Optimus Feedback Names Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2026 Optimus Feedback Screenplay Competition.
13 Percent by Andrew Armas
A Very Mindy Christmas by Lizzie Boeck & Brittany Diamond
A Whole Vibe by Lawrence Watford
American Targets by Yoav Grossman
Angry Geezers! by David Wilcox
Arctic Beasts by Alexander Ortiz
Beyond The Yellow Brick Road by Jennifer Sorensen
Bits of Energy by Cheryl Kirwan
Book of Ormes by Michael Massa
Bowie Butane: Private Dick by Mike Murdock
Carla by Henry G Sanders
Carmilla by Candiace Anderson
Closer Than Love by Morris Clark
Colony8 by David Whitcroft
Conduct Unbecoming by Don Marcari
Contretemps by Marylove Thralls
Deadman by Mike Murdock
Doc Savage: Dark Empire by Marc DeLamater
Dowry Deadline by Linda Gauer
Empty Nest by Linda Gauer
Fiera by Eric Weston
Forgive Those Who Tresspasz by Demian Cuthbertson
Good Book by Linda Gauer
Hawk's War by Daniel Sharpe
Hitman: An Interview by Charles Harman
Hot Shoe: The Legend of Stan Bowman by Gabriel Lang & John Lucas
I Wanna Be Adored by Bill Cook
Liberty Scrap by Christina Masciotti
Lightning Bricker Brave & a Place Called Home by Jill Thrussell
Liminoid by Aidan Moss
Mama's Pearls by Sylvia Villasenor
Marrying Sydney by Robin Moss
Matewan by Gabriel Duran
Mecca by Henry G Sanders
Meet Day by Mike Williams
Murder at the Concours d'Elegance by Jason Kubik
My Friends' Couches by Nick Cavarra
My Name on a Grain of Rice by Richard Voigt
My Superior Me by Robin Moss
Once Upon A Time In Reno by Cliff Varnell
Overlook Chase by Mark Stevens
Paganini by John Dymale
Parkway by John Ramey
Pharaoh by Dimitri Devyatkin
Plus One by Lizzie Boeck
Polarization by Alexander Lee
Prison Dogs by Tobi Solvang
Rebel Without A Cause by Dion Cominos
Richard Spong by Terry Podnar
Rita, The Spy's Wife by Grazyna Wasak
Scare Crew by Danni B. Levinson
Scooter Murphy - Space Marshal by David Wilcox
Slicks by Glenn Powell
Sophomoric by Laura Richardson & Marnie Olson
Storm Loading by Demian Cuthbertson
Ten Million Reasons Not To Get Married by Marc Zatorsky & Shawn Zatorsky
The Art of Lies by John Cooney
The Bait by Bernardo Barreto
The Branches of Nexos by John Reynders
The Castle Doctrine by Mike Bevins
The Christmas Crash by Mike Williams & Inka Mehtola
The Endless House by Mark Zakeri
The eXperience by Charles Chip
The Gamer Place by David Lopez
The Lady in Red by Martin Greenstein
The Last Trick by Heath Papkov
The Life I Left Behind by Garren Boatright
The Music Makers by Roger Westry
The Night Stalker by Mike Murdock
Van 59 by Brian Trotter
Vintage Christmas by Teresa Skaggs
Vow Of Silence by Mary Pat Lindl
You Are Here by Mark Ward
Updated: 08/26/2026
Additional Contest Info: Optimus Feedback Screenplay & TV Competition
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Wounds of Love and Conspiracy
After an accident cripples his civil rights activist wife, a guilt-ridden young man becomes obsessed with earning her love by helping change America—until his fixation on JFK and civil rights draws him into a delusional quest to stop the President’s assassination.
Virgin, Warrior, Priest, Hero
Across three decades, one actress embodies Lucy as virgin, warrior, and priest—a woman who repeatedly transforms suffering into identity, reinventing herself to survive a world that misreads and confines her, until she finally achieves redemption by saving someone other than herself.
Triggered
When a failed assassination attempt on a rising populist politician ignites nationwide unrest, two mismatched London detectives uncover a covert program hidden inside Britain’s most popular AR glasses — technology capable of manipulating emotion, behaviour, and violent intent in real time.
Keep The Doctor Away
When an anonymous graffiti artist smokes weed from an apple and has a premonition of a wildfire that will destroy Los Angeles and leave her dead on her golden birthday, she must become famous enough for the city to take her seriously—before she turns 22.
Rebecca Saves the Human Web
In a fractured future where aggression and hate spread like viruses, seventeen-year-old Rebecca, afraid of the violence inside her, reaches across time to the gentle grandmother she never knew - and discovers that their bond is humanity's last defense against an emotional apocalypse.
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.
