Winners

JANUARY 2024

WINNER:
Simulacres – Robin Christopher Johnston

SPECIAL MENTION:
The Stranger – Leonardo Pirzio-Biroli

FINALISTS:
Love Is Real – Albert Bullock
TRACER – Julia Campanelli
Mount Ascension – Warren Bouchier
Silence of Fury – D.Hunter Fein
Moonscope – David Hunter Fein

SEMI-FINALISTS:
Sons of Legacy – ED CHRISTMAS
The Sky Would Open – Ben Barnett
The Light Under The Door – Robert LoBianco
The Crystal House – Diane Young
I Want To Go Home – Danielle Lauriente
The Weather Girl’s Assassin – Sam Cromartie
Stealle Falls – Ruth Millar
Because of You – Peter Anthony McGrath
Escape – Marc H Stevens
Gozo Bozos – Danielle Lauriente
Aris – V.P. Evans
Drama Trauma Millionär – Kima Majid

DECEMBER 2023

WINNER:
A Broken Soldier – Noel Kearns

SPECIAL MENTION:
Ghost Station – Suzy Stein, Fernando Perez

FINALISTS:
Bockelson – Ed Fuller
Who Paints the Cats? – Stephanie Hoernes
Wrath – Martin White II
HEADWIND – Jeff Gendelman

NOVEMBER 2023

WINNER:
JDLR – Andrew Lane Fox

FINALISTS:
The Devil Pulls the Strings – J. W. Zarek
Moses – Marcus Johnson
Hummingbird Island – Danielle Nicole Salmento Lauriente
Old Savannah – Danielle Nicole Salmento Lauriente
Cerebral Palsy – ACG影视动画 –

OCTOBER 2023

WINNER:
The Strongman – Todd Ryan Jones

FINALISTS:
Three May Keep a Secret – Georgia Gant
I Can Do Better – Elizabeth Frances Davis
Duelling Pianos – Kieran Jordan
Fast Cash – Cary Lee Singleton
Cousin Elaine’s Dilemma – Ramin Ghayoori

SEMI-FINALISTS:
Agency – Helen Sun, Laura Malatos
Good Housekeeping – Nivea Serrao
Dead Bird 邢潇文 – ACG FILM
Burke and Hare – The West Port Murders – Stephen Hall
Lay at one’s door – Amanda Jane Kendall
Instructors – Jordan Paul Capelli
Dawn of the Burning Sun – Daniel Scott White
The priory of Sion published by editions edilivre in france – Cazebon-Taveau Cazebon-Taveau Cazebon-Taveau
Oddball Wonderful – John-Mark Davidson

SEPTEMBER 2023

WINNER:
It Will Happen Again – Luke Hunter

FINALISTS:
Beyond the Razor Wire – Sandy Thorne, Lynn Santer
Puro – Kevin Overton, Frederic Poag

SEMI-FINALISTS:
The Last Shogun of North Philly – Kevin Overton
Conger Eel – Dilece Connor
All you need is love – David Jarvis
Criss Cross – Elizabeth Sylvia Player
The Train to Carson City – Toby Mortimer
The Acquaintances – Mehmet Atamen

AUGUST 2023

WINNER:
The Ghost – Chris Hoyt, Adam Hampton, Luke Wyckoff

FINALISTS:
A Faery Blight – Julie A. Thornton
The Pegasus – Robert Alan Wagner
City of Shadows – Alexander Kingsley
Silent Echoes – Rachel Donovan, Michael Walters

SEMI-FINALISTS:
The Wedding Countdown – Xinshu Cui, Zuyou Liu
Broken Masquerade – Divit Jozef
Insured To Die – Nate Carroll
THE SEVERED MIRROR – Anthony Catino
The Forgotten Kingdom – Sarah Mitchell
Midnight Rain – Clara Roberts
Dancing with Shadows – Brian Wallace
Into the Abyss – Derek Stevens
Beyond the Horizon – Allison Gray
Lost in the Echo – Rebecca Moore
Fire in the Sky – Patricia Williams

JULY 2023

WINNER:
Little Africa – A Tale of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street – Curtis R Adair

FINALISTS:
Christmas Conundrum – Joseph Anthony Francis
Killing Detroit – Christopher Hood
The Void – David Canetti

SEMI-FINALISTS:
The Call of Evil – Naser D Shahrivar
Hummingbird Island – Danielle Nicole Salmento Lauriente
TRIBE – Vicki Cargill, Adam Cargill
The Prime – Curtis R Adair
The Deal – Jeno Hodi, Arpad Herman, Dorottya Durr
The Last Word – Kate Johnston
The Shadow Chronicles – Christian Caputo
The New Life – Leonard Martin
Let It Be Perpetual – Aaron Lumley
Land – Aaron Marc Lumley

