton
SHADOWBOXING by Tsoanelo Rantsho & Logan Mitev
THE SHIMMERS by Brendan Vogel & Ruth Sabin
SHOOTING by Nathan Cabaniss
SIMULATION by Peter Jang
SKI WEEK by Mike Gallagher & Holly Martinez
SMALL TOWN by Gemma Addy
SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER by William Schreiber
SON OF THE OPEN ROAD by Winn Smith
SOUTH WIND COME by Ernestina Juarez
STACY, GOD OF PAIN by Benjamin Drew Thompson
STEPH by Oksana Prysiazhniuk
SUCKERS by Elena Welles
SWASHBUCKLE by William Moon
SWOOSH by Al Titkemeyer
TAKE MY HAND by Sam Pavich
TAKEDOWN by Mark Cooper
TARNISHED by Matthew Walker
TARO: LEGEND OF JAPAN by Blue Spruell
TASTE THE ROAD, JACK by Stefan Alexander & Eric Williford
THE TEJANO by Derek C. Block
TESSTOSTERONE by Erin Elizabeth Keefer
THAT TRIFLIN’ S.O.B. CARTWRIGHT JENKINS by Christine Burright
THIS LIGHT OF MINE by Quinn Martin
THREE HUSBANDS, PLEASE! by Mack Ogden
TRICE by Matt Foss & Carlos Washington
(TRUE) NORTH by HF Crum
THE VAIROCANA by Jason Jacobson & Michelle Trantina
THE VIBE by Jill Czarnowski
VIBRANT by Toni Cunningham
THE VICIOUSES by Homeless
VIENNA CALLING by Renate Grassmugg
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS OFF by Al Sophianopoulos
WHAT'S LEFT OF US by Rae Jones
THE WHISKEY FOUR by Menna Dosal
WHO LET THE WALLFLOWERS OUT? by Virginia Austin
THE WORTH OF WOMAN$ WORK by EmmaC.
WYATT by Stephanie Gaston
A Z-AXIS SUNSET by Pete Gomori

