NashFilm Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists Announced
by NashFilm
The Nashville Film Festival proudly announces the 2020 Screenwriting Competition Quarterfinalists. 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 Quarterfinalists:
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Nashville Film Festival 2020 Quarterfinalists
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| Half Hour Pilot: | |
| Cloistered | M Rowan Meyer |
| Curtain Call | Kate Harbert |
| Department Of Wayward Souls | Cody Mauro |
| Flawless: A Feminist Fairytale | Deborah Rayne & Catherine Eaton |
| Gimme Danger | Lacey Jeka |
| Good Vibes Only | Kyra Jones |
| Graphers | Jeremy Engler |
| Hyphenated Americans | Deck Metellus |
| Miss Adventure | Jake Morgan |
| Parasociety | Ray Goldberg |
| Post | Pierre Finn |
| Pray for Rain and Sun | Patrick Clement |
| Puppet Me | Julie Cavaliere |
| Righteous – Pilot Episode | Desiree Elder |
| Rodeo Queens | Katie Gruel |
| Sexy Teen Squad: Undercover Monster Hunters | Jon Bershad |
| Spellbound | Edward G. Excaliber |
| The Cool Cult | William Connolly & Mckenzie Trent |
| The Imaginaries | Amanda Prager |
| THE KILLER B’s | Dave Chan |
| Unplanned | Scott Peterman & Cat Davis |
| Untitled Gay Hitman Project | James Tison & Gus Constantellis |
| Zoo Crew | Aaron Bohn |
| Hour Pilot: | |
| Armistead | Andre-Chance Goddard |
| Backcountry | Alan Van Dyke |
| Cover Act | Neer Musa Shelter |
| EAT – “Pilot” | Elfi Martinez |
| Fun and Games – “Pilot” | Mike Brooks |
| Heavy Pilot | Collette Legault |
| Honest Fantasy | Jimmy Clabots |
| HOW WE ROLL | Katey Clausen |
| Hustle | Cierra Lockett |
| Last Days of Lavender | Amanda Boyd |
| MAGA – “Us vs. Them” | Elfi Martinez |
| Milner Funerary Services | R.J. Blake |
| NEAR DEATH | Carlo Carere, Erin Carere |
| Nightingale | Dhruv Kanungo |
| One Rose | Richa Rudola |
| Quaint | Eoghan Heneghan |
| Storyville | Matthew Evans |
| Sunset Alley | Sam Watson |
| The Bliss Killer | LeLe Park |
| The Freshmen | Adam Karlson & Joe Hayes |
| The Future Not Promised | Amber Beard |
| THE HELLHOUNDS | Z. R. Denis |
| THE NIGHT WATCHMAN – Beasts of Burden | Thomas Gaunt |
| The Squire | DaManuel Richardson |
| THE SURGE | Rachele Wiggins & Paul Dawkins |
| THE TRAGIC STORY OF WEE STEVIE SHAW | Greer Ellison |
| Throw Like a Girl – “#NoMercy” | Elfi Martinez |
| 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 |
| Correction, Fluid | Bryan Wright |
| Gay For Jesus | Jason Laurits |
| Gene | Erica Silverman |
| Hawk | Gal Ron |
| IFFY | Ahmed Siddiqui |
| Igor and Frankie | Jim Picariello |
| Lift | Ashley Quach |
| Miss Desert Palms | Damion Dietz |
| NOT MY EMERGENCY | Matthew Conlin |
| REAL MEN | James Holloway |
| Republic Of Winneconne | Lisa Franek |
| Schmoolie The Deathwatcher | Theresa Gallagher |
| Taffeta | Nancy Nyman & Heather McNama |
| The Future is a DICK | Craig Ugoretz |
| THE PINK HOUSE / LA CASA ROSA | MIGUEL ÁNGEL PARRA |
| Trail Mix | Pete Wilke |
| Under Act | Nir Shelter |
| Wanderers | Jacob Cullen |
| Drama Feature: | |
| A Devil Will Fall | Gavin Fields |
| A Day in April | Nia Ashley |
| Angel of Rain | Lawrence Kennon |
| Angelic Rap Crusade | Eulonda Lea |
| Blue Comedy | Vincent Accettola |
| Break Even | Kent Wolfe |
| Breaking The Glass Rack | Karen Schmidt |
| Crescent | Edward Worthy |
| Glow Stick | Michael Raymond |
| Has Been Beauty Queen | Jennifer Gerber & Samuel Brett Williams |
| HELLDORADO | Billie Bates |
| Hollywood, Madam | Michelle Somruthai D’Angelo |
| Indians vs Army | Kyle Bergersen |
| It Was Written | Valeria Vallejos |
| Lady Jordan | Kelly Anelons & Megan Anelons |
| Minor Modifications | Shia Labeouf |
