NashFilm Announces 2020 Screenwriting Competition Semifinalists
by NashFilm
Nashville Film Festival proudly announces the 2020 Screenwriting Competition Semifinalists. These qualifiers were selected from thousands of entries in 2020. Winners will be announced during the 2020 Nashville Film Festival, Virtual Fest this October 1-7. For more information on the festival and VIP Virtual Badges, visit: 2020 NashFilm Virtual Fest
Congratulations to the following 2020 Semifinalists:
| 2020 Screenplay Competition Semifinalists | |
| Half Hour Pilots | |
| Cloistered | M. Rowan Meyer |
| Flawless: A Feminist Fairytale | Deborah Rayne & Catherine Eaton |
| Good Vibes Only | Kyra Jones |
| Hyphenated Americans | Deck Metellus |
| Miss Adventure | Jake Morgan |
| Post | Pierre Finn |
| Puppet Me | Julie Cavaliere |
| Righteous | Desiree Elder |
| Rodeo Queens | Katie Gruel |
| Sexy Teen Squad: Undercover Monster Hunters | Jon Bershad |
| The Imaginaries | Amanda Prager |
| Unplanned | Cat Davis & Scott Peterman |
| Hour Pilot | |
| Armistead | André-Chance Goddard |
| Back Country | Alan Van Dyke |
| Honest Fantasy | Jimmy Clabots |
| How We Roll | Katey Clausen |
| Milner Funerary Services | R.J. Blake |
| Near Death | Carlo & Erin Carere |
| Nightingale | Dhruv Kanungo |
| One Rose | Richa Rudola |
| Sunset Alley | Sam Watson |
| The Freshmen | Adam Karlson & Joe Hayes |
| The Squire | DaManuel Richardson |
| The Surge | Rachele Wiggins & Paul William Dawkins |
| The Tragic Story of Wee Stevie Shaw | Greer Ellison |
| Welcome to Wonderland | Bam Johnson |
| Woke | Johnny Gilligan |
| Comedy Feature | |
| After the Jump | Marquette Jones |
| As You Wish | Suhashini Krishnan |
| Best Laid Plans | Kelly Anelons & Megan Anelons |
| Body Parts | Ryan Simantel |
| Gay for Jesus | Jason Laurits |
| Iffy | Ahmed Siddiqui |
| Igor and Frankie | Jim Picariello |
| Not My Emergency | Matthew Conlin |
| Schmoolie The Deathwatcher | Theresa Gallagher |
| Taffeta | Heather McNama & Nancy Nyman |
| The Pink House (La Casa Rosa) | Miguel Ángel Parra |
| Drama Feature | |
| Angel of Rain | Lawrence Kennon |
| Blue Comedy | Vincent Accettola |
| Crescent | Edward Worthy |
| Glow Stick | Michael Raymond |
| Has Been Beauty Queen | Jennifer Gerber & Samuel Brett Williams |
| Helldorado | Billie Bates |
| Hollywood, Madame | Michelle Somruthai D’Angelo |
| It Was Written | Valeria Vallejos |
| Lady Jordan | Kelly Anelons & Megan Anelons |
| Minor Modifications | Shia Lebeouf |
| On Time | Xavier Burgin |
| Play Outside | Jennifer Phillips |
| Riding Shotgun | Nafi Ayvaci |
| Rollaway | Tom McIntire |
| So Rachel Might Leave the City | Casey Plett |
| Stealing Stewart | Susan Feingold |
| The Superpower Club | Blake Donovan |
| The Traditional Plan | Alyson Titkemeyer |
| Short Narrative | |
| Autocomplete | Oscar Madrid |
| Be Quiet | Lindiwe Mueller-Westernhagen |
| Code Switch | Quame Hamlin |
| In Your Hands | Carlo Liberatore |
| Intervention in the Time of COVID-19 | Nick Josten |
| Mamadou The Golden Hands | Mansa S. Mané |
| Means to an End | James M. Martin |
| Paint Drops From the Heart | Timothy Mendonca |
| Frame | Amer Halasa |
| Rear | Edward Worthy |
| Salamoon | Ashkan Chavoshi |
| Seismic Attraction | Irish Johnston |
| Sweat (El Sudor) | Jorand Jacinto & Hugo Diego Garcia |
| The Crossing | Olga Rozanov |
| The Single Sock | Jessica Wenzelmann |
| Trent Needs a Tampon | Emmett Lundberg |
| Walls Fade Away | Maximilian Williamson |
| Words, Home, Heart | Katie McNeice |
| TN Writer | |
| Bill Fisher’s Trading Post | G. Robert Frazier |
| Greed | A.D. Smith |
| Rattled | Kd Amond & Sarah Zanotti |
| Salt Water Blood | Sandy Thomson & Jeremiah Reynolds |
| Spin | Brandi Nichole Payne |
| The Don | Braxton Joy |
| The Exodusters | Mark Naccarato |
| The Sauce | Chaz Hawkins |
| The Siren | Jay Wright |
| Genre Feature | |
| Apart | Hunter Davis |
| Call Out | Nir Shelter |
| Community Resources (Crash 187) | BK |
| Glimpse | Richard Martin & Josh Calvert |
| Immortal | Natalie Metzger & Robert Allaire |
| Lifted | Cedrick Nichols |
| Majhol 3 | Moayad Abualkhair |
| Not Cut | Nir Shelter |
| Relocation | Warren Clarke |
| The Clever Girl | David Carren |
| The Wastes | Josh Deane |
| Things Kept Hidden | Christopher O’Bryant |
| Horror Feature | |
| A Loving Home | R.H. Norman & Micheline Pitt |
| Ball-Peen Hammer | Joel David Santner & Daniel Flint |
| Burrow’s Run | Nicholas Jessup |
| Detritus | Chris Drzewiecki |
| Flesh & Blood | Merlin Cammozzi |
| In Country | Scott Peterman & Cat Davis |
| Open House | Sean Jourdan & John Ingle |
| Play House | Casey Sincic |
| The Sauce | Chaz Hawkins |
