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!FLIGHT OF THE HEN GLIDERS
When strong winds blow a flock of chickens and their coop away from young Emily and Sam's backyard, it's up to the chickens to learn to fly their coop back home.
THE GEPETTO PROTOCOL
To stay "real" in the real world after their last creator dies, an action figure, fashion doll, superhero, anime girl, and crash dummy—now real flesh and blood—must find new believers in ten days or be forgotten forever, and get help from two kids and their dad at a cosplay convention.
GALERIJ
As an art authenticator collects twelve 17th century Dutch Brohm family portraits, she learns the dangers of reuniting the portraits—the Galerij—when an art expert warns her the collection will revive the Brohm family and unleash them into present day society, where they'll resume control over and castrate European trade.
DEAD STATES
A group of resilient small town teens struggle to carve out a new future after a series of TEOTWAWKI events crush the U.
Rod Knock
A newly single man encounters many comical mishaps in his work and social life, but he must prove himself worthy to his deriding buddies and his Latino lady friend.
THE WETTEST SPRING
In the late 1980's, Kurt Maxwell battles puberty and locker room myths, a family in the midst of dissolving, and on top of everything else, he must conquer Date Math at middle school.
THE LIGHT MAN
A woman at a music festival passes off two children to the light toy vendor.
PRETTY
Who can you trust when everyone loves you to death? When a trophy wife is manipulated by spouse and friends, she better find a way look out for herself or lose everything -- including her life.
Time Travel: Many Happy Returns
Two simple-minded brothers work part time at a science lab and find machinery in an unauthorized area that unknowingly transports them to Spain years before their time.
CLEAN LIVING
When her actor boyfriend delays marriage claiming money woes, Isabel tries to turn her inherited Smalltown cleaning service into a quick buck.
