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2004 Screenplay Competition 1st Place THE APOLOGY (Drama) by Amir Ohebsion, David Diaan & Babak Shokrian Los Angeles, CA contact: amiro@sbcglobal.net Log-Line: Exiled for outspoken opposition to his country's fundamentalist regime, a legendary Iranian showman struggles with an offer to issue a humiliating apology in exchange for permission to return to his homeland. 2nd Place WILD OATS (Comedy) by Claudia Myers and Gary Kanew Kiawah Island, South Carolina contact: gkanew@aol.com Log-line: Eva, a 69 year old widow, accidentally receives a Social Security check for $6 million and, at the urging of her best friend Ethel 66, she reluctantly deposits the money. Together they go to Las Vegas on a series of outrageous misadventures during which Eva discovers her wild side. 3rd Place BONE (Drama) by David Gregg Los Angeles, CA contact: dfgregg@hotmail.com Log-line: A widow tells the story of her Gothic rocker husband whose mother, life, and death made him a darkly mythical legend. 4th Place ACCUSTOMED TO YOUR FACE (Period Piece, Romance) by Russell Sommers Highland Park, IL contact: russellsommers@hotmail.com Log-Line: When playwright George Bernard Shaw falls madly in love with Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the mesmerizing actress who inspires him to write the character of Eliza Doolittle, he jeopardizes both his happy marriage and the play that became “My Fair Lady.” 5th Place GIRLS CAN’T PLAY POOL (Drama) by Julian M. Kheel North Hollywood, CA contact: jmkheel@aol.com Log Line: Beautiful and shrewd pool hustler Heather Selvin tries to find love and success when she reluctantly agrees to play on the men's professional billiards tour. 6th Place IMAGINARY FRIENDS (Family, Animated) by John Stancari West Hollywood, CA contact: jstancari@aol.com Log-Line: When a lonely boy discovers that his imaginary friends are real, he joins them on a wild adventure and ends up saving their imaginary home world and his own real world, and he learns about real friendship in the process. 7th Place SPLIT INFINITY (Sci-Fi) by Nova Jacobs & John Douglas Sinclair Los Angeles, CA contact: palindromepics@aol.com Log-line: A frustrated quantum physicist wakes up one morning to find his world has been replaced by an almost exact replica. 8th Place EMMA (Horror, Thriller) by Chris Rodgers Salt Lake City, UT contact: podger7777@hotmail.com Log-Line: A drifter in a small town with a secret past gets involved with a bevy of strange people, the search for millions of dollars, and the vengeful ghost of a young woman. 9th Place CLAUDE (Period Piece, Drama) by Andrea Kleine New York, NY contact: aceontour2@yahoo.com Log-Line: Surrealist photographer Claude Cahun, a Jew, a lesbian, a French resistance fighter, tore up Paris with Andre Breton and Salvador Dali and then vanished from history. 10th Place TWO GUN (Western) by Robert G. Steele North Cape May, NJ contact: robertogsteele@msn.com Log-line: Two Gun Johnny after shooting his stepfather, travels out west in search of his real dad. A troubled youth, he becomes one of the most notorious gunslingers in Kansas history. BEST SHORT: LOVE AND LETTERS (Comedy) by William M. Marshall Charlottesville, VA contact: Williammmarshall@hotmail.com Log-Line: After kidnapping his sixth grade sweetheart in an attempt to make sense of his feelings, a neurotic thirty-year-old soon realizes why lost loves should remain lost and in the process, learns the difference between love and obsession. SEMI-FINALISTS: BISHOP'S ALLEY (Drama) by Paul Cummings Houston, Texas contact: paulbox@hotmail.com Log-line: Oil is discovered in Oklahoma, and two tycoons are determined to get it. A naïve geologist unwittingly becomes a pawn in their rivalry, while murderous bootleggers and other greedy locals conspire to grab their own share of the wealth. BREACH OF FAMILY: A COMING OF RAGE (Drama) by John L. Beem Chicago, Il contact: beemworks@rcn.com Log-Line: Two brothers choose their mother's college dreams over dad's failing farm, triggering tragic consequences for the entire family of seven. Based on a true story from 1937-38, secrets are finally revealed years later by a small-town reporter ...who was there. CHASING MONARCHS (Drama) by Michael Davidson Hollywood, CA contact: MDavid1006@aol.com Log-line: Matt Johnson, following the suicide of his brother, sets out to right a wrong committed by his brother. In the process, metamorphosis takes place in the human soul as cocoons are transformed into higher beings... all because we refuse to stop chasing. CIGARETTE BURNS (Drama) by Jason Jacobson & Michelle Trantina Vancouver, B.C., Canada contact: jakejake17@yahoo.com logline: A seven year old run-away enlists a mute heavy-weight boxer to track down her birth mother and along the way encounters a hit-man, deviant twins, and her suicidal father in this raw, humorous tale of love and redemption. Pulp Fiction meets Paper Moon. DAISY GUN (Drama/Crime) by Joshua Beal Los Angeles, CA contact: jbeal@mac.com Log-Line: Twenty-four-year-old Bea, goes to extraordinary lengths to save her self-destructive older sister after she kills her boyfriend, but sadly comes to learn that she is perhaps beyond saving. DARYL THE DOG (Family) by Janet Fielding London, UK contact: ozmarns@aol.com Log Line: All the dogs in the dogs’ home are desperate to find new owners except Daryl. He’s three owners down and can't face another disappointment. It’s a classic dog meets boy, dog loses boy, dog gets boy story. DUKJA PU (Drama) by Nathan Johnson San Francisco, California contact: bigsir474@hotmail.com Log-line: A little boy in Bhutan is universally hated by everyone