AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2022 SCRIPT COMPETITIONS SEMIFINALISTS & SECOND ROUNDERS!

09/28/2022 Competitions, Screenplay Competition

We are pleased to announce the 2022 Script Competitions Semifinalists (top 2%) and Second Rounders (top 20%). They were chosen from a field of 10,000+ scripts entered in our Screenplay, Digital Series, Playwriting, and Fiction Podcast Competitions. Finalists will be revealed by mid-October and the winners will be announced during this year's Conference.

If you are an agent, manager, or producer interested in contacting any of our Semifinalists from the competition, please contact [email protected] to request a copy of this year's Producers Book which contains their script loglines and contact information.

Semifinalists and Second Rounders are eligible for a discount on registration and special programming during the Conference. If you did not receive your registration packet (included in your notification e-mail) and would like to request a copy, please e-mail [email protected] or call 512-478-4795.

Best. Bargain. Ever. by N.S. Gladstone

Cancer, Drugs, and Rock N’ Roll by Todd Naylor & Alex Beall

Coke Bottle Syndrome by Scott Ross & Shoe Schuster

Eternally Yours by Lou Wollin

Get the Game by Matthew Sullivan

Here's Lookin’ At You by Jeff Burgett

Likeable by Courtney Weaver & Liz Goodwin

MacGuffin by Christopher Wright

Materni-tease by Christopher Backs

Our Huge Auspicious Indian Chinese Wedding by Rachel Hong

Red, White, & Juan by Ross Fischer

Sense & Sensibility by Sal Neslusan

THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP by Ben Samuels & Oliver Samuels

The Man Dance by Jerry Perez

Trick by Jeff Ullman

Try Hard by Nick Adams

Where the Fresh Stay Fresh by Patrick Keogh

World Class by Jessica Jiji

Wreak Havoc IV by Steve Irelanda & Sean Hogan

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

A BOY NAMED BOY by Marcela Mariz

All the Livelong Night by Joshua Meyer

Always We Begin Again by Nic Cohen

American Maxim by Jacob Young

CHEAP ASS ASIAN by Roy Hsu

DONNA by Aemilia Scott

Échappé by Allison Mattox

FIVE WITH A BULLET by Christopher Isenegger

FLY INTO THE WIND by Alvin Lau

Glasshouse by JR Rappaport

Helen Would Like a Word by Sandra Fugate

How To Catch a Time Traveler by Graham Parke

In His Image by Kendra Christel

Labor Pain by Jacob R. Dorn

Little Red by Richard H. Moon

My Cousin Numbers by Christos Kardana

My Name Is Carnival by Sarah Mellas

NO GOOD DEED by Heather Farlinger

No Te Olivdes by Nerris Nevarez-Nassiri

She Falls Like Water by Alana Waksman

Snow in July by Sera Barbieri & Heather Barbieri

Sympathy for the Wild by Eamonn Cogan

The Image Makers by Marina Shron

The Living You Make by Austin Hobbs

The Moon Represents My Heart by Jesse Lin

The Seventh Rule by Zackary Hill & Matthew Riffle

The Six-Day Detective by Josh Flanagan

Those We Leave Behind by Amanda Keener

Three Faces of Hunger and Thirst by HF Crum

Tip Toe by Seth Conley

Open to thrillers, dark suspense, sci-fi, and macabre themes.

BLEEDING by Andrew Bell

Blood of the Mob by Johnny Giacalone

Draconis by Alexis Kirke

Em & Toby vs. The Gulches by Steve Holbert

Fire Over the Hills by Alexander Chard

Flesh and Blood by Shannon Pestock

Konbini by Stefan Popov

Moth by Melissa Sweazy

Other by Christopher Backs

Serial Killer Supper Club by Paul Rowe

Tahquitz by Harrison Pierce

The Awakening of EMET by Filip Terlecki

The Banana King by Nick Richey

The Harbinger by Jerold Wallace

The Psycho Killer's Guide to Love by JP LeRoux

THE TRESTLE by Justin Giddings & Ryan Patrick Welsh

The Virgin by Trysta A. Bissett & Jerry D. Ochoa

Trollstigen by Ruben Estremera & Gregory Wolk

WE COME FROM THE DARK by Brien Kelly

All Semifinalists will be reviewed exclusively by AMC who will determine the Finalists and eventual Winner.

