PAGE Announces 2023 Contest Finalists
The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards competition has announced their list of Finalists for 2023, representing the top 10 scripts in each of the contest's 10 genre categories. Winners will be announce October 15th.
ACTION/ADVENTURE
THE ALCHEMIST’S GREAT WORK
Darren Ursino
AVALANCHE EXPRESS
Megan Wilson
CARTEL HELL
Mike Murphy
THE FOREVER WINTER
Vandon Gibbs
GARE DU NORD
Takeo Hori
THE LAMB
John Ingle
PLUNDER
Mike Jupp
RIDERS IN THE SKY
David Martin
THE SNAKE AND THE CROW
Derek Ladd
SYMPATHY FOR THE WILD
Eamonn Cogan
COMEDY
BAGGAGE
David Lambertson
BEST. APOCALYPSE. EVER.
Josh Barkey
COME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE
Tara Hall
A COP AND A VAMPIRE WALK INTO A BAR
Boris Coll
CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE
Asha Kurian & Mark Farris
DADDY ISSUES
Marisa Forrest
FLOATERS
Michael Noonan
HOOSIER DADDY
Jeffrey Field
PINKY SWEAR
Matthew Manson
PLOT TWISTS IN BEVERLY HILLS
Sam Wright
DRAMA
DOLLY DOES A THING
Lily Mercer
FILTHY
Lisa Cole
HANNAH’S ANSWER
Graeme Burfoot
HARE
Nicholas Schmid
THE JEWS OF KAIFENG
Paulo Cohen-Myers
THE LAST GOOD DAY
TJ Berry
PSYCHO KILLER
Linda MacPherson Davidson
TEA WITH THE AMBANIS
Sandhya Hermon
WAITING GAMES
Jeffrey Field
WALKING IN IOWA
Alex Murawski
FAMILY FILM
CHRISTMAS MIRACLE WORKER
Curtis S. Burdick
CLARA AND THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE
Ben Lokey
COOKIE
Brenda LePage
A DOLPHIN IN OUR LAKE
David Hartmann
DISCONNECT
Joey Day Hargrove
THE POET OF SUGAR CREEK
Karen Conley
SAVING CINDERELLA
Melinda Saranchock & Chris Saranchock
THE SECRET OF SHANGRI-LA
Lisa Gold
SPACE CADET
Nicole Delprado
SUPERMODEL UN
Jessica Jiji
HISTORICAL FILM
ALL THINGS FALSELY
Suzanne Faber
FERNWEH: THE ACHE FOR DISTANT PLACES
Rosemary Griggs
GODFOR
Pablo Torrellas
GOODBYE IRAQ
Vannar Jaddou
LIFE
Henry Hughes
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMSTERDAM
Leon Golterman
PRIVATE THOMPSON’S SECRET WAR
Gina DeAngelis
SAVING MARK TWAIN
Staton Rabin
THE STRATFORD WIFE
Sarah E. Sinclair
TRICE
Matt Foss & Carlos Washington
SCIENCE FICTION
AGAINST ALL ENTROPY
Nick MacMurdy
BELYANA
Edoardo Nolfo
BLACK ICE BELOW
Peter Frasier
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Jeannine Willey
INTREPID
Michael Langer
RUNAWAY FOREST
Stella Ruggiero
SCAVENGE
Curt McCray & Kent McCray
TAKEOVER
Jace Serrano
TIES THAT BIND
Luca Violante
TRANSFERENCE
Johnny Gilligan
THRILLER/HORROR
ALWAYS WE BEGIN AGAIN
Nic Cohen
BETIDE
Oscar Gutierrez Rodriguez
DUST ON DIRT
Adele Smaill
ELEVEN ELEVEN
James Williams
GUNN
Doug Rao
LURE
Nick Tassoni
THE ONES WHO STAY
Jef Burnham
SIMPLE BEAST
Erik Odom
THREE PADDIES
Dominic Graham
WINTERGREEN
Lyndal Simpson
SHORT FILM
AGING QUEENS
Joffre Faria Silva
THE BEHOLDER
Ryan Gregory
GEARJAMMER
Branko Maksic
GOLDEN HOUR
Maureen McEly
THE OTHER MAN
Carlan Morari
PINK X BLUE
Josh Smith
PIX
Peter Andrews
ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON
Stuart Alan Creque
THE SPHINX
Chloe Myerson
UN VIOLON
Joanne Bellew
TV DRAMA PILOT
BEARHEART
Cressandra Thibodeaux
CRENSHAW
Scott Kassel
DARK CARGO
Neer Shelter
NASHAA
Jas Kandola
OFFICER X
Michael Joiner
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Patia Prouty
TO BE THE MAN
Stephen Downs
WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!
Aimiende Negbenebor Sela & Andrew Rubin
YAO GUAI: DRAGONS AND DEMONS
Brent McKnight
YOOHOO LANE
Kelly Jean Karam
TV COMEDY PILOT
BODICE RIPPERS
Laura Mannino
CROSSING
Tray Epps
GLAMVILLE
Rachael Brant
GOTTA BE McGEE
Thomas O’Connor
LOVE FOOL
Zina Kresin
NEPOTISM BABY
Juli Del Prete
OLD MOM
Stephanie Ogozaly
OPEN WIDE
Claire Ayoub
THE SCOOP
Rachael Morgan
SHELF LIFE
David Zorn
Updated: 09/15/2023
Additional Contest Info: 2025 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
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.
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.
End It On This
Trying to salvage their chaotic love life, a careless couple hits the road, just in time for the world to end.
The Silent Rebellion
In this post-apocalyptic thriller, a group of patriots led by a fierce female band together in an attempt to save their loved ones from a tyrannical and seemingly unbeatable new social system.
She Curses Like a Sailor
The perception of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their baffling neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her college senior class project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other twisted souls) after their third offense.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A satirical view of the ineptness of modern day psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
Psycho-Hearts
A world renowned heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
