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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!A Risk of Exposure
In 1953, Russian ballet teacher plots to smuggle secret photos of Stalin's crimes while part of a cultural exchange to the U.
Between the Salt and the Sky
A small Portuguese fishing village in 1942 is on the edge of a war that seems far away.
Bre'gan's Fist
When Milo, a cook, meets Bastian, a powerful sorcerer, magic happens.
The Ephod
Based on a true story. After a troubling Bible study shakes her lifelong Catholic faith, a woman experiences a vivid dream turned Spirit encounter when a mysterious Black Noble Man enters her dream and began preaching to her with passion and authority.
Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
A DAY AT THE RODEO
A wealthy, widowed New York socialite, and a know-it-all preacher enters the unfamiliar world of rodeo, determined to “rescue” the widow’s wayward daughter who has fallen for a young bull rider.
A Man Who Thinks He Knows Who Really Killed the President
To feel worthy of Madeline, the love of his life, George takes on the scars of the nation and goes mad.
The Loss of Heaven
In 1961, a guilt-ridden Catholic schoolboy convinced he has damned himself and his family by breaking "Divine Law" must confront fear, superstition, and a violent bully after a tragic church fire forces him to become the hero he never believed he could be.
Rebecca Saves the Human Web
A teenage girl in a violent future inhabits the gentle spirit of her murdered grandmother and discovers that acts of violence are connected through an invisible emotional web; together they learn to prevent tragedies amid the threat of violent global collapse.
Translation
Two strangers meet at a bar and discover they share more in common than either expected, navigating identity, attraction, and the courage to be truly seen by another person.
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