ASOMNIA by Stuart Creque

CALL ME MADAM by Marc Blitstein & Brian Rousso

Camera Obscura by Ian Baaske

Coloma by Brian Duchaney

Confidence Woman by Amelie Yeager

Darker Than You Can Imagine by Peter Hoffman Kimball

De Brocas by Jenn Fonteyn

GREYLORD by Monte Williams & Fred Ellis

Half-Hanged Mary by Amanda Young

HEX by Joey Capuana

HIGH CRIMES by Melanie Abrams

High School Never Ends by Danny Hogan

LOOMING IN THE SWAMPS by Jonathan Samuel

Moral High Ground by Cate Devaney

Not Your China Doll by Veronica Chavira

PHANTOM by Cameron Brent Johnson

PROJECT BLANCA: "Pilot" by Teresa Jusino

River Rats by Bryce Berkowitz

Single Person by Matt Foss

SONS OF SOIL by Dhruv Kanungo

Souvenir, Alaska by Mac Smullen

The Clever Girl by David B. Carren

The Devil's Brood: Shipwreck by Saiya Floyd

The Found by Noah Miller

THE REAL MCCOYS by Liz Tenan

The Spirit of ’76 by Jerry Jerome

The Valkyrie by Amanda Parham

The Watcher by Connor Pannell & Michael Goitanich

Vaquero by Matthew Brown

Worlds Apart by Thomas C. Gaunt

BABY MAYBE by Andrea O’Malley

Channel School by Robert Rue

Choose Your Parents by Kayla Sun

Churchfolk: Welcome, Stranger by Aaron S. Moncivaiz

DOUBLE DOWN by Cory Joseph Marciel

ELLIES by Mahlena-Rae Johnson

EXALT by Richard Young

Fall From Grace by Paul Pinsdorf

Genesis Incorporated by Aaron Edwards

Halfway Crooks (Legend of the Suffolk County Crew) by Jeru Berry

HELLO, NEWS by Janet J. Lawler

Hirado by Jennifer Wilton

Jungle by Tavish Gudgeon

Lost Prophet by Anna Sophia Vecellio

Mansa by Veronica Jordan-Davis

Outsourced by Katherine Chrisman

Push It! by Mirella Christou

Sovereign by Arielle Waldman & Jordan Henry

Sugarchain: "Without a Word" by Alva Moore

The Assassination of a President by Gary Chafetz

The Masterworks by Jill Hoppe

The Nazirite by Jesse A Chapman

THREE STRIKES by Raphie Cantor

Wayward by Christopher Cramer

Barry: "The Ghost of Janice Moss" by Nadeen Currie

Barry: "The Resort" by Ken Yovanovic

Bob's Burgers: "Bob's Books, Beach Mice, and Body Scrubs" by Bryant A. Loney

Brooklyn Nine-Nine: "The Woke Bandit" by Michael Streight

Curb Your Enthusiasm: "JEFFREY" by Clayton Jordan

Hacks: "Terminated" by Michelle Askew

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: "The Gang Sees a Ghost" by Tyler Gibbons

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: "The Gang Gets FriSkee" by Michael Rosenfeld

