2025 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Semifinalists Announced!
ATLANTA, GA (February 14, 2025)—The Atlanta Film Society is pleased to present the 2025 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists. Chosen from 1,106 total submissions, the following 56 feature film screenplays, 26 pilots, and 27 shorts represent the top twenty-five percent of all entries. Their authors are competing for invaluable mentorship opportunities to help hone their craft and plan the next steps in their careers in addition to cash prizes. Please join us in congratulating these impressive authors and wishing them well as the programming team continues to narrow this list down to the Semifinalists, Finalists, and eventually to 5 Winning Scripts!
Feature Films:
"30 BILLION DOLLAR WOMAN" by Elizabeth Dean
"A Love Dream" by Allison Betts
"A-Ma" by Xiayang Li
"AKILI" by Ivan Mooh Mooh
"Angus" by Richard Hempton
"Broken Worlds" by TERRY PODNAR
"Coptic" by Robert Armanyous
"CRAB" by Abi Perpall
"Demons" by Shiva Ramanathan
"Egg" by Kate Ryan Brewer & Thaddeus Gunn
"FIVE TIGERS" by Shiv B
"Future Tripping" by Brian Gene White
"Gaby's Heart" by Jennifer Lynn O'Hara
"Georgia Pool" by Gregory Caruso
"Giles v Harris" by Melanie van Betten Jeffcoat
"Gusto!" by Ally Gilfeather
"Hallelujah Night" by Ivan Rome
"Harvest" by Gregory Beam & Kim McKean
"Heart of a Nation" by Richard Mundy
"Jobber" by Michael Ronca
"Keep Your Head Down" by Allan "Rj" Joseph & Terry Haskell
"Last Case Resort" by Kevin Goolsby & Kevin Heyer
"Let There Be Light" by Paula Andrea Cajiao & Jessica L. Folk
"Lost and Found" by Theresa Chiu
"Mr. Black" by Akil Rashad Anderson
"Murder Most Virtual" by Ted Chastain
"NO LITTLE GIRL" by Robert Wooldridge
"Oct 31 Sweet Williams Perfect" by marietta k. wilk
"Pure Intentions" by Sarah Peele
"Radio Talk" by Allison Betts
"Ride or Die" by Alex Parkinson
"Riptide" by Christopher Smith
"SHADOW IN HAWTHORN BAY" by Steven R. Mitchell
"Skin Deep" by Dave Holton
"Spirit Wilds" by Noah Sellman
"Spitting Fire" by Angie Comer
"Take My Life" by Larry Collins
"THE BANNER" by Ernestina Juarez
"The Battles of Birdtown" by Christopher Shank
"The Crude" by Zach Green
"The Greenhouse At Dark" by John Ludwick
"The Hole Story" by Joe Veix
"THE SALESMAN" by Adam Seidel
"This Is How It Ends" by Melia Gabriel
"Tight-Knit" by Samantha Duncan
"TITCH" by Jody Matzer
"To the Future Miss Overlord Supreme" by Carter Dupree Johnson
"Two Kids in a Trench Coat" by Noah Glenn
"Undertow" by GABRIELLE NEHRING
"Unmarked" by Christina Tucker
"VALCO" by Michael Albanese
"West with the Night" by Ellen M. Puff
"When Pigs Fly" by Terry Podnar & Ed Learner
"White Knuckling" by Jim Woods
"Wrong Number Scam" by Nick Fuller
"XOVA7" by Quanah Hicks
Pilots:
"American Import (TV Pilot)" by Steven Shehori
"Baby Steps" by Julia Delmedico
"Be Bold!" by Ruby Mainieri
"BLACK DEATH" by Cam Smith
"Blood & Whiskey" by Tom Basis & Brandon McArdle
"Brooklyn Blacks" by Briaunna Caver
"CLASS" by Kalaiah Vaughn
"COLOR OF LAW" by Aaron Clark
"Do No Harm" by Josh Bing
"Easter Eggs" by Ally Gilfeather
"Happytown, Inc." by Rosalind Grush
"I AM THE STORM" by Sara Hallowell & Arabella Field
"In The Moorland" by Jon Addison
"Jekyll" by Logan Porter
"LADY M." by Sara Hallowell
"Mel's Bar" by Shannon Kelley
"OPEN" by Daniela Saioni & Paul Hopkins
"The 411" by Allyson Morgan
"The Asteria Project" by Nell Ovitt
"The Grifter" by Jon Vaude
"The Spirit of '76" by Jerry Jerome
"The Temp" by Devi Snively
"The X Factor" by Stoyan Popov
"TRACER" by Julia Campanelli
"Work Life Balance" by Kaleigh Fitzgerald
"WORLDS APART" by Thomas Gaunt
Short Films:
"A Crying Shame" by Allie Duke
"A6" by Akevo Jenkins
"Abby Needs a Friend" by Jennifer McMurtry
"Almost Human" by Bernhard Riedhammer
"Can You See Me?" by Klaartje Pedersen
"Cheekbit" by William Winston
"Elixir" by CR Sherman
"Empty House" by Sheida Sheikhha
"Even Hell Don't Want You" by Tiffany Cherry White
"Fishbowl" by Alessandra Bautze
"How Thick is Blood" by Kay Gleaton
"Into the Desert" by Robert Armanyous
"Las Maldecidas (The Cursed)" by Alycya Magana
"MAKING WAVES" by Joseph Drew Larimore
"Marigold Leaves Her Body" by Adesola Thomas
"On Sundays" by Samantha Soule
"Party Hearse" by Neil Wishman
"Scars That Define Us" by Edward Worthy
"Take The Pill" by Ina Espiritu
"The Job" by Alfred Price
"The Naughty List" by Brandon Osterman & Thomas Bell
"The Survivor" by Kevin Machate
"The Untamed" by Olga Holtz
"They Came for Me" by Douglas Lieberman
"Tribulation TT with Kyp Kyp Levoux" by PETER DARCHUK
"Ultimate-Ultimate" by Stephanie Matarazzo & Alix Efaw
"WORTHY OF LIFE" by Allison Norlian & Judith Rubin