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Faith in Film Names 2026 Contest Winners
The Banner by Ernestina Juarez has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2026 Faith in Film Screenwriting Competition.
Grand Prize Winner
The Banner by Ernestina Juarez
Finalists
Alta California by Lynn H. Elliott
Two Gardens by Guyo Katich
Semi-Finalists
Before Sunday by Elizabeth Myer & Kaly Sullivan
Turn by Avril David
Dance of the Innocent by TL Michaels
Saint Mick by Benjamin Carlucci
Big Dill by Kendra Satterwhite
Benny Versus Jesus by Steven Frohardt
Never Whistle in the Woods by Mark Brown & Bill Ochs
Atom Bombed Mary by Matthew Curtis Fleischer
The Lesson by Duncan Bruce Putney
Appearances by Chuck McClelland
Blue Idaho by Noah Zayn Mortier
The Lost Son Emerges by Galen Collins
September Waves by John Hanna
Santiago by Zach Jansen
Life of a Firefly by Sandra Brown Lindstedt
The Fearless by Michael Radlovic
The Brethren by AL Short
The Moment Between by Robert Lament
Legionnaire by Philippe Benoit
Updated: 05/17/2026
Additional Contest Info: Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Eternal Blessings
A dying woman enters a time portal to confront her criminal past, only to realize that what she seeks is in the present--but getting back is proving harder than she thought.
Unknown Black Assailant
As the crack epidemic erupts across 1980s small-city America, a Black rookie detective investigating a string of gang murders in Little Rock, Arkansas uncovers a CIA-backed arms-for-drugs conspiracy—forcing him to choose between protecting his family and exposing a truth that could destroy him.
SETTLING THE BOOKS
A cautious investigator is none the less drawn in, along with four other heirs, by the reading of a billionaire rare book dealer’s will, they’re sealed in an airtight panic room, and with only four hours air, must solve the centuries-old mystery contained in the book ‘The Castilian Cypher’ in order to escape.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an ***AI Bot*** to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of ***Fake***.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their bizarre neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her gorgeous girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class science project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other pathetic souls) after their third offense.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