Mr. Mayor: "Share The Road" by Catherine Holahan

Only Murders in the Building: "Plus Two" by Ellen Tremiti

Pen15: "Hot Date" by Ben Rosen

South Park: "The Great Plush" by Sean Schroeder

The Other Two: "Chase Gets a Reality Show" by Bailey Moore & Wyatt Marks

What We Do in the Shadows: "Curse of The Blood Moon" by Jeremy Wadzinski

What We Do in the Shadows: "Re-Lent-Less" by Stephen K. Krespel

What We Do in the Shadows: "Screamers" by Phoebe Zimmerer & Ken Viteri-Lynn

Bridgerton: "Beyond the Pale" by Lauren Bonett

Shadow and Bone: "Trust Me" by Hannah Clifton

The Boys: "Every Body Needs Some Body" by Cheryl Puente

The Crown: "Last Looks" by Claire Winters

The Umbrella Academy: "Rumor Me" by Matteo Mascanzoni

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: "Salt" by Rolando Gomez

A Father's Day by Sam Li & Greg Woodland

Andrew by Luke Roberts

Blighted by Sheba Karim

Favors by Michael Kaplan

Getaway by Steven Rodriguez

Hitchhiker by Samantha Walker

Jimmy Dean by Nicholas Sennott

One Who Knows by Shiloh Nyce

Residual by Cristi Rumpza

Slayfest by Mark Renshaw

Starlight by April Rouveyrol

The Australian Girl by Elise Lamb

The Isle of Shelly by Kevin Sterling

The Weight of You by Hunter Rodgers

Wanle by Alison Week & Zoe Eisenberg

Where to? by Brian Thompson

"The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare (or at least our best approximation) by D.A. Mindell

A Driving Beat by Jordan Ramirez Puckett

Everything All at Once by John Ryan Martine

Midnight Showing by Libby Heily

TALK OF THE TOWN by Mike Bencivenga

Unimaginable by Jill Remez

Walter Under the Bridge by Jacob Wesley Gordner

A More Certain Light by Elizabeth Corbett

A War in the Mind of God by Jerry Mayer

ASYLUM by Craig Nobbs

BLADE & BONE by Edward Pannozzo

Blockbuster, Alaska by Callie Bloem & Christopher Ewing

Blowback by Eric Murphy

Burying Brutus by J.K. Zepeda

Calling From Cheboygan by Riley Taggart

Captain Blood by Kate Imy

Ella by Michael Dean

Faith by Naomi Sheridan

Fire and Brimstone by Chad Ashworth

FLORA by Don Shroll

From Mud by Dave Pilson & Neil Holland

Grace Canyon Ranch by Jim Lopezzo

Grain by Diane Randle

Grass Snakes by Danny Katz

KING’S HEART by Svilen Kamburov

Madame Ram by Isabelle Davis

Man of Another Age by David Warren

Misinterpreted by Tristan Mercado

Out from Undor by Davern Wright

Parishad by Peter Haig

Rough Point by Louis Lehrman

Rules of Being a Princess by Leigha Marie Daliet

The Fuck-It List by Nick Gambino

The Gold Fish by Barbara Ward Thall

The Last Queen's Painter by Lindsey Galloway

The Newlyweds by John Lawniczak

The Owl and the Hummingbird by David Ciccarelli

The Rowan by Liz Cardenas

The Sickness by Joe Marino

The Táin by Luke Hart-Moynihan

The Tigers by Laura Nicole Town

The Valley Rose by Patrick Runi

The Village Doctor by Laura Kenner

Turnstile by Raul Sharma

UnCut by Neer Shelter

Union by Marc Moody

Wheelz by Jade Johann

WHY THE WILLOW WEEPS by Dwight A. Jolivette

WIDE OPEN SPACES by R.L. Hooker

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

Beyond the Pale by Frankie Whitty

DISSONANT ECHOES by Raphael Conte

Folding City by Josh Kim & Edward Gunawan

LIFELINK by Johnny Gilligan

Paschar by Jennifer Richelle Burns

PROXY L-2 by Heather Ostrove

REVELATIONS by Johnny Gilligan

SURRENDER! by Shannon Wells

The Horse Killers by Josh Flanagan & Ben Hurst

Time Wolves by Stian Hafstad

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Open to scripts from underrepresented writers in the industry.

