2022 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists
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The Atlanta Film Society is proud to announce the 2022 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists. Chosen from 2,135 submissions, the 209 feature film screenplays, 139 pilots, and 80 shorts listed below represent the top 20% of all entries. In addition to a cash prize, their authors are competing for once in a lifetime mentorship opportunities to help hone their craft and plan the next steps in their careers. Please help us to congratulate these talented scribes, and wish them well as the programming team continues to narrow this list down to the Semifinalists, Finalists, and eventually to 5 Winning Scripts!
Feature Screenplay Quarterfinalists
1 BLACK GIRL'S FAIRYTALE by Celeste Banks
ABSOLVED by Kyle Curry
ACROSS THE VEIL by Alainna MacPherson
ADULT SUMMER CAMP by Amanda M. Miller
ADULTLAND by Todd Wolfe & Chad Kressler
ADVICE FOR TEENAGE OUTCASTS by Dennis Escobedo
ALLIGATOR WOMEN by Rachel Hoiles Farrell
ALTAGRACIA by Isabella Breton
AMERICAN BLOOD by Nick Mondo
ANN LOWE by Rodney Wilkins
AREA 51 3/4 by Chris Gannon
AS TIME GOES BY by Jon Davis
ASK ALREADY by Sandra Lince
ASSIMILATED by Christopher Guerrero
AUGUST JIG by Abraham El-Raheb
BAND OF MISFITS by Manny Fonseca
THE BATTLE OF EVERMORE by Bill Burton
BEAST OF VIRGINIA by Matthew Corley
THE BEEBOPS by Kevin Macauley
BEL by Benin Trotter
BETWIXTMAS by Cheri Steinkellner
BEYOND THE PALE by Jared Faircloth
BISON MAN by Michael Rhodes
BLACK DOLLAR by Sharif Duncan
BLACK SANTA by Parco Richardson & Aiden Chapparone
BLACK SKIES by J. Ryan Briggs
BLOOD AND THE RYE by Rajiv Shah
BLUE COMEDY by Vincent Accettola
A BOXED LIFE by Frank Mendicino
BUDDHA'S SHADOW by Pattana Thaivanich
BUS 25 by Justin Farmer
CALL ME THOR by Jamie Campbell
CENTURIONS by Sally Stubbs
CHELSEA AND CHARLES by David Gray
CHILANGO by Ramona Taylor & Lisa Shelton
CHRISTMAS CUFF by Sumona Roy
CICADA SUMMER by Andrew Adams
CIMARRÓN by Jonas Watson
CLASS OF 2000 by Leanna Adams & Rachel Cross
THE COFFIN CLUB by Joel David Santner
COME SAIL AWAY by Cheri Steinkellner
COME TUESDAY by Jason Holmes
CONSPIRE by Aaron Strand
COP KILLER by Greg Goodness
A COUPLE OF MONTHS by Deborah Riley
CRADLE SONG by Celeste Chaney
DA CLUB by Christopher Celestin
THE DEATH OF ME! by Debra Jarvis
DEATH, GHOSTS, & OTHER STUFF by Shannon Walsh
DIARY OF A MUSLIM CYNIC by Sarah Mokh
DON'T GLORP MY HEART by Avery Girion
DRAG RUSH by Stacey Whitmire
THE DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE by Kim Hornsby
DREAMGIFT by Joseph Stephen Meadows
