THE golden list of 2026

​​2026 FEATURE SCREENPLAY QUARTER-FINALISTS

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Reed Wainwright

A HAPPY TEAR

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Los Silva

A KILLING FAITH

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Rick Limentani

ABAS&MENT

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Abhilash Mohan

ADITI (THE GUEST)

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Andrea Carpenter

AHEAD OF HER TIME

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Matthew Walsh

ALASKA SYNDROME

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Alan Clarck

AMERIKAN STANDARD

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Erin Copen Howard

APEX

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Douglas Stark

AUTOCORRECT

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Michael Barlin

BALLOON MEN!

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David Silcox

BATH CITY USA

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Ashley Sarikaya

BELLOMBRA

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Jonathan March

BEST DAY EVER

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Jean Paul La Chapelle Senior

BETWEEN THE LINES

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Helen Hudson

BLINDED BY FAITH

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Phoenix Black

BLOOD DRIVE

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Jose Montalvo

BLUE EYES OF THE SWALE

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Earle D Swope

BREATH CONTROL

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Morgan Halla

BROKEN ENGLISH​

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Sara Althani

CLOSER TO THE SUN

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Dan Siegelstein

COFFEE BOY

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Sofia Farrés

COMO SON LAS COSAS

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Dominic Bell

CONFIRMED BACHELOR

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Liang Xu

CROSSING THE LINES

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Megan Young Rigoni

DAYS LIKE THESE

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Chad Westmiller

DEHDMEN 47

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Nadia Desyatnikova, Joseph Cassotta

DEVI-8

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Daniel Elkayam

ECHO

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Nina Moyer

EMMALINE

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Caleb Dillon

ENEMY OF THE REPUBIC

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Lawrence Kane

EVERDENE

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Hope Hickli

FADING GRACE

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Alexandre Amancio

FATED SUNS

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Steven Brandsdorfer, Karamat Hess

FINDING FRANZ

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Christopher Hatch

FIRE AT THE FOUR STRONG WINDS​

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Aster Jude Munro

GAG

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Sam Collins

GHOST IN THE MACHINE

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Matthew Howie

GOLDFISH

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Patricio O'Donnell

GREEN FALCONS

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Jordan Taylor

GUY

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Kim Putman

HAN

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Malak Quota

HAYAT AND THE DEAD

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Brendan Patrick Murphy

HELLGATE

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Jeremy Blackwell

HIS MOTIVE TO KILL

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Malva Hornfelt

IN THE MARGINS

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Gonzalo Cañedo

IN THE MIDST OF SANITY

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Adeline Jackson

INSIDE WATER

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Jorge Ortiz

INVINCIBLE TRY

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Kaitlin Oster

JAMAICA STATION

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Craig Bettendorf

JEB

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Paul Gerretsen

JONATHAN LEVANTER ESQ.

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Yelitza Prada

JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF AMAZONIA

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Lee Fetner

JUSTICE FOR BOBBY JOE

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Dave Schroeder

KATE'S LIGHT

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Sam Lewis

KING ARTHUR AND ROBIN HOOD SAVE THE WORLD

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Alexander Murawski

LAVENDER FIELDS

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James Sweeney

LIFE DEBT

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Delaina Waldron

LIL HOLMIES

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Greg Gager

LINEAGE

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Scott Hardgrove

LOQUI

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Kate Lanier

LOST AND FOUND

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Richard Rosso, George C Romero

MAGGIE'S PLACE

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Karim Halwagi

MANHATTAN RISING

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Joy Roulier Sawyer

MIRACLE GIRL

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Viv Simone

MISCHIEF NIGHT

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Matt Gianino

MODEL A

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Peter Noel

MONTGOMERY POE

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Arcy Hoffmann

MOTHER ISSUES

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Arnaldo Stafa, Martyn Rowland

MY HERO

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Gary Parker

MY NAME IS LOVE

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Bolaji Tijani-Qudus

NI ABEOKUTA (UNDERNEATH THE ROCK)

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Steve Garrad

NO PLACE TO HIDE

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Mark Damon Tjarks

NO RE-ENTRY

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Timothy Nolan

NORTH STARS

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Samuel Wilson

NOSTALGIC

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Joetta Wright

OMG I'm Gay

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Ignacio Bárcena Martín

ORPHAN

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Kelli Franklin-Joyner

OUR SELFLESS JOURNEYS

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Stephen Settimi

PAINTED IN BLOOD

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Ryan David

PARKING LOT

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Ray Harlan

PARTIAL RECALL

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Jon R Woodard

PHOBETOR

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J.J. Brent

PORCH PIRATES

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Victoria A Mullen

POSEIDON'S WRATH

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Lyndal Simpson

POSSUM

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Stephen Avitabile

PUMPKIN FESTIVAL

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Rangeley Wallace

REDWOOD SUMMER

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Stephen Cotterill

REFLECTIONS

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Grazyna Wasak

RITA, THE SPY'S WIFE

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Tom Sime

RODERICK HUDSON

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Ty Hosler

RUSTY CRAWLER

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Shirley Filardi Amitrano

SAVING A CHRISTMAS CAROL

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Alex Whitover

SAVING PRIVATE ROBIN

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Dylan Halpin Hurley

SCRIPTED

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Angela Thorne

SERENADE

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Cain Angelle

SKIN DEEP BLOOD RED

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P.J. Palmer

SON OF A PREACHER MAN

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Ernestina Juarez

SOUTH WIND COME

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Vahe Ohanian

SPIRITS OF THE CRANE

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Rudolph Rajendra

SPLINTERED FRONT

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Sam Smith

STARHOUND

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Utpal Kumar Choudhury

TEARS OF THE RHINO

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John Doble

THE AMEN SISTERHOOD

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Michael Consiglio, Alex Klein

THE BLACK ABBEY

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Carl Robinson

THE BOOKSELLER'S DAUGHTER

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Jane Therese

THE CELERY FIELDS

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Sandy Hoffman

THE COMET

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Rudi O'Meara

THE ESCAPIST

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Liliia Serhiivna Stasiuk

THE FIFTH WHEEL

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Moises Amsel

THE GIRLS

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Johnny Kurtzuba

THE GUESSING GAME

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Paul Francis Gross

THE JOURNEY WEST: ZHANG AND THE LISZT

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Mark Clark

THE LOT

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Kieran O'Dea, Brennan O'Dea

THE MAN WHO CAME FROM THE RIVER

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Matt Zullo

THE ON-THE-ROOF GANG

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Campbell Don

THE PENCIL

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Robert Chimento

THE RED ROAD

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Collet Collins

THE TRAGEDY OF BETH

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D.E. Asher

THE TRIGGERFISH SOUTH

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Audrey Wilson, Daniel Quinlan

THE UNCANNY VALLEY

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Alec Klusza, Emily Cerutti

THE WINTER OF KING HENRY

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Gary McCarragher

TRASKVILLE

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Peter Van Horne

TROPHIES

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Gary Blackwood

TRUCK

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Kelsey Ann Wacker, Lori Lee Peters

TWO FATES

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Mary Craven Adams

UNUSUALLY COLD

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Jason Lajoie

VICE VERSA

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Dan Joseph Weber

VINTAGE

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Jaye Starkes

WHEN THE NIGHT COMES

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Matthew Curtis Fleischer

WHERE DOVES DARE

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Roberto Gerardo Niño de Rivera

WOODS OF MADNESS

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Brigit Foster

WOOLTON PIE FOR TEA

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Sean Penberthy

YARN