JUNE 2023

WINNER:
A Siren’s Sweet Whisper – Fred G Stemme

HONORABLE MENTION:
Out of Adversity – Elliot Stanton

FINALISTS:
STAR CHILDREN – Balbeer Bahi
Drama Queen – Stephanie Scott
The Pickleball Killer – Jim Carroll

SEMI-FINALISTS:
The John Ford Fake – John Timothy OConnor
The Reformation of Sister Mary – Christie Cook
Evolution of Foresight – Lily Baonhi Luong
OM – Lin Jin
Marah From Eilat – Leiter Daniellson
Almasi Ya Kifo – Anthony Guilianti
Just Survive Somehow – Ricade Freckleton
Beauty in Wyman Park Dell – Enid Aames
Agate – Nikolas Elrifi
Living Alone – Safirah John
Christmas Under the Mistletoe – Deborah Suzanne Jones
HELL BENT FOR LEATHER – Robert Alan Wagner
The Great Sabotage – michelangelo franchini
Blood Ties – William Hovey Smith

MAY 2023

WINNER:
The Christian – Alex Scarrott

FINALISTS:
Bearothic Dinner – Francesco Poggi
FANTABULAND – Pamela van Amstel

SEMI-FINALISTS:
For Everyone, Everything – Patrick Ross
Stepping Out – Arianne Hutch
ROUGH CUT – Matthew Margo
From the Ashes – Harry James Lay

QUARTER-FINALISTS:
THE DEPTHS OF MALIBU – Mark Roeder
The Big Wave – Tom Allen
The Gantry – Pilot – CaRich Chandler
Peach Fuzz – Matthew Preston-Bloom
Dead Sheep – Karren Winchester
Mystique – Unique Monique, Hilary Davis
I’ll Get Along – Raphael King
Virus Zero – Matt Chopping
Luckless – Shelley Coleman
Adonis – Jack Ryan Tolan
How Not To Write a Romance Novel – Suzy Stein, Fernando Perez

APRIL 2023

WINNER:
Trust the Science – Fred Tabsharani

FINALISTS:
HOWARD CANTOR – STORY OF MY LIFE – Andrea Careri
Abstract of Love – Scott James Cook

SEMI-FINALISTS:
1066 – Ross Charles Johnson
GOING T*Ts UP! – JAY WHEDDON
Robot Asteroid – Paul May
Give it Wings – Kate Whiteside

QUARTER-FINALISTS:
The Ice Pact – Christian Pendered Zur
Where the Chameleon Goes – Mark le Claire
Clementine – Emily Hale
EYE FOR AN EYE – Peter Mayfield
PROGRAM To KILL….?? (F-10) – Manisha Gupta
Extra Time – Steve Lanwarne
The Belly of the Serpent – Adam Butler
Issues – Maya Carter
Faceless – Kate Whiteside
Who They? – Andrew Lane Fox
Wet Jeans – Toby Norman

March 2023

WINNER:
Slipping Through My Fingers – Oliver Batchelor

FINALISTS:
“Hallelujah” – Zeff Lawless
When I Stop Dreaming – Natalie MacMahon
Never Stop Running – Dr. Melissa Caudle
Sirens of Silence – Matt Townsend, Ellana Blacher
HIGHLAND DRIVE Pilot – Rosalyn Rosen

SEMI-FINALISTS:
The Way You See Me Now – Anthony Guilianti
Vivienne Varlette – Demi Aspey
A Siren’s Sweet Whisper – Fred G Stemme
MOKSHA – Saurin Lakhia
Fate Bender – Girma Negash
PASSPORT TO TERROR – Michael McEvoy
The Pict – Sean-Paul Thomas Cairns
House on Fire – Grace Melville
Tears of Glass TV Pilot – David Lake
Kerry Cowboys – Zeff Lawless
St Helena – Aaron Marc Lumley
Michelangelo: A Life set in Stone – Andrea Nocchetti
Any Casual Day – Aaron Marc Lumley
Yetis – Tom Morgan
Sojourn: Summer’s End – Steven Gamella
The Jig is Up – Maire Patricia Clerkin
Meet you at George’s – Ortega Ana
Story of Shawdo – Selena Emma Chen

