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2023 Quarterfinalists

We are proud to announce our 2023 Quarterfinalists!

Please find lists below for our Feature, Pilot and Short categories.

Our Semifinalists will be announced on April 18th.

Thanks to everyone who submitted your wonderful work. 🙂

Congratulations!

 

Features

There are 225 quarterfinalists out of a total of 2439 feature submissions.

A Carny Love Story by TJ Jaeger

A Fool Like You by David Lopez

A Hundred Million Light Years by Kerri Anne Weston

A La Tumba by Missy Hernandez

A Normal Life by Jill Lefforge

A Possession for All Time by Charles Kaufmann

A Righteous Stand by Eli Buck & Jackson Warner

After the Curtain Call by Rafi Levi

Afterlife Inc. by Ethan Wheel

All My Friends Are Going Death by Alessandro Pulisci

Altars of Greed by Brennan Howard

Always, Forever by Lucas Miller

Amarilla by Iain Anderson

Anamnesis by Armand Gazarian

Aodhan by Sean-Paul Thomas Cairns

Appointed Rounds by Laura Lisa

Athelstane, the Very Brave by Bryan Howell

Baby Teeth by Jacob Lazarow & Greta Guthrie

Bariloche by Claudia Cifuentes

Barry’s Body by Kasi Brown & Brandon Walter

Becoming the One by Giulia Eve Flores

Behind Glass by Jamie Albright

Between by Sonali Gulati

Between the Pines by Emma Bell

Big Girl by Cyn Harris

Billie’s Dream by Jeff Batori

Black Hills Gold by JD Volk

Black Sheep by Alex Knies

Black To The Future by Matthew L. Stevens

Blitzkrieg Follies by Devin Toohey & Brian Whitaker

Blood Debt by Arthur Rains-McNally

Bottle Blondes by Eddie Prunoske

Bruja by Todd Maternowski

Buried Secrets by Tolan S. Furusho

Burning Alive by Jeffrey Max

By Any Other Name by John Doble

Camp by Sophie Taylor

Cancel Me by Avery Koenig

Car 5-1 by Benjamin Forster

Catastrophe by Elâ Sophia

Challenger by Michael Budalich

Comfortably Numb by Joseph Armario

CorazĂłn by Dominique Louise Merrill

Cucaracha! by Tommy Heleringer

Cuckoo by Luke Howe

Cuffing Season by Cinnamon Brown

Cult Family Reunion by Lori Fischer

David Boder by Jason Ruscio

Dead Authors by Olivia Turnbull

Death Do Us Part by Abigail Ory & Gabe Strasburger

Death Steppe by Judy Bruce

Decision to Dream by Conner Lorenz

Deep Down by Jesse Laurie

Delulu by  A.Jay.U.

