WriteMovies 26th Writing Contest results
CONTEST WINNER : Sarah Hogan – IF NOT NOW…
Sarah is an Oxford grad who has spent many years traveling the world as a career diplomat. She is delighted to have won the WriteMovies contest with only her second script.
“IF NOT NOW…” is a futuristic political thriller that plots the demise of the western world when a famine overtakes the newly minted superpower that is China. How do you stop 1.3 billion Chinese from taking what they need?
SECOND PLACE: Carolyn Kras – MAGNETIC
Carolyn Kras is a Los Angeles writer who recently graduated with an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon University. Her feature screenplay Magnetic, about William Gilbert and Queen Elizabeth I’s secret affair, received honors from Screenplay Search, the Swansea Bay Film Festival, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Carolyn also placed second in Scriptapalooza’s sitcom writing competition and is currently writing a legal comedy t.v. pilot. Her plays have been produced around the country. For more information, please visit www.carolynkras.com
Pitch logline: Magnetic is an historical romance about the tempestuous affair between Doctor William Gilbert and his unruly patient, Queen Elizabeth I, as he tries to save her from a mysterious illness.
THIRD PLACE: Paul S. Wolff – 182MB
Paul S. Wolff made a few YouTube Short Films where he worked as actor, producer and above all, as a writer. Every writer should at least once write a wordless short film “Secret Encounter”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxJk6QtX310
Semi-Finalists | Finalists |
Ali, Habiba – L’ENJEU DU JEU | Blanchon, Sylvie – PARMI D’AUTRES |
Aston, Peter – BORDERLINE | Bloch, Jerome – LUNE DE MIEL |
Balfour, Grant – I CUT ON DEAD GUYS: A ZOMBIE SURF FILM | Chevrier, Axelle – LE RESEAU |
Baughman, Joseph – HIGHER LEVEL NEEDS | Dall’Orso, Anne-Catherine – BILLY |
Beaujard, Johanne – SIMON | de Chauvelin, Christine – CANCER SUR COMMANDE |
Blanchon, Sylvie – PARMI D’AUTRES | Ecker, Ronald – DESTINY’S DAUGHTERS |
Bloch, Jerome – LUNE DE MIEL | Feister, Anna-Beth – T FOR TURMOIL |
Bodereau, Nicolas – LE SOULEVEMENT DES REVES | Gantelet, Leo – LE CHEMIN IDEAL |
Bolkvadze, Tamar – ENCORE | Garmendia, Sly – LE TREFLE NOIR |
Buckley, RJ – TO KILL AN ANGEL | Gilleece, Matthew – EVERYMAN |
Carter, Diane – POLYMORPHE | Guimond, Richard – FOGGY JOE |
Chevrier, Axelle – LE RESEAU | Hatch, Randy – WINLESS WINNER |
Christopherson, Kyle – SEED | Heidt, Kenny – TALION |
Culton, John – THE HUNTER’S ROAD | Hogan, Sarah – IF NOT NOW… |
D, Desmond – UNINHABITABLE | Jahant-Osborn, Sundae – JUST KILL ME ALREADY |
Dall’Orso, Anne-Catherine – BILLY | Jenner, Gail – FOOL MOON |
de Chauvelin, Christine – CANCER SUR COMMANDE | Johns, Joe – CORPORATE ANXIETY |
DeLamater, Marc – TRITON | Kancel, Richard – KLE LA (LA CLEF) |
do Vale, Marie-Christine – ORIGINES | Kras, Carolyn – MAGNETIC |
Ecker, Ronald – DESTINY’S DAUGHTERS | Levchine, Alexis – LE SIMPLE |
Edmonston, Rebecca – NOTHING TO LOSE | Maharaki – GENEVIEVE ET LA THEORIE DU CINQ |
Eng, Anne – A TALE OF TWO BROTHERS | Maiuro, Travis – THE RENDEZVOUS PRICE |
Engle, Jordan – SURVIVORS | Michel, Jean-Bernard – LA RAMPE |
Erengil, B.G. – MERCY HOSPITAL | Newton, Eafat – THE PARTY OF THE FIRST PART |
Espinoza, Patrick – DES CENDRES A L’EAU | Penney, Wayne – PITCAIRN |
