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Austin Film Festival Announces 2016 Screenplay Competition Finalists

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With the 2016 Austin Film Festival around the corner, the finalists for the fest’s annual screenplay competition have been announced. This year, 45 scripts were chosen for the Final Round with one winner to be determined in each of the 11 categories. Out of this year’s group of Finalist scripts, 44% include a female writer and international entries include writers from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, and Spain.

The winners will be announced during the Conference at the Awards Luncheon on Saturday, October 15 at the Austin Club. Winners will receive cash prizes ranging from $1,000 to $5,000, reimbursements for , and lodging while at AFF, and access to and recognition by some of the most important writers, agents, producers, and filmmakers in the industry.

The Austin Film Festival runs from October 13 – 20, and we’ll be there to cover it all.

2016 FINALISTS (listed by category and alphabetically by title):

SCREENPLAY – COMEDY

Presented by Sony Pictures Animation

The Anklebiter by

Dinner with Friends by

Murder Me by

Prom Night Inferno by

The Rovers by

SCREENPLAY – DRAMA

Presented by Writers Guild of America, East

Bait Night by

Bush Baby Summer by

The Circle Game by &

Dead of Winter by

The Park by

Static by

ENDERBY AWARD

For feature scripts in all genres with an original concept and distinctive voice that can be produced for under $10 million. The company was founded by Rick Dugdale and Daniel Petrie, Jr.

#Escape by

Bush Baby Summer by

The Park by

Something’s Wrong with Peter by

Static by

VERTIGO HORROR AWARD

Open to thrillers, dark suspense, sci-fi, and macabre themes. The company was founded by Roy Lee.

Bait Night by

Cake Rotten by &

Of Elephants & Animals by

The Road of Life by & &

Rock Point Draw by

SCI-FI AWARD

Open to science fiction, fantasy, horror, surrealism, myth/legend and fantastical .

The Eye of Jupiter by

The Long Black Night by

The Red by

Static by

Vitruvian by

TELEPLAY – AMC ONE-HOUR PILOT

One-Hour Pilot Semifinalists were chosen exclusively by AMC

Antioch: Notice to Quit by

Bog Walk by

The Devil and the Deep by

Root Canal: This Will Only Hurt a Little by

Tomorrow Before Last by

TELEPLAY – SITCOM PILOT

Growing Up Dictator: The Wonder Years of North Korea by &

Losing It by

Physical Education by

Real Arabs by

Wildcard: The Anti-Americans by

TELEPLAY – ONE-HOUR SPEC

Empire: We Hard Now? by

Fargo: The Hunt for the Cobra King by

Outlander: A Place to Hide by

TELEPLAY – SITCOM SPEC

Broad City: Short Term Effort by

Fresh Off the Boat: Taiwanese-American Story by

Master of None: Taste by

SCREENPLAY – SHORT

Blind Man’s Bluff by

Blood and Bronze by

Finger on the Button by &

Futurehealth by

Two Days Ago by

SCRIPTED DIGITAL SERIES

Presented by New Form Digital

Between Us Girls by &

Fubar by

Main Stream by

 

2016 SEMIFINALISTS (listed by category and alphabetically by title):

SCREENPLAY – COMEDY

Presented by Sony Pictures Animation

#Escape by

The Buffalo Bart Show by &

Call Me, Crazy by

The Cure by

Dog Star by

The Duke of Ballmore by &

Finding Keyser Soze by &

Gator Country by

Happy Little Accidents by

Marlene the Divine by

Peach by

Roll with It by

Tangent by

Tiny Hairless Penis by

Zombie’s Anonymous by

SCREENPLAY – DRAMA

Presented by Writers Guild of America, East

7 Days: A Fantasia on the Life of Miles Davis by

Big Bad Billie Gunn by

Big Fire by

The Black Range by

Broken by

Catalyst by

The Count by

The Crimson Confession by

Dakota Snow by

Detroitus by

False Bottom by

Fragments by

His Son by

The Hitchcock Murders by

Jacaranda by

Nowhere Men by

Pitigliano by

Return to Sender by

Second Childhood by

Stratum by

Sunburst by &

Superstition by

Timber by

Women of Wonder by

ENDERBY AWARD

For feature scripts in all genres with an original concept and distinctive voice that can be produced for under $10 million. The company was founded by Rick Dugdale and Daniel Petrie, Jr.

Bait Night by

The Black Range by

Dead of Winter by

On the Sidelines by

Superstition by

VERTIGO HORROR AWARD

Open to thrillers, dark suspense, sci-fi, and macabre themes.  The company was founded by Roy Lee.

The Anklebiter by

Darken Ship by

The Guilty by

Hoffman by

The Watcher by

SCI-FI AWARD

Open to science fiction, fantasy, horror, surrealism, myth/legend and fantastical .

Bush Baby Summer by

The Crimson Confession by

Long Sleep by

Starsfall by

West of Hell by

TELEPLAY – AMC ONE-HOUR PILOT

One-Hour Pilot Semifinalists were chosen exclusively by AMC

No Rest for the Wicked by

Quack: The Industry of Illness by

The Shepherd by

Southwark by

The Sultans of Swing by &

TELEPLAY – SITCOM PILOT

Bean Around by &

Blow Out: Near Woman by

The Duchamps by

Exit Stage Left by

News News News by &  

TELEPLAY – ONE-HOUR SPEC

Better Call Saul: Vaya Con Dios by

Daredevil: Extremis by

The Leftovers: Any Minute Now by

TELEPLAY – SITCOM SPEC

Black-ish: The Dice King by

Louie: Birthday by

The Mindy Project: The Reunion by  

SCREENPLAY – SHORT

The Ferryman of the Pali by

The Fridge by Morgan Von Ancken

Gum by

Jimmy’s Eulogy by

The Nursing Home by

SCRIPTED DIGITAL SERIES

Presented by New Form Digital

Anti-Social by &

Bound by &

Giving Up by

Source: Austin Film Festival homepage

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