Filmmakers.com Announces Semifinalists
Filmmakers.com has announced the semifinalists in the 2008
Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards. Filmmakers Annual
Competition attracted over 1300 entries worldwide.
CATEGORY 1
(Action/Adventure; Thriller/Horror/Supernatural; Sci-Fi; Animation/Fantasy; Mystery/Suspense)
10 MINUTES FROM PARADISE by Janyce Lapore (Action)
38 DEGREES by Jason Kent (Action Adventure)
BODY OF TRUTH by Jeffrey Marks (Sci-Fi)
Born Again by John McCarthy (Sci-Fi)
Destiny Men by Thomas Gastall (Fantasy)
Djinn by Matthew Altman (Supernatural)
HIGH PROFILE by Debra Vance (Political Thriller)
In The Beginning by Paul Pawlowski (Action Adventure)
Karina Karina by Christian Olavarria (Action Adventure)
Mindgames by Colleen Campbell (Supernatural)
Of Hippocratic Blood by Lou Tasciotti (Horror)
PHOENIX RISING by Steven Martinez (Action Adventure)
The Little Explorer by Zachary Thielen (Animation)
The Mirror by Nancy N. Wilson (Horror)
Twilight of the Gods by Kyle Hagene (Fantasy)
Wet by Mark Samuel (Thriller)
CATEGORY 2
(Drama)
A Picture Of Us by Brendan Gore
Again by Andrew Tuttle
Big Chief by Henry Cherry
CATCHING OUT by Elizabeth Savage Sullivan
DARFUR by Jim L. Hague Jr.
Devil's Due by Neil Cumbria
FALLING by Carolyn Lewis
FALLING INTO PLACE by Lily Mercer
Fish by Eset Akcilad
Front Man by Kevin Conder
Hope's Nocturnal by David Sabbath
MEET ME IN THE MORNING by Mike Lukaszewicz
PRIDE IS THE HUNTER by Jon Ungerland
RESIDUALS by Ernestine Campbell
Silo by Siamack Baniameri
The Black Cat by Mark Penberthy
The Escape by Kent Wong (True Story)
THE FENCE by William Morales
THE STEEL DRUM by James Doucette
YESTERDAY'S CHILD by Linda Delmont
CATEGORY 3
(Comedy)
A Different Kind of Rain by Heather Ferrell
Bridezilla vs. Deer by Colin Costello
College Radio by Thomas Ford and Greg Andrews
Drinking in Church by Kieran Angelini
Forget About the Truth by Barry Leach
HARDLY DAVIDSON by Julian C Hynes
Kiss Me Lucky by Sheri Davenport
Mother Lode by Mark Beech and Linda Gray
MYSTERY SHOPPER by Curtis Burdick
Picture Perfect, Or How To Function A Family by Caitlyn Joy
Rabbit Trails by John Horan
Starter Marriage by Christina Ferguson
The Shores of Illyria by Richard Flynn
Waller In The Holler by Bill Rhoads
Updated: 11/26/2008
Additional Contest Info: The 18th Annual FilmMakers International Screenwriting Awards
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!In Between The River
Katie (on the spectrum) thinks her nomadic family is normal but as she transitions from child to teenager; her father Donald is frequently absent, her mother Judy tries too hard to hold them together and her older brother Kyle hides a secret that eventually surfaces to expose the family illusion.
Xanadu Shores: (PoC) The Super Spy Series
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller.
Screenplay Pilot for Xanadu Shores: The Super Spy Series
Two ex-pilots become embroiled in a kidnapping and gold heist, after an employer's scheme escalates from theft to kidnapping.
She Curses Like a Sailor
The culture of women and cursing is discussed at this art opening in New York.
Nina and Flossie
Three European sisters, in their 70's, scheme to dump a dead body that the eldest killed in the middle of the night as a result of a break-in.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante assassinating violent domestic abusers (and other wretched souls) after their third offense.
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.
The Coyote
When a Native American scholar and a graduate student unearth a mysterious tomb, they find it contains a Navajo god and soon find themselves embroiled in a cosmic battle between good and evil with the fate of humanity at stake.
The Umpire Has No Balls
A fiery young woman who has baseball running through her blood and can call the game better than anyone starts her journey through the umpire ranks to achieve her one goal in life – becoming a major league baseball umpire.
All That Glitters (excerpt) From The Novel: Xanadu Shores
The Xanadu Team in their second outing become pawns in a complicated gem heist, involving a beautiful Russian woman and her nefarious employer after a boat of stolen jewelry explodes.
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