ROOSTER TEETH BIPOC FELLOWSHIP AWARD

Border Saints by Linda Dillon Moya

Esperanza by David Christopher Loya

First Blooded by Kenya Collins

FLY INTO THE WIND by Alvin Lau

IN MEMORIAM by Chadd Alciati

LA DOÑA by Ana Lydia Monaco

Momentous by Ana Maria Defillo

No Te Olivdes by Nerris Nevarez-Nassiri

Old Maiden's Prayer by Grace Gao

OVER YONDER by Jalen Wesley Young

Proclamation by Bryce Marrero

r.e.g.g.i.N by A. D. Smith

THE 40 by M.B. Stevens

The Garden by Ruby B. Hernandez

The Last of the Son by Cris Blak

The Man by Carla Queipo

ROOSTER TEETH WOMEN & AMINATION FELLOWSHIP AWARD

Allegra Sparkle's Guide to the Great Composers (You Might Not Have Heard Of) by Lillie Gardner

Helen Would Like a Word by Sandra Fugate

The Death of Rasputin by Erin Reinelt

The Man by Carla Queipo

Adolescent by Samuel Holladay

Chad + Trixie 4EVA by C.W. Madsen

I-CON-IC by Daisy Hobbs

KYLIE CAN’T QUIT by Meg Ryan & Sean McBride

Old Habits by Brittani Harris

Outside the Garden by Benjamin Lewis

The Piece by Maria Carolan & Claire Woolner

UNTETHERED by Charlie Frazier & Chris Frazier

All Semifinalists will be reviewed exclusively by Warner Bros. who will determine the Finalists and eventual Winner.

AT LEAST I’M TRYING by Chandler Smidt

Book of Jeb by Gilda Porcari

Chosen Families by Jack MacCarthy

Dragon's Den by Jon Comulada

End Days by David Silverstein

Esperanza by David Christopher Loya

Father, Forgive Me by Taryn O’Connor

FRENCH CLUB by Andrea Shawcross

Gourmet by Sean Winslow

He Had It Coming: Princess Marguerite by Mady Dever

Here for the Wrong Reasons by Sabrina Batchler

IN MEMORIAM by Chadd Alciati

LOOMING IN THE SWAMPS by Jonathan Samuel

Mercernary by Louisa Isaacs

Momentous by Ana Maria Defillo

Out of the Woodwork by Ryan Dellaquila

Ranger by Allen Baldwin & Jane Ackermann

Resurrection Men by Ben Fickes

The Curious Case of Agatha Christie by Ashley Kreeb

The Daily by M. Brennan

The Displaced by Matt Ford

The Found by Noah Miller

The Policy by Sal Ragonese

The Tutors by Mallory Baysek

Tin Can Alley by Thomas Schoch

To Kill a Pope by Gianmarco Giacomelli

Treasure Humpers by Kathryn Q. Wright

Troman: Welcome to the Jungle by Robert Pietzsch & Adam Rocke

UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) The Incident by Jackie Zabel & Bryce Zabel

Wish You Were Here by Keith Hallworth

Back To Normal by Vincent Nelson & Josh Covitt

Behind The Scale by Alex Otis

MAN OF ACTION by Mitchell McLean

Related: The "Incident" That Went Too Far by Ariel Sinelnikoff & Ariana Sinelnikoff

Walk Into a Bar by Cassandra Rose

Celeritas by Alexander Adell

Choi's Choice by Wei Liu

Damsel is a Dirty Word by Caitlin Trimble

Grace and Grammy Solve a Mystery by Ellen Haun

KLAM Radio by Anna Kryczka & Lenae Day

Land Yacht Radio by Anthony Wood

Lilith by Mark London Williams

The Life and Times of a Chosen One by Christopher Dole

What Happened to Dottie McCline? by Ana Worrel & Amy Frances Wright

Competitions, Screenplay Competition