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Candadian Short Screenplay Competition Announces Top 25
The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition has announced the 25 scripts that have advanced to their final round of competition.
No Assembly Required written by Michelle Sz
The Lobby written by Carolynne A. Ciceri
The Information Age written by Daren Foster
Dead Adam written by Jordan Kaufman
Gangster No. 7 written by Daren Foster
Rusted Pyre written by Daniel Audet
Seeing In The Dark written by Gordon Pengilly
Roos written by Randy Gross
The Final Guardian written by Scott Merrow & Paula Merrow
Scent written by David Chase
Midnight With Murch written by William Beaton
Standstill written by Evan Jobb
The Innovator, or 11 Things to do with a Rubber Ball written by Basil Godevenos
The Last Laugh written by Shikha Makan
Only Twice written by William Webb
No Man's Land written by David Carey
Planning Meeting written by Jonah Jones
Do You Want To Know A Secret? written by Frank Thorburn
Caesar's Lament written by Nick Kelly
Dial Tone written by Johnathan Paul Guyett
Raise You One Dead Body written by Marjory Kaptanoglu
The House on Arch Lane written by Janet Heatherington
Ooh La La written by Scott Merrow & Paula Merrow
Spyhole written by Johnathan Paul Guyett
Snow written by Kathy Thomas
Updated: 03/16/2009
Additional Contest Info: Canadian Short Screenplay Competition
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Bubbling Under the Surface
After an elderly Holocaust survivor is nearly murdered in her nursing home bed, her family and the Muslim carer who saved her are pulled into a widening chain of antisemitic attacks, domestic violence, and police investigation that threatens both communities before the hatred spreads further.
Storm Dragons
In a mystical land where champions fight to the death to keep the peace, the revenge of a chosen warrior against the killer of his family risks starting the bloody war he was bound to prevent.
THE PHANTOM DRIVER
On New Year’s Eve, 1912, a violent alcoholic dies and becomes the supernatural driver who gathers the souls of the dead — until he’s given one impossible chance to save his family from the consequences of his own cruelty.
RACING HOME
An ex race car driver runs from his last crash and divorce, to find new love, danger, and himself.
DEER DOG
After hitting a dog, then saving his life, a single mother and her children fall for the dog, and the broken, homeless man who is his original owner.
The Ephod
Based on a true story, after a disturbing Bible study shatters her lifelong Catholic beliefs, Faith Alvarez is driven by a supernatural encounter to uncover the mystery of the ancient Ephod.
The Kidnapped
In Mexico, a drug cartel boss kidnaps a washed-up Hollywood director, and the two are driven to insanity while shooting a documentary about the boss's once-powerful cartel--a project meant to help both men reclaim lost glory (BREAKING BAD meets GET THE GRINGO)
The Return of the Bad Boys
A group of friends from a working-class Detroit neighborhood cheat their way through a three-on-three basketball tournament to prove to themselves that they’re not losers (WHITE MEN CAN’T JUMP meets THE HANGOVER).
Only the Bad Guys
In a dystopian world where killing a killer brings their victim(s) back to life, ex-soldier turned bounty hunter Daniela Dushane makes a killing killing killers as she walks the fine line between hero and villain (THE NICE GUYS meets THE PUNISHER).
Diplomatic Ammunity!
A struggling Hollywood screenwriter recruits his former best friends to help him write a script about a series of pranks they pulled in high school, and they discover why their friendship fell apart (ADAPTATION meets IDIOCRACY).