February 2023

WINNER:
Slipping Through My Fingers – Oliver Batchelor

FINALISTS:
“Hallelujah” – Zeff Lawless
When I Stop Dreaming – Natalie MacMahon
Never Stop Running – Dr. Melissa Caudle
Sirens of Silence – Matt Townsend, Ellana Blacher
HIGHLAND DRIVE Pilot – Rosalyn Rosen

SEMI-FINALISTS:
The Way You See Me Now (Screenplay) – Anthony Guilianti
Vivienne Varlette – Demi Aspey
A Siren’s Sweet Whisper – Fred G Stemme
MOKSHA – Saurin Lakhia
Fate Bender – Girma Negash
PASSPORT TO TERROR – Michael McEvoy
The Pict – Sean-Paul Thomas Cairns
House on Fire – Grace Melville
Tears of Glass TV Pilot – David Lake
Kerry Cowboys – Zeff Lawless
St Helena – Aaron Marc Lumley
Michelangelo: A Life set in Stone – Andrea Nocchetti
Any Casual Day – Aaron Marc Lumley
Yetis – Tom Morgan
Sojourn: Summer’s End – Steven Gamella
The Jig is Up – Maire Patricia Clerkin
Meet you at George’s – Ortega Ana
Story of Shawdo – Selena Emma Chen

January 2023

WINNER:
The Happiness Angel – David M Hinds

FINALISTS:
Billie the Kid – Tom Michael Jennings
Ajit – Anne Gold

SEMI-FINALISTS:
Aria – Pawan Sahni, Jeremy Lawson
Gym Candy – Armand Arekian
Pigeon Boy – Alex Green
MOM’S INCORPORATED – Miriam E Bavly
To Be A Girl – T. Johnson
FOR THE LOVE OF LATTE – Miriam E Bavly
The Golden Dolly – Jeffrey Aarles

December 2022

WINNER:
Pipe Dream – Corey Mayne, Eric Mayne

FINALISTS:
Heroes, Just For One Day (Breaking Thick Ice) – Salvatore Riggio
Rolling in It – First 10 pages – Matthew Holborow
Farlight – Allie

SEMI-FINALISTS:
White Washed – Navdeep bains
Trust Me – Jonathan James Izard
Lajjawati: A Love story from India – Sumathy Ram, Charles Leopardo
The Sponsor – Sophie von Rheden
Lee Harvey Oswald: Dead Man Walking – John Bolbot

November 2022

WINNER:
Represent – Susan Cinoman

FINALISTS:
The Happiness Angel – David M Hinds
The Beholder – Ryan Lee Gregory

SEMI-FINALISTS:
Billy – Joshua Rose
Keys – Cara Bamford
Call Me Daddy – Mookie Ma
No Address – Julia Verdin, James Papa
The Adagio – Gerald C Wood
Under The Bridge – Richie Lee Cunningham
Dominant Trait – Julia Knox
Little Lion – Clarissa Itschert
Winter Bird – Stephen Delos Treacy
The Convenience of the Closet – Anastasia Dakhno
Deadline To Death – Elliot Stanton
The Suspicion – Jack Eastment
Those Left Behind – María Elena González
Two Miles To Mainstreet – Julia Knox
The Paragraph – Carol Jean McPhee
A New Believer – Ellie Mae Louise Smith

October 2022

WINNER:
White Meat – Daniel Eagleton

FINALISTS:
Djoser Delivered – Daniel Fruman
2032 – Dan Padbury
The Same River Twice – Pam Mandel, Amy Guth
Mulligans – Marcus J Warrington
Freedom Man – Billy Festorazzi

SEMI-FINALISTS:
Praetorian – Dan Padbury
Tales of Babylon – Pelayo De Lario
New Town – Amber Marsh
Flight or Plight – Dan Padbury
Max and Maria – Rosalyn Rosen
Killing Detroit – Christopher Hood
Old Man of Mancora – Dan Padbury
Beast Babe – Arwen Roberts
One for Sorrow – Simeon Lumgair
Marah from Eilat – Lyter Danielson
Exolatry – Michael Kureth
Nautla – Daniel Padbury
Bad Love Tigers – Kevin Schewe
White Room – Domenico Baldi
The Day of Parity – Matt MacBride

September 2022

WINNER:
The Pharmacist – Samsun Knight

SPECIAL MENTION:
In Love and War – Allan B. Hill

FINALISTS:
Change Of Watch – Lewis John Eastwood
Shooting People – Wilson Macduff
Bare Faced Lies – Stephanie Pearce-Power