ELLA & MARILYN by Jon Davis
THE EXIT COUNSELOR by Andrew Adams
FALLING HOME by Jen West & Virginia Newcomb
FALLSTREAK by Kyle Curry
FEELING GRAVITY'S PULL by Mark Brown
FIELDS OF GRACE by Jill A. Hargrave
FINDING ABBEY by Katherine Hill
FIRE ANT by Charlie LaRose
FIREBIRD by David Jones
THE FIRST PENITENT by Josh Jacobs
FLASH CARD by Joseph Stephen Meadows
FLIGHT PLANS by Keith Rivers
FOLLOWING THE TRACKS by Hailey Escobar
FREELANCE by Mike Gerbino
FULFILLMENT by Jeremy Christensen & Kevin Human
GEMINI by James LeJeune
THE GIRL WHO COULD NOT DIE by Richard Scarsbrook
GO-LOVE-GO by John A. Griffin
GORDITO by Miguel Castillo
GORE VIDAL by J.R. Howell
THE GRAVE DIGGER by AJ Eversley
GREEN by Menelek Lumumba
GUARDIAN by Jess Gupta
GUFFY by Will Berry
THE GUNS AT COWRA by Vir Srinivas
GUYS ON SATURDAY NIGHT by A. P. Hello
THE HAGUE MOTHER by Dave Moutray
HANUI by Elsa Hana Chung
HE HAD HIS FATHER'S EYES by Bryan Liberty
HER MAJESTY by Keith Saltojanes
HER SCREAMING RED EYE by Matthew Dixon
HER SEVENTH DEATH by Virginia Austin
HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS by Hamish McCollester
HIGHWAY 83 by Anthony Rainone
HOMER LANE by Daisy Barnett
HORSESHOE FALLS by Jason Pawlett
HOUSTON: THE MAN WHO LYNCHED JIM CROW by Gregory Lemmons & Marc Theriault
I LOVE YOU, MARGOT ROBBIE by Sav Rodgers & Taylor Gates
IN ACTION by Dan Roberts
INCARNATIONS by Albert M. Chan
INESCAPABLE by Hamish McCollester
INVISIBLE by Laura Carson & Krista Gano
ISLAND 18 by Tyler Tremblay
IT CLINGS TO HER by Ariel Sinelnikoff
IVY by Kayla Hardy
A LABOUR OF LOVE by Olga Holtz
THE LAST LOST BOY by Mike Cochnar
LE BON TEMPS by Eileen Dennehy
LIBO TO HERO by Desmond Ngai
THE LIFE WE CHOSE by Guilherme Viegas
LONG WAY HOME by Jamaal Pittman
THE LOST CAUSE CHATELAINS by Chris Marchesano
MADE WRIGHT by Tedros Habib
MAGI by Richard Giarraffa
THE MAGICIAN by Edward Gadrix
MAIN DRAG by Ryan Thorsen
MAJOR HACKER'S WAR by Steve Blame
MAKE BELIEVE by Brit Cowan
MAX BASEBALL by Brenden Green
MEATLESS by Adam Pasen
MEETINGS WITH MARTY by Gregor Nicholas
MEG AND THE WONDEROUS WORLD OF BIBLE DRILL by Kyle A Smith
MEMORY by Jonathan Dillon
MERCY ROAD by Maria Doctor
MESTENGO by Theresa A Carey
MIA'S ACCIDENTALS by Gina DeAngelis
MILES AWAY FROM HOME by Brit Cowan
MILES TO GO by Joy Frelinghuysen
MINNESOTA NICE by Jonquil Goode
THE MIXTECO KID by Miguel Orozco
MORE THAN ONE IDIOT BROTHER by Pearse Lehane
MUSKET AND THE RAT by Adam Pasen & Sammy Horowitz
MY ANGEL SINGS DARKNESS by Jesse Mays Robinson
A MYSTIC FOG I CARRY by Yen Huang
A NATIVE LAND by Caitlin McCarthy
NOT SUPER by Ethan Schneier
OBLIVION - A QUEER FANTASIA by Miida Chu
