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Kairos Announces Contest Semifinalists
The annual $50,000 Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays (sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation) has announced 32 semifinalists for this year's competition. The three winners - who will share the $50,000 prize - will be announced at the 16th Annual Movieguide® Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry on Feb. 12.
The semifinalists are:
"A Dog for Sally," by Douglas Cloud; Searcy, Ark.
"A Moment of Silence," by Anthony J. Marzano; Eustis, Fla.
"Angels on Earth," by Caroline Friday; Marietta, Ga.
"The Benefactor's Son," by Christina Parker; Melbourne, Australia
"Breaking Free," by Caroline Friday; Marietta, Ga.
"Cross of the Savage," by Joseph Crouch; Los Angeles
"Dasher & Dancer," by Steve Ellis; Humble, Texas
"December Story," by William Jack Sibley; San Antonio, Texas
"Dogwood and Sycamore," by William Gebby; Indianapolis
"Drum Reed," by Edward Gillespie; Trumbull, Conn.
"Fool of Grace," by Heather D. Waters; Alpharetta, Ga.
"The Gift," by Jeremy Hoffpauir; Fort Worth, Texas
"Glory Man," by Dennis J. Hassell; Toronto, Ontario
"Hallelujah Anyhow," by Martin D. Hooks; Oklahoma City
"Hearts of Wax," by Leslie Ruth Damude; London, Ontario
"If by Chance," by Guy W. Forest; San Pedro, Calif.
"The Miracle of Edith Stein," by Chris DelliCarpini; Los Angeles
"Other People's Kids," by S.D. Terrell; Detroit
"Pieces of Eight," by Tommy Wood and Marc Benton; Lawrenceville, Ga.
"Power & Pride," by Jeff Evans; Gold River, Calif.
"The Sacred Fire," by Mark Villano; Hamden, Conn.
"Sanctuary," by Kendra Prince; Fort Worth, Texas
"Stairways," by James G. Rogers; St. Davids, Penn.
"Struck," by Mark Littleton; Gladstone, Mo.
"Through Fire and Water," by Steve Snow and Brent Laffoon; Los Angeles
"To the Ice," by Ruth Ellen Johnson; Huntington Beach, Calif.
"Touched," by Rusty Whitener; Pulaski, Virg.
"Underground Railroad," by Catherine E. Cook; Los Angeles
"What's a Girl to Do?," by Janet L. Folger; Fort Lauderdale
"The Widower," by Ryan LaForge; Atlanta
"Wishland," by Kevin Lasit; Fremont, Calif.
"The Wrong Bus," by John Hampton; Palm Springs, Calif.
In addition to the $50,000 prize, which already sets the contest apart from other screenwriting competitions, the top three winners will have their scripts reviewed by major studio executives, including the likes of Disney's Dick Cook and Dreamworks' Jeffrey Katzenberg. Many writers in Hollywood work for years to have that opportunity - and it often never happens.
The winners will be flown to Hollywood for the 16th Annual Movieguide® Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry on Feb. 12, attended by more than 200 top executives, filmmakers and celebrities. The Templeton Foundation-sponsored Epiphany Prize winners will also be announced at the event, which will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
More information about the competition is available at www.kairosprize.com. A comprehensive understanding of the type of scripts the Kairos Prize will be awarding can be found in Dr. Ted Baehr's book, "So You Want to Be in Pictures," available at www.movieguide.org.
The Kairos Prize was established as a result of Sir John Templeton's long-held belief that the media - and specifically the entertainment media - plays a role in how individuals form their ideas about morality and spirituality. He determined that individuals and companies should be encouraged to produce entertainment with positive messages about faith and values.
Updated: 01/15/2008
Additional Contest Info: Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
In the wake of a terrifying and traumatic encounter with RUTHLESS characters, a 14 year old minister - mourns his twin sister, and scorns the GOD he once fervently praised.
DON'T GO IN
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The Sword's Awakening
When King Arthur’s legendary sword Excalibur is stolen from a museum, it awakens a dragon and the descendent of a legendary knight who must join forces to find the powerful relic before its dark magic falls into the wrong hands.
FAUSTIAN
After a string of suspicious celebrity deaths, an obsessed detective must protect a fragile pop starlet and other notable targets of an eccentric stalker who claims to be able to cancel deals with the devil they've unknowingly made.
THE FAT LADY SINGS
When a small time private investigator gets a chance at the big time taking on a prominent politician’s wife’s case; neither realizes they are in way over their heads, the political party has been shadowing her, and will do anything to protect her husband, a presumed future presidential candidate.
Fingertips
A Psychological Horror With a twist of a psychotic individual suffering from psychosocial issues has an imaginary friend that’s part of his hallucinations his Imaginary friend is his British father a young proud to be American, forgets his medication after collecting it from a Pharmacy he causes a lot of mayhem around his area he thinks the worlds in his fingertips he chases down social media Influencers and artists by hacking and tracking their location constantly talking to himself as he hallucinates thinking He can see his British Father is around him, Kevin ends up with a chainsaw and gets a few round kills with his Chainsaw he stole from an old granny.
A Cracker in East Harlem
JIMMY J is 50 and has lived in the same East Harlem building for more than half of his life.
Free Sports Radio
Two Filipino-American brothers purchase a radio station in a small city, dreaming of commercial free sports talk, but their ambitious, younger sister has bigger plans for herself and the station.
Desert Quarry
Two mercenaries rob a former colleague's New York jewelry shop to even a score, but after the shop’s employees are found murdered, a deadly bank heist in Iraq begins to haunt them.
Perfect Contrition
A traumatized priest haunted by visions of his violent past obligingly serves a rural parish while indulging in a long distance affair, but his vindictive compulsion is sparked when he’s wrongly blamed for the deaths of two troubled altar boys.