SEMI-FINALISTS:
The Wall – Wendy Storer
Cats in the Night Sky – L.A. Deluce, Matthew Thrasher
Crude – Amber Simpson
Hannah – Alyssa Grady
Secret Obsession – Hilary Davis
CandyByte – Diana Foronda
Portrait of a Badly Drawn Family – Beau Rose Jessup
Mind – Short – Ricade Freckleton
Matilda Hews – Karen Matthews
Love On A Rainy Day – Carla Celia Cristina Pekander

August 2022

WINNER:
Order My Steps – Kathryn Grant

FINALISTS:
The Couple – Rich Rose
Missing Pieces – Sofia Morrison
The Winters: Pilot – Claire Irene Giegerich

SEMI-FINALISTS:
A Ghastly Sight – David Wang
Amanita – Robert Hall
Vested – Jay Stamatis, Edmond Coisson
Scroll Back – George Jay Stamatis
Fairfield Park – Andrew Lane Fox
Mind – Ricade Freckleton
Someone – Lin Jin
The Waiting Room – Shubhanjan Das
Danceland – Rosalyn Rosen

July 2022

WINNER:
Tall Man Short Man – Larry E Coleman

SPECIAL MENTION:
Replacing Ana – Rosalyn Rosen

FINALISTS:
Kate’s Ballad – Rory O’Connor

SEMI-FINALISTS:
Gamer Girl – Sean Louis Kelly
Recycle or Recover – Mervyn McCracken
Diamonds & Rust – Jack Michel
Looking Over My Shoulder – John Anthony Ellis

QUARTER-FINALISTS:
The Price of Silence – Maria Theodorou
Catch a Falling Star – Barry J Wale, Jade Sanchez
Zenny’s Picasso – Kenneth D Kozlowski
The Detritus – Derrick Edmond
A Broken Soldier – Noel Kearns

May 2022

WINNER:
Fluid – Chong-Chun Huang

FINALISTS:
The Red Witch – Heather Graham
‘Back to The Ends’ TV Pilot – Tom Bibby
Internal Security – Stefan Alexander
Bluebird – Rosalyn Rosen
My Sex Life Pilot – Rosalyn Rosen

SEMI-FINALISTS:
The Summer Boys – Harry Pearson
A Conspiracy On Conspiracies – Marcus Kenmir
The Shadow Falls – Clay Callender
Man of the Year – Christi Falk
Drunk Isidor – Milka Sholaya
The Last Execution – Tom Vecchio
The Manhattan Project – Janet Walker
Enola – Nicola Ralph
Magic Pill – Mabel Ji
Bullseye – Eleftheria Stefanouri
Spun Out! – Felicity Bolitho, Anton Ballard
The Roommate Agreement – Bailey Marie

April 2022

WINNER:
Both Worlds – Artemis Lara Muller Wilson

SPECIAL MENTION (FINALIST):
The Night Waiter – Daniel Joseph Eagleton

SEMI-FINALISTS:
Strange Brew – Adam Grant
The Jester’s Conviction – Michael Tyre, Fredel Williamson
Amy and Angel – Julia Verdin, Deedee Benkovich
Tell Me More – Pier Bellini

QUARTER-FINALISTS:
Weightless – Anna Hooper
Bumper Fish – Rich Underwood
Our Special Place – Huw Rhidian Lewis
The Sword of Calais – Paul Michael Maher
DAYDREAM BELIEVER – Michael Dardis Walsh
By This Time Next Year – Jeion Isaiah Green
1987 – Andrew Lane Fox
Missing Parts – Janine Pecenkova
NAUTI GIRLS FF April 2022 – Linda Toussaint
Mind – Short – Ricade Freckleton

March 2022

WINNER:
Goldie and the Overlords of Time! – Henry S Brown, Jr.

FINALISTS:
A Red Madrasa School Under Mao – Gang Chen

SEMI-FINALISTS:
The Gunslinger’s Legacy – Christopher Goodenough
The Black Sheep – Jannik Ohlendieck

QUARTER-FINALISTS:
The Devil’s Portal – Christopher Goodenough
Millions in Manila – Jeffrey Milne
After The Credits Roll – Ben Spencer

February 2022

WINNER:
Judy’s search for God – Dave Wade

HONOURABLE MENTION:
Haunted Heart -Mike Bencivenga

FINALISTS:
The Double Act – Barry Clive Staff
Smokestack Lightning – Evan J. Pearson

SEMI-FINALISTS:
Wilder at Sunset – Mark Wasserman
Tabula Rasa – Jeffrey Massie
The Mermaids’ Reflection – Ben Manzanera
2nd Date – Jaik Andino
10:15 On A Saturday Night – Atticus Francis

