Shore Scripts Announces Short Film Fund Semifinalists
Shore Scripts has announced their Short Film Fund semifinalists. Seventy-five scripts have advanced, representing the top four percent of all submissions.
PRODUCTION GRANT SEMFINALISTS
(in alphabetical order by script title, 75 screenplays have progressed)
A Pirate’s Life For Me, by Jessy Leigh
A Shade of Scarlett, by Derek Ladd
A Thursday in Time, by Kz Elizabeth
Ambulance, Hear Me., by Min Wu
Avalude, by Mahesh Menon
Beautiful Women Dancing, by Elina Street
Beauty Queen, by Laura Power
Beluga, by Alexander Gustaveson
Black Thursday, by J.R. Smith
Bobby, by Bella Webber
Breathe, by Patrick George
Brigade, by Calum Rhys
Call and Response, by Charlene Fisk
Changing Rooms, by Kirsty Galliard
Colpo di Sole (Heatstroke), by Lydia Leiber
Cult Favorite, by Bia Jurema
Da Lost Angels, by Alex Alpharaoh
Deed, by Lillie Prowse
Dirty Laundry, by TJ Cheslea
Entry Level, by Aria Fischer
Female Athlete, by Cate O’Connor
Frankie, by Rachel Thomas-Medwid
Freeway Requim, by Jaime Torres
Fucking Kill Me, by Laura Moss
Ghost, by Myles Jackson
Harris Knight Official, by Aneel Ahmad
High Value Man, by Marissa High
I Was a Teenage Lesbian Werewolf, by Zoey James Towner
Impossible Objects, by Bradley Tangonan
Intruder, by Zoe Bullock
It’s Somebody’s Birthday!, by Derrion Brown
Józefa, by Kathryn Kalucki
Khmerican, by Jimmy Chhiu
Land Of Make Believe, by Darren Lee Murphy
Lanes Apart, by Sarah Juma
Lejos de Aquí (Far From Here), by Missy Hernandez
Lucky Us, by Sean Garcia
Marigold Leaves Her Body, by Adesola Thomas
Melancholy, by Michael Feder
Mother Bear, by Regan Borucke
Northern Lights, by Julien Trauman
Olivia Colman Says My Farts Don’t Stink, by Lisa Marie Tedesco
Paper Daughter, by Cameron Kwan
Pendeja, by Caro Guzman
Please Hang Up, by Andrea Tellez & Sophie Tellez
Queen of Heart, by Roma Sur
Red Flower Mali, by Malika Lim Eubank
Rising Tides, by Pari Satarkar
Screentime, by Zoé Paddon
Sheigetz, by Joseph Schweitzer
Shroom of Doom, by Bobbi Summers
Sleep Through Summer, by Erin Mick
Slim, by Justin Malone
Son of Badriyah, by Jérémie Palanque
Squirrel, by Laura Campbell
Stage Fright, by Lex Lapp
Talk To Me Like A Person, by Casimir Nozkowski
Tell it Slant, by James Cirenza & Kate Krieger
The Animals, by Phoebe McNally
The Blue Rope, by Guy Ducker
The Boy On Her Chest, by Andrew Lang
The Bull, by Robert Masters
The Delicate Medium, by Jason Forbach
The Handover, by Rhiannon Neads
The Presser, by Chad Mathews
The Short Escape, by Paweł Grajnert
The Tortoise, by Shan Harris
The Undertone of David Jansen, by Alejandro Ivan Vilchis Palacios
The Worst Choices, by May Suri
Threads, by Chiara Giavarini
Two Women Dancing Alone, by Rajsi Chauhan
Ulis, by Fabiana De Bellis
Vermin, by Nicholas Buchheit
Weight Class, by Matt Campanella
Yellow Slipper, by Tayo Elesin
Updated: 05/31/2025
Additional Contest Info: Shore Scripts Short Film Fund
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Psychotic USA
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Cold Pepper
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