THE golden list of 2026
SEMIFINALISTS ANNOUNCEMENT
August 30, 2026
2026 FEATURE SCREENPLAY QUARTER-FINALISTS
Reed Wainwright
A HAPPY TEAR
Los Silva
A KILLING FAITH
Rick Limentani
ABAS&MENT
Abhilash Mohan
ADITI (THE GUEST)
Andrea Carpenter
AHEAD OF HER TIME
Matthew Walsh
ALASKA SYNDROME
Alan Clarck
AMERIKAN STANDARD
Erin Copen Howard
APEX
Douglas Stark
AUTOCORRECT
Michael Barlin
BALLOON MEN!
David Silcox
BATH CITY USA
Ashley Sarikaya
BELLOMBRA
Jonathan March
BEST DAY EVER
Jean Paul La Chapelle Senior
BETWEEN THE LINES
Helen Hudson
BLINDED BY FAITH
Phoenix Black
BLOOD DRIVE
Jose Montalvo
BLUE EYES OF THE SWALE
Earle D Swope
BREATH CONTROL
Morgan Halla
BROKEN ENGLISH
Sara Althani
CLOSER TO THE SUN
Dan Siegelstein
COFFEE BOY
Sofia Farrés
COMO SON LAS COSAS
Dominic Bell
CONFIRMED BACHELOR
Liang Xu
CROSSING THE LINES
Megan Young Rigoni
DAYS LIKE THESE
Chad Westmiller
DEHDMEN 47
Nadia Desyatnikova, Joseph Cassotta
DEVI-8
Daniel Elkayam
ECHO
Nina Moyer
EMMALINE
Caleb Dillon
ENEMY OF THE REPUBIC
Lawrence Kane
EVERDENE
Hope Hickli
FADING GRACE
Alexandre Amancio
FATED SUNS
Steven Brandsdorfer, Karamat Hess
FINDING FRANZ
Christopher Hatch
FIRE AT THE FOUR STRONG WINDS
Aster Jude Munro
GAG
Sam Collins
GHOST IN THE MACHINE
Matthew Howie
GOLDFISH
Patricio O'Donnell
GREEN FALCONS
Jordan Taylor
GUY
Kim Putman
HAN
Malak Quota
HAYAT AND THE DEAD
Brendan Patrick Murphy
HELLGATE
Jeremy Blackwell
HIS MOTIVE TO KILL
Malva Hornfelt
IN THE MARGINS
Gonzalo Cañedo
IN THE MIDST OF SANITY
Adeline Jackson
INSIDE WATER
Jorge Ortiz
INVINCIBLE TRY
Kaitlin Oster
JAMAICA STATION
Craig Bettendorf
JEB
Paul Gerretsen
JONATHAN LEVANTER ESQ.
Yelitza Prada
JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF AMAZONIA
Lee Fetner
JUSTICE FOR BOBBY JOE
Dave Schroeder
KATE'S LIGHT
Sam Lewis
KING ARTHUR AND ROBIN HOOD SAVE THE WORLD
Alexander Murawski
LAVENDER FIELDS
James Sweeney
LIFE DEBT
Delaina Waldron
LIL HOLMIES
Greg Gager
LINEAGE
Scott Hardgrove
LOQUI
Kate Lanier
LOST AND FOUND
Richard Rosso, George C Romero
MAGGIE'S PLACE
Karim Halwagi
MANHATTAN RISING
Joy Roulier Sawyer
MIRACLE GIRL
Viv Simone
MISCHIEF NIGHT
Matt Gianino
MODEL A
Peter Noel
MONTGOMERY POE
Arcy Hoffmann
MOTHER ISSUES
Arnaldo Stafa, Martyn Rowland
MY HERO
Gary Parker
MY NAME IS LOVE
Bolaji Tijani-Qudus
NI ABEOKUTA (UNDERNEATH THE ROCK)
Steve Garrad
NO PLACE TO HIDE
Mark Damon Tjarks
NO RE-ENTRY
Timothy Nolan
NORTH STARS
Samuel Wilson
NOSTALGIC
Joetta Wright
OMG I'm Gay
Ignacio Bárcena Martín
ORPHAN
Kelli Franklin-Joyner
OUR SELFLESS JOURNEYS
Stephen Settimi
PAINTED IN BLOOD
Ryan David
PARKING LOT
Ray Harlan
PARTIAL RECALL
Jon R Woodard
PHOBETOR
J.J. Brent
PORCH PIRATES
Victoria A Mullen
POSEIDON'S WRATH
Lyndal Simpson
POSSUM
Stephen Avitabile
PUMPKIN FESTIVAL
Rangeley Wallace
REDWOOD SUMMER
Stephen Cotterill
REFLECTIONS
Grazyna Wasak
RITA, THE SPY'S WIFE
Tom Sime
RODERICK HUDSON
Ty Hosler
RUSTY CRAWLER
Shirley Filardi Amitrano
SAVING A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Alex Whitover
SAVING PRIVATE ROBIN
Dylan Halpin Hurley
SCRIPTED
Angela Thorne
SERENADE
Cain Angelle
SKIN DEEP BLOOD RED
P.J. Palmer
SON OF A PREACHER MAN
Ernestina Juarez
SOUTH WIND COME
Vahe Ohanian
SPIRITS OF THE CRANE
Rudolph Rajendra
SPLINTERED FRONT
Sam Smith
STARHOUND
Utpal Kumar Choudhury
TEARS OF THE RHINO
Michael Consiglio, Alex Klein
THE BLACK ABBEY
Carl Robinson
THE BOOKSELLER'S DAUGHTER
Jane Therese
THE CELERY FIELDS
Sandy Hoffman
THE COMET
Rudi O'Meara
THE ESCAPIST
Liliia Serhiivna Stasiuk
THE FIFTH WHEEL
Moises Amsel
THE GIRLS
Johnny Kurtzuba
THE GUESSING GAME
Paul Francis Gross
THE JOURNEY WEST: ZHANG AND THE LISZT
Mark Clark
THE LOT
Kieran O'Dea, Brennan O'Dea
THE MAN WHO CAME FROM THE RIVER
Matt Zullo
THE ON-THE-ROOF GANG
Campbell Don
THE PENCIL
Robert Chimento
THE RED ROAD
Collet Collins
THE TRAGEDY OF BETH
D.E. Asher
THE TRIGGERFISH SOUTH
Audrey Wilson, Daniel Quinlan
THE UNCANNY VALLEY
Alec Klusza, Emily Cerutti
THE WINTER OF KING HENRY
Gary McCarragher
TRASKVILLE
Peter Van Horne
TROPHIES
Gary Blackwood
TRUCK
Kelsey Ann Wacker, Lori Lee Peters
TWO FATES
Mary Craven Adams
UNUSUALLY COLD
Jason Lajoie
VICE VERSA
Dan Joseph Weber
VINTAGE
Jaye Starkes
WHEN THE NIGHT COMES
Matthew Curtis Fleischer
WHERE DOVES DARE
Roberto Gerardo Niño de Rivera
WOODS OF MADNESS
Brigit Foster
WOOLTON PIE FOR TEA
Sean Penberthy
YARN