QUARTER-FINALISTS:
City of Cousins – Victoria L White
Oihanbeltz Pilot – First 10 pages – Maider Avila
He Who Beat Napoleon – Michael Andre Skaide
One Perfect Life – Rachel Elisabeth White
Falling In Love With Love – Jeffrey Massie
Game On – Samantha Pentin
Alegre y Ole – Clara Santaolaya
Grounded – M.D. Tylicki
The Land Out There – Will McDonald
By The Time I Got To Woodstock – Jeffrey Massie
Gag – Barry Staff

January 2022

WINNER:
SPIES, LIES, and LOVERS – JD Wallace, Jennifer Donohue

FINALISTS:
Slates of a Fruitful Quarry – Greggory Harlan Bazel
ADA – Robert Tate Miller
SACRED SUN – Michael Louis Gould
On Track – Jodi Levitan
Bloodlines: The Mogadishu Diaries 1992-1993 – Eddie Clay Thompkins III
Regent of the Sun – Jeremy Storey

SEMI-FINALISTS:
Empty Nest – Daniel Powell
Culture Shock – Jodi Levitan
Blood Relations – Viv Young
Drip. – Mark Stokes
Mirage – Ben Christopher Spencer
THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN UNDER HALF THE SKY – Gang Chen
Roommates – Noah Needle
Weep For Me – Steve Bennedik
Fleeting Honor – Girma Negash
The Procidat – Chris Lutzow
The Outcasts – Alkyoni Valsari
VOODOO VALENTINOS – Michael Louis Gould
POLLY – Katt Pearson
Marigold – Khushnuda Ansari

December 2021

WINNER:
First Comes Death – Christopher Goodenough

HONOURABLE MENTION:
The Parkinson’s – Rosalyn Rose

FINALISTS:
Under Dark Waters – Jeff Nowak
The Hoodie & the High Rip Gang – Kenny O’Connell
The Silo – Chris Goodenough

SEMI-FINALISTS:
A Legendary Journey – Deborah Blouet
Cochise Emergency – Leonard Jack Meenach
Porchlight – Rosalyn Rosen
The Shetland Bus: Journey to Jung – Thomas W. Giuliano
Bounce – Matthew Hyde
Kengir – Billy Festorazzi
Thousand Goodbyes – Nitin Upadhyaya
Where’s Home? – Daniel Martin
Supremacy – Rosalyn Rosen
Never Wake A Sleeping Man – Rick Shepherd
Cheap T-Shirts – Lily Bex
Tardigrades – Vasile Galan

November 2021

WINNER:
Are you ready for this jelly? – Lindsay Kohler, Alan Wigley

FINALISTS:
Wooden Heart – Maria de Luca
My Cold Dead Hands – Michael Dunker
You Were Just Here – Dania Denise

SEMI-FINALISTS:
Dragonfly – Lynn M Laguna
Creative Control – Nicholas B Radtke
Havana in the Snow – Karla S Bryant
Devil’s Advocate – Lindsay Sunada
Gigantic – Iain Bruce
The Extraterrestrial Highway – Steve Sorenson

QUARTER-FINALISTS:
Gargoyles on the Case ! – John Heavey
A Reason To Be – Norman McCombs
Streets of Rebellion – Kristian Hardiman, Alex Saxon
END OF DAYS – SHORT – DANNY ALEX
Sins of Our Son’s – Ryan Enever
I Didn’t Want to Remember You Dead – Rudy Riveron Sanchez
NATALIA – Rosalyn Rosen
1994 – Rudy Riveron Sanchez
Drunk Isidor – Milka Sholaya
A WELL-PAID JOB… – Erik Jasan

October 2021

WINNER:
Harold, Electra and our Lord, David Attenborough – Kirsty Zane

SPECIAL MENTION:
Should It Be This Hard? – Nina Winther

FINALISTS:
Mavenmoon – Matt Lewis
The Lady of the Sea – Maria Zampeli

SEMI-FINALISTS:
The Language of the Spheres – Kerena Marchant
The Wind in My Heart – Michał Szalonek
Aurora Borealis – Nina Winther
The Glamour – Beth Marston

QUARTER-FINALISTS:
Benny and the Jets – Ginger Casey
“175” – Yael Deynes
Worms in the Tomb of Christ – Greg ALDRICH
A Spell Of Rain – Tom Johnston, David Finlay
The Puzzling Death of Rubi Kaye Carrée – Katrina I Magat
Westend – Michał Szalonek, Paweł Podlejski
Quarantine Hotel – Martyn Jones
Yours, truly. – Catherine May Rañola Napalan