Diesal Diaries by Kendra L Tuthill

Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? by Simon Olivier

Durga by Kalainithan Kalaichelvan

El Pino by Joseph Rios & Rich Kim

Eliza Minami by Masashi Kawamata & Nicholas R. Zabaly

End of Scene by Jen Butler

End-Stop;; by Benjamin J. Gohs

Enduring Freedom by Gina Guerrieri

Everybody Hates Rosemary by Ashley King

Eyeful by Howard Fridkin

Fakhreddine The Great by Alexander Bedria

Filthy by Lisa Cole

Firebird by Randall Alan Wolff

Flight to Freedom by Jeff Nowak

Flora the Fungus by Nicole Egna

For Rosa by Kathryn Boyd-Batstone

Freed From Desire by Ben Escobar

From Mud by Dave Pilson & Neil Holland

Frontwoman by Chris Stetson

Ghost Signs by Jace Daniel

Ghosts of Cape May by Tom Frangicetto

Gold by Gabby Bianco

Goodbye, Cruel World by Matt Porter

Goodnight Mr. Moonlight by Brett Orr

Half The World by Setareh Esfehani

Hard Candy Christmas by Nick Abdo

Have Mercy by Jason Ruscio

Hazel by Liam McIntosh

Heart of Gold by Will Davies

Helga by Xaque Gruber

Hide Your Fires by Hayley Bleho

Hillbilly Bath by Lauren Kleman

Hollywood Driver by Manny Kargov

Home Hunters by Sean Price

Hostile Environments by Sofian Khan

Hugging the Cactus by Darryl Timm

i am very lonely by Anika Benkov

In Gray We Trust by Judy Daghestani

In Somertown Twice by Jan Smith

Intern of the Year by Scott Wagner

Is Anyone There Anymore? by Samantha Sewell

It Comes in Waves by Julia Casal

Juust Because by D J Thomas

Keep Moving by Todd Maternowski

Kensington: Badlands of Philly by Michael Stabinski

King of Beasts by Mike Harris

Knees Backward by Christophe Barnes

Lazarus Canyon: Rise of the Dead by Jeff Martel

Liar’s Spring by Yasmin Bakhtiari

Life On The Run by Andrew Fuhr

Long in the Tooth by Aidan West

Long Way South by Michael Gustavo

Ludlow by Seán Damer

Luke by Laura Campbell & Laura Coover & Rocky Russo

Man of Iron by Sam Kressner

Mangrove by Iain Anderson

Masters and Servants by John Enright

Mel and The Fish by Amy Glover

Mike and Maud by Beth Brickell

Money While You Sleep by Craig Nobbs

Monk Honey by An Yu

More Than a Heart Can Hold by Julia Maddox

Most Likely to be Murdered by Daniel Gámez

Mouth to Mouth by Mathew Wright

My Buddy by John Sparano

My Nanas Voice by Alicia McMahon

Natty Light by Thomas R. Schrack

Neon Sky by Luke Wronski

Nice Eggs by Sandi Farkas

Nightingale by Brady Jacquin

99 Jersey by Duchant Johnson

No Good Deed by Heather Farlinger

No One Likes Him by Conor Hanney & Kevin Hanney Jr

Obsession by Michael Chang Gummelt

Old Bones by Shannon Brady

Old Patrol by Kevin Jordan

On the Corner of Eden and Grace by Marsha Pincus

On the King’s Highway by Colin Seekgood

One Star by Johnny Breedt

Operation: Sheepskin by Jake Grand & Darrell Connor

Orson by Jared Egol

Ortega Highway by C.J. Walworth

Oscar! by Charles Miller

Out of Tune by Caleb Moran

Paint! by Bailey Moore

Paper Jam by R.C. Mantley

Pipeline Moe by Todd M Korgan

Plate O’ Shrimp by Nicola Fletcher

Popcorn Prophets by Reynaldo Leal

Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody & Chris Insana

Rent Boy by R.W. Perkins

Rise of the Red Fish by Nick Caccese

Robot Party by Elizabeth Arredondo

Rut by David M. Zaccaria

Serial Town by Andrew Bergey

Shades of Survival by Jennifer Crocker-Villegas

Shadow of Death by Jeoff Hanser

Show Me Your Teeth by Scott Liapis

Sistagrrrls by Laura Fielder

Skin Meridian by Rummy Collins

Sled Race by Kevin Jordan

Slip by Matt Brutsche

Speak English by Kieran Angelini

Such Times as These by Elliott R. Ohannes

Sweetwater Insurrection by Harry Locke IV

T.I.N.A. by Richard Morell

Take My Hand by Sam Pavich

The Angel by Michael Leung

The Black Sheep by Jannik Ohlendieck

The Blue Space Man by Michael Donaldson

The Body of Chris by Erin Brown Thomas

The Bridge by Phillip Burdette

The Dance of Shiva by Max Perlick

The Dark Art of Self-Preservation by Jess Sanders

The Dark Lady by Kirsta Peterson

The English Rose by Taylor Matthews

The Gentlemen of Princeton by Brady O Bryson

The Girl Who Cried Wolf by Alicia Herder

The Gospel of Mary by Marine Mondelot

The Green House by Zach Grossman

The Happiness Angel by David M Hinds

The High Priest of Paradise by Brian Schaefer

The Ice Pact by Christian Pendered Zur

The Killing of the Canadian by Harry Hunsicker

The Lamb by John Ingle

The Last Queen’s Painter by Lindsey Galloway

The Last Skywriter in the Universe by Steven Bogart

The Life of Cockroaches by Gillian Croft

The Lying Game by Nick Crawford

The Macedonian Trapeze Artist by Lyle Deixler

The Man Dance by Jerry Perez

The Nest by Ben Lokey

The Patriot’s Quest by Elizabeth Tryon

The Pharmacist by Samsun Knight

The Pyramid Song by Rafael Hernán Gamboa

The Sharpest Knife in the Room by Richard Ehrenreich

The Sponsor by Sophie Von Rheden

The Thing About Love by Joe Eatherton & Nicole Wachter

The Truth About Sam by Tara Handza

The Vessel by Phoebe Danaher

The Washroom by Omar Aldakheel & Elie El Choufany

The Way of Killing by Joseph Thomas

The Weather Just Got Sexy by Zoë Greenbaum

This Time of Zombies  by Zach Varnum

Thursdays with Earl by Michael Maitland

Time Relics by Aaron Wilson

Toffee Nose by Daniel Smith

Track 7: About a Girl by Karen Kelly

Track Rabbits  by Cliff Courtney

Trawl  by Michael Schatz

Turn A Blind Eye by Edward Leech

Uncle Nagorny by Stephen Curran

Unconditional by Jessica R Mastro

Under the Gun by Irin Evers

Under The Moon by Ari Silver

Undertow by Nicholas Moreno

Unopened Containers by Ivo Raza

Up Rising by Richard H. Opper

Vindicated by Sarah Leo

Visiting Darkness by Celeste Prater

Voracious by David Draper

Weight of Another by Frank Donnangelo

When It Thaws by Anika Benkov

When the Bass Drops by Marlene Rhein

Whisked by Skye Zhang

Whiskey and Words by Jack Gorman

Wilbur’s Way by Kevin Staake

Wild Rushes by T. B. Johnson

Wormwood by M. Scott Cain

Wunderkind by Faik Bouhrik

Zombulimia by Molly Vogel

 

Pilots

There are 119 quarterfinalists out of a total of 967 pilot submissions.

