Dumbo Film Fest Names Screenwriting Quarterfinalists
The Dumbo Film Festival in Brooklyn announced today the quarterfinalists for its 2020 Screenplay Competition, presented by Event Horizon Films. Each script was reviewed by working industry professionals at top rep agencies (ICM Partners, A3 Artists Agency, Gersh, etc.) and graded based on strength of plot, characterization, format, originality, style, dialogue, pacing and current market potential. Semifinalists will be announced January 16th.
FEATURES
- “Affairs of the Poisons” by Charles Leipart (New York)
- "Dumbest Generation” by Leslie Lyshkov (Bremerton, WA)
- “Elephant & Castle" by Samuel Garza Bernstein (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- “Joseph” by Ian Davies (UK)
- "LAJJAWATI” by Sumathy Ramakrishnan (Spring, Texas)
- "Our White boy” by Nancy Munger (Arlington, Texas)
- "Pollen and the Ring of Harmony” by Francis Williams (Morningstar, CT)
- "Red Spy Queen" by Leslie Lyshkov (Bremerton, WA)
- “Revelations" by Johnny Gilligan
- “Rust” by Guy Pooles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- "Still Life" by Duncan Putney (Providence, RI)
- "The Abolitionists” by Leslie Lyshkov (Bremerton, WA)
- "The Snow Queen" by Jacob Leyva (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
- "The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd” by Uwe Schwarzwalder (Switzerland)
- "The Strangers" by Scott Hawley (Duluth, MN)
- "The Wardrobe” by Peter Noel (Hungary)
- "The Wrong Candidate" by John Ravitz (New York)
- "Time to Go” by Lesley Manuel (Grapevine, Texas)
SHORTS
- "Beadwindow” by Paul Mooney (New York)
- "Breaking and Entering" by Michael William Hogan (Laguna Niguel, Calif.)
- "Dessert & Dash” by Muse Seymour (Green Bay, WI)
- "Greetings from Sarajevo” by Penny Jackson (New York)
- "Honey” by Dane Barun
- "Knuckleheads” by Steven Zaza (New York)
- "My Stepdad's Bird” by Bella Thronton (Chicago, IL)
- "Sammy Superhero” by Michael Gavino (Toluca Lake, Calif.)
- "The American” by Dimitri Michalakis (Brooklyn, New York)
- "The Forest Fenced Becomes Backyards” by Ryan Moore (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- "The Secret World of Danny Lopez” by Samuel Garza Bernstein (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- "Vinegar to Honey” by Jay Pennington (Boerne, Texas)
- "Women on Play” by Maria Rotger (Spain)
Updated: 01/05/2021
Additional Contest Info: Dumbo Screenwriting Competition
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!My Greatest Enemy--Myself! Episode 3: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC
Howell's rising doubts about his friends have disastrous results.
MY TOWN
A local newsman reports the who, what, where, when and how of a racial murder, but what about the why? Is he prepared for the consequences of trying to answer the why?
Sonny
In a world of AI-hyped spectacles, a retired boxing legend must reclaim his glory against a brash social media influencer to fund his granddaughter's life-saving treatment, uncovering a corporate conspiracy that could destroy them both.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other detestable souls) after their third offense.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an AI Bot to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of 'Fake'.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their perplexing neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class project.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A tongue-in-cheek view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an amazing magician in securing compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
