| Alycya Magana | El Vals (The Waltz) | With their mother deported and young Danny now the man of the house, acquiring a Quincea̱era dress for his older sister means everything Рyet how will he do it with no money and CPS closing in? |
| Courtney Randle | A Mind of Its Own | A black woman experiences microaggressions at her workplace due to her loud talking natural hair. |
| Hamish Parkinson & Brynley Stent | Sibbys | Two agoraphobic siblings drift apart and have to make a choice to stay together when they are locked out of their family home. |
| Heida Reed | Paso Doble | A washed-up Latin ballroom teacher takes his life frustrations out on a student’s parent. |
| Joseph Oxford | Jon In Wonderland | Joe is in a rut and is desperate for a good idea. When inspiration strikes, his obsession takes him down a rabbit hole that will test his sanity. |
| Kali Bailey | The WASP | “The WASP” is a short film about Hazel Ying Lee, the first Chinese-American woman to fly for the U.S. Military. Hazel is a mischievous, driven, and brave woman who wants to serve her country in any way she can. |
| Karina Hurtado | From Maintenance With Love | As if having to work through a pandemic wasn’t enough like living in the Twilight Zone, the skeletal maintenance crew of a deserted office building starts noticing strange, possibly supernatural occurrences, taking place during their shifts. As the unprecedented political events of 2020 intensify so do the surreal incidents taking place in the building. |
| Leaf Lieber | Snakesbite | In a post-apocalyptic world, a lonely lieutenant forms a bond with a weary traveler, in doing so, unlocking an internalized trauma that has persisted in the wake of extinction. |
| Michael Godere | Ginzo | A disgraced ex-cop takes his family on the lam as he battles a corrupt police department and local mafia, while his son and best friend fall in love with hip hop and battle racism over one hot summer in 1980s New England |
| Onyx Shelton | Hand of Glory | A young thief goes to ridiculous lengths to charm a dead man’s hand into a legendary and powerful object. |
| Raúl Eduardo Galindo Peña & Andrea Porras | Heatwave | A strong heat wave hits “Candela”, a peaceful and forgotten town in northern Mexico. Day by day, the suffocating heat pushes our three protagonists and the entire town towards an eruption of violence. |
| Shezah Salam | Bona Vacantia | Driven to paranoia by her job cataloging the empty homes of those who die alone, council worker Nadia Basheer finds an unusual way to cope in the home of a dead sound recordist. |
| Tarique Qayumi | Over The Next Hill | On a perilous journey as a refugee, eleven-year-old Zabi struggles to prove his manhood to his mother. |
| Yvonne Zhang | Carrion | 8-year-old Mengmeng accidentally digs up a rotting carcass, and that night, something long-buried is unearthed in her mother. |
| Zack Hosseini | A Cotton Moon | A pastor’s estranged son begins intercepting strange TV broadcasts from a mysterious deity, known only as The Shepherd, that inspire a novel and radical religious awakening of his own. |
Shore Script Names Short Film Fund Finalists
Shore Scripts has named the 15 finalists for the Spring Season of their Short Film Fund competition:
SHORT FILM FUND FINALISTS
Updated: 06/02/2021
Additional Contest Info: Shore Scripts Short Film Fund
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Arch Angel
Arch Angel is about Michael, the general of Heaven's Angel Army.
The life once lived
The life not lived is about a scientist named Doctor Conners who created a memory device called Ganesha that can allow people to remember who they were in a past life.
Out of time
Out of time is about a struggling musician who runs into a disgraced talent agent from Hollywood.
Only Human
Only human is about a homeless man that doesn't know he's really a Dog.
Sword of Might
Sword of might is about a cursed Sword that gives special abilities to whoever wields it.
Quick Shot
Quick Shot is about an ex-marine with the special ability to slow down time and shoot at impossible targets.
PITTSBURGH PHIL
Biopic of Harry Strauss, a.k.a.
FORBIDDEN PROVISIONS
A journalist goes undercover as an illegal migrant to get a story on how well the government is treating captured immigrants, only to uncover something grizzlier than he expected.
Splashdown
A mysterious space capsule adrift in the Pacific Ocean pulls a disillusioned Air Force pilot into battle against a shadowy paramilitary force hell bent on utilizing the astronauts' otherworldly cargo to enslave humanity.
Consumed
Trapped in a basement after an apocalyptic earthquake, a grieving wife fights off a horde of parasitic monsters, unaware that her God-fearing husband has already decided her fate.
