2023 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Semifinalists

The Atlanta Film Society is happy to share the 193 screenplays advancing into the 2023 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Semifinals. The following 97 feature film scripts, 55 pilots, and 41 shorts represent the top 10% of the 1,921 total submissions. In addition to a cash prize, their authors are competing for an invaluable mentorship opportunity. Please help us celebrate the amazing accomplishment achieved, and wish these skilled scribes well as they continue to compete for the honor of being named Finalists and Winners!

Feature Screenplay Semifinalists

ACTAEON by Dustin Quinteros
ADA by Nora Jaenicke
(AM I) GAY FOR AMY? by Meghan Lennox
AMERICAN DREAMS by Tricia Lee & Corey Brown
APACHE by Adam Seidel
THE APPLICANTS by Justin Ballheim
ARACHNIFABULOUS by Brian "Crusty" Horgan
(A)SEXUAL AWAKENING by Henry Jarvis
AUGUST BEAUTY by Elisa Greenberg
BAD ROMANCE by Chad Wellinger
THE BANNER by Ernestina Juarez
BEETLE BABY by Asya Segalovich
BILL, GOD OF WAR by Caleb Dillon
BLACK IVORY by Adisa Septuri
BLOOD THIEF by Winnie Soldi
THE BODY OF CHRIS by Erin Brown Thomas
BOUNDARIES by Asad Farooqui
BURN PATTERN by Laura M. Kemp
BURY THE LEDE by Brianna Naderpour
CAPTAIN BLOOD by Kate Imy
CAVEAT EMPTOR by Ray Goldberg
CHANCE BY UNFATHOMABLE FATE by Dmani Williams
CHESTER HOUSE by Elvira Ibragimova
CHUM by John Cicco & Nathan Krieger
CONTINUED CARE by Gretchen Hopkirk
THE CRICKET by Gabe Berry
CUFFING SEASON by Jon Bershad
DEEP BLUE II: KASPAROV'S REVENGE by Ben Gottlieb
THE DEMON JOB by Robert Husted
DIAL IT BACK by Erin Elizabeth Keefer
DIVINE GIFTS by Hamidreza Rafatnejad
DO OVER by Sari Earl
DOG DAYS by Ryan Nielsen
DOPE FRIEND by Matt Ferrucci
EASTERN SKIES by Andrew Liou
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL by Suzie Bohannon
THE FINAL CUT by Chaseedaw Giles
FIND ME IN YOUR SMILE by Guilherme Viegas
FOR PHILLIP by Rob Seyk
FORGETTING JUPITER by Jeff Hindenach
FRANK'S HEART by Marilynn Loveless
FREAKNIK by Jon Vaude
FROM ABOVE by Ben Tedesco
THE GAME CHANGER by Jerry Reedy
GOOD CHANCE by Tricia Lee
GOODBYE EVERYBODY by Benjamin Lewis
GRIEF LEECH by Shayna Hack
GROW HOME by Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan
HOUSE ON FIRE by Donald Mitchell, Robert Goldberg, & James Goldberg
HUNGRY LITTLE CUBS by William Winston
I AM THE DRAGON KING by Storm Choi
IBU (MOTHER) by Kanya Iwana
IF THESE WALLS COULD SHUT UP by Gina DeAngelis
INTERBLOOM by Ari Dassa
THE ITCH by Jeremy Bradford
A JERSEY CHRISTMAS MOVIE by Laura Napoli & Brian Gene White
KEEPER by R.L. Hooker
KEESHA GOES TO CAMP by Rebecca Jordan Smith
KILLER CROSSOVER by Brandon Burkhart
LADY INTO FOX by R. H. Farrell
THE LAST INDIAN WAR by Michael Graf
THE LION MAKOI by Chad Mathews
THE LOCK - IN by Maalik Evans
MINISTER SPEER by Sven Anarki
MISCHIEF NIGHT by Peter Macaluso
MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE by Matthew Gomez
NOT HAUNTED by Katie Ennis
ODE TO ORANGE by Catherine Delaloye
OLD MAIDEN'S PRAYER by Grace Gao
ORDINARY LIFE by Charlotte Alexander
OUR LADY OF SORROWS by Karen Conley
THE PRECIPITATING EVENT by EmmaC.
THE PURPOSE OF A LIGHTHOUSE by Gabe Berry
RAISED BY DOGS by Christin Finch
REASONABLE by Jeremy Lloyd-Styles
REDACTED by Alexandra Redwood
REDEEMER'S LIGHT by Toyi Elizabeth
THE ROCK N' ROLL BROTHERS by Guil Parreiras
RUT by David Zaccaria
THE SECRET OF THE SMILE by Robin Russin
SHADOWBOXING by Tsoanelo Rantsho & Logan Mitev
THE SHIMMERS by Brendan Vogel & Ruth Sabin
SHOOTING by Nathan Cabaniss
SMALL TOWN by Gemma Addy
SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER by William Schreiber
STEPH by Oksana Prysiazhniuk
SUCKERS by Elena Welles
TAKE MY HAND by Sam Pavich
TARNISHED by Matthew Walker
TARO: LEGEND OF JAPAN by Blue Spruell
THE TEJANO by Derek C. Block
THIS LIGHT OF MINE by Quinn Martin
TRICE by Matt Foss & Carlos Washington
(TRUE) NORTH by HF Crum
THE WHISKEY FOUR by Menna Dosal
THE WORTH OF WOMAN$ WORK by EmmaC.
WYATT by Stephanie Gaston