September 2021

WINNER:
President Zappa – Joe Tripician

FINALISTS:
Echo – Tom Allpress
An American Family – Luciana Schreier

SEMI-FINALISTS
KPP Search – Ely-Manel Fal
Lusitania – Christopher Saunders
Team – Will McDonald
Outta The Rough – Bill Horneck, Barry Langer, Chris Bell
38 Days – Caroline Rovello
Templin Highway – William Prosser

QUARTER-FINALISTS
Dead Head Hunter – Jon Tamburini
Sam and Dog – Daniel Powell
Diversity and Desolation – Michael Kureth
Stained Horse – Cade Murphy
JAKE: The Power of the Ruby – Rosalyn Rosen
Boomerang – Beth Marston
One More California… – Dean H Huh
Time – Mario Luis Telles
Jean Hawk Has a Vision – Charlee Dyroff
Concertmistress – Caroline Rovello
The Rest of the Da Vinci code – Melvin Leroy Abercro

August 2021

WINNER:
Lee Morton – Wolf Island

FINALIST:
Michael Stowell – Candy Q.

SEMI-FINALISTS:
Mark Dollard – Hellfire
Kirimi Kiage, Teddy Gitau, Blake Simpson – Tethered
Meik V. Fischer – I Wouldn’t Touch That

QUARTER-FINALISTS:
Daniel Martin – Where’s Home?
Rosalyn Rosen – Code Juden
Tania Amsel – Merrkats
Justin K Hayward – 12 Hours 2 Steal
Ruth Carraway – 3 Rings
Branca Duboc Pedrinha – Coalition Point
Katrina Magat – Nobody Likes You When You’re 23
Ima von Wenden – Genie Of The Pot
Miguel Mike Medina – Searching For David

July 2021

WINNER:
NPC – Kenneth Pulgar-Vidal

FINALISTS:
Disclaimer – Angus Fisher
Georgia Beats – Gregory Vines

SEMI-FINALISTS
Amateurs – Kirsty Budding
LoveLetters Profiles – Mike Farragher
Muse – Steve Bennedik
Krypteia – Seamus Sullivan

QUARTER-FINALISTS
A Siren’s Sweet Whisper – Fred G Stemme
Out of My Comfort Zone – Ivy Vale, Rick Reil
Burning Up – Iain Bruce
If the Gods are Good – Seamus Sullivan, Ralph Segman
Youth & Age Flower – András Attila Farkas
Hostel – Angus Fisher
The Problem With 13 Denzil Road – Matt Bailey

June 2021

WINNER:
(Not so) Smooth Criminals – Michael Skaide

FINALISTS:
A Billion Parts Per Million – Marco Ruggio
Showtime – John W. Cook

SEMI-FINALISTS
Everylife – Hunter Liguore
Goth Girl – Wolf Bukowski
Kill List – Crystal Diane Stevens
Ruse – Deric Olsen

QUARTER-FINALISTS
Monarch – Deborah Kelly
Pipsqueak’s Adventures (Pilot) – Heidi Segal
America for Sale or Russian Gambit – Aleksandra Kontr
Mutiny on Lurongyu 2682 – Shanshan Liu
Before AI. – Katherine Lee
Fight Like A Girl – Joe Villanti
Organised Criminal – Crystal Stevens
Gimme Shelter Part Three – Kevin O’Neal
Bronx, Inc. Ep 1 – Frank Picciotto

May 2021

WINNER:
S.T.A.R. – Yael Deynes

FINALISTS:
Moon Over Old Hollywood – Robin Burke
Foetal – Annie Knox
Where’s Home? – Daniel Martin
SPIRAL- Aaron Hector

SEMI-FINALISTS
Ballad of the Blood Moon Queen – Lawrence DeGala
Stacks – Brad Brookes
Distant – William O’Donovan
Spirits of Christmas – Deborah Blouet
Wendy & Vee – Jean-Baptiste Canac
Life and Times of a Retired Suicide Bomber – Robert Thompsett
Sleeper – Andrew Lane Fox
After Effect – Christopher Pilbeam
The Best Interest of the Child – James Montague Freeman
Amazon Story – Sandra Bean
Non-Official Cover – Jodi Shelton and Hudson Shelton
RENDER – Tracy Mathewson

April 2021

WINNER:
It Happened In Salt Lake City – Harley Robertson

FINALISTS:
Fred Perry – Julian Chomet
Call Me Thor – Jamie Campbell

SEMI-FINALISTS
PM Dude – Julian Chomet
The Seedling – Kevin J. Howard
Earthjacked – Marco Ruggio
BURNER: A Killing in Palm Springs – Bob Canning
A Spy on Every Corner – Bob Canning
For the Love of the Rose – Stewart Carry