A Fictional Life by David Munroe & Anita Gupta

A Land Fit For Heroes by Sam French

Agency of Record by Don McKinney

Anchored by Noah Amir Arjomand & Kate Soper

Animal Control by Karen Frank

Back Fires by Alex Blumberg

Baghdad is Hot, But Hell is Hotter by Michael Zakar & Zak Zakar

Bakken Empire by Mark DiPaola

Beinteinn Valtýsson and Mæja Möller Save Iceland  by Einar Gunn

Betty Lee Is Missing by Allyson Morgan

Bio-Illogical by Ellen Ancui

Black Sheep by Leah Degrazia

Butch by Rae Binstock

Cancel Me by Avery Koenig

Canebrake by Tony Perri & Sheldon Strickland

Champion Sound by Chauncey Chester

Chrumbs by Aubrey Joy Maddock

Clothes Encounters by Mirana Comstock & Elizabeth Joyce

Clownhouse by Sutton Revell

Cogito Ergo by Jade Wu

Crews by Swaner & Garfinkle

Crushing It by Amanda Martlock

Cuban Crossroads by Jim Littlejohn

Destroyer of Worlds by Gregory Rocco & K.M Murphy

Dreamers by Jack Gorman

Eat Me by Leslie Thomas

Eleanor by Caroline Pace

Elites by Rene S. Baltsen

Elixir by Nicholas Di Valerio

Enchanted Girl by Mike Oppenheim

Ersatz by Jade Wu

Ever Your Mozart by Lily McLeod

Evergreen by Maryan Nagy Captan & Dini Parayitam

40 Weeks by Lauren St George

Friendmance by Olivia Haller

Gemini  by  Alex Vickery-Howe

Girl Gone Wild by Courtney Kocak

Half-Hanged Mary by Amanda Paige Young

Halfway to Hell by Katharine Cocherl

Help by Sam Shainberg & Willie Miesmer

Hollow Woods by Joel Ramirez

Honey Lemon by Kenny Mulfort

Hot Flash by Noemi Zeigler

I Think My Parents Are Trying To Kill Me! by Scott Liapis

Imperfect by James Cook

Invisible by Jodie Anders

Jane Eyre by Joanne Everly

Jesus Loves Me by Adara LePage

John of Sherwood by Tom Richard Santos

K-Town Women by Jenny H. Lee & Heidi Shon

La Fleur by Mary Paige Snell & Michelle Marlowe

Ladybug by J. Malcolm Hill

Ladylike by Rachel Rios

Latin “X” by  Paul X Sanchez IV

Lethal Weapons by Adam Hopwood

Long Island Girls by Ellen Ancui

Loserville by Don Sniffin

Lost Horse by Zenas Cao

Lozano Akbars by Michael Ramos-Lynch & Ghena Alh

Manic Pixie Dream Girl & Friends by Laura Kindred

Methadone Mile by Jonathan Lugo & Christopher Martin

Monster Puncher by Kori Rosset

Moonlight Driver by Masashi Kawamata & Nicholas R. Zabaly

Muriel’s Burials by Rebecca Boeshaar

Neruda’s Blues by Laura Moe

Never the Bride by Izzy Ster

No Such Things As… by  A. S. Templeton

O’Connell Park by Don Wallace

Officer X by Michael Joiner

Offsprings by Jennifer Steets

On The Skulls of Giants by Zan Gillies

Our Own Devices by Joel Micah Donovan & Bailey Donovan

Overtime by Jeffrey Trzepkowski

Oxy by Russell Clarke & LeHĂ  Tran

Praetorian by Daniel Padbury

Presto by Alex Stone

Proxy by Kelly Kennemer

PTSD by Phillip Minter

Purgatory by David Desio

Quarterback by Maria Chaves

Queen Mary by Kate Imy

Red World by Kris Hall

Room Service by Garrett Pletcher

Saint-Michel by Eric Patton

Sandwiches by Beth Evans & Hannah Jane Fox

Saviours by Guy Ducker

Sea Heart by William Horace

Shanghai by Shahana Lashlee

Sheriff Paula Peters by Alene Latimer

Shrapnel by Aaron O’Shea

Sorcerers of Suburbia by Geoffrey Prather

Soul Samurai by D.J. Chotey

Space On Earth by Jem Splitter & Alida Tomas

Star Wars: Ghosts by Liam Mohajeri Norris

Suspend Your Disbelief by Conor Hanney

Ten to Midnight by M Mantero De Las Casas

The 40 by M.B. Stevens

The Black Paintings by Finn Weatherstone

The Boystown Messiah by Lyndon Henley Hanrahan

The Cadets by Joseph V. Tarzia

The Disappearance of Violet Willoughby by Madison Campione

The Finnley by Natalie Lomske

The Glades by Dominique GĂ©lin

The Legend Of The Golden Vagina by Becky Prosky

The MinuteMen by Jay Sharron

The Mughal Empire — Rise of a King by Kranti Pally

The Murder Chronicles of a Millennial Loser by Anne Choi & Alyssa Hill

The Order of Angels by  Shelley Tougas

The Party Line by Ginny Hogan

The Staats by Louise Heller & Kirk German

The Victors by Zan Gillies

Theodicy by David Andersson

Trauma, Inc. by Alex McGuire

Union! by Gary Wells

Wasted on Youth by Brian LaPerche

Watchlist by Alex Vickery-Howe

We Heard A Boom by Teagan Trace

Whistlebower by Emily Daly

Wizard’s Duel by Matthew Corley

 

Shorts

There are 78 quarterfinalists out of a total of 513 short submissions.

