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Mrittika ‘Mou’ Sarin – 2025 Feature Screenplay Winner

Mrittika ‘Mou’ Sarin – 2025 Feature Screenplay Winner

Hailing from a community of hard-working immigrants, Mika’s family believes anything can be solved with a good dose of hard work and distraction— even mental illness. Naturally, Mika decides to hide her diagnosis and the side effects from her prescription. The...
Julia Kupiec – 2025 Short Film Script Winner

Julia Kupiec – 2025 Short Film Script Winner

Julia Kupiec is a writer-director who splits her time between New York City and Los Angeles. After studying film production and philosophy at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Julia first worked as a cinematographer and editor before fully transitioning into writing and...
Mao Natori – 2025 Fellini Award Winner

Mao Natori – 2025 Fellini Award Winner

Mao Natori was born and raised near Mt. Fuji in Japan. She grew up watching many films with her family, such as ’80s and ’90s Hollywood movies and Ghibli animations. In art school, Mao made a few short films using her plants, insects, puppets, and slugs. Her quirky...
Steven Kreager – 2025 Feature Screenplay Finalist

Steven Kreager – 2025 Feature Screenplay Finalist

In 2019, I lost my mom to Stage 4 kidney cancer. After she passed, I watched every film about grief I could, but I couldn’t relate to them. They showed perfectly-scripted, tearful goodbyes—but death is sudden. It’s desperation. It’s horror. It feels like someone...
Justin Rossbacher – 2025 Feature Screenplay Finalist

Justin Rossbacher – 2025 Feature Screenplay Finalist

I gravitate toward stories that authentically give visibility, dignity, and empowerment to those who are marginalized. Due to my brother Nathan’s condition of cerebral palsy, I especially feel drawn toward stories of those with physical and cognitive...