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Acclaim Film Announces Screenplay Contest Winners
Anita Skibski's powerful screenplay "Mine" took top honors in the feature
screenplay category of the Fall, 2006 Acclaim Film Screenplay Competition.
WINNER
MINE by Anita Justice Skibski (drama)
A wealthy and respected coal mine owner spirals into a dangerous obsession
over the wife of his best employee in small-town 1950s Kentucky.
RUNNERS UP
BLACK STORK by Rafael Aguilo (thriller)
Through a series of paranormal encounters while teaching in Spain, a young
black woman from America comes face to face with a past long forgotten.
PEARLS OF CHINA by Reggie Gercia Littlejohn (drama)
Against the wishes of her Communist husband, an “illegally pregnant” young
woman attempts to escape the forced abortion required by the Chinese
government.
FINALISTS
RENEGADE CHAPS by Tyler Burns (adventure-comedy)
Fed up with their dysfunctional families and dismal London prep school, two British teens run away to Las Vegas to fulfill their dream of playing in the US Amateur golf tournament.
PETITE RESISTANCE by Barry Leach (drama)
During WWII, Libby risks deportation by sheltering a Russian slave
laborer--however, the true threat lies not with the Germans but with the
collaborating locals.
THE HIGH COST OF PARENTING by Michael Smith & Tracy Poverstein (comedy)
A “financially-challenged” young couple books its baby on a hit TV show to
bankroll their American dream, only to learn that they must kidnap their
child back from the all-powerful network that holds his iron-clad contract.
DEAD MONEY by Mick Orfe (comedy-drama)
A man who can’t get a break goes to Las Vegas to get killed so his family
can collect the insurance money--but he gets lucky!
LOTTO by Michael Casey (drama)
Two unlikely lovers take on the biggest players in the world of
international banking when they expose a conspiracy to siphon off millions
in proceeds from every lottery in the United States.
RAIL TALES by David A. Campbell (drama)
An immature young man and his fellow locomotive engineers grow through
triumph and turmoil.
PEACE 101 by Eric Biskamp (action/adventure)
A young man coming to terms with a foreboding future plans to expose a
highly-organized terrorists cell and in the process, makes peace with
himself.
THUNDER ROAD by Scott Duffy (drama)
A working-class man must battle to keep his brother from being seduced into
a world of drugs and crime and losing a hard-earned basketball scholarship,
all while struggling to keep his own life from falling apart.
MOPINS by Richard L. Sartore (comedy)
A scientist is infested with mopins, demons seeking to survive the earth’s
atmosphere at any cost.
WITCH HUNT by Alexander Hall (horror)
The spirit of a slain witch transforms into a witch made of sand and attacks
a Florida beach town.
Updated: 03/02/2007
Additional Contest Info:
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!In Between The River
Katie (on the spectrum) thinks her nomadic family is normal but as she transitions from child to teenager; her father Donald is frequently absent, her mother Judy tries too hard to hold them together and her older brother Kyle hides a secret that eventually surfaces to expose the family illusion.
Xanadu Shores: (PoC) The Super Spy Series
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller.
Screenplay Pilot for Xanadu Shores: The Super Spy Series
Two ex-pilots become embroiled in a kidnapping and gold heist, after an employer's scheme escalates from theft to kidnapping.
She Curses Like a Sailor
The culture of women and cursing is discussed at this art opening in New York.
Nina and Flossie
Three European sisters, in their 70's, scheme to dump a dead body that the eldest killed in the middle of the night as a result of a break-in.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante assassinating violent domestic abusers (and other wretched souls) after their third offense.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
The Coyote
When a Native American scholar and a graduate student unearth a mysterious tomb, they find it contains a Navajo god and soon find themselves embroiled in a cosmic battle between good and evil with the fate of humanity at stake.
The Umpire Has No Balls
A fiery young woman who has baseball running through her blood and can call the game better than anyone starts her journey through the umpire ranks to achieve her one goal in life – becoming a major league baseball umpire.
All That Glitters (excerpt) From The Novel: Xanadu Shores
The Xanadu Team in their second outing become pawns in a complicated gem heist, involving a beautiful Russian woman and her nefarious employer after a boat of stolen jewelry explodes.
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