OLD TIME GIRL by Evelyne Werzowa
ONE MORE ROUND by Ryan Parker
ONE-NIGHT STAND by Shaneequa Cannon
OUR SINS by Anjini Taneja Azhar
PAPER CRANES by Darwin Serink
PERDIDO by Eduardo Maytorena
PERSEPHONE by Katherine Hill
PICKET CHARLIE by Michael Graf
THE PLUTOCRATS by Alison Lani
PROXY L-2 by Heather Ostrove
THE PURPOSE OF A LIGHTHOUSE by Gabe Berry
QUEER KAFIR by Danial Gondal
RADICAL by Jackie Ferro
READ BETWEEN THE LINES by Adante Watts
A REAL MAN by Magda Pazdej
RELENTLESS by Jay Fisher
REPTILIAN by Michael Basha
RHYTHM by Liz Lachman & Cynthia Greening
RISE & GRIND by Levi McCachen
RISE OF THE GORGON by Clint Ford
ROXXIE FROGS by Amanda Blush
RUBY SAFEWAY by Amanda Biggs
RUN THE DEVIL by Matthew Evans
SAFE HOME by Michele Jelley
SAFE SPACE by Madeline Rooks
SCOUT'S HONOR by Cynthia Mersten
THE SECOND STORY SANTA by Stan Williamson
A SEEPING WOUND by Darryl Wimberley
SELKIE STORY by Fairlith Harvey
SENT AWAY by Joel McElvaney
SERIAL by Robert Benjamin
SINK OR SWIM by Jeff Bretl
SINK SWIM by Elvis Wilson
SMOKE & MIRRORS by Cierra Lockett
SNURSE - A MAGICAL, MAGICAL FAIRYTALE by Maxwell Alexander Drake
SONG FOR THE WENDIGO by Yvonne Paulin
SPECTATOR by Peter Hohman
THE SPECTRUM by Paul Hilburger & Tara Lynn Marcelle
SPENCER, 1928 by Veronica Tabares
SPIRIT WEEK by Jeremy Merrifield
ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN by Jon Alston & Ron McCants
STANDARD DEVIATION by Will Downs
STATE LINE by Joe Brener
SUMMONED by Tammy Klembith & George Klembith
SUNFLOWER by Zac Cannon
SUNSET LANES by Elena Weinberg
SUPPORTING ROLES by CourtneyJo Vossen
THE SURVEILLANCE OF ORDINARY THINGS by Susan Brunig
TAKETH AWAY by Angel Partie & Michelle Sauer
TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN by Christian Maxwell & James Clark
TECHNICOLOR NOIR by Madison Sean Flannery
THE THING ITSELF by Desmond Coleman
TIL DEATH DO US PAY by Lance Hendrickson
TIME ZERO by Carlo & Erin Carere
TOUCHY FEELY by Josh Corrigan
A TRAPDOOR by James James
TRAPPED by Robby Justiss
TRIP by Shannon Sipher
TURNING POINTE by Bridget Bell McMahon
THE UNDEFEATED MAN by Joel Fishbane
UNDER THE SHADOW by Jim Wurst
THE UNTOLD TALE OF MORGAN BERKELEY by Simon X. Frederick
VALLEY OF THE SHADOW by Logan Shaw
VAN 59 by Brian Trotter
VIVALDI'S REVENGE by David Gray
THE WARRIOR by Manny Fonseca
WARRIOR KING by Shekinah Williams
WES by Suemedha Sood
WEST OF LEONA by Christopher Thompson & Brian Cobos
WEST OF THE MOON by Sara Dahmen
THE WHIMSICAL WASHINGTONS by Comika Hartford
THE WHIRLPOOL PROJECT by Josh Taylor
WHIRLWIND by Monika Moreno-Lapp
WHITE KNIGHT by Debbie Castanha
WHITTIER by Manny Fonseca
