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The top 40 screenplays were selected regardless of category as the first elimination from all 198 submissions.
 
The top 20 feature screenplays are then selected according to  point s received by the 3 readers. 
 
From these 20, the final 10 will be selected and ranked according to the points awarded.
 
The final 5 feature screenplays will be ranked according to the points awarded.  All 5 will have an opportunity to pitch their script .  2 will have an opportunity for a live screenplay reading with the Writer directing/reading the action at the festival on Sat. April 26th at 10:00 am.
 
The final 5 short screenplays will be ranked according to the points awarded.
 
The Student Screenplay winner has been announced below.
 
The Feature & Short Screenplay winners will be announced during the Bonehead Awards Gala on Sunday, April 27th.
 
 

TOP 40 SCREENPLAYS
 

ACROSS THE ROAD-Colin Gee
 
AMERICAN BAPTISM-Russ Brandon
 
AMETHYST AND ASHES-Nancy Membrez
 
BIRD OF PARADISE-Alan Reitsch
 
BLIND FAITH-Joe Kisch
 
BLIND LOVE-Joe Kisch
 
BLISS CREEK-Don Teague
 
BRANDING SHOOT-Dave Petonic
 
CENSORED-Hiliary Graham
 
CHAPMAN-Justin Owensby
 
CHOICES-Rick L. Persley
 
CHUCKTOWN-Jason Flynn
 
DOUBLE DRIBBLE-Winston Barber
 
FELIX THE FLYER-Christopher Canole
 
FROM POINT A TO POINT B-Elise Stempky
 
HOME IN AMERICA-Dale Whisman
 
ICICLES-Jamie Daniel
 
IN TRUST-Justin Owensby
 
KIYALA-Kimberly Coleman
 
KNOCKSVILLE-Josef Lemoine
 
LADY HEARD VOICES-Colin Gee
 
NEVER-Randall Clayborn
 
ORPHANS-Paul Gavin
 
PAPA WAS A STOLLING RONE-Jennifer Harrison
 
POWDER BROWN-Philip Dorr
 
PREMPTIVE STRIKE-Alan Armstrong
 
ROADKILL-Michael Hogan
 
SEIZURE WORLD-Karen Harrison
 
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN-Lyndon McGill
 
SWIMMING AGAINST THE CURRENTS-Joe Kisch
 
TEACHING OUR SONS TO SWIM-Richard Herstek
 
THE DECISIONS OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS-Dav Freedman
 
THE OPERATOR-Michael Farrell
 
THE SCREAMING PHONE-Faisal Qureshi
 
THE THIRD REALM-Nino Del Pesco
 
THE TRUTH-Michele Puricelli
 
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE  'A HOME'-Frank Rogala
 
VOCATION REHAB-Karen Harrison
 
WHY THINGS BURN-Alix Reeves
 
ZOMBIE LOVE-Kenneth Morris
 

TOP 5 SHORT SCREENPLAY FINALISTS
 
 

BLIND FAITH
Written by Joe Kisch
 
A Priest who doesn't believe in Karma, experiences it when he gets stuck in an elevator with an injured man down on his luck.

BLIND LOVE
Written by Joe Kisch
 
Leaving a fertility clinic with the specialist's advie to go home and conceive asap, Donny and Andy get stuck in a lift with a blind man.  Do they or don't take take the chance to have a quiet shag?

CENSORED
Written by Hiliary Graham
 
Their sex scene is censored.  Really censored.

HOME IN AMERICA
Written by Dale Whisman
 
This TV series pilot features a young Asian woman who marries into a family of German sausage makers and finds herself in the middle of numerous family conflicts.

KIYALA
Written by Kimberly Coleman
 
A young Iraqui electronics student must protect her family and bring vengeance of the Jihadists who maryred her father.

TOP 20 FEATURE SCREENPLAYS

ACROSS THE ROAD
Written by Colin Gee
 
At a bed and breakfast in the hills of rural Ireland, a story of separated lovers unfolds as ambitions and individuality become the expression of private fears blurring the lines between what each know of themselves and their expectations of the other.

BIRD OF PARADISE
Written by Alan Reitsch
 
Following a series of meditative visions, an aging Buddhist rancher takes a troubled teen on a quixotic journey into San Francisco to rescue the interwined soul of a beautiful but tortured bartender, who is being stalked by a dangerous blackmailer.

BLISS CREEK
Written by Don Teague
 
Cody Thomas and Cindy Li couldn't be more different.  She's a vegetarian from Los Angeles, he's a rodeo cowboy on a downward slide.  When the two meet and fall in love, both of their lives are turned upside down.

BRANDING SHOOT
Written by Dave Petonic
 
Step into the American Frontier, putting you onto the freewheeling bustle of a cowtown and walk right into its saloons and hotels.  There was also a cowboy named Mike who contributed tothe legend and love of the American West.  Mike isn't content with his place in history.  He needs to settle a score and the only direction leading him to that goal points forward.

