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TFI Announces 2001 Semifinalists
COLD WAR - John Barone - NY
ABSENCE OF FAITH - John Anastasi - PA
VEIL OF DECEIT - Rich Figel - HI
DNA - Les Barnum - AZ
THE PERFORMANCE - Spencer Beglarian - CA
SEMPER FI - D. J. Williams - WA
TRISTAN & IZOLDA - Karen Holcomb - TX
THE OTHER WASHINGTON - Charles Emery - PA
THESPIAN SKIN - Stevan Holmes - FL
STONEWALL CANARY - Geoffrey Halpin - Australia
FORTUNE'S DELIRIUM - John Jones - TX
SKY FIRE - Steven Karels - NH
SHOOTERS - Steven Karels - NH
THE MAGIC RING - Henderson Smith - AZ
WALKING IN HER SLEEP - Lindsey Van de Kirk - TX
TO RUSSIA WITH VINNY - Greg D'Alessandro - CA
PARANOIA - Paula Smith - KS
HOTEL MARIPOSA - Lex Williford - TX
INFINITE WISDOM - Charles McBeth - TX
ESCAPADE - Natalie Crosby - CA
SAILING BLIND - Cheryl Herring - CA
THE ADJUNCT - James Shein - IL
FRATICIDE - James Shein - IL
MISERY LOVES, CO. - Christopher Walters - NC
LIVING AND LEAVING LA - Marcelo Mitnik - CA
STUDY ABROAD - Susan Holgate - CO
MUSKOGEE - Jesse Lee Vint - CA
A DIGNIFIED EXIT - John Jones - TX
AMATEURS - Michael Cookson - MD
SPINNERS - Robert Perry - CA
ANDIE & MO - Laney Clark & Gaylene Murphy - OK
FAMILY LOYALTY - Sean Riordan - NY
FOR LOVE OR MONEY - Katherine Dubois - CO
PANDORA'S BOX - Gregory Anderson - FL
Updated: 10/02/2001
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Post Your Script Here!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.
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.
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.