WILD HEARTS by Jessica Rowlands
WILLIAM THE II by Virginia Austin
YULETIDE CAROL by Christopher Winter
Pilot Screenplay Quarterfinalists
THE 40 by MB Stevens
THE ACADEMY by Brit Cowan
ACID RAIN by Ryan Manns & Jocelyn Manns
THE AGE OF DESIRE by Suzanne Griffin
ALEXANDRIA by Diego Sacramento
ALWAYS BLUE by Taylor Coriell
ANGEL OF SKID ROW by Aaron Michael Bailey
THE ANONYMOUS GRACIE BANKS by M.D. Walton
BACK FIRES by Alex Blumberg
BEFORE CRAZY COMES by Julie Starke
BLACK INK: HATRED by Audra Davison
BLACKSEED by Nova Black
BLACKWYLE by Sam Callahan
BLEEDTHROUGH by Tammy Klembith
BLOOD DOG by Audrey Lorea
THE BLUE HOUR by Dralla Aierken
BOOM LAGOON by Shaun Radecki
BORN BY THE RIVER by Sierra Lawson
BOSQUE by Eleni Rivera-Colon
BRAINCHILD by Maya Zivkovich
BRAINDEAD by Valerie Parker Bodurtha
BREAK A LEG! by Brian Laughran
THE BROAD IN THE HUDDLE by Alexis Irvin
BROCK WILBUR: ADVENTURE PIG by Lukas Ridge
CHARCOAL by Manivone Nonthaveth
CHASING SUNSET by James L. Head
CHIKAMATSU ENDGAME by Federico Sanna
CHRISTMASTOWN by John Knauf
CLAY, MAY, SHAWN by Mike Bradecich
CLUB DRAMA by Kelly Cochran-Yzquierdo
COLORLESS by Tom Kalaj & Jason Reif
COUNTERFEIT by Ashley Tropea
CREATURE, P.I. by J.P. Hart & Tiffany Wice
CYBERPINK by P.A. Lopez
DANGER TO SOCIETY by Molly Clark
DARYL & D0R15 by Lukas Ridge
DEAD LIVING by Griffin Hicks
THE DIRGE'S LEGACY by Reed Tsuda
DISCONNECT by Dan Bronzite
(DIS)ORGANIZED by Adam Pasen & Sari Sanchez
ELIZABETH LACEY by Butterfly Cherry
ELSINORE by Jared Michael Delaney
ENLIGHTENED by Jeannie Johanna
EXONERATED JUSTICE by Kristy Thomas
FAMILY BUSINESS by Mia Volta
FERGUSON by Jon Alston
THE FORGOTTEN PLACE by Jeff Locker
FRANKENFAMILY by Stephanie Bast
FREE SPIRITS by Katharine Densmore
FROM THE ANXIOUS MIND OF TOVA GREENFIELD by Rebecca Glazer Greene
FULL COURT PRESS by Kimberly Tsui
THE GAYEST TOWN IN NORTH DAKOTA by Tyler Geditz
GLITTER BOX: SAME SHIT DIFFERENT SHOW by Jennifer Le Roux
GRANT PARK by Craig Douglas Miller
HARE TO THE THRONE by Lyke Tigers
HEGEMONY by Christian Maxwell
HELSTON by Amy Allen & Josh Allen
HIGH CRIMES by Melanie Abrams
HOUSE DADDY by Bill Hanson
HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN by Nicola Pittam
I WOULD KILL FOR THAT by Matthew Hoch
THE INDUSTRIALIST by Vikas Bandhu
INFINITY CREW by Anthony J. Bucci & Jelayna Rose
JAW CRUSHER by Santiago Fernández-Concha
KAIJUS & YOUS by Benjamin Lewis
KUMO by William Dobson
LA SIRENE by Nathalie Dortonne
LEVIATHANS by Alok Narekkattuvalappil Revi
LIBERTY: AN UNTOLD STORY by Kaifa Dennis & F. Ford Dennis
THE LIST: A SINGLE LADY’S GUIDE TO FINDING THE PERFECT BABY DADDY by Brit Cowan
