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Phoenix Film Festival Announces Screenplay Challenge Results
The Phoenix Film Festival has announced the results of the 2008 Arizona Screenplay Challenge:
Screenplays taking place outside Arizona:
1st Place
The Real Thing
Written by Beth Hoover and Gary Hoover
2nd Place
The Last Christmas Radio Hour
Written by David Appleford
3rd Place
The Ace of Aces
Written by Geoffrey Breuder
Screenplays taking place inside Arizona:
1st Place
Doug
Written by Evan Neill
2nd Place
The Redhead
Written by Paul DeNigris and Steve Briscoe
3rd Place
Honor Bound
Written by Mathias Perez
Updated: 04/22/2008
Additional Contest Info: Phoenix Film Festival Short Screenplay Search
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!THE BEAUTY OF THE RODEO
A former rodeo queen returns home after thirty years, but her attempt to fit back in is further complicated by the arrival of the daughter she secretly placed for adoption.
Eternal Blessings
A dying woman must break the spell of her former Indian guru -- or risk having him follow her into the afterlife.
583
A couple may lose their home for failing to follow a local ordinance: lawns be mowed every two weeks; even when it’s under two feet of snow!
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.
Nina and Flossie
Three European sisters, in their 70's, scheme to dump a dead body that the eldest shot in the middle of the night as a result of a break-in.
Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other pathetic souls) after their third offense.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class science project.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their bizarre neighbor over morning coffee.