Pilot Screenplay Quarterfinalists

THE ACADEMY by Brit Cowan
THE AFFECTED by Shane Harbinson
AFFIRMATIVE by Andrew Quailes
ALL BI MYSELF by Adam Patla
ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID by Cynthia Mersten
ARTHUR & LANCELOT by Victoria Zeutzius
BACK FIRES by Alex Blumberg
THE BARBERS OF NEW ENGLAND by Nicholas Fowler & Scott Fowler
BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO ADULTING by Joenique Rose
THE BIG HOUSE by Kristofer Mikal
BLACK NERD by Jon Carr
BROWN COUNTRY by Asad Farooqui
BUFORD HIGHWAY by Jordan Watland & Bahar Atvur
BUTCH by Rae Binstock
CHERRY PARK by Joseph Hooten
CITIZEN DETECTIVE by Hillary Stringer & Matthew Davis
CRICKET CLUB OF CANON HIGH by Priya Mohanty
DEEP RIVER by Peter Forbes
DISGRACEFUL by Rachael S. Morgan
DOWNTOWN by Brian Stone
DREAM BOY by Hannah Melissa Scott & Jordan Watson
EAT WHAT YOU KILL by Leslie Lyshkov
EMERGENT by Alan Mah Baxter
ESSIE ROSENBAUM MUST DIE by Miles Kahn
EVERYTHING IS FINE by Mike Devore
FAIRVIEW by Mia Volta
FAST BREAK by Kathryn Elise Drexler
FERALS by M.R. Fitzgerald
THE GALLERY by Will Downs
THE GREAT DESIRE by Cassandra Rose
GREETINGS FROM THE FLOODGATES by Mary von Aue
THE HAPPIEST PLACE by Jon Davis
HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN by Dayton Swanson & Colton Smith
HARDY'S TRADE by Greg Beck
HARPOON by Ria Tobaccowala
HIRADO by Jennifer Wilton
HIT LIST by Faye Treacy
HONEY + LEMON by Kenny Mulfort
HONEY'S UNICORN by D. A. Jolivette
HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN by Nicola Pittam
INTO THE ETHER by Steve Brown & Robert Rogers
JOOK by Mugs Cahill
JOYCE by Alexandra Comeaux
KANDLESTICK MEN by Frank Monteleone
KEITH SWEATS by Lexx Truss
THE KING OF THE CANNIBALS by Sam Watson
LADY OF THE LAKE by Estella Gabriel
LAST OF THE COWBOYS by Brent Minderler
LIFE DURING WARTIME by Mark Bowes
LINE OF SCRIMMAGE by Rachel Thundat
THE LIST: A SINGLE LADY'S GUIDE TO FINDING THE PERFECT BABY DADDY by Brit Cowan
LITTLE LEAGUE by Manuel Victoria
LOTS BREWING by Kenneth Daniels
MAN-MADE by Ryan Cunningham
MASS APPEAL by Del Potter
THE MATCH by Justin Ballheim
MIXED FEELINGS by Danny Rogers
MORASA POLO by Meital Cohen-Navarro
A MORE PERFECT UNION by Jonathan Weisbrod
MOSTLY VIRGIN by Baldvin Kari & Ana Lazarevic
MR. DIY by Michael Johnston
MR. PLEASURE by Nicole Kemper
MT. CLEMENT by Randy Hines
MURDER SHOW by Rosalind Grush
MY HAPPY PLACE by Angel Hilson
NIGHT DOGS by Linhan Zhang
THE NIGHT WATCHMAN by Thomas Gaunt
NOT SUPER LEGAL by Carrie Fishbane
ORAC ELLE by Frank Monteleone
PACT ARCANUM by Arshad Ahsanuddin & Toby Osborne
THE PARC by Morgan Grice
PATROL by Rick Rowley
PHANTOM BLACK by Tyler Pagan & Ben Engebretson
THE PIRATE QUEEN by Nora-Jane Noone
THE POD by Diogo Beltran
PRICELESS by Betsy Nagler
THE QUARTER QUEEN by Kayla Hardy
QUEEN OF WARDS by Shanice Williamson
QUEENS VILLAGE by Samantha Lavin
REALITY BITES by Jack Mayer
REBOOTED by Jamaal Pittman
RENEGADE by Logan Porter
THE REPEATERS by Patrice Williams Marks
REVERSE by Benjamin Lewis
RISE OF THE PROPHECY by Antoine Bonner
SADIST by Jennifer Anderson
THE SAINT by Kenya Collins
SCOUNDREL by Amy Quick Parrish
SEABROOK by Alex Hanno
THE SEAWARD by Benjamin Lewis
SECOND UNIT by Ankush Khemani
SINGLE PERSON by Matt Foss
SLIM & NUN by Brandon Burkhart
SOUTH OF NORMAL by Jake Thomas
THE SPACE SUITS by Landon Ashworth
SPEEDWAY by Jane Kelly Kosek
SPRINGTIME by Danny Newell
STALKY & CO. by Nicole Lynn Cohen
STORM by Kristy Thomas
SWEAT by Xavier Burgin
TAPPED OUT by Melody Herr
TAURED by Christian Maxwell
TEMPERANCE (AND OTHER VIRTUES) by Alexandra Hayes
TRENCH TOWN by Ricardo Sean Thompson
UNDER THE BRIDGE by Richie Lee Cunningham
WHEN MANGOES START TO TURN YELLOW by Harika Ganeshni Bommana
WOMAN'S WORK by Erin Beute
YOU ARE NOT A HERO by Josh Jacobs
YOUNG AMERICANS by Grace E. Ward
YOUNGBLOODS by Stacey Russell

