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2024 WINNERS

SCRIPT COMPETITION (Formerly knows as the LA International Script Competition)

GENRE WINNERS:
 
DESERT BELLES, Feature. Candace Egan - Action/Adventure Genre Winner
 
SENSELESS CONFIDENTIAL, Feature. Martin Bannon Beaudet - Comedy Genre Winner
 
JUNKIE FEET, Feature. Cynthia García Williams - Drama Genre Winner
 
OLVIDADO, Feature. D. B. Roderick - Historical/Biopic Genre Winner 
 
COOP, Feature. Joe Leone - Family Genre Winner 
 
THE BROKEN ROAD, Feature. Tommy Anderson - Romance Genre Winner 

THE DEPUTY, Feature. Paul Corricelli - Mystery/Crime Genre Winner
 
WENDIGO, Feature. David Zuckerman - Horror/Supernatural Genre Winner 

COLLECTOR, Short. Marco Rodriguez - Thriller/Suspense Genre Winner
 
PREACHER’S DAUGHTER: GIANT SLAYER, Feature. Gregory Bonds -
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Genre Winner
 
INTO THE MIDNIGHT SUN, Feature. David Zuckerman - Western Genre Winner 
 
SLEEPY TOWN, Feature. Janet Kravetz - Animation Genre Winner
 
FRENCH BROAD: FALLING FORWARD, Pilot. Reid J. Barwick, Nathan Boyd Weber - Action/Adventure Genre Winner
 
HERE SHE COMES, Pilot. Jasmine Aziz, Dan McNeil - Comedy Genre Winner

CARE SOURCE, Pilot. Matthew Nicholson - Drama Genre Winner
 
JOHN H. WATSON: CRIME DOCTOR, Pilot. Timothy E. Liebe - Mystery/Crime Genre Winner
 
SCOUNDREL, Pilot. Amy Quick Parrish - Historical/Biopic Genre Winner

 
GENRE FINALISTS:
 
TO THE GATES OF ROME, Feature. Joseph Jaussi - Action/Adventure Genre Finalist
 
TASK FORCE - BLACK, Feature. Michael John Chase - Action/Adventure Genre Finalist 
 
THE JUDAS APOCALYPSE, Feature. Dan McNeil, Jasmine Aziz - Action/Adventure Finalist
 
THE LOSER’S CLUB, Feature. Jonathan Turner Smith - Comedy Genre Finalist
 
LOVE ACCORDING TO EROS, Feature. Sammy Kistell - Comedy Genre Finalist
 
THE LAST CARROT, Short. Grace Lavin - Comedy Genre Finalist
 
THE FANTASTICAL STAY OF CALLIOPE LUGO, Feature. Marco Rodriguez - Drama Finalist
 
NATHAN, Feature. JP Christy, Fred Watkins, Jonathan Turner Smith - Drama Genre Finalist
 
IT’S ONLY LIFE, Feature. Joseph Stephen Meadows - Drama Genre Finalist
 
KAHLIL, Short. Mohamed N. Mohsen - Drama Genre Finalist
 
BEYOND DECEPTION, Short. Gary Bigelow - Drama Genre Finalist

RICHARD SPONG, Feature. Terry Luke Podnar - Drama Genre Finalist
 
ALTA CALIFORNIA, Feature. Lynn H. Elliott - Historical/Biopic Genre Finalist
 
(M)ALICE, Feature. Denise Singleton - Thriller/Suspense Genre Finalist 
 
SWEETENER, Feature. William Rush - Thriller/Suspense Genre Finalist

THE ALEXANDRITE RING, Feature. Harker Jones - Thriller/Suspense Genre Finalist
 
SECOND SET, Pilot. Candace Lee Egan - Comedy Genre Finalist
 
THE LIP READERS’ HORRORS, Short. Mohamed N. Mohsen - Horror/Supernatural Finalist
 
COLD HEAT, Pilot. John S McCloskey - Drama Genre Finalist
 

GENRE SEMI-FINALISTS:
 
CHATEAU DE TAROT, Feature. Reid J. Barwick - Action/Adventure Genre Semi-Finalist
 
7 SOULS, Feature. Judy Belshe-Toernblom - Action/Adventure Genre Semi-Finalist

IDENTITY, Feature. Joseph Jaussi - Drama Genre Semi-Finalist
 
THE SLOVENIAN GIRL, Feature. Chaz Fatur - Drama Genre Semi-Finalist
 
THE FAIRY DUST BOUTIQUE, Short. Gary Bigelow - Drama Genre Semi-Finalist

ALCANZA EL SOL (REACH FOR THE SUN), Feature. Douglas May - Drama Semi-Finalist
 
FROM HOMELESS TO HOLLYWOOD, Short. Shaneen Charese Bonner - Drama Semi-Finalist
 
WILLOW SAYS, Short. Geoffrey Gould - Horror/Supernatural Genre Semi-Finalist
 
THE SCREECHER, Feature. Lazar Karov - Horror/Supernatural Genre Semi-Finalist
 
LA HACIENDA, Feature. Patricia M. Fox - Horror/Supernatural Semi-Finalist
 
WAKE UP CALL, Short. David Matthew Barnes - Sci-Fi/Fantasy Genre Semi-Finalist
 
SPACE GAMERS, Feature. Joseph Jaussi - Animation Genre Semi-Finalist
 
OUT WITH A BANG, Pilot. Nathan Ondracek - Comedy Genre Semi-Finalist

 
GENRE QUARTER-FINALISTS:
 
KRAZY DEAD, Feature. Horatio Tihanyi, Dawn Nargi - Comedy Genre Quarter-Finalist
 
I DIDN’T KNOW, Feature. Based on a self-published novel. Diane Hall - Drama Quarter-Finalist
 
A COLORADO CHRISTMAS, Short. Tiffany Colling - Family/Holiday Genre Quarter-Finalist
 
CLASSROOM THIEF, Short. Kelly Jean Karam - Horror/Supernatural Genre Quarter-Finalist
 
THE SPIRIT, Feature. Pedro Gil Vasconcelos - Horror/Supernatural Genre Quarter-Finalist
 
FINAL TIMEFALL, Feature. Ivan Miodrag Cvetkovic - Sci-Fi/Fantsay Genre Quarter-Finalist
 
GRANGER’S WAY, Pilot. Robert Wagner - Mystery/Crime Genre Quarter-Finalist
 
BABY BOOMERS CAN DANCE, Feature. Pam Price - Animation Genre Quarter-Finalist
 
TEMPLIN HIGHWAY, Feature. William Prosser - Sci-Fi/Fantasy Genre Quarter-Finalist
 
THE MYRTLES, Feature. Anthony Jason McBride - Sci-Fi/Fanatasy Genre Quarter-Finalist

 
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
 
THE PRIORY OF SION, Feature. Cazebon-Taveau - Action/Adventure Honorable Mention
 
SHELDON MASHUGANA GOES BACK TO THE FUTURE, Feature. Dean Morgan -
Comedy Honorable Mention
 
THE GREAT DORITO!, Feature. Pedro Gil Vasconcelos - Comedy Honorable Mention 
 
WILL YOU PAINT ME AN OCEAN?, Short. Cherry Fu - Drama Honorable Mention
 
MOTORHEAD FUSION, Short. Taylor Desjardins - Drama Honorable Mention 

A CLOSE SHAVE, Short. Michele Aboud - Drama Honorable Mention 

2025 Winner's List (coming soon)

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