QUARTER-FINALISTS
The Moron – Kevin J. Howard
The Leftovers – Seidi Saikkonen
Faithful Shadow – Kevin J. Howards
The Breeze of Fire – Ali Javad
From Across the Galaxy – David Metzger
The Celestial Highway – Kevin J. Howard
Driver’s Seat – Steven Freehauf
You Dyed Your Hair – Ek Skoglund
Protector of the Emerald City – Kevin J. Howard
A Child’s Story – Ryan Christian
The Turn – Richie Lee Cunningham
Do it Scared – Paul Mahoney
A Killer’s Whisper – Ryan Enever
Confidently Conflicted – Chloe Friberg
The Transition Specialist – Nate Sparks
Time Will Tell: Pilot – Shannon Kannenberg

February 2021

WINNER:
Darci Kills – Darren Press

FINALISTS:
Chinatown – Lorelai Jo-hsuan Lin
After This – Kaitlyn Clare

SEMI-FINALISTS
My Children – Erik Jasaň
Paper Airplane – Brandon Young
To Be Honest: Lifetime on the Hips – Jennifer Le Roux
The Hook – Lilith Harris
The Second Queen of Hirta – David Finlay

QUARTER-FINALISTS
The StarPeople: Our Evolution – Kelly LaCombe
Liberty – Joseph Pettit
Red Sea – Rosalyn Rosen
The Lamplighter – Pamela Hanson
Reset Button – Paul Root
Sisterhood – Nikola Sreckovic
Tal Jones: “A Black Oil Legacy” – Bernard Moore
Death ‘n Allardice – Eileen Wilson

January 2021

WINNER:
Headshot – Paul Harker

FINALISTS:
The Secret Bloodline – Devin Dugan

SEMI-FINALISTS
The Night Witches – Steven Prowse
Death Games – Robert Leo Cox
Focus 26 – Rachel Johnson
Didn’t I Die – Rebecca Shortall
The Left Handed Hurl – Francis & Geraldine Scullion
Life, Death, and Everything in Between – George Wroe

QUARTER-FINALISTS
Cyanide – Nicole Sylla
Money Hunnies – Lucy Wilkins, Danu Mudannayake , Theo Saydah
Betsy – Helen Georgiou
Girl Gone Greek – James Collins (Screenwriter), Rebecca Hall (Novel)
Belly – Anna Zabel
Consent – Frank J. Avella
Un Baiser – Yalan Gui
The Iqbal Hotel – Geoff Moseley
The Graffiti Reader – Dale Swaby
The Back End (TV Pilot) – Daniel Gessner, Kyle Campbell

December 2020

WINNER:
One More Guest? – Suzy Miller

FINALISTS:
Hitler’s Psychiatrist – Thomas W. Giuliano
The Postcard – Mike Sorrinni

SEMI-FINALISTS
Second Exodus – Richie Lee Cunningham
The American – Niamh Dunne
Our Home – Claire Kathryn Roche
Don’t Look Scared – Tyler Treasure
Ursula and Our Conversatations – Chaitania Hein
Princess Seraphina – Niamh Dann

QUARTER-FINALISTS
Letting Go – Emily Holt
You, Me & The Ex – Rhys Freeman
Blood In The Shoe – Suzy Miller
Happy Birthday Charlie – Nina Martinek and Boris Frumin
Oliver’s Army – Michael Preston
Arthur, once and future king – Malcolm Durrant
God’s Wheel – Syed Ahmed, Linda Kitsaaba Okyere
THE LAST SANTA – Michael Rhodes
Mia – Matthew Townsend
Dead Cat – Andrew Lane Fox

November 2020

WINNER:
PRAYING MANTIS IN A JAR – Rosalyn Rosen

FINALIST:
The Manor – John Darko

SEMI-FINALISTS
No One Will Know Me – Devin Dugan
CONDEMNED – Luis Ferrer
The Manassas Murders – Daniel Novak
Snitch – Jaye Nolan
Catch Anything? – John Kearns
EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE-EPS Pilot “NORMAL” – Chris C. Emmons, Michael Miceli, Holly Scarabosio
MIXED SPIRITS – Howard Barry Kaplan

QUARTER-FINALISTS
SHAMPOO HORNS – DANIEL FALCONE
Broken Waters – Patrick Boyle
Young Adolf – Thomas David Kehoe
Divorce by Combat! – Carl Huebner
Rodeo Rock Record Shop – Devin Dugan
The Christians – Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile – Tony Gioutsos
The Fallen – Mark Ramsey
Marrowfat 241 – Jaye Nolan
Somebody That I Used to Know – Robert Leo Cox
Backstroy of Evil – Daniel Novak