A Rainy Day at the Sunshine Motel by BT Urruela

After What Happened at the Library by Kyle Casey Chu & Roisin Isner

Agnete’s Lover by Noel Pichardo

Anything by Jude Birdsall

Bhodee by Lisa Romagnoli

Bird Brains by Anthea Jones

#blackisthesky by Anthea Jones

Breaking and Entering by Catherine Andre

Burning Virtue by Bryan Harlow

Car Salesman by Michael Gomes

Clifton Park by One-Eyed Rabbit (aka Maren Lavelle & Matt Steiner)

Coming Second by Matt Howsam

Cooking With Passion by Jim Harkins

Criminally Insane by Rich Smith

Default Mode by McKinley Bundick

Designer Cuts for Men by Natalie O’Sullivan Hamilton & Ian Hamilton

Desolation’s Edge by Michael Castaldo

Diary of a House Plant by Jessica Farrow

Divine Comedy by Harrison Gale

F*ck You by Eva Everett Irving

Flirtologist by Madeline O’Leary

Found by Ellen Ancui

48 Men by Maja Simeoni Sruk

Fridge by Raj Rohit Reddy & Antwan Crump

Fruits of Disconnect by Sofian Khan

Golden State by Lucy Shauman

Happy Hour by Cary Mason

Houseboat Hostage by Melissa Hope

It Won’t Always Be Like This by Elijah Barry

Jake’s Quest for Perfection by Hannah Giles

JesĂşs Of Nazareth by Wayne Gibson

Korean Shooter by Jimmy Prosser

L-8 by Gillian Rabin

Lee by Michael & Alan Lucks

Lemonade by Milan Seeff

Life Eternal by John Le Brocq

Lonely Paradise by Jennine Okafor & Michael Lawrence

Lottery Entanglement by Michael Casey

Lou + Alt – Delete by Cody Andrew Wasson

Magid-Zafar by Sufiyaan Salam & Luis Hindman

Mousse by Dean Friske

Mr. Wu’s Eulogy by Kathy Meng & Harry Bacon

My Little Olive by Walid Said

My Way by Afton Quast Saler

New Kid by Benjamin Charles Goddard

No Running by Julia Kennedy Hunt

OMG by Cassandra Hierholzer

Outlet by Jared White; story by Lilit Pilikian & Jared White

Pa’s Money by Laura Platino

Miseria by Jiming Sun Lindal

Pedigree by Dominick Gasperini

Plastic Surgery by Guy Trevellyan

Randy Nooman’s Greatest Day by Aaron S. Barrocas

Reel Hearts by Alice Pucci & Michelle Maiellaro

Shard by Jack Campbell

She Ran Her Own Race by Jason Murgatroyd

Slowly Gone by Ben Hanley

Stairway to Heaven by Maya Koupchik

Staten Island Project by Jodi Carol Harrison & Sarah L. Taylor

Super by Lilla Crawford

That Kind of Girl by Olivia FitzGerald-Harewood

The Bad Guy by Morgan Ann Hammen

The Caress of Your Voice by Caroline Rovello

The Devil Took The Call by Roberto Alvarenga

The Goat by Helen Foster

The House on Ridgeway by Evan Cunningham

The Mixtape by Alex Kamczyc

The Ossan by Venita Ozols-Graham & Brigitte Graham

The Super Man by Christopher Romano

The Trench by Alice Pucci & Michelle Maiellaro

The Welcomers by Matt O’Connor

The Welsh Outpost by Elias Lederer

There’s a Frog on Mars (It’s True!)  by Shaun Radecki

Tomás by Ferran Navarro-Beltrán

Transjordan by Jessica Jiji

When Walter meets Frau May Wong by Yunah Hong

Wontons by Shannyn Soliven

You Don’t Even Say Cuckoo! by Shaun Radecki