Pilot Screenplay Semifinalists

THE ACADEMY by Brit Cowan
ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID by Cynthia Mersten
ARTHUR & LANCELOT by Victoria Zeutzius
BACK FIRES by Alex Blumberg
THE BARBERS OF NEW ENGLAND by Nicholas Fowler & Scott Fowler
THE BIG HOUSE by Kristofer Mikal
BLACK NERD by Jon Carr
BUFORD HIGHWAY by Jordan Watland & Bahar Atvur
BUTCH by Rae Binstock
CHERRY PARK by Joseph Hooten
CRICKET CLUB OF CANON HIGH by Priya Mohanty
DOWNTOWN by Brian Stone
DREAM BOY by Hannah Melissa Scott & Jordan Watson
EAT WHAT YOU KILL by Leslie Lyshkov
EMERGENT by Alan Mah Baxter
FAST BREAK by Kathryn Elise Drexler
FERALS by M.R. Fitzgerald
THE GALLERY by Will Downs
THE HAPPIEST PLACE by Jon Davis
HARPOON by Ria Tobaccowala
HIRADO by Jennifer Wilton
KANDLESTICK MEN by Frank Monteleone
KEITH SWEATS by Lexx Truss
THE KING OF THE CANNIBALS by Sam Watson
LADY OF THE LAKE by Estella Gabriel
LAST OF THE COWBOYS by Brent Minderler
LIFE DURING WARTIME by Mark Bowes
MAN-MADE by Ryan Cunningham
THE MATCH by Justin Ballheim
MOSTLY VIRGIN by Baldvin Kari & Ana Lazarevic
MR. DIY by Michael Johnston
MR. PLEASURE by Nicole Kemper
MY HAPPY PLACE by Angel Hilson
NIGHT DOGS by Linhan Zhang
THE NIGHT WATCHMAN by Thomas Gaunt
THE PARC by Morgan Grice
THE PIRATE QUEEN by Nora-Jane Noone
PRICELESS by Betsy Nagler
THE QUARTER QUEEN by Kayla Hardy
QUEEN OF WARDS by Shanice Williamson
RENEGADE by Logan Porter
THE REPEATERS by Patrice Williams Marks
REVERSE by Benjamin Lewis
SEABROOK by Alex Hanno
SINGLE PERSON by Matt Foss
THE SPACE SUITS by Landon Ashworth
SPRINGTIME by Danny Newell
STALKY & CO. by Nicole Lynn Cohen
TAURED by Christian Maxwell
TEMPERANCE (AND OTHER VIRTUES) by Alexandra Hayes
TRENCH TOWN by Ricardo Sean Thompson
WHEN MANGOES START TO TURN YELLOW by Harika Ganeshni Bommana
WOMAN'S WORK by Erin Beute
YOU ARE NOT A HERO by Josh Jacobs
YOUNGBLOODS by Stacey Russell

Short Screenplay Semifinalists

APPARATCHIK by Morgane Ciot
ARC by Stephen Evans
THE ART OF ETERNAL LOVE by Dawn Reavis
BABY LOVE by Kate Kelsen
BE MY BOY by Ethan Homen
BONESEED by Brett Brooks & Joshua David Matthews
BREATHE by Mark Labella
CHOICE by Bernhard Riedhammer
THE DOOR IN THE MIRROR by Geoff Murillo
FIGHT LIKE A GIRL by Melody Herr
THE FUTURE REPORT by Elisabeth Hayward
GATSBY by Alec Seymour
GENERATION SERVICE by Kiwana Rose
THE GHOSTODIANS by Leila Murton Poole
HAVE A MINT by Taylor McTague
HEARTSTRINGS by J.D. Zelman & Matthew Dushkes
HOT TORTILLAS by Nicolas Jara
HOUSE OF WOLVES by Andrew Yeremeyev
I LOVE NANCY MEYERS by Narineh Tahmasebian
I SEE YOU by Faith Dismuke
KOUKLA by Jamie-Michelle Whalen
THE LAST CREATION by Brad Cooper
LASTING MARK by Shaun Radecki
LEFT & LEAVING by Michael Mau
MAN UP FAIRY DUST by Christopher Schwartz
MOON EYES by Alston Jones
MY WAY by Afton Quast Saler
ONOURA by Chigozie Onyeaka
PAL by Michael Mau
PIETRA FREDDA by Matthew Nicholson
R.E.G.G.I.N by A. D. Smith
SAY YES by Gabe Berry
THERE'S A FROG ON MARS (IT'S TRUE!) by Shaun Radecki
TO THE MOON by Michael Dukakis
TODD KNOWS by Michael Buonocore
THE UNTAMED by Olga Holtz
WALL by Erin Cantelo
WEEPING WALL by Mark Dollard
WHO ARE YOU, NANU? by Anjini Taneja Azhar
YA GHALBI by Yasmeen Albrahim
ZEPHYR by Amy Allen