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!Happy New Year, Mr. Kates! (Hoilday/Dramedy/Magical Realism)
A contemporary holiday tale about a grumpy old man who resides in the memory unit of nursing home, and is presented with a gripping bargain by a mystical stranger: the chance to swap his inconsequential life for that of a lost child’s, one snowy New Year's Eve.
The Confession (Elevated Horror/Drama/Thriller)
A shy eight-year-old Catholic girl commits a petty crime to have a
Radioland! (Coming of Age/Psychological/Comedy/Drama/Memoir
A naïve 12-year-old boy, falls in love with a fantasy, learns the truth about his fatally flawed hero -- a 1960s Top 40 radio deejay -- and discovers the bittersweet
Bewitching Hitler: The Coven that Beat the Nazis and Saved the Wolrd! (Historical Fiction/Dramedy/Romance - based on actual events.)
A plucky UK/New Forest Witch Coven conjure an ancient magic spell to prevent Hitler from winning World War II.
One, Second Summer (Young Adult/Romance/Sci-Fi/Dramedy)
Second Summer on Cape Cod is usually a quiet time, until a spaceship of wacky extraterrestrials come to visit, and two fearless tween-agers, determined to meet them, find out why.
BOOM!Town (Parody of Crime/Mob Story/Dramedy)
After a bloody car bombing, a blown-off human foot lands on the roof of a retired, cash-poor mob cleaner who schemes to extort the Mafia Don that ordered the hit, unaware his wacky plan may help the FBI catch the cut-throat gangster.
The Tortured Journey of Wounded Souls
In antebellum Virginia, after a white woman is raped and her husband is killed while fleeing to Philadelphia, she has to depend on a proud young slave she considers inferior to protect her on the perilous trek north while hotly pursued by bandits and slave catchers.
ARCHIVAL
When a down-on-his-luck reporter is hired to ghostwrite the memoirs of a legendary statesman, he gains access to the presidential library of a disgraced politician— only to find himself trapped in a violent hostage siege.
LINCOLN PLACE
In 2001, a struggling stand-up comic relocates to Brooklyn, where a rundown brownstone full of misfits and a haunted past force him to confront his demons — onstage and off.
Misguided Illusions
In the world of Drag Queens, there's a fine line between fantasy and reality.