October 2020

WINNER:
Daria – Art Arutyunyan, Ayoub Qanir – Co-writer (Uncredited)

FINALISTS:
Winston – Aashish Gadhvi
Weird Tale – Philip Kreyche

SEMIFINALISTS:
The Cleaner – Wendy Storer
Hold Fast – Dallas Gibson
Metal Gear Solid – Agah Smith
Arcturus Rising – Robert Cox
Mysteries of Lake Brosno – Sergei Okhotin
Doing Time in Paradise – Tawny Stokes
Seven Washington Place – Larry Leinoff

QUARTER FINALISTS:
Men of Moosehorn – Sam Robotham
Punish Me – Michael Dukakis
Zulfi – Tushar Sen
Olympus_EN – Natacha PIERRE
Wanishin Falls – Rob Myatt
The Loser’s Club – Jonathan Turner Smith
Altered Conscience – Mark Higgins
The Girl in the River – Brando Benetton
Man Cave – Mark Higgins
Georgie – Ezra-Quinn Watson
The Rustling Leaves – Anthony Martinez
Fadeout – Joseph Mangelli
Dead Weight – Marilyn Czach Bono

September 2020

WINNER:
Life after baby: Sausage Promise – Jennifer Le Roux (UK) (Read here)

FINALIST (AND SPECIAL MENTION):
Lured – Frank J. Avella (USA)

SEMIFINALISTS:
Almost Human – Robert Leo Cox
Birds of a Feather – Tom Trinley
The Crystal Wall – Fernanda Alvarez
My Home Far Away – Diego Scerrati
Guns Drugs Rivals – Matthew David Rafferty, Philip Anthony McCarthy
Maybe I’ll Be Brave – Sam Gill

QUARTER FINALISTS (SELECTED):
Written Out – Emma Morley
Running the Bases – Marty Roberts, Jimmy Womble, Mark Harville
Extraordinary Terrestrials – Zachary Smolar
The Exchange – Juliette Garrigues
Perdition – Paul Mackie
Mime – Angus Dustagheer
Don’t Look My Way – Fritz Robinson
The Walled Garden – Emma Morley
Breaking the Seal – Sam Lapham
She Dances Under My Skin – Sam Gill
Beauty, The Cat – Juliette Garrigues
Contentment – Chris Bone

August 2020

WINNER:
Foxtrot One One – Steve Langridge, Marc Pearce (UK)

FINALISTS:
Clown and Out – Sean Ponzini (UK)
Review – Jonathan Zarantonello (USA)

SEMIFINALISTS:
A Christmas Without Snow – Robert Cox
Crunch – Miguel Barahona
Bloodletters – Greg Derasmo, Tom Sime
Solace of Faith – Dan Tonkin
Clap! – Barbara Vonau
Gift – Jeff Kallet

QUARTERFINALISTS:
Crashing Down – Graeme Keeton
The 211 Home – Jim Huggins
First Contact – Nils Witt
The Llandudno File – Stephen D Floyd
VOICES (‘Wake Up’ – Pilot Ep.) – Janine Pecenkova
A Little Empire – Brian Stoddart
Gorger – Paul G. Andrews
Mia and Winona – Sofia del Carmen
Vacation – Efrat Arnon, Yael Arad Zafrir
The Zoo Gang – Lee Morton

July 2020

WINNER: Penelope’s War – Nancy Ellis (USA)

SEMIFINALISTS:
Come Back Home – Billy Bison
Wilde West – Jennifer Winter, Joe Gayton (Download)
King Elizabeth – Joe Cline, Eric Martin
Unaccompanied Minor – James Freeman
To Win Somebody’s Heart – CJ Minifee
Le Grand Jete – Alice L Walker

QUARTERFINALISTS:
Post Script – Leah Friedman
Beyond Candy Mountain – Alice L Walker
Gold Mountain – Wieyu Sun
An Angel Whispers – Jeremy Storey

FINALIST: Sam: A Teenage Girl – Eleanor Veness (UK)

June 2020

WINNER: Pick – Bernhard Riedhammer (Germany) (Download)

FINALIST: The Terrorist – Kesari Bhattacharya (Australia)

SPECIAL MENTION: Loose Threads – Danny Betts (UK)

SEMIFINALISTS:
Dig – Paul Olding
The Waiting Room – Lora Markova
The Nautilus Shell – Danny Betts
Manifesto – Simon Wakelin