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Filmmakers.com Announces Semifinalists
Filmmakers.com has announced the semifinalists in the 2008
Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards. Filmmakers Annual
Competition attracted over 1300 entries worldwide.
CATEGORY 1
(Action/Adventure; Thriller/Horror/Supernatural; Sci-Fi; Animation/Fantasy; Mystery/Suspense)
10 MINUTES FROM PARADISE by Janyce Lapore (Action)
38 DEGREES by Jason Kent (Action Adventure)
BODY OF TRUTH by Jeffrey Marks (Sci-Fi)
Born Again by John McCarthy (Sci-Fi)
Destiny Men by Thomas Gastall (Fantasy)
Djinn by Matthew Altman (Supernatural)
HIGH PROFILE by Debra Vance (Political Thriller)
In The Beginning by Paul Pawlowski (Action Adventure)
Karina Karina by Christian Olavarria (Action Adventure)
Mindgames by Colleen Campbell (Supernatural)
Of Hippocratic Blood by Lou Tasciotti (Horror)
PHOENIX RISING by Steven Martinez (Action Adventure)
The Little Explorer by Zachary Thielen (Animation)
The Mirror by Nancy N. Wilson (Horror)
Twilight of the Gods by Kyle Hagene (Fantasy)
Wet by Mark Samuel (Thriller)
CATEGORY 2
(Drama)
A Picture Of Us by Brendan Gore
Again by Andrew Tuttle
Big Chief by Henry Cherry
CATCHING OUT by Elizabeth Savage Sullivan
DARFUR by Jim L. Hague Jr.
Devil's Due by Neil Cumbria
FALLING by Carolyn Lewis
FALLING INTO PLACE by Lily Mercer
Fish by Eset Akcilad
Front Man by Kevin Conder
Hope's Nocturnal by David Sabbath
MEET ME IN THE MORNING by Mike Lukaszewicz
PRIDE IS THE HUNTER by Jon Ungerland
RESIDUALS by Ernestine Campbell
Silo by Siamack Baniameri
The Black Cat by Mark Penberthy
The Escape by Kent Wong (True Story)
THE FENCE by William Morales
THE STEEL DRUM by James Doucette
YESTERDAY'S CHILD by Linda Delmont
CATEGORY 3
(Comedy)
A Different Kind of Rain by Heather Ferrell
Bridezilla vs. Deer by Colin Costello
College Radio by Thomas Ford and Greg Andrews
Drinking in Church by Kieran Angelini
Forget About the Truth by Barry Leach
HARDLY DAVIDSON by Julian C Hynes
Kiss Me Lucky by Sheri Davenport
Mother Lode by Mark Beech and Linda Gray
MYSTERY SHOPPER by Curtis Burdick
Picture Perfect, Or How To Function A Family by Caitlyn Joy
Rabbit Trails by John Horan
Starter Marriage by Christina Ferguson
The Shores of Illyria by Richard Flynn
Waller In The Holler by Bill Rhoads
Updated: 11/26/2008
Additional Contest Info: The 18th Annual FilmMakers International Screenwriting Awards
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!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.
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.
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.
Real Old
A young man visits a retirement home resident claiming to be a long-lost relative, but as the conversation unfolds, his impossible stories and unsettling knowledge suggest he is far more than he appears — and he hasn't come to reconnect.
Une Femme Sur Terre
After a pandemic wipes out nearly every woman on the planet, the last known female survivor fights to stay alive in a world where her existence has become the most dangerous commodity on Earth.
Second Born
God's second-born Son is on Earth, living in His famous older Brother's shadow, and it proves more complicated — and more enlightening — than Heaven prepared Him for.
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