Thank you all for your submissions, and our congratulations to everyone listed here.
We are delighted to be able to announce the final results for our Spring 2016 competition! We’ve gone from 52 quarter-finalists to 25 semi-finalists to this final group of ten. We look forward to telling you more about the top scripts in the weeks ahead.
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If you haven’t already, check out our Director of World Wide Development’s special article about What Your Scripts Have Been Telling Us over this period (CLICK HERE to read it and consider how the trends he’s noticed might relate to your script). We’re also compiling other Writing Tips from our reports to publish on the site soon, with general tips for helping your script sing. Don’t forget that many of our writers got their careers going by using our consulting service: CLICK HERE. This is certainly something that will help you all when writing a potential winning script for our Summer 2016 competition which follows on from the success of this contest. Remember there is free entry to this contest when you order a consultancy (listed above) before August 31st! You could be like one of our finalists listed below, too. CLICK HERE to enter the Summer 2016 Competition.
Here is the full list of the WriteMovies Spring 2016 International Screenwriting Competition Final Results:
| Quarter-Finalists: | Semi-Finalists: | OVERALL WINNER (CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE): |
| Aebersold, DAS BLOCKHAUS | Urs Aebersold, DAS BLOCKHAUS | Rob Laffin, THE PEOPLE VS. GOLDMAN SACHS |
| Urs Aebersold, LINDAS RACHE | Urs Aebersold, LINDAS RACHE | |
| Jean-Pierre Audebert, BRADDY WEBBY | Jean-Pierre Audebert, BRADDY WEBBY | Second Place (CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE): |
| James Bingham, THE DAWN OF EVE | James Bingham, THE DAWN OF EVE | Paul Gross, DIMINUENDO |
| Ian Bonser, TARGET: BERLIN! | Christian Bourgeois, LA VENGEANCE DU COBRA | |
| Christian Bourgeois, LA VENGEANCE DU COBRA | Rohna Buehler, DER VORHANG | Third Place (CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE): |
| Harold L. Brown, DEVIL’S VALLEY JUSTICE | Michael D. Dalzell, BOLLES | Johnny Sanchez, AMBER (AKA COLOURS OF REBELLION) |
| Rohna Buehler, DER VORHANG | Linda Falcão, OUT FLYING PAST MY BEDTIME | |
| Patrick Byrne, FLY GIRL | Mark Flood, BITING THE BULLET | Honorable Mentions: |
| David Cupples, SAN FRANCISCO SANDINISTA | Paul Gross, DIMINUENDO | James Bingham, THE DAWN OF EVE |
| David Cupples, SARIN AND THE MOON PRINCESS | Edyta Juzyk, NINJA WARRIORS | Christian Bourgeois, LA VENGEANCE DU COBRA |
| Michael D. Dalzell, BOLLES | Astrid Korten, FROM LILY WITH LOVE | Edyta Juzyk, NINJA WARRIORS |
| Matthew Duffen, DAY ONE THIRTY-ONE | Jacques Koskas, LE SAC DE VOYAGEEN CUIR FAUVE | Jacques Koskas, LE SAC DE VOYAGEEN CUIR FAUVE |
| Linda Falcão, OUT FLYING PAST MY BEDTIME | Rob Laffin, THE PEOPLE VS. GOLDMAN SACHS | Christophe Lourenço, MYSPACE LOVE – UN SENS A TA VIE! |
| Mark Flood, BITING THE BULLET | Aleksandra Muni Leykauf, DIE PHÖNIX DIÄT | Timothy Jay Smith, FIRE ON THE ISLAND |
| Prince Gomolvila, MORPH | Paul Littell, BREAKTHROUGH | Tyler True, LOVE IS SOMEWHERE ELSE |
| Paul Gross, DIMINUENDO | Christophe Lourenço, MYSPACE LOVE – UN SENS A TA VIE! | |
| Richard Guimond, MELVILLE’S WINDMILL | Matthew McHugh, THE AUTEUR | |
| Edyta Juzyk, NINJA WARRIORS | Graham Parke, PANDORIUM – SEQUENCE #1: HOW TO CATCH A TIME TRAVELER | |
| Amy L. Kinzer, CAN’T TURN BACK | Parthena Pavlidou, IN DER STILLE DER NACHT | |
| Astrid Korten, FROM LILY WITH LOVE | Johnny Sanchez, AMBER (AKA COLOURS OF REBELLION) | |
| Jacques Koskas, LE SAC DE VOYAGEEN CUIR FAUVE | Timothy Jay Smith, A VISION OF ANGELS | |
| Rob Laffin, THE PEOPLE VS. GOLDMAN SACHS | Timothy Jay Smith, FIRE ON THE ISLAND | |
| Eyal Lavi, HAIFA | Tyler True, LOVE IS SOMEWHERE ELSE | |
| Aleksandra Muni Leykauf, DIE PHÖNIX DIÄT | Tessa Wenslany, OLD | |
| Paul Littell, BREAKTHROUGH | ||
| Paul Littell, GET CARLY | ||
| Christophe Lourenço, MYSPACE LOVE – UN SENS A TA VIE! | ||
| Matthew McHugh, THE AUTEUR | ||
| Hamilton Mitchell, THE BIG BANG THEORY: THE STICK FACTORY | ||
| Jeffrey Ryan Morales, THE LOCKSMITH: A PAST FATE | ||
| Linda Morganstein, MY LIFE WITH STELLA KANE: “UNDER YOUR SKIN” | ||
| Jens-Frederik Otto, D-DAY | ||
| Tony Pana, TRAMP CITY | ||
| Graham Parke, DEBBIE THE VIKING | ||
| Graham Parke, NO HOPE FOR GOMEZ! – Pilot | ||
| Graham Parke, PANDORIUM – SEQUENCE #1: HOW TO CATCH A TIME TRAVELER | ||
| Parthena Pavlidou, IN DER STILLE DER NACHT | ||
| Clint Pearson, SHINE YOUR EYES | ||
| Russell A. Reball, THE SAPPHIRE KING | ||
| Math Saliva, THE SANDBOX | ||
| Johnny Sanchez, AMBER (AKA COLOURS OF REBELLION) | ||
| Paul Sargia, THE MAN WHO STOPS TIME | ||
| Timothy Jay Smith, A VISION OF ANGELS | ||
| Timothy Jay Smith, FIRE ON THE ISLAND | ||
| Timothy Jay Smith, RED BANDANA | ||
| Andrew Thompson and Tim Thompson, THE LIMELIGHT | ||
| Tyler True, ABIGAIL AND KOBO | ||
| Tyler True, LOVE IS SOMEWHERE ELSE | ||
| David Warnock, BY THE HANDS OF WALLY VINE | ||
| Tessa Wenslany, OLD | ||
| John Woodard, THE BOY FROM THE SEA |