The following screenplays are the 30 Feature Screenplay Semi-Finalists, 15 Feature Screenplay Quarter-Finalists, 15 Short Screenplay Semi-Finalists, and 10 Short Screenplay Quarter-Finalists for the 2023 FilmQuest Best Unproduced Screenplay Competition. We are honored to recognize these talented writers and screenplays. While these screenplays are not Finalists, they are all worthy of further attention and praise. If you would like to find out more about the screenplays for potential production opportunities, please feel free to reach out and we will put you in contact with the writers.
Feature Screenplay Semi-Finalists (30) (listed alphabetically)
Abeyance by Brandon Rhiness & Michael Schaar-Ney
Beautiful Monsters by Katarina Severen
Bitter Harvest by John Munn
Cold Dead Fingers by John Munn
Dead West: To Hell and Back by A.J. Callens
Disposable by Will Berry
Forecast by Gabe Michael
Home of the Dead by Rod Tipton
Jack Buxton Saves the Universe by Bryant C. Karnes
Jellybean by Stephen Vanderpool
La Parca by Miguel del Campo
Luz by Kieran Shea & David Osorio
Millions of Miles from Here by Catherine Clark
Moksha by Saurin Lakhia
Morituriosis by Jesse Dorian
My Thinner Self is Trying to Kill Me by Aysha Wax
Quest for Humanity: The Path of Champions by Lance B. Witmer
Quest for Humanity: The Sword of Champions by Lance B. Witmer
Rabbit Hole by Tony Hipwell
Resurgence by Alex Jack
Revival by Abby Selden
Sacred Sun by Michael Louis Gould
The Blanket by Sam Gasch
The Flames of Fornax by Jinx Larratt
The Red Zone by Terry Luke Podnar
The Sicken: Awakening by Danny Alex
The Skin Rippers by Daniel William Pero
Typhoid Maria by Timothy Porter
Unison Kismet: The Twin Samaritan by Francesco Capussela
Vodoun by Stuart Creque
Feature Screenplay Quarter-Finalists (15) (listed alphabetically)
Big Iron by Reid Johns
Carnevil by Anthony Cross
Hardwood Hallway by Mason McDonald & Emily Tynan McDaniel
Society of the Moon by John Munn
Territorial by Carroll Brown
The Afterlife Can Wait by Kristi Cornwell & Westley Cornwell
The Good Times Dance Club by Beau Brians
The Outcast by Kieran Shea & David Osorio
The Poet of Sugar Creek by Karen Conley
The Valley by James Alva
There Were Giants by Leif Eric Johnson
Til We Die by Dan McGuire
Time, Space, and the Poet: Part 2 by John Turner
Treasure Trap by John Munn
Whisper by Allison Hanna
Short Screenplay Semi-Finalists (15) (listed alphabetically)
Bruja Camp by Jesse Mattson & Sam Mattson
Dead Laughter by Jason Willford
Forever Friends by Stirling J. McLaughlin
Full Moon at the Hill by Ismael Krall
In Dreams by Jerry J. Sampson
Pandora, Inc. by Joe Lueben
Paper Monsters by Michael Clifton
Potential Terrors of Self Development
Session by Meik V. Fischer
St. George and The Dragon by Stuart Creque
Ted Bunni by Carly Cylinder
The Trip Home by Pete Ireland
True Magic by Kenny Wright
Visit the Emerald City by Juan Roriguez
When Big People Lie by Gianfranco Fernandez-Ruiz & Pablo Cervera
Short Screenplay Quarter-Finalists (10) (listed alphabetically)
All the Rage by Maryellen DeVivo
Happy World by Jesse Mattson & Sam Mattson
Hotel Del Charro by Jason Von Godi & Dylan Silvers
Janice by Rafael De Leon Jr.
Test of Death by Linda Niccol & Michael Botur
The Wall in the Woods by David Gallic
Trust Builds by WIlliam Chandler Jr.
Unit F: Monster Vice by Chris Warner
What’s Eating You by Lee David Copeland
Zits by David Bornstein
