2024 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film
A hip hop fairy tale about the profound effect a rebellious poetry teacher and rap music has on a student with a severe stutter.
Writer(s): Angie M. Comer
Country: USA
Talia
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama
Amy works through the grief of losing her best friend with the help of an unexpected visitor.
Director(s): Lindsay Harbert
Writer(s): Joe Golc
Producer(s): Amy Shaughnessy, Lindsay Harbert
Key Cast: Amy Shaughnessy, Elizabeth Guest
Country: USA
Bev and Beauregard Simon
2024 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film
Narrated in the style of a children’s tale, Bev and Beauregard Simon chronicles the story of the enigmatic duo seeking revenge against a Ministry of Defense target.
Writer(s): Alysha Haran
Country: USA
They Eat Their Own
2024 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film
In 2045 the U.S. was split in half after losing WWIII. Rebels fighting to reunite the country face mind-bending interrogations when caught that threaten the resistance.
Writer(s): Steven Smith
Country: USA
Vortex Pax
2024 Official Selection: Screenplay – Pilot/Web Series
Molly, is a Filipino / American, grad student in Marine Biology she accepts an Internship at a lab in Morro Bay, CA, while driving for Lyft a quirky passenger asks her to join an unusual group of travelers, VTA, Vortex Travelers association, who prevent people from using Vortex energy fields ( portals) based on Native American petroglyphs to alter history, the climate and technology.
Writer(s): Virginia Travers & Melanie Hyde & Ruben Maria Soriquez
Country: USA
Nails
2024 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film
Three fame-hungry podcasters become the targets of the very serial killer their latest episode is about.
Writer(s): William Lott
Country: USA
GOODNiGHTMARE
2024 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film
When an Autistic woman’s favorite late-night horror show starts predicting real-life murders, she must confront her fears in order to save her town from the show’s malevolent host.
Writer(s): Ian Rowe
Country: USA
MY BROTHER THE LION
2024 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film
A reformed gang member must confront his violent past when his younger brother is shot and hospitalized.
Writer(s): Johnny Galvan
Country: USA
Whiskey Mountain Days
2024 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film
A golden opportunity. A startling connection. When a young man falls for a famed actress of yesteryear, can he control his overflowing emotions?
Writer(s): Bill Walker
Country: USA
Vessel
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
A young disabled girl, kept under strict control by her religious mother, sees a way out of her situation when her mysterious new aunt comes to visit.
Director(s): Leila Garrison
Writer(s): Leila Garrison
Producer(s): Laurel Kulow
Key Cast: Jill Galbraith, Dena Navarroli, Phoebe Pearl
Country: USA
