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!FLIGHT OF THE HEN GLIDERS
When strong winds blow a flock of chickens and their coop away from young Emily and Sam's backyard, it's up to the chickens to learn to fly their coop back home.
THE GEPETTO PROTOCOL
To stay "real" in the real world after their last creator dies, an action figure, fashion doll, superhero, anime girl, and crash dummy—now real flesh and blood—must find new believers in ten days or be forgotten forever, and get help from two kids and their dad at a cosplay convention.
GALERIJ
As an art authenticator collects twelve 17th century Dutch Brohm family portraits, she learns the dangers of reuniting the portraits—the Galerij—when an art expert warns her the collection will revive the Brohm family and unleash them into present day society, where they'll resume control over and castrate European trade.
DEAD STATES
A group of resilient small town teens struggle to carve out a new future after a series of TEOTWAWKI events crush the U.
Rod Knock
A newly single man encounters many comical mishaps in his work and social life, but he must prove himself worthy to his deriding buddies and his Latino lady friend.
THE WETTEST SPRING
In the late 1980's, Kurt Maxwell battles puberty and locker room myths, a family in the midst of dissolving, and on top of everything else, he must conquer Date Math at middle school.
THE LIGHT MAN
A woman at a music festival passes off two children to the light toy vendor.
PRETTY
Who can you trust when everyone loves you to death? When a trophy wife is manipulated by spouse and friends, she better find a way look out for herself or lose everything -- including her life.
Time Travel: Many Happy Returns
Two simple-minded brothers work part time at a science lab and find machinery in an unauthorized area that unknowingly transports them to Spain years before their time.
CLEAN LIVING
When her actor boyfriend delays marriage claiming money woes, Isabel tries to turn her inherited Smalltown cleaning service into a quick buck.