he meets. He endures ill treatment unaware that his life is about to begin. On a cold still night he is called to a mission that ignites the fury of his countrymen and the rage of millions on distant shores. JIGSAW (Psychological Thriller) by D. Kim Potter San Francisco, California contact: Kpottersf@hotmail.com Log-line: A sheltered suburban housewife tries to prove that her computer sleuthing skills are more than a hobby to her patronizing homicide detective twin sister by secretly tracking down a killer who hunts for lost and lonely women in Internet chatrooms. RICHARD SERIOUS (Comedy ) by Allen Keller Chicago, IL contact: allenkeller@rcn.com Log-line: Legendary drummer (and drunk) of the 1960's greatest British rock band finds out his band is reuniting after 35 years...without him. In order to reclaim his legacy, he must clean up his act and hit the road one last time with a struggling garage band less than half his age. LOVE EASY (Indie, Drama) by Shana Feste Los Angeles, CA contact: boothpictures@hotmail.com Log-line: After living the wild swings of fortune in the passionate, tumultuous marriage of her mismatched parents, shy, gifted, wallflower Jane tries to find the ability to love wholeheartedly in this bittersweet coming of age story set in 1980’s Los Angeles. THE LOW COUNTRY (Drama) by Nan Byrne Virginia Beach, VA contact: nanbyrne@hotmail.com Log-line: When a young boy’s mother is murdered, he is taken by relatives from Chicago to the Louisiana bayou~ but his mother’s death won’t stay behind. MAIL ORDER HERO (Comedy) by Jonathan Bruce Appel New York, New York contact: jonathanappel@hotmail.com Log Line: When a soft-hearted P.I. opens a letter for help from his Ex, he knows she's in trouble. Defying his partners and his feelings, he drives to Colorado to find her, dodging bungling cops and would-be drug lords to discover a conspiracy that threatens her life. MAESTRO, MAESTRO by Betty P. Teng Brooklyn, NY contact: bpt@aya.yale.edu Discovering she hears the same divine music as a famed composer with writer's block, a shy, young Chinese-American concert hall custodian must help him compose the masterpiece and risk exposing what she fears the most. MISS PEARLIE (drama) By Stacey Jean Snider Provo, Utah contact: staceyjean@byu.edu Log-line: In Depression-era Georgia, midwife Pearlie Burton has enough on her hands with a failing farm, an apathetic husband, and an uncertain business. But when sixteen-year-old Adda shows up in town, alone and with a weighty secret, Pearlie takes on one more burden. THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST II: JUDGMENT DAY (Comedy, Satire) by Steve & Les Mardiks La Grange, Illinois contact: mardiks@msn.com Log-line: In this tongue-in-cheek take on Hollywood's sequel-making machine, Jesus comes again -- this time for revenge... And you thought the Second Coming would be peaceful.... THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY (Drama) by Chris Newberry Minneapolis, MN contact: CFNewberry@aol.com Log-Line: When tragedy intervenes, an American ex-pat in East Africa must change course to help an orphaned girl, embarking on a harrowing journey across rebel-controlled territory. THE LAST TWO (Drama) by David B. Schajer Los Angeles, CA contact: davidbssr@aol.com Log-line: Tom drives drunk, crashes into another car, and paralyzes a young woman, Heather. When he gets out of jail, and she comes out of a coma, their lives are shattered. They are two people that should never meet -- but do. TRIPLE DOG (Drama) by Barbara Marshall Los Angeles, CA contact: bthove@aol.com Logline: A teenage girl copes with a troubled home life by playing a dangerous game of Dare. VINEYARD SOUND (Romantic Comedy) by Eric Molinsky New York, NY 10024 contact: ericmolinsky@hotmail.com Log-line: Ricky, a working class boy in a small Cape Cod town, agrees to a secret relationship with a reclusive, wealthy girl named Beth. The affair turns their lives inside out and forces them to make unexpected sacrifices. WARM SPRINGS (Period Piece) by Richard Willett New York, NY contact: richard.willett2@gte.net Log-line: Hot-shot lawyer and aspiring politician Franklin Delano Roosevelt is stricken with polio in the early 1920s, and so searches for a cure at a tiny, impoverished health spa -- Warm Springs, Georgia. SHORTS: THE ECSTASY NOTE (Comedy) by Geoffrey Uloth Montreal, Quebec contact: uloth@sympatico.ca Log-line: When a man's wife stabs his hand with a fork and hits it with a knife, it produces a sound that induces extreme ecstasy in everyone who hears it. JAZZ IS DEAD (short) by Michael Longarzo Jersey City, New Jersey contact: mikelongarzo@yahoo.com Log-Line: A narrow-minded jazz bassist loses his fingers and struggles to move on with his life. ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE TAMALES (Drama) by D. V. Caitlyn La Crescenta, Ca contact: creakingdoor@sbcglobal.net Log-Line: Set in the San Fernando Valley and taking place over the span of a single day, “one hundred and twelve tamales” is a story of one Mexican family’s joy and tragedy as they struggle with social pressures, racial equality, and the issues of tradition vs. Fully establishing a place in American society. SCRATCHES (Sci-Fi) by Isabelle Marinov Luxembourg, Europe contact: isabelle_marinov@hotmail.com Log-line: Murder has been legalized for male citizens and torture reality shows on TV have become a huge success. As a woman, Sophie has no rights in this society dominated by male violence. And yet, she can no longer stand her husband's abuses... 2002 SCREENPLAY COMPETITION WINNERS!!! 2001 SCREENPLAY COMPETITION WINNERS!!! |
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