THE golden list of 2023

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2023 FEATURE SCREENPLAY QUARTER-FINALISTS

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Jef Burnham

THE ONES WHO STAY​

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Sarah Granger

OCOTILLO

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Nathan Cowan

DEAD! IN THE DRESSING ROOM!

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Carlos Jamal Dorsey

ENTANGLEMENT

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Matt Miller

NINETEEN

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Mark Clark

THE TRAIL TO SANTA FE

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Fran Ervin

PRIDE AND PRUDENCE

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Melvin Lima

CA$H4LIFE

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Kyle Curry

THE LION'S CHAMBERS

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Timothy Gaensler-Debs

NICKED

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Sophia Costanzo

GOOD CUBAN GIRLS​

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Judy Nagy

EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

Shay Thurmon
MINOR ALTERATIONS

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Adam Seidel

APACHE

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Ramona Taylor

STOP LOSS

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David Zhang

JOSH & HANA

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Joshua Timpko

LITTLE TROUBLE

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Dennis Haseley

TRICK OF THE EYE

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Jacob Serlen, Thomas Dunn

FIGHTANIC

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Stan Moroncini

RAISE IRON​

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Stephen Laughton

ANONYMOUS

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Mack Velle

TOO DAMN GOOD

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Georgia Bloo Nicolaou

TRANSISTOR RADIO

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Melissa Alfredson

UNBECOMING

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Gigi Lee

BAD BAD

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Brendan Byrne

ANTI-SOCIAL

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Sean Fitz-Gerald

BENEATH THE OKANAGAN

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William Kirrane

NEW TOMORROW

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J. Miller

SLUGGER

Randall Wolff

FIREBIRD
 

Eric Sandefur

JASON AND THE SILENT KNIGHT

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Ashley Gianni

NO RULES

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Chris King

SAINT DOROTHEA

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Jeff Hindenach

FORGETTING JUPITER

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Jonathan Freeman

BILLY AND THE KID

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Mark Christopher Boyd

EVEN A JUST MAN FALLS​

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Aubrey Grace Tomlinson

RIGHT WHERE YOU FOUND ME
 

Amadeus Redha

PARADISE BY WAY OF JORDYN​

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Cathriona Slammon

WHAT LITTLE GIRLS ARE MADE OF

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Shia LaBeouf

A8450, M.D.

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Bradley Stryker

HIGH SCHOOL PTSD

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JD Wallace, Jennifer Donohue

HOPIUM

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Alex Kugelman

THE BACHELIAR

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Josh Taylor

BLACKLAND COUNTY

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Lyndal Simpson

PLAYDATE

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Jeff Evans

THE SENATOR

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Andi Lipo

MAEDE'S HOUSE

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Nora deLyra

SOUTHPAW

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Greg Robbins

INFINITE MAN

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Alexandra Redwood

REDACTED

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Daniele Baiardi

THE CROSSING

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Vir Srinivas

THE PROSECUTION

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Michael Greene

THE STONERS: STRANGE ROUX

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Peter Fraser

BLACK ICE BELOW

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Alan Schwarz

BRAIN GAMES

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Jeff Nowak

FLIGHT TO FREEDOM

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Dev Ross

CAINE AND ABLE

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Don Stroud

CONSUMED

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Patrick Tierney

STANDBY

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Tarik Curry

THE IMPOSSIBLE RACE

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Lynn Patricia Little

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

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Stephanie Gaston

WYATT

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Carla McCloud Queipo

THE MAN

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Felix Halim

ENEMIZATION

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David Ward

TIANANMEN

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Frederic Marsanne

SHARDS OF A STRANGER​

 

Brian Flaccus, Chadwick Hopson

PAUL

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Sarah Daly

DANCING BEYOND

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Jessica Sutton

RUNAWAY RUTH

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David Kessler

IMPENDING EXECUTION

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Yasmeen Alkooheji

BRIDES AND GODDESSES

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Giovanni D'Amaro

A CHRISTMAS TALE

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Eddie Yaroch

A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS

 

Kyana Rookwood

TULA SPEAKS LITTLE

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Kit Anderson

THE GRASS VALLEY FOUR

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Scott Anthony Cavalheiro, Claire Cavalheiro

WILD ANIMAL

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Zach Roe

THE DEAD TRAVEL FAST

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Sarah Dassero

YOU SAVED ME

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Bruna Pias

THE ENGINE
 

Tyler Dunning Evans
TIDES

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Darla Drendel

IN FRAMES

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John Doble

THE ROMMEL GAMBIT

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Ivo Raza

UNOPENED CONTAINERS

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Ernestina Juarez

THE BANNER

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Brandon Lill

BEYOND THE TRACKS

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Tom E. Nicholson

ONE MAN STANDING

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Jack Coady

SOCIAL CURRENCY

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Keiya Ando

WASTED NIGHTS

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Madi Stine

EMERY & ELLSWORTH MAKE A PICTURE

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Alex Arabian

SHOOTING STAR

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Kyle Rizor

MY REAL IMAGINARY FRIENDS

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Stefan Podsiadly, James Ruth

COLOUR

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Max Rissman

VOICELESS

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Richard Rosso

TERMINUS ROAD

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Elijah Noble El

BABY'S BREATH

Joel Michalak

U.S. INC.

Kathryn Boyd-Batstone
FOR ROSA

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Christopher Hall

INTERRACIAL

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Oksana Prysiazhniuk

STEPH

Lynn Yvonne Moon

REFLECTION - JOURNEY'S TRAVELS

David Woll
VIVIAN

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Rory Torres

TWO STEPS BACK

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Matthew Corley

BEAST OF VIRGINIA​​

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Jonathan Freeman

BORN IN THE BACKSEAT
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Patricia Stack

PICTURES WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

Matt Foss, Cora Vander Broek

ELEVEN ELEVEN

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Gary Blackwood

THE SHAKESPEARE STEALER

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Kate Bitsakos

YELLOW BUTTERFLY

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Jordan Gustafson

TREADING THE BOARDS

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Flavia Casà

INNER LIFE

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Jono Howard

ZERO

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Frank Spiro

MORTALITY

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Peter Harris

JUDGE MOFO

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Suzi Bach

MALEM

R.L. Hooker

KEEPER

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Donald Lewis, Ziggy Dantzler

FOLKTALE

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Daniel Zagayer, Hunter Cope, Adam Aseraf

BIG GIRL FACE

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Robert Bowersox

UNDER THE EYE OF GOD

James Kanady
BLOODY KANSAS

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Billy Festorazzi

FREEDOM MAN
 

John Mitchell

LORD ALMIGHTY

 

Antonio Messina

MACONOCHIE​

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Kyle R. Thomas

YOU ARE WHERE YOU'RE FROM

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David W Hughens

MADE WITH LOVE

Gregor Nicholas

MEETINGS WITH MARTY

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Gareth Root

SUPERPOSITION

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Madi Stine

OUT OF WATER

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Pablo Torroella

GODFOR

Jeff Fletcher
SIXTY DAYS IS FOREVER

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Devi Dang

DEEVA

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Jon J. Ryan

GULAG RATS

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Zane Olson

GOD'S COUNTRY

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Steven Keith Bogart

PIGCAT

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Sean Behrens

MEM-VID
 

Nick Gambino, Koura Linda

NINE TENTHS OF THE LAW

Felix Halim
MARUTA