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Scriptapalooza Names 2025 Semifinalists
Scriptapalooza has announced their 2025 Screenplay Contest semifinalists.
After What Happened at the Library by Kyle Chu & Roisin Isner
Age of War by Peter Bloomquist
Alaska Event by Michael Klodawski
Alfred by Liam Geldman
Alien Exodus by Paul Murdock
Alteration by John Bullaro
American Taint by Josh Rubin
Amish Zombies by Johnathon Miller
An Easy Buck by Philip Cannon
Andy Cleans Up by Ryan David O’Connell
Angels Desired by Lukas Scheja
Anne Boleyn Smith by David Burch
Astral Crisis by Thomas Thorpe
Back Door to Heaven by Ronald Ecker
Based on a Non-True Story by Emilio Santin
Bastard Nation by Eric Conger
Battle of Heaven by Edelmiro Gonzalez
Behind The Hedges by Helene Forst
Black Dress by Ryan Atiana
Blood Batteries III: The Rape of Africa by Benjamin Roussey
Bonus Day by Nancy Sexton & Alon Bar
Bouncing Back by Julie Ackerman
Broke by Ray Spruill
Buchanan by Lon Fairchild & Jared Pettit
Burnt Flowers by Augustine Troppe
Busy Bee Club by Nina Shelton
By Way of Canarsie by Rob Cucurullo & Stacey Nation
Cabo by Scott & Derek Johnson
Caddy Crush by Julie Regine Dolan
Cafe Lavender by Luke Avery
Christmas Evil by Greg Maksudyan
Chronicles of a Missman by Eddy Duran
Clay Mountain by Jeffrey R. Kazanjian
Cloudy with a Chance of Crazy by Gary Whorley
Club Rorschach by Eleanor Horner
Cry of the Geckos by Emir Atac & Jaylon Kurt
Dance of the Innocent by TL Michaels
Death by Architecture by Anthony Poon
Departure by Anna Lomakina
Dogwood by Josh Marion
Don’t Paint the Pooka by Tim Carey
Doom & Gloom by Matthew Katz-Overstreet
Dracula: Genesis by Jack Polo
Duress by Gary Lippman
Ella (Echoes in the Dark) by Cheryl DeMarco & Rebecca Schuster
Emerald City David Bobrow
Epicenter by Luke Swanson
FateBeneFratelli by Andrea Palermo, Anna Soares de Oliveira & Rogerio Boo
Freedom Isle by Lin Anderson
Gone But Not Forgotten by Cara Reinard
Goodbye Boopie by Sachin Mehta
Grace Call by Sean Barry
Greg’s List by Greg Falkin
Guy Who Just Bought a Boat by Patrick Tierney
Halloween: Patient 31 by Tom Cunningham
Handful of Thieves by Richard Harrison
Hoosier boy by Anthony Korol
How We Are by Sabrina Peterson
I Just Am by Raymond McDonald
Indian Country by John T. Young
Indigo Monday by Nicole Palo
Inescapable by Lorin Wertheimer
Insomnia Café by Jill Underhill
Introspective by Anthony Wood
Jazz on a Wave by Bob Merz
Jewell Street by Nikola Ojdanic
Just Married, Italian Style by Anthony Palmiotto
Kara by Brian Cunningham & Taylor Ellis
Kate’s War by Gary Wayne Ress
Let’s Talk Tacheles by Matthew Danciger
LifeSport by Alex Wendown
Limited Run by James Westbrook
Little Adults by Mercedes Garcia
Living on the Edge by Tony Valenz
Lobster Bisque by Asya Khmelova
Love & Detroit by Michael Dunker & Alex Ruiz
Lucifer Lake by Philip Girault
Lying Down with Dogs by Richard Carson Bailey
Measuring the Mountain by Adrian Stadtmiller
No Place for God by Tory Stauffer
Oar River by Jody McNicholas
On The Black by Kristen Mack & Kelley Mack
On The Run by David Simons
Once Upon a Time in the Projects by J. Mike Scott
Orchard Lane by Donna Gooden
Out For Blood by Derek Jones
Out Like a Lamb by L.J. Swanson
Over My Dead Body by Bruce Li
Over the Moon and Under the Sun by Gregory Breuer
Pet Peeve by Kendall Mezza
Reserved by Sarah Leff
Rider by Michael Ezell
Rock, Paper, Scissors by Christine DeBoer
Rooms in a Bar by Daniel Williams
Semblance by Scott Hoops
Smash and Grab by Charles Huttinger
Sticky Notes by Jan Fredric Dalby
Study in Crimson by Tim Labor
The Last Trucker by Timothy Doyle
The Life of Sam by Michael Jargens
The Razor’s Edge by Brett Ermilio
Toys by Damon Mena
Yell Already by Jerome Egan
Updated: 08/13/2025
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Bubbling Under the Surface
After an elderly Holocaust survivor is nearly murdered in her nursing home bed, her family and the Muslim carer who saved her are pulled into a widening chain of antisemitic attacks, domestic violence, and police investigation that threatens both communities before the hatred spreads further.
Storm Dragons
In a mystical land where champions fight to the death to keep the peace, the revenge of a chosen warrior against the killer of his family risks starting the bloody war he was bound to prevent.
THE PHANTOM DRIVER
On New Year’s Eve, 1912, a violent alcoholic dies and becomes the supernatural driver who gathers the souls of the dead — until he’s given one impossible chance to save his family from the consequences of his own cruelty.
RACING HOME
An ex race car driver runs from his last crash and divorce, to find new love, danger, and himself.
DEER DOG
After hitting a dog, then saving his life, a single mother and her children fall for the dog, and the broken, homeless man who is his original owner.
The Ephod
Based on a true story, after a disturbing Bible study shatters her lifelong Catholic beliefs, Faith Alvarez is driven by a supernatural encounter to uncover the mystery of the ancient Ephod.
The Kidnapped
In Mexico, a drug cartel boss kidnaps a washed-up Hollywood director, and the two are driven to insanity while shooting a documentary about the boss's once-powerful cartel--a project meant to help both men reclaim lost glory (BREAKING BAD meets GET THE GRINGO)
The Return of the Bad Boys
A group of friends from a working-class Detroit neighborhood cheat their way through a three-on-three basketball tournament to prove to themselves that they’re not losers (WHITE MEN CAN’T JUMP meets THE HANGOVER).
Only the Bad Guys
In a dystopian world where killing a killer brings their victim(s) back to life, ex-soldier turned bounty hunter Daniela Dushane makes a killing killing killers as she walks the fine line between hero and villain (THE NICE GUYS meets THE PUNISHER).
Diplomatic Ammunity!
A struggling Hollywood screenwriter recruits his former best friends to help him write a script about a series of pranks they pulled in high school, and they discover why their friendship fell apart (ADAPTATION meets IDIOCRACY).