LITTLE WONDER by Maureen Kedes
THE LIVING by Christopher Gallegos & Brandon Martin
LOBSTER ISLAND by Chris Willis
THE LONELY FOX OUT BY THE POND by Ismah Khan
LUELLA by Brian Cunningham & Tony Blando
LUNAMANCER by Mark Jones
MADAM CARAVEIL'S CARAVAN OF CURIOSITIES by Amanda Keener
MATCHED by Estee Williams
MELANIN by Mark St. Cyr
MELVIN by Tom Kalaj & Jason Reif
MENTAL by Latasha Mercer
THE MERCURIALS by Kevin Vandevoorde
MOONRISE by Rebekah Mueller
MORALITY GAMES by Alia Zeid
MOURNING GLORY by Katie Frorer
MURDER-IN-MARSH by Elisabeth Hayward
NATIVELAND by Tegan McLeod
NORAMA GLIDE by Bradley Oesch
NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL by Veronica Chavira
ORCHID HEIST by Ryan Manns & Jocelyn Manns
OTHER MAN'S LAND by Moises Amsel
OTTOMAN by Cindy Matta
OUR BODIES & OTHER SHAMES by Malka Wallick
PEACHES AND THE CITY by Aaron Gray
PLEASE DON'T by Darcy Lueking Bahensky
THE PRIVATEERS by Whitney Hamilton
QUEENS by Anika Shakir
QUEER AND SOUTHERN GOD by Shawn-Caulin Young & Melisse Prusinski
QUIETUS by Priscilla Estrada
RACE & DARK ROYALTY by Natty James
THE RADICAL by Stephanie Stanley
THE RECOVERY AGENTS by Marco Santiago
RED, WHITE, & BLACK by Steven Anthony Washington
THE REPUBLIC OF WEST FLORIDA by Sam Jay Gold
ROOSEVELT by Audrey & Hallie McPherson
ROOT by Katherine Street
SAVAGES by Liz Fields
SEAFOAM by Abraham El-Raheb
SECONDHAND PAWN by Steve Holbert
SIDEKICKS by Dan Baron
SILICON WIVES by Leah Dubie
SPECIAL by Jeff Locker
THE SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHER by Spencer McCall & Philicia Saunders
ST. CASTRO ST. by Kirsten Cornay
STATE OF NATURE by Conor Canning
STRINGS by Loren O'Brien
SUNOVER BEACH by Mike Miller
SYMBIONTS by Johnny Gilligan
TAMBER DAWN by Benjamin Lewis
THREE AND SOME by Giulia Cardamone
THE THREE OF US by Janna Jilnina
TOKENS by Jeff Locker
TRACKERS by Emlyn Crenshaw
TRASH by Katy Wright-Mead
TRESPASSING by Samuel Pollak
TRIPPING by Joseph Scott Ford
THE TV SET by T. C. Smith
UNCLE BIKE by Joslyn Jensen
UNDER PRUSSIA by Katherine Burris
THE UNDERGROUND by Anika Shakir
UNEDUCATED by Octavia Clahar
UNREMARKABLE by Brittany McChesney
UNTIMELY by Allison Sanchez
THE VILNA CHRONICLES by Ira Fuchs
THE WALL by Dominic Carver & Anne-Marie Caluwaert
WALL OF SLEEP by Stephanie Stanley
WHERE LIGHT HIDES by Yvonne Paulin
WOLF'S HEAD by Samuel Anderson
YONGE STREET STRIP by Lisa Gold
Short Screenplay Quarterfinalists
1996 by Ra A. Hearne
AFTERLIFE by Carolyn Elsey
AGUA DE TU MAMÁ by Naiyah Ambros
AIRMID by Steve McCarten
ALEXA, KILL MY HUSBAND by Marie Etzler
ALL COMES TO LIGHT by Niara Harris
AREZOU by Sarah Chang Tadayon