Farrell, Caroline – THE LUPII | Peterka, Daniela – BLOODBROTHER |
Feister, Anna-Beth – T FOR TURMOIL | Pirzada, Sabir – THE PROMISED LAND |
Gantelet, Leo – LE CHEMIN IDEAL | Riedel, Stefan – WORST CASE |
Garmendia, Sly – LE TREFLE NOIR | Speakes, Will – HARMAN |
Getto, Jason – AMERICAN BABY | Spurling, Lucinda – THE EMPIRE OF THE AIR |
Gilleece, Matthew – EVERYMAN | Sroka, Jurgen – DER SANDMANN |
Golde, Bruce – IMPLANTED | St Clair, Leo – LA VAGUE BLEUE |
Good, Josh – ELEPHANT HEARTS | Stadulis, Christopher – BURNING DOWN |
Gordon, Carol – MAGGIE EXPOSED | Stevens DeLorenzo, Christine – BY PERMISSION OF HEAVEN |
Gourgaud, Lionel – E.M.I. | Straub, Konrad – FERNGESPRACH |
Grabowski-Cotton, Laura – RECALCULATING 10-1-10 | Tillman, Dempsey – THE ALMIGHTY |
Grabowski-Cotton, Laura – THE ACCIDENTAL ENGAGEMENT | Warembourg, Gilles – ELLIPSES |
Grebb, Michael – A CHRISTMAS SCHEME | Wentz, Daniel – SAHAR |
Guennani, Zoher – REMEMBER DEATH | Winston, Sammie – LOST AND FINDER |
Guimond, Richard – FOGGY JOE | Wolff, Paul – 182 MB |
Gurich, Ted – MARIACHIS IN MAZATLAN | |
Hamant, Jean – NATION DANTONE | |
Hammond, Robert – B.B. DeMille | |
Hatch, Randy – WINLESS WINNER | |
Heidt, Kenny – TALION | |
Hogan, Sarah – IF NOT NOW… | |
Jahant-Osborn, Sundae – JUST KILL ME ALREADY | |
Jenner, Gail – FOOL MOON | |
Jevtic, Jovan – BROKEN ROOTS | |
Johns, Joe – CORPORATE ANXIETY | |
Kancel, Richard – KLE LA (LA CLEF) | |
Kornfield, David – AMERICAN TRASH | |
Kras, Carolyn – MAGNETIC | |
L’esprit, Nicolas – HELL’S DOORS (LES PORTES DES ENFERS) | |
Lamb, Aimee – FLORA SANDES, K.G.S. | |
Leonardi, Thomas – L’EXISTENCE PRECEDE L’ESSENCE | |
Levchine, Alexis – LE SIMPLE | |
Loesch, Elisabeth – TANGO INTERRUPTUS | |
Lourenco, Christophe – MYSPACE LOVE | |
Lopez, Mario G. – DYSPHONIA | |
Lundberg, Kris – THE STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN | |
Maharaki – GENEVIEVE ET LA THEORIE DU CINQ | |
Maiuro, Travis – THE RENDEZVOUS PRICE | |
Mansevani, Celestin – SI PAPA SAVAIT | |
Matson, Adam – INVINCIBLE | |
McCord, Joseph Lennon – ADOLF’S SECRET | |
McCoy, Ryan – BURY ME | |
Michaelson, Jay – NEMO | |
Michel, Jean-Bernard – LA RAMPE | |
Miller, A. Blaine – BITTER ROOT | |
Mitchell, Hamilton – NEW MOMMY | |
Moncho, Rene – UNE AUSSI LONGUE ABSENCE | |
Newton, Eafat – THE PARTY OF THE FIRST PART | |
Noble, Andrew – GRAVITY | |
Padez, Jim – REMISSION | |
Penney, Wayne – PITCAIRN | |
Peterka, Daniela – BLOODBROTHER | |
Phinny, Peter – ROUGH COUNTRY | |
Pirzada, Sabir – THE PROMISED LAND | |
Riedel, Stefan – WORST CASE | |
Rocher, Dominique – SIXTIES BLUES | |
Rostron, Brittany – INHERITANCE | |
Sampana, Naoue – AMERICAN FILM | |
Samson, Marc – MAELSTROM | |
Scott, Caleb – DIXIE LAND | |
Shank, Steven – BUSH LEAGUE | |
Singleton, Jason – PIPE DREAMS | |
Speakes, Will – HARMAN | |
Spurling, Lucinda – THE EMPIRE OF THE AIR | |
Sroka, Jurgen – DER SANDMANN | |
St Clair, Leo – LA VAGUE BLEUE | |
Stadulis, Christopher – BURNING DOWN | |
Stark, Richard – MY SON’S BIG BRIS | |
Stevens DeLorenzo, Christine – BY PERMISSION OF HEAVEN | |
Straub, Konrad – FERNGESPRACH | |
Tillman, Dempsey – THE ALMIGHTY | |
Tyler, Rob – ROOMIES | |
Warembourg, Gilles – ELLIPSES | |
Warren, Victor – JACK TANDY | |
Wentz, Dainel – SAHAR | |
Winston, Sammie – LOST AND FINDER | |
Wolff, Paul – 182 MB | |
Wood, Annie – ADOPTING GRANDPA | |
Yarber, Aaron – M |