Competition Winners
2024 COMPETITIONS
FEATURE WINNERS
Under the Sun - Jason Kimball
Love in the Time of Dragons - Daniel Chen
Mecha MAGA - Davey McCormick
TV PILOT WINNERS
The Time Traveler’s Circus - Daniel Weiss
High School Apocalypse - Jessica Klein
Ninja Noir - Sophia Nyugen
GENRE MASH-UP COMPETITION
GENRE COMPETITION
FEATURE WINNERS
Action/Adventure Winner - The Last Mercenary - Yusuf Malik
Animation/Family Winner - The Various - Akira Nakamura
Comedy/Rom-Com Winner - F*ck Boy - Chloe Williams
Horror/Thriller Winner - No Escape - Sofia Patel
LGBTQ+ Winner - Rainbow Skies, Neon Lights - David Novak
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Winner - Beyond the Veil - Mateo Rivera
Historical/Period/War & Westerns Winner - Beneath the Ashes of Rome -
Genre Mash Up - The Vampire Heist - Emilio Perez
TV PILOT WINNERS
Comedy Winner - Insta Girl - Nia Washington
Horror/Thriller Winner - The Forgotten Ones - Jacob Hayes
LGBTQ Winner - Love and Labels - Camila Torres
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Action/Adventure Winner - Beyond the Rift - Lucas Palmer
Genre Mash Up - Sheriff of Sector 9 - David Bennett
FEATURE WINNERS
First Place - Tokyo Blues - Amanda Kimura
Second Place - The Final Confession - Liam O’Reilly
Third Place - The Vanished Hour - Noah Adler
TV PILOT WINNERS
First Place - The Dark Path - Elena Navarro
Second Place - Chasing Shadows - Natalie Chen
Third Place - What Lies Beneath - Aisha Benton
TRUE STORY/TRUE CRIME
FEATURE WINNERS
Winner - At the Mercy of Faith by Samuel Taylor
Winner - Echoes of Yesterday by Nathan Hayes
Winner - For the Love of God - Das Wort by James Grant
TV PILOT WINNERS
Winner - Whispers on the Wind by Mia Evans
Winner - The Path by Ai Osamu
Winner - Turning Point by Rachel Foster
FAITH BASED
DRAMA COMPETITION
FEATURE WINNERS
First Place - Faded by Mei Chan
Second Place - Valley of the Kings by Sienna Nassar
Third Place - Home by James Neville
TV PILOT WINNERS
First Place - Shadow Game by Aaliyah Patel
Second Place - Ithaca by Naomi Goldberg
Third Place - Beyond the Veil by Yasmin Al-Farsi
FEATURE WINNERS
First Place - Blackmail City by Nadia Russo
Second Place - The Last Witness by Lucas Dubois
Third Place - The Glade by Mina Kwon
TV PILOT WINNERS
First Place - The Sentinel by Richard Fielding
Second Place - Mystic Brew by Edward Miles
Third Place - The Hourglass Network by Lila Desai
FIRST 15
2023 COMPETITIONS
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FEATURE WINNERS
Aarav Patel - Orbit of the Unknown
Akira Sato - The Architect’s Dream
Elizabeth King - The Forgotten Vale
Chloe Dubois - The Promise
David Cohen - A Silent Symphony
Nia Johnson - One Night in Harlem
Amara Kone - Jokes on You
Maya Sen - Twilight of the Oracle
Ian Lee - Nightwatch
Victor Díaz - Thunder Run
TV PILOT WINNERS
Grace Kim - Live, Laugh, Love
Sienna Huynh - Pajama Party
Reid Hodge - Our War
Paige Munoz - No Regrets
Marcus Dalton - Version 5
Leona Booth - The Struggle
Maria Fernandes - The Centipede and the Cockatoo
Elena Petrova - I AM
Kwasi Adjei - Just Another Genocide
Jaxon Brackenridge - Trust Falls
GENRE COMPETITION
FEATURE WINNERS
Action/Adventure Winner - Vortex of the Vanquished - Zoe Petrou
Animation/Family Winner - The Tale of Two Tails - Lien Nguyen
Comedy Winner - Unexpectedly Yours - Priya Shah
Historical/Period Winner - Crown of Thorns - Akiva Rosenzweig
Horror/Thriller Winner - Empress of the Shadows - Hee-Young Park
LGBTQ Winner - Finding My Colors - Li Wei
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Winner - The Night Crusaders - Anton Volkov
War & Westerns Winner - Guns and Ghost Towns - Taylor Vonderburg
TV PILOT WINNERS
Action/Adventure Winner - The Last Guardian - Kevin Abuya
Animation/Family Winner - The Adventures of Tumble Weed - Luis Rodriguez
Comedy Winner - Broke But Woke - Jamal Jameson
