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Shore Scripts Names Film Fund Semifinalists
Shore Scripts has announced the semifinalists - representing the top 3% of all submissions - for their Fall, 2023 Short Film Fund. Finalists will be announced December 1st.
Afsaneh Gray: The Unveiling
Allison Orr Block: Handle With Care
Anjini Taneja Azhar: Who Are You, Nanu?
Ariel Mahler & Matisse Haddad: t4t
Barry Smyth & Martin Nee: What makes Leni run?
Benedict Cohen: Moderator
Bo Nawacharee: Cocoon
Brian Rawlins: A Eulogy for The Beloved Carl Jenkins
Briar March: I See You
Byron Wylder: Static
Camila Noriega: El Lenguaje de Las Flores
Chelsea Muscat: Story of My Mother
Cheryl Isaacson: We are Seeds
Coale Coleman: Patient L51 (The Budgie)
Danica Jensen: Get You Better
Debby Huvaere: The Boy Without Words
Duran Jones: Milo and the Silent King
Eli Berg & Alejandro Berron: LoveBox
Elise Felber: You Are Going To Die Today
Emilee Reynolds: Paperboy
Faisal Qureshi: Custody
Faye Tamasa: Kumarn
Felicia Manning & Alex Troxler: Scantron
Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz & Pablo Cervera-Gutierrez: When Big People Lie
Hester Bloom: They Burn Witches. Don’t They?
Iris Johnson: Pairing
Isabel Palma: Drapes
Jared Brewer: Forgotten Bodies
Jason Ferrell: Napoleon’s Mom
Jeffrey Wicker: BLIND SPOT
Jeremiah Towolawi: The Truth About Space
Jerome Watson & John Carter: Out By Sundown
Jesus Pena: Nea
Joanne Bellew: UN VIOLON
Juan Urgell: A Place so Savage
Kent Donguines: Four Four
KYUNG-JA LEE: Little Tokyo Story
Lauren James: Thirteen Mountains
Matt Campanella: Fish Out of Water
Michael Basha: My Idiot Sister (POC)
Michelle Zende & Mélia Lisette: Se Necesita Un Pueblo
Mike Sorce & Matthew Kic: Confession
Nathalie Ahmadzadeh & Debora Bottino: Haram My Love
Rich Wolgemuth: Leaves Falling Moon
Samantha Briggs: The Big Chop
Sarah Baskin: i want to go to moscow
Sarah Marsh: Dress at a Funeral
Taylor Karin: Nip
Tiffany Lin: Hunger
Tosh H Cameron: Blue Skin
Updated: 11/24/2023
Additional Contest Info: Shore Scripts Short Film Fund
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Knock on Wood
To survive a week against a vengeful universe, a legendary hitman must trade his "Celestial Mathematics" for genuine morality after a botched job fractures his luck and begins to liquefy reality.
Ilium Ridge
To brothers Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, the First World War is but a game to stave off the boredom of immortality.
Christmas Island
Sissy and Kenneth return to their home in the northern woods for their mother's funeral, to find that their parents plan to snatch their bodies.
Tam Lin
In a modern romantic fantasy based on an ancient Scottish fairy tale, a strong young woman risks everything to save her mysterious lover from the evil Fairy Queen, and bring him back to a world he's never known.
HOW TO SURVIVE A NARCISSIST
While dealing with the aftermath of a vindictive breakup, a tenacious woman provides the audience an instructional guide to narcissists in order to make sense of exactly what happened to keep her bonded to one for seven years.
PINE MOUNTAIN DEVIL
When her small town's peaceful mountain preserve is threatened by a luxury resort, an eco-conscious park ranger must unravel the truth behind a series of brutal deaths that may be linked to an ancient, vengeful force tasked with protecting the land.
THE ALMOST BRIDE
In an attempt to preserve her parents' marriage, a former skating prodigy enlists a risk-adverse publishing executive to pose as her fiancé, but when their elaborate charade spirals out of control, can she fix her own relationship missteps to land a happy ending for everyone?
STAR NAMES PREFERRED
When a wannabe actress obsessed with an A-list celebrity discovers the star's true character, she concocts a devious plan of revenge to steal the star's career and life, embarking on a crime spree all in the name of fame.
Xanadu Shores - First 14 pages
Four friends become enmeshed in a gold heist turned kidnapping chased by a capricious Federal agent and his comely accomplice by land, air and sea, culminating explosively on Xanadu Shores.
THE BEAUTY OF THE RODEO
A former rodeo queen returns home after thirty years, but her attempt to fit back in is further complicated by the arrival of the daughter she secretly placed for adoption.