Short Screenplay Quarterfinalists

2 - 3 YEARS by Sarah Polhaus
83 HUNT ROAD by Kimani Key
AFTER WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LIBRARY by Kyle Casey Chu & Roisin Isner
AL'Z PILLOW by Daniel Taylor
ALWAYS by Sasha Das
APPARATCHIK by Morgane Ciot
APPOINTMENT FOR: by Kanya Iwana
ARC by Stephen Evans
THE ART OF ETERNAL LOVE by Dawn Reavis
AT NIGHT by Michael Wells
BABY LOVE by Kate Kelsen
BE MY BOY by Ethan Homen
THE BLOUSE by Ksenia Naughton
BLUE DREAM by Fray Forde & Catherine Dee Holly
BONESEED by Brett Brooks & Joshua David Matthews
BREATHE by Mark Labella
BRIEF ENCOUNTER by Ankush Khemani
CHOICE by Bernhard Riedhammer
THE DAY HE BLINKED THE WORLD AWAY (BLINK) by Joseph Vranas
THE DEADLINE by Mike Gallagher
DEVIL'S INSTRUMENT by Frederik Ehrhardt
THE DOOR IN THE MIRROR by Geoff Murillo
ESE DÍA (THAT DAY) by Alycya Magana
FIGHT LIKE A GIRL by Melody Herr
FIND ME by Li Lin
THE FUTURE REPORT by Elisabeth Hayward
GATSBY by Alec Seymour
GENERATION SERVICE by Kiwana Rose
THE GHOST OF PEMBROKE LODGE by Olga Holtz
THE GHOSTODIANS by Leila Murton Poole
THE GOOD SAMARITAN by Phil Vengrinovich
GOODNIGHT, GRACIE by Ryan Montanti
HAVE A MINT by Taylor McTague
HEARTSTRINGS by J.D. Zelman & Matthew Dushkes
HOLO by Alexander Maxwell & Ash Brandon
HOLY-DAYS by Laurel Gans
HOT TORTILLAS by Nicolas Jara
HOUSE OF WOLVES by Andrew Yeremeyev
I LOVE NANCY MEYERS by Narineh Tahmasebian
I SEE YOU by Faith Dismuke
IF YOU LEAVE by Emily Bingham
KILLING CHERRY JANE by Cassidy Rose Layton
KOUKLA by Jamie-Michelle Whalen
THE LAST CREATION by Brad Cooper
LASTING MARK by Shaun Radecki
LEAVE US WHERE WE LEFT IT by Krista Gallagher
LEFT & LEAVING by Michael Mau
LOVELY BIG BUFFALO (BUFALA GRANDE BELLA) by Tiffani Davis & Michelangelo Missoni
THE MAN IN THE CABIN by Robbie Lemieux
MAN UP FAIRY DUST by Christopher Schwartz
METAL BOX by Brayden Dalmazzone
MONSTROUS by Maya Ricol
MOON EYES by Alston Jones
MY FEET ARE STILL BLUE! by Shaun Radecki
MY WAY by Afton Quast Saler
NO VACANCY by Jay Sherer & Nathan Scheck
NO, DOUGHN'T! by Nicole Lynn Cohen
ONOURA by Chigozie Onyeaka
PAL by Michael Mau
THE PAPERS by Suzan Battah
PERIOD by Katherine Olson
PIETRA FREDDA by Matthew Nicholson
R.E.G.G.I.N by A. D. Smith
SAINT EZEKIEL by Michael Tannenbaum
SAY YES by Gabe Berry
SILENCE THE DEADLY by E.M.P.
SNAPSHOT by Jake Thomas
THERE'S A FROG ON MARS (IT'S TRUE!) by Shaun Radecki
THIS LIFE by Larry J. Allen, Jr.
TO THE MOON by Michael Dukakis
TODD KNOWS by Michael Buonocore
TROPHY by Ben Gottlieb
THE UNTAMED by Olga Holtz
VINYL TAPED MARY JANE by Angel Hilson
WALL by Erin Cantelo
WEEPING WALL by Mark Dollard
THE WELCOMERS by Matt O'Connor
WHO ARE YOU, NANU? by Anjini Taneja Azhar
THE WORTH OF THINGS by Jane Ballentyne
YA GHALBI by Yasmeen Albrahim
YOU DON'T EVEN SAY CUCKOO! by Shaun Radecki
ZEPHYR by Amy Allen

2022 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Winners

Please help us in congratulating the 5 scripts chosen from 2,135 total submissions which have won the 2022 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition! These six incredible authors have already begun meeting with their mentors and will be further celebrated during the Opening Night Ceremony of the 46th Annual Atlanta Film Festival, on April 23rd. 