Historical/Period Winner - Daughters of the Revolution - Clara Edwards
Horror/Thriller Winner - A Practical Man - Nia Cohen
LGBTQ Winner - On the Spectrum - Yasmine Lewis
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Winner - Beyond the Stars - Tatyana O’Connor
War & Westerns Winner - Rebels of the Frontier - Paul Van Thorne
DRAMA COMPETITION
FEATURE WINNERS
First Place - Predetermined Fallacies by Adam Weber
Second Place - Frigid Earth by Josh Weingarten
Third Place - Bhaktapur Bengali by Shikha Thakur
TV PILOT WINNERS
First Place - Empty Nesters by Donna Walsh
Second Place - Dark Seas by Alexei Kozlov
Third Place - Crushed by Kenji Otawa
FAITH BASED
FEATURE WINNERS
First Place - Took the Long Road Home - Jan Erikson
Second Place - Crabs in a Bucket - Melinda Torres
Third Place - Zen Dad - Mike Harris
TV PILOT WINNERS
First Place - The Saints of Rucker Park Courts - Terrence Coleman
Second Place - Thank You Jesus! - Laila Wright
Third Place - Pizza and beer, and Jesus - Scott Tyler
FIRST 15
FEATURE WINNERS
First Place - Follower by Andre Madsen
Second Place - Pipe Dream by Devon Elliot
Third Place - Midnight Miami by Lisa Iannucci
TV PILOT WINNERS
First Place - Crispr Baby by Donna Silverstein
Second Place - Wine Chicks by Sandy Barnes
Third Place - Gold Digger by Aaron O’Neil & Debbie McGuire
2022 COMPETITIONS
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FEATURE WINNERS
The Blue Bird House by Joan Butler
Race For Love by Heather Wiggins McKinley
The Last Ones by C.D. Peterson
Falling Reign by Douglas Schofield
Prince of Chaos by Jason Skorski
Righteous Justice by Evander Cruz
Abominable by William Daniels
The Happiness Angel by David Hinds
Forever and ever and ever… by Justine Finnegan
Bastard by Donald Walsh
TV PILOT WINNERS
Gallows Humor by Andrea Morris
Inherit-ly Gay by Michael Ford Preston
The Age of Winter - 13 by Douglas Schofield
Above the Line by Les Zig
Gratitude by Devon Berg
Jersey Dude by Arielle D’Agostino
Welcome To Loser-ville by Danielle Cunan
End to End by John Riggs
Life of Riley by David McGuire
Being Karen by Karen Crowley
GENRE COMPETITION
FEATURE WINNERS
Action/Adventure Winner - Gone Walk About - Kieren Bull
Animation/Family Winner - Over the Bridge and Through the Woods - Alison Kurkowski
Comedy Winner - Neck Beard - Linda Tran
Faith Based Winner - Mercy - Alejandro Castillo
Horror/Thriller Winner - The Tulpa - David London
LGBTQ Winner - The Narcissism of Small Differences - Rena Vasquez
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Winner - Elemental - Louis de Luca
Historical/Period/War & Westerns Winner - The Black Sea - Andrei Komarov
TV PILOT WINNERS
Comedy Winner - Silver Spoon, Paper Plate - Sebastian Roy
Faith Based Winner - Archangel - Heather Knight
Horror/Thriller Winner - Groom - Elena Baldridge
LGBTQ Winner - Slip of the Tongue - Sandra Clair
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Winner - Quest of the Various - Ryan Frum
Historical/Period/War & Westerns Winner - Slaughter on the Plains or The Buffalo Hunters - John McGovern
DRAMA COMPETITION
FEATURE WINNERS
First Place - Along the Niagara by Marie Gauthier
Second Place - Under a Sequin Moon by Ariana Knight
Third Place - Rough Rider by Rodney McCabb
TV PILOT WINNERS
First Place - Upstate by Aisha Taylor
Second Place - Born in the Bronx by Derek Nguyen
Third Place - The Gap by Gabriel Molina
FIRST 15
WINNERS
First Place - Ted’s Dead by Roland Walsh
Second Place - All About That Bass by Makayla Brooks
Third Place - Metaverse Reverse by Sandra Loughlin
FINALIST
No Sidelines by Dave Stockwell
Empty Nest by Daniel Powell
Passive-Aggressive Girl v The Trickster by Thomas Kronlage
Saint Catherine's Boys by John Ravitz
Carnivores by Grace Merrill
Family Secrets by Melissa A.
Deep Ascent by J. Thomas Peterson
Gigantic by Iain Bruce
Seven Last Words by Vaughn Roste
Antisocial Animals by Elena Toncheva