FALL/WINTER 2007 SCREENPLAY COMPETITION WINNERS

WINNER

SILENT KILLER by Phil Ferriere (thriller)
After she discovers animals dying of a lethal disease transmissible to a man at a highly profitable Texas ranch, a tenacious veterinarian investigates and puts her life on the line to expose a monumental cover-up.

RUNNERS UP

LILY AND ZOE by Sarah Beth Hernandez (drama)
An emotionally unbalanced young woman becomes an unlikely mentor to a seven-year-old girl whose father is serving in Iraq.

THE FIX by David Poulshock (drama, magical reality)
In the small town of St. Jonas, everyone wants Sherman Olney for his uncanny ability to fix things--then he fixes someone’s dead wife.

FINALISTS

TEEN MESSIAH by Hamilton Mitchell (comedy)
When a lonely home-schooled Arizona teen sneaks into Roman High School he realizes he has special powers and must use them to overcome his self-centeredness, beat the devil and save all his new friends.

THE MOON AND THE SEA by Kristina Tew (romance-drama)
When a self-proclaimed misanthrope who cuts herself meets a blind ex-poker player 30 years her senior, her faith in people and love is put to the test.

P.R. by Todd Luongo (comedy; satire)
A public relations exec is hired to help the White House admit the existence of aliens.

INSTANT HERO by Scot Beidelman (comedy)
A struggling local TV news director and an unscrupulous anchorwoman hatch a dangerously bizarre scheme to concoct a fake superhero to boost ratings.

SEVEN RED DRESSES by Leslie Ann Campbell (drama)
An only child cannot cope with the progression of her mother’s Alzheimer’s disease.

LOST CITY by Phil Ferriere (adventure)
In this retelling of the Atlantis myth, teenage philosopher Aristotle puts his life on the line to investigate cataclysmic events triggered by a ruthless leader who traveled from the future to test a powerful weapon that could kill millions.

HOME by Romeo Ciolfi (drama)
A minister and his wife move to New York to save their struggling marriage following the death of their daughter. They cross paths with a real estate agent and an actor who, like them, are unable to move beyond the pain of the past and losing a loved one.

THE MAN IN THE BOX by Ryan Bradley (suspense/thriller)
A patsy trapped inside a box during a bank robbery must escape without being killed or arrested.

SWEEPS by Frank Brady (romantic comedy)
A beautiful computer programmer rigs a $10-million magazine sweepstakes, planning to marry the ‘average joe’ winner beforehand, get a quickie divorce and walk away with five million dollars.

BLOOD AND WATER by Gayla Kraetsch Hart sough (political thriller)
When a success-driven American businessman is falsely accused of murder in Latin America, he partners with an underground rebel (who could be his assassin) and must choose between his own freedom and the lives of others.

SEMI-FINALISTS

IMPRESSIONS by Jeremy Hoffpauir (drama)

THE GROW HOUSE by Don Filipoff (caper-comedy)

FOREVER by Morris Clark & Rhonda Ermel (fantasy love story)

UTAH SPEED by Wendell Nielson (action/drama)

THE VIGIL AUNTIES by Andrew Bailey Fumento (action/comedy)

CANARIES by Craig Cambria (sci-fi thriller)

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