The 3 Feature Screenplays (which includes one screenwriting team), 1 Pilot Screenplay Winner, and 1 Short Winner as well as their respective mentors follow:

Feature Screenplay Winners

GORDITO by Miguel Castillo
RUBY SAFEWAY by Amanda Biggs
ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN by Jon Alston & Ron McCants

Pilot Screenplay Winner

SPESH by Jeff Locker

Short Screenplay Winner

BLACK BUTTERFLIES by Tamara S. Hall

ATLFF22 Screenplay Mentors

MILAN CHAKRABORTY, Head of Film at Marginal MediaWorks, oversees all of the company's efforts in independent, studio, and streaming film. He is a 17-year veteran of the film industry. Milan worked at Warner Bros and New Line Cinema in production finance and accounting on projects such as Batman Begins, Superman Returns, and V for Vendetta. Milan began independently producing in 2008 and has produced, and executive produced 20 features. Including, My Friend Dahmer, Assassination Nation, Plus One, and Gotham Award-winning and Spirit Award nominee, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain. Marginal MediaWorks is a cross-platform content studio with projects across film, series, animation, interactive and audio. The company was founded in 2018 by Sanjay M Sharma, focusing on genre and popular storytelling from under-represented voices or outsider perspectives.

CHERI STEINKELLNER - ​​4 Emmys, 2 Golden Globes, WGA, People's Choice, BAFTA: CHEERS, and TEACHER'S PET. Tony-nominated SISTER ACT. Ovation + Indy Award: HELLO! MY BABY. TV: JEFFERSONS, WHO'S THE BOSS, BOB, etc. Stage: PRINCESSES, PRIMA MATERIA, INSTAPLAY, etc. Award-winning UCSB professor, international lecturer, MomX3, NanaX1

BRANDON HARRIS is the President of I'd Watch That. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Harris has worked in the world of American Cinema as a studio executive and producer, critic and programmer, screenwriter, and director. Formerly a Development Executive for Amazon Studios, where he oversaw productions such as The Burial (2023), Master (2022), and The Voyeurs (2021). Harris's lauded writings about cinema, politics, culture and the intersections between them have appeared in: The New Yorker, The New Republic, The Guardian, VICE, The Daily Beast, Variety, N+1, The New Inquiry, Brooklyn Rail, In These Times, Hammer to Nail, and Filmmaker Magazine -- where he remains a contributing editor. Harris, formerly the festival director at the Indie Memphis Film Festival, is the co-writer and director of Redlegs (2012), a New York Times Critics Pick. His genre-bending mix of memoir and history Making Rent in Bed-Stuy, released in 2017 by Amistad Books, is a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice and was named a Vogue Magazine book of the year.

JOHN GRIFFIN created and executive produces the EPIX series FROM, a supernatural horror show about a nightmarish town that traps everyone who enters. Midnight Radio and the Russo Brothers/Agbo produce the series, which premiered in February 2022. His original feature CRATER, a coming-of-age saga set on the moon, will be released on Disney+ later this year. Kyle Patrick Alvarez directed with 21 Laps producing. He previously wrote BROOKLYN FAMILY ROBINSON for Disney and Mandeville Films, with Steve Carrell attached to star, and ROMEO + JULIET: THE WAR for Lionsgate based on the Stan Lee graphic novel. On the TV front, he wrote an episode of Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg's TWILIGHT ZONE reboot for CBS All Access and staffed on Agbo's Netflix animation series MAGIC: THE GATHERING. John is a past winner of the Academy Nicholl Fellowship.

