HollyShorts Announces Contest Semifinalists
Semifinalists have been announced for the 2022 HollyShorts Screenplay Competition:
8:46PM. Harriet Arrives. | Aimiende Negbenebor Sela |
A Chinatown Story | Nicolee Tsin |
Adam | Bremer Davis |
Afternoons with Joe | Ryan Luevano |
An Old Friend | Dan Martin |
Apart of Me | Riley Madincea |
Be My Boy | Ethan Homen |
Bed Time | A J Roberts |
Bela Sefer | Kiki D and Liya K |
Boneseed | Joshua David Matthews and Brett Brooks |
BREATHE | Mark Labella |
Call Me Dad | Cole Rosenberg-Pach and Lindsay Eady |
CARROTS | Jake Redmond |
Catering Karl & The Parties of Pure Evil | Warren Lane |
Chrome Plated | Sarah Ward |
Cinderella Tango | Victoria Murad |
Courier Seven | Nick Williams |
Crimson | Star Victoria |
Dine With Me | Monica Keaton |
Elegy For My Tongue | Omi Gupta |
FERGUSON | Jon Alston |
For Sale | Annelise Muir Tompkins |
Forsyth County | James Sasser |
Gloves | Michael Clifton |
Good Guy | Brian Gene White |
Heartstrings | J.D. Zelman and Matthew Dushkes |
Hero | Olivia Mackenzie-Smith |
Houdini of the Mind | Sophia Jennings |
How Did I Get Here | Kate Hamilton |
How Ya Like Me Now | Craig T. Williams |
I, Food | Eduardo Hanson de Moura |
Identification | Larry Collins |
In the Garden of Tulips | Ava Lalezarzadeh |
Jonesy, the Sitcom | Caledonia Hanson |
KIPEPEO | Jessica Rowlands |
KSOL | Rogelio Salinas de la Torre |
Last Ship East | Eris Qian |
Lifeline | Seymour Zeynalli |
Lunch Time | Andrew Kaberline |
MAKING WAVES | Drew Larimore |
Mars Rovers | Marley Medina and Jordan Medina |
MIDNIGHT BAIT AND AMMO | Alfred Thomas Catalfo |
Mina Finds Her Edge! | Robin Rose Singer |
Misha's Visit | Kelvin Wong |
MODEL MINORITY | Tapan Sharma |
Moon Palace Motel | Nirav Bhakta |
MURDER BY GASLIGHT | William Jeffery |
My Ancestors’ Song | Melissa Mars |
One Eye On The Milkshake | Monique Hayes |
Orbital | Michael Shaun Sandy |
Out of Luck | Vickery Eckhoff |
Over and Out | Callie LeClaire |
Pap Sbeer | Marta Reeder |
Piece By Piece | Courtney Kim |
Players | Pearson Jenks |
Prevail | Briana Chatters |
Queer and Southern God | Shawn-Caulin Young andMelisse Prusinski |
Rebirth | Andy Volk |
Rob & Lucy | Adam Breseman |
Shadow | Noel Estrada |
Shadow Boxer | Scott Walker |
Siren | Josh Foulkes |
Sister Mary Murphy: Vampire Slayer |
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Slayfest | Mark Renshaw |
Smoke Signals | Zach Thorpe |
Spark | Chelsea Gonzalez andBernardo Cubría |
STOOL | Gavin Carlton |
Super Dumb | Mary Risk |
The Art Painting | John Broadhead |
The Celestial | Pamela Tom |
The Door in the Mirror | Geoff Murillo |
The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms | David Sanders |
The Ossan | Venita Ozols-Graham and Brigitte Graham |
The Other Family | Juan Pablo Daranas Molina |
The Red Shoes | Arielle Beth Klein |
The Story of This Life | Zhijia Jiang |
The Super Man | Christopher Romano |
The Talk | Gabriela Lima |
The Turning Point | Alex Murphy |
The Wild Harts | Kim Hornsby |
The Worth of Things | Jane Ballentyne |
There's a Frog on Mars (It's True!) | Shaun Radecki |
Tiffany's Funeral | Amanda Alvich |
Two Questions and a Wish | Suhashini Krishnan |
Unsettled Short Film | Mario Garza |
Vague! | Lady Aria Grey |
Vibrations | Nicholas Valentin Andros |
Wet Fish | Toby McShane |
What Do We Call This | Anna Mikami |
X | Ezra Li |
ZEPHYR | Amy Allen |
Updated: 07/28/2022
Additional Contest Info: HollyShorts Screenplay Contest
ScriptLinks
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A young widow with two children pursues her dream of opening a custom upholstery shop in defiance of her critical mother—and finds unexpected support from the brother-in-law she blames for her husband's death.
MAN OUT OF COUNTRY
Pilot log line: When an Iranian music teacher in California launches a nightly dinner tradition to stay close to his wife and two teenage sons, unexpected drop-ins from eccentric American in-laws—and plenty of teenage rebellion—turn his heartfelt plan into a battleground of culture, chaos, and family bonding.
Gabriel's Bones
A Christian zealot determined to create a city of God on the prairies and the savvy captain of the buffalo hunt lead Canadian First Nation people in an epic struggle for survival -- the true story of the Northwest Rebellion.
Protect & Serve
A quick-draw detective teams up with a culinary genius from an offbeat soul food diner to take down a formidable drug kingpin.
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.
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 conjures an ancient magic spell to prevent Hitler from winning World War II.
Illicit
In a daring escape from their high-stakes corporate lives and familial responsibilities, two married executives find themselves entangled in a passionate affair at an upscale hotel.
Beyond Forever
Reeling from a devastating personal tragedy, a man abandons his successful career, family, and friends to embark on a one-way journey to Mars through an avant-garde space exploration initiative.
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.
My Name is Wallace (Romantic Comedy/Differently-Abled/Dramedy)
A lonely, autistic man misunderstands a computer ad, connects to a fantasy-sex site, and falls in love.