CHAPMAN
Written by Justin Owensby
 
A love triangle set in the mountains of Colorado.

CHUCKTOWN
Written by Jason Flynn
 
Conrad is a Southern youth raised on conservative Christian values and has been given every opportunity to succeed in life.  When he begins to make decisions on his own, the opportunity for self-destruction is alluring.

DOUBLE DRIBBLE
Written by Winston Barber
 
Spanning more than a decade, this coming of age tale follows Chris Jackson, a sharp young basketball player, as he struggles with love, rivalry, and his attempts to define himself on the court as well as in the snide white suburbs that he and his family call home.

FELIX THE FLYER
Written by Christopher Canole
 
Latino Chariots of Fire saga of a Cuban mailman who runs 1200 miles up the Mississippi River to battle the giants of the Marathon chasing him in the most bizarre race in Olympic history, filled with racism, cheating, and drug abuse to become an inspiration for all future underdogs who bite the big dogs.

FROM POINT A TO POINT B
Written by Elise Stempky
 
A routine drive home for the weekend proves atypical for law student Carly and those in the cars that surround her, as they face their own personal roadblocks while unintentionally influencing the lives of each other.

KNOCKSVILLE
Written by Josef Lemoine
 
A teenage boy accepts the friendship of a troubled schoolyard bully and learns to fight, love and be free.

PAPA WAS A STOLLING RONE
Written by Jennifer Harrison
 
A 30 year-old punk rocker slams nose to nose with her past and is forced to face her love-hate affair with her estranged father__and her hips.

POWDER BROWN
Written by Philip Dorr
 
In 1940, in Oliver Springs, Tennessee, a 16 year old Black kid, named Powder Brown, was framed for the murder of two white spinsters.  He couldn't defend himself in prison,or tell his side of the story because he was also one of the victims.

PREMPTIVE STRIKE
Written by Alan Armstrong
 
A political thriller dealing with intrigue between the Japanese and American governments in the closing months of 1941.

ROADKILL
Written by Michael Hogan
 
To avoid jail time for killing a pet poodle with his car, a cold-hearted film student must set off on a cross-country to produce a documentary about road kill.

SEIZURE WORLD
Written by Karen Harrison
 
Geezers and gals protest eminent domain with shenanigans.

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
Written by Lyndon McGill
 
Deputy U.S. Marshall John Bethlehem McGill risks his entire family to derail an illegal whiskey cartel being set up in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma in 1896 by some East Coast distillers.

SWIMMING AGAINST THE CURRENTS
Written by Joe Kisch
 
A historical drama detailing the most important and pivotal period in electrical science in the late nineteenth century where two famous driven and influential men_Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla_battled for public supremacy in the knowledge the outcome would ultimately affect every single future human life.

TEACHING OUR SONS TO SWIM
Written by Richard Herstek
 
The life of a small Texas town hinges upon an old businessman who, for twenty years has been living as a recluse, trying to come to terms with his son's suicide_an act he feels responsible for.

THE DECISIONS OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS
Written by Dav Freedman
 
The gothic tale of a man, the Devil and a decision.

THE THIRD REALM
Written by Nino Del Pesco
 
'Do unto others' takes on a new meaning when ex-homicide detective Enil Weiss is released from a concentration camp to help Nazi Criminal Police Inspector, Major Franz Heidemann, track down a serial killer in 1939 Germany.

TOP 10 FEATURE SCREENPLAY FINALISTS
 

BLISS CREEK-Written by Don Teague
 
DOUBLE DRIBBLE-Written by Winston Barber
 
FELIX THE FLYER-Written by Christopher Canole
 
FROM POINT A TO POINT B-Written by Elise Stempky
 
ROADKILL-Written by Michael Hogan
 
SEIZURE WORLD-Written by Karen Harrison
 
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN-Written by Lyndon McGill
 
TEACHING OUR SONS TO SWIM-Written by Richard Herstek
 
THE DECISIONS OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS-Written by Dav Freedman
 
THE THIRD REALM-Written by Nino Del Pesco
 
 
 

TOP 5 FEATURE SCREENPLAYS

DOUBLE DRIBBLE-Written by Winston Barber
 
FELIX THE FLYER-Written by Christopher Canole
 
ROADKILL-Written by Michael Hogan
 
SEIZURE WORLD-Written by Karen Harrison
 
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN-Written by Lyndon McGill
 
 

BEST STUDENT FEATURE SCREENPLAY
 
ZOMBIE LOVE-Comedy/Horror
Written By-Kenneth Morris
 
Three weeks ago, Spencer's wife Wendy died in a violent car accident. Grief-stricken, Spencer decides that the only solution is to resurrect Wendy from the dead.

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