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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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ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!The Ephod
Based on a true story. After a troubling Bible study shakes her lifelong Catholic faith, a woman experiences a vivid dream turned Spirit encounter when a mysterious Black Noble Man enters her dream and began preaching to her with passion and authority.
Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
A DAY AT THE RODEO
A wealthy, widowed New York socialite, and a know-it-all preacher enters the unfamiliar world of rodeo, determined to “rescue” the widow’s wayward daughter who has fallen for a young bull rider.
A Man Who Thinks He Knows Who Really Killed the President
To feel worthy of Madeline, the love of his life, George takes on the scars of the nation and goes mad.
The Loss of Heaven
In 1961, a guilt-ridden Catholic schoolboy convinced he has damned himself and his family by breaking "Divine Law" must confront fear, superstition, and a violent bully after a tragic church fire forces him to become the hero he never believed he could be.
Rebecca Saves the Human Web
A teenage girl in a violent future inhabits the gentle spirit of her murdered grandmother and discovers that acts of violence are connected through an invisible emotional web; together they learn to prevent tragedies amid the threat of violent global collapse.
Translation
Two strangers meet at a bar and discover they share more in common than either expected, navigating identity, attraction, and the courage to be truly seen by another person.
Flatus Maximus
In 9 A.D., a pacifist Roman teenager with a deadly cinnamon allergy is conscripted by a ruthless general to weaponize the one thing he's always been ashamed of — and must choose between his homeland and the people who showed him kindness.
The Casing
After a pickleball injury leaves a strange mark on a retiree's shin, he discovers a trans-dimensional anomaly that will either ruin his life or change it forever.
Hitler in Hell
Bored with his luxury accommodations in the underworld, Adolf Hitler requests a meeting with Satan to negotiate an upgrade — but every promotion comes with a price designed specifically for history's most infamous monster.
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