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 2024 FilmQuest Best Unproduced Screenplay Competition. We are honored to recognize these talented writers and screenplays. While these screenplays are not Finalists or formal Official Selectiosn, 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)
79 A.E. by Smith
86’d by Johnny Giacalone
A Film Noir… with Vampires by Ryan M. Andrews
A Grim Haunting by Ryan M. Andrews
Anita’s Reunion by Matt Mulcahy
Bitter Harvest by Jack Warner
Blood Moon by Joe Day
Blood Oranges by Steve Flavin
Caretaker by David Avi Bornstein & Trevor Davies
Cochran & Campbell by C.J. Duke
Hate Actually by Jake Lazarow & Great Guthrie
Home of the Dead by Rod Tipton
Las Maldecidas (The Curse) by Alycya Magana
Leechers by Samuel R. Holladay
Pastora by Todd Tobias
Rise of the Harvesters by Ryan Matthew Andrews, Steve McGinnis
Roach Motel by Samuel Peirce
Sayonara by Josh Kirk
Society of the Moon by Jack Warner
Stacked by Jerold Wallace
Tatters by Anthony Ferraro
The 44th Chamber of Shaolin by Jon Truei
The Call by Kevin Felix
The Earth Grinder by Jarom Scott Andrews
The Ghost Light by Nick Burchard
The Graveyard Tree by Lee David Copeland
The Tress by Samuel Wilson
This Is Fine by Jim Griffin
Thrash by Kieran Shea & David Osorio
Time Loss by Bradford Hill
Unearthed by Beate Piotrowski & Chris Cranner
Victor’s Circle by Kevin J. Howard
When You’re Gone by Kristin Noriega
Feature Screenplay Quarter-Finalists (15) (listed alphabetically)
A Solidarity of Sinners by Nicholas Nuttall
Animal Control by Jeremy Kirk
Bad Blood by Geno Marx
Becoming Boleyn by Jocelyn Osier
Cavewoman by Christopher Rohrbeck
Cold Dead Fingers by Jack Warner
Delivery Fee by Kyle Gresham
In the Name of Science by Russell Whaley
Jeff Bezos 007 by Justin Reager & Shane Spiegel
Listen by Jeffrey Howe
Ruins by Missy Bell
The House of Maids Pt. 1 by Rudys Hymn
The Morrisfield Misfits and the Sword of Fate by Jack Warner
The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews by Rossi
The Villain by Joseph Douglas Lint
Three Creatures by William Chandler Jr
Who Watches the Weightwatchers? by Aaron B. Covaleski
Short Screenplay Semi-Finalists (15) (listed alphabetically)
And Also With You by Olivia Haller
Between Friends by Jake Thomas
Bhandar by Luke Humphrey
Chicken by Stuart Creque
End Time by Michal Schick
It Creeps In by Vincent Stalba & Greg Jocoy
Life by Lisa Ovies
Perfect by Chelsea Schmidt
Pet by N’cee van Heerden
Psychomanteum by Devi Bhaduri
Quiet Nights Are The Best by Clifford Parks
Run by Jack Warner
The Shepard Joshua and His Flock Bible Hour by James Ferda
The Whispering Rot by Robert Tiemstra
When the Flame Goes Out by Jason Sheedy & Joshua David Matthews
Short Screenplay Quarter-Finalists (10) (listed alphabetically)
Bound by Kirk Richardson
Chinese Hopping Zombie by Howard Hong
Seeds by Rozalyn Mattocks
Space Age Love by Josh Kirk
Suffer Her Rage by Emily Robyn Clark & Stefani Zabner
The Elevator Pitch: or How I Got Stuck in An Elevator with The Incomparable Doug Jones by Kieran Shea
The Last Siren by Keir Beck
The River by Annabelle Judson
The Warden by Korea Black & Gianna Rose
Try a Waffle Cone by Miachel Pruett
