Filmmakers.com Announces Contest Winners
FilmMakers.com has announced the Winners and Runners Up in the 2007 Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards. Filmmakers Annual Competition attracted over 1300 entries worldwide.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
My Thermonuclear Family
Drama
Written By Doug Karr
CATEGORY 1
(Action/Adventure; Thriller/Horror/Supernatural; Sci-Fi; Animation/Fantasy; Mystery/Suspense)
ELITE PRIZE
Human Being Human
Science Fiction
Written by Scott Lloyd Randall and Jocelyn Freulon
DIAMOND PRIZE
Swimming Against The Currents
Period / Historical
Written by Joe Kisch
PLATINUM PRIZE
Greed
Horror / Thriller
Written by Diane Namm
CATEGORY 2
(Drama/Family)
ELITE PRIZE
Confidences Of A Chinese Dealer
Drama
Written by Daniel Dorian
DIAMOND PRIZE
Flower Of Fire
Drama
Written by Patrick Hegarty
PLATINUM PRIZE
No Running
Drama
Written by Sullivan Savage-Elizabeth
CATEGORY 3
(Comedy)
ELITE PRIZE
Frivolity
Comedy
Written by Jake Helgren
DIAMOND PRIZE
Married Seeking Same
Comedy
Written by Joe Acton
PLATINUM PRIZE
Lovelocked
Comedy
Written by Wernher Ovalle
RUNNERS UP
DRY HEAT, Drama by Lois Henry
CHILDREN OF TOMORROW, Drama by Jeremy Fischer
DARK SKY PART 1 FINDING FAITH Sci-Fi by Lance Bradley
CAT'S EYES, Horror/Thriller by Harvey Papush
BOUNDS OF REVERIES, Supernatural by Oscar Vasquez
BLIND SPOT, Thriller, by Meeghan Holaway and Grace McKeaney
ACES AND EIGHTS, Comedy by Alex Williams
CHIMPFUSION, Animation/Fantasy by Richard Sartore
DEPTH OF FOCUS, Drama by Jarred Thorpe
BURNOVER, Drama by M D McCarthy
HONORABLE MENTION
405/101, Drama by Eduardo Aguilar
CULTURE SHOCK, Drama by Jodi Levitan
FAIRIES LANDING, Romance by Cheryl Miller
FRESHLY POPPED, Comedy by Megan Parsons
HYSTERICAL, Thriller by Patricia Crawford
PARTY GIRLS, Comedy by Carol Nelson Falcone
PETE THE PENGUIN IN THE SNOW CAPPED CAPER, Animation by Melvin Scott
SHELF LIFE, Animation by Leslie E. Henderson
SITGES, Drama by Dina Popper
THE EXTRA'S EXTRA, Comedy by Mary Haarmeyer
TRUE NORTH, Drama by Eric W. Carlson
Updated: 01/05/2008
Additional Contest Info: The 18th Annual FilmMakers International Screenwriting Awards
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!GERIATRIC PARK
A young man with a dark past finds a job as a Handyman in a nursing home.
Fight For Oil
A beautiful young anti-war activist and a Death Valley auto mechanic learn about love and loyalty during a future Gulf War.
Promises, Promises
Life crisis. Mid-life crisis.
Fish Fetish
What happens when you mix compulsion with alcohol? A horrific, fast paced story of abuse and revenge inspired by "Tales From The Crypt"
A Family's Affairs
A thoroughly mixed, mixed-up family, navigates through life one day at a time, knowing a bigger bite of the apple is just too much to swallow.
Cast To Kill
A respected casting director with a wandering eye for the ladies must fight for his life and reputation after being framed for murder by a vengeful psychopath.
The Zombays
A young, hip African American couple, abducted into a top-secret government program to create zombies for military purposes, escape undetected and flee to the suburbs, where great business success leads to unexpected notoriety and a cataclysmic showdown between creature and creator.
ADDICTIVE
In a sleek, cyberpunk future where nearly everyone is frozen at age 25, a brilliant scientist is thrust into a brutal survival game among immortal Outliers—each haunted by their darkest vice.
BAKING BAD
Set in 1968 Berkeley, Baking Bad follows Reba, a rule-bound home-economics teacher whose “magic brownies” spark an unlikely movement among her sister Margie and a band of co-op students chasing love, freedom, and meaning in a turbulent era.
HOLLYWEIRD
In a city where humans, talking animals, and anthropomorphic misfits called “Morphs” all chase fame, two struggling best buds — a fun-loving Water Balloon Guy and his uptight Rice Crispy Treat roommate — try to survive the absurd madness of showbiz and each other.