BANDIT by Ali Keller
BELLA NOVA by Khadija Roane
BETTY ANN by Barbara Weetman
BLACK BUTTERFLIES by Tamara S. Hall
BOMB GIRL BALLET by Jennifer Giacalone
BOOTNECK & PARA by Jeffrey Golden
BOYS PLAY WITH TRUCKS by Alexander Cope
CHARLIE'S FREEDOM by Carol Younghusband
CHOPPED by Quenten McNair
COMMUNICATION ROOM by Meital Cohen Navarro
COPAL by Kiki Tsakalakis
DEATH IS ONLY A STRANGER ONCE by Larry Collins
DIETARY REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMMON DRAGON by Leah Huss
THE ELEPHANT KING by Pier Paolo Piccoli
EMMETT GREY: (DON'T FIGHT IT) FEEL IT by John Pisano-Thomsen
FOR THE SAKE OF POSTERITY by Brea Cola Angelo
FREED TO ETERNITY by Alexander Williams
GALATEA'S DREAM by Elizabeth Newman
GAY, ASIAN, IMMIGRANT by Ushmey Chakraborty
GEN(TERRIFIED) by Curtis Tyger
THE GHOST OF PEMBROKE LODGE by Olga Holtz
GOOD GIRL by Haley Dercher
GOOD GUY by Brian Gene White
GOODBYE ANGEL by Sam Callahan
GROUP THERAPY by Evelyn Anna Danciger
HAROLD, ELECTRA AND OUR LORD, DAVID ATTENBOROUGH by Kirsty Zane
HOW TO MAKE SHEPHERD'S PIE by Christen R. Carter
IDENTIFICATION by Larry Collins
IRIDESCENCE by Jeremy Hsing
JUST LIKE SARAH by Jessica Rowlands
KENNEDYS DON'T CRY by Francesco Capussela
LA ULTIMA MUÑECA by Ty Ross
LAND OF RAINBOW by Mahmoud Salimi
THE LAST PICTURE by Ally May
LOVE LETTER TO A FEMALE GYM TEACHER by Alyson Titkemeyer
LOVELY SUNSHINE by Kristina Batiste
MADHAVI by Jacintha Charles
MALOSI by Jared Turner
THE MARCOMANO by Alex Sutton
MELVILLE by Jeremy Storey
THE MOURNING OF by Merced Elizondo
MRS. ANNE PARKER by Elisabeth Hayward
MY BLACK FRIEND by James Martin
ONE WHO KNOWS by Shiloh Nyce
OURS by Julie Cohen
OVER AND OUT by Callie LeClaire
THE PEOPLE OF LONG, LONG AGO V. CATERPILLAR by Shaun Radecki
PERMISSION by Joe Capucini
A PICKLE AND A COKE by Alex Kokenis
PIECE OF CAKE by Jamaal Pittman
PLATYPUS by Joseph Michael Mau
PONTUS by Nicolas Diaz
THE PORTER AND THE STONE by Nuh Omar
REAL GOOD AT BEING ALONE by Carly Kimmel
REGARDING THE PAIN OF OTHERS by Phil Vengrinovich
RICH LIKE JULIO LOBO by Gianpaolo Pietri
RING by Francisca Zapata & Ally May
A ROBIN'S CALL by Tim Dann
SCARRED by Laura O. Solow
SHARDS by Carolyn Elsey
SHE COMING BACK by Jason Lindsay
SONS OF TOLEDO by Matt Foss & Monty Cole
SOUVENIR by Renee Marie Petropoulos
SQUEAK by Teresa Nigolian
THE STRATHMOOR by Nicole Troxell
SUNKEN MEADOW by Courtney DeStefano
TO HAVE & TO HOLD by Ali Keller
TREE O' MINE by Bernhard Riedhammer
THE UNTAMED by Olga Holtz
THE WEIGHT OF MATTER by Christopher Thomas
WHEN I DESPAIR by Raveena Alam
WHERE PENGUINS LAY by Solomon Amadiume
WHO WE ARE by Kagure Kabue