Cinestory Announces 2008 Quarterfinalists
Cinestory has announced their Screenwriting Award quarterfinalists for 2008:
A WELL ADJUSTED BOY, Jason Seth Latshaw, Pacific Palisades, CA
ABILENE, Michael Raymond, Seattle, WA
AMUSEMENT PARK, Neil Reynolds, Cambridge, MA
AY! CHILITO, Judy Chaikin, Studio City, CA
BLOOD ANGEL, Kyle Michel Sullivan, West Hollywood, CA
BONNEVILLE, John Lew, Los Angeles, CA
CANARIES, Craig Cambria, Atlanta, GA
CANEBREAK, Andrew B Smith, Tarzana, CA
CAUGHT INSIDE, Rachel Long & Brian Pittman, Oxnard, CA
CHALK, Weiko Lin, Los Angeles, CA
DARKNET, Mark Kratter, Los Angeles, CA
DEVIL'S LURE, Marjory Kaptanoglu, Belmont, CA
ENCRYPTION, Sean Corrigan, Austin, TX
FOOTPRINTS, Tracy King-Sanchez, Miller Place, NY
GINGER AND JACK, Clint Hutchison, Sherman Oaks, CA
GODS AND TOURISTS, Mark Milinich, Venice, CA
HUNGER, Michael Hogan, Conifer, CO
I, CHIHUAHUA, Gay Studebaker, Alpine, TX
JACK OF HEARTS John Arends, Saint Charles, IL
KASSIM THE DREAM, David Kline, Los Angeles, CA
MAD & BAD, Angela Berliner, Culver City, CA
MARY, Darren Koons, Raleigh, NC
MISTRESS OF THE SEA, Rebecca Howland, Silver Spring, MD
ONCE UPON THIS PLAYGROUND, Anne Kruse, Fullerton, CA
ONE LAST SHOT, John Ryker O'Hara, Santa Monica, CA
PAST IMPERFECT, Sandra Chwialkowski, Los Angeles, CA
PICK YOUR POISON, Neil Gaughan, Los Angeles, CA
PLAN C, Julie Mullen, Los Angeles, CA
REBIRTH, Teresa Lewis, Port Orange, FL
SIZZLEAN, Scott Keiner, Los Angeles, CA
SONNET, Veronica DiPippo, Los Angeles, CA
SUGAR & EDDIE, Bess Wiley, Solano, CA
THE AFTER EFFECT, Jude Roth, Los Angeles, CA
THE AMAZING DR. O, Marc L. Ellis, Encino, CA
THE BAKA, Maurice Brown, Culver City, CA
THE FACULTY OF SPEECH, Maria Kabanova, Los Angeles, CA
THE NIGGA, Derek Lively, New York, NY
THE PIPER, Greg Daubenspeck, Los Angeles, CA
THE REFLECTION, Joe Bright, Studio City, CA
THE THIRD REALM, Nino Del Pesco, Saint Paul, Minnesota
THE VILLAGE IDIOT, Adam Balsam, Los Angeles, CA
THE WIZARD, THE FARMER, AND THE VERY PETTY PRINCESS, Daniel Fox, Ontario, Canada
THINK PRETTY, Lynea Diaz-Hagan, Santa Monica, CA
THREE ON A MATCH, Scott Ritchie, Los Angeles, CA
TRASH, Timothy Armstrong, Glendale, CA
TYTICLEEZ, Halli Lorentz, Los Angeles, CA
UNDERGROUND EMPIRE, Rachel Long & Brian Pittman, Oxnard, CA
WHERE THE DEAD GO, Mark Kratter, Los Angeles, CA
WITHOUT CAUSE, Hollan Peterson & Kevin Peterson, Winston Salem, NC
WOUNDED KNEE 73, Richard Keehn, Boulder, CO
YOU LIKE CHINESE FOOD, Ryan Sager & Jacob Gershman, Brooklyn, NY
Updated: 05/23/2008
Additional Contest Info: CineStory Foundation Feature Retreat and Fellowship
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