ROCHÉE JEFFREY is a graduate of Howard University and a writer/director/performer who hails originally from Jamaica. As a television writer, her credits include the Golden Globe-nominated comedy series SMILF (Showtime), Woke (Hulu), Bigger (BET+), Santa Inc. (HBO Max), and co-executive producer of Grown-ish (Freeform). On the film side, her award-winning, Oscar-qualifying short film Suitable was a finalist in the American Black Film Festival HBO Competition and premiered on HBO in February 2019. Rochée also wrote and directed Mr. Talented, a short film that premiered as a part of the 2018 Project Involve Showcase at the Directors Guild of America. She was one of 7 directors selected for the 2018/2019 Viacom Emerging Directors Program. She was a 2019 IFP-Blackhouse Multicultural Producers Lab Fellow, sponsored by HBO, and one of Moviemaker Magazine's 2019 Screenwriters To Watch. Her feature directorial debut, Not Your Average Queen, was selected for the 2021 Film Independent Screenwriting Lab and the 2021 WIF/Sundance Financing Intensive. She serves as a producer and writer on the feature film Throw it Back and Make it Clap For Trudy Jones, starring Tiffany Haddish (produced by Paul Feig/Feigco). She has an adult animated series executive produced by Lizzo set up at Tomorrow Studios and Apple TV+. She also has a narrative comedy podcast greenlit by Audible and produced by Broadway Video. Rochée recently directed an independent television pilot starring David Arquette. UTA and Rain Management Group represent her.

2022 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Finalists

40 Finalist Screenplays now remain in contention for the 2022 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition. The following 18 feature film scripts, 11 pilots, and 11 shorts represent the very best of 2,135 total submissions. In addition to a cash prize, these scribes are vying for once in a lifetime mentorship opportunities with industry experts. Please help us in championing these amazingly impressive authors!

Feature Screenplay Finalists

ADULT SUMMER CAMP by Amanda M. Miller
ALLIGATOR WOMEN by Rachel Hoiles Farrell
COME SAIL AWAY by Cheri Steinkellner
ELLA & MARILYN by Jon Davis
THE EXIT COUNSELOR by Andrew Adams
FOLLOWING THE TRACKS by Hailey Escobar
GORDITO by Miguel Castillo
GUYS ON SATURDAY NIGHT by A. P. Hello
HE HAD HIS FATHER'S EYES by Bryan Liberty
HIGHWAY 83 by Anthony Rainone
INVISIBLE by Laura Carson & Krista Gano
MEETINGS WITH MARTY by Gregor Nicholas
RUBY SAFEWAY by Amanda Biggs
SCOUT'S HONOR by Cynthia Mersten
ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN by Jon Alston & Ron McCants
TIME ZERO by Carlo & Erin Carere
TRIP by Shannon Sipher
WILD HEARTS by Jessica Rowlands

Pilot Screenplay Finalists

ALWAYS BLUE by Taylor Coriell
THE BLUE HOUR by Dralla Aierken
BOOM LAGOON by Shaun Radecki
BROCK WILBUR: ADVENTURE PIG by Lukas Ridge
JAW CRUSHER by Santiago Fernández-Concha
KUMO by William Dobson
ROOSEVELT by Audrey & Hallie McPherson
SAVAGES by Liz Fields
SPESH by Jeff Locker
SYMBIONTS by Johnny Gilligan
UNCLE BIKE by Joslyn Jensen

Short Screenplay Finalists

AFTERLIFE by Carolyn Elsey
BLACK BUTTERFLIES by Tamara S. Hall
THE ELEPHANT KING by Pier Paolo Piccoli
HAROLD, ELECTRA AND OUR LORD, DAVID ATTENBOROUGH by Kirsty Zane
JUST LIKE SARAH by Jessica Rowlands
MRS. ANNE PARKER by Elisabeth Hayward
MY BLACK FRIEND by James Martin
A PICKLE AND A COKE by Alex Kokenis
THE PORTER AND THE STONE by Nuh Omar
A ROBIN'S CALL by Tim Dann
SONS OF TOLEDO by Matt Foss & Monty Cole