| ON TIME | Xavier Burgin |
| Play Outside | Jennifer Phillips |
| Profeta Island | Josh Mann |
| Riding Shotgun | Nafi Ayvaci |
| Rollaway | Tom Mcintire |
| Run the Devil | Matthew Evans |
| So Rachel Might Leave the City | Casey Plett |
| Stealing Stewart | Susan Feingold |
| Sweet Tea with the First Lady | Natasha Usher Niemi |
| The Last Game | Phil Kaufman |
| THE BEAST | Tyler Jane |
| The Perfect Shape | Annalisa Consolo |
| The Pinch | James Raynor |
| The Superpower Club | Blake Donovan |
| The Traditional Plan | Alyson Titkemeyer |
| Viscosity | Kendra Woolley |
| Walking Wounded | Richard P. Alvarez |
| Whiskey Tantrums | Will Shemel |
| Woodpusher | Isaac Ballesteros Barba |
| Genre Feature: | |
| Apart | Hunter Davis |
| Call Out | Nir Shelter |
| Community Resources (Crash 187) | B K |
| Deathless | M Rowan Meyer |
| GLIMPSE | Richard Martin & Josh Calvert |
| Hurricane Tara | Kyle Curry |
| Immortal | Natalie Metzger & Robert Allaire |
| Last Wolves | Michael Roslen |
| Legend of the Meteor Sword | Yiyi Yin |
| Lifted | Cedrick Nichols |
| Little Bit Long Way | Sophia Riley Kobacker |
| Majhol 3 | Moayad Abualkhair |
| Moonbeam Junior | David Morrow |
| Not Cut | Nir Shelter |
| RELOCATION | Warren Clarke |
| RESET | Gretchen Klein |
| The Clever Girl | David Carren |
| The Junk Food King | Mitchell Todorov & Patrick O’Connor |
| The Lion’s Chambers | Kyle Curry |
| The Penetration Expert | Jeffrey Chase |
| The Wastes | Josh Deane |
| THERE’S A BIGFOOT IN MY BASEMENT | Nick Garey |
| Things Kept Hidden | Christopher O’Bryant |
| Uncut | Nir Shelter |
| VXX | Bridget Bell McMahon |
| Horror Feature: | |
| A Loving Home | R.H. Norman & Micheline Pitt |
| BALL-PEEN HAMMER | Joel Santner & Daniel Flint |
| Birdie | Juliana Botelho |
| Burrow’s Run | Nicholas Jessup |
| Detritus | Chris Drzewiecki |
| Field Trip | Claudio Martinez-valle |
| Flesh and Blood | Merlin Camozzi |
| In Country | Scott Peterman & Cat Davis |
| Nightshade | Rick Grogan |
| Open House | Sean Jourdan & John Ingle |
| Play House | Casey Sincic |
| Prodigal | Christopher O’Bryant |
| Red Eye | Eric Unverzagt |
| Rise Up Little Girl | Matthew Avant |
| Rosanella | Caroline Farrell |
| Scream Screen | Steven Epp |
| Study in Blue | Patrick Clement |
| THE SAUCE | Chaz Hawkins |
| The Visiting Stone | A.J. Briones |
| Wet Linda | Paul Parducci |
| Whoever Fights Monsters | Michael Fine |
| Short Script: | |
| A Helping Hand | Sam Gill |
| Autocomplete | Oscar Madrid |
| Be Quiet | Lindiwe Mueller-Westernhagen |
| BETTER DAYS | Christopher Mancuso |
| Charlie Foxtrot | Patrick Gatov |
| Code Switch | Quame Hamlin |
| Entrance Of Pink Elephants | Tatiana Fedorovskaya |
| Fibby | Garin Pirnia |
| Hurricane | Mitchell Colley |
| In Your Hands | Carlo Liberatore |
| Intervention in the Time of COVID-19 | Nick Josten |
| Josie’s Date With Death | Lisa Tedesco |
| MAMADOU THE GOLDEN HANDS | Mansa S. Mané |
| Means To An End | James Martin |
| Negotiating With the Dead | Tori Bond |
| Paint Drops From The Heart | Timothy Mendonca |
| Frame | Amer Halasa |
| Planet 3 | Mark Renshaw |
| Rear | Edward Worthy |
| Salamoon | Ashkan Chavoshi |
| Seismic Attraction | Irish Johnston |
| Siren | Jack Maraghy |
| SWEAT | Jordan Jacinto & Hugo Diego Garcia |
| The Crossing | Olga Rozanova |
| The Devil and His Blues | Sam Watson |
| The Girl Who Climbed To The Sky | Ethan Haughie |
| The Great Dismal | Priya Vashist |
| The Single Sock | Jessica Wenzelmann |
| The Siren | Jay Wright |
| Trent Needs A Tampon | Emmett Lundberg |
| Walls Fade Away | Maximilian Williamson |
| Whatever Happened to Muffin? | Robert Frankel |
| Words, Home, Heart | Katie McNeice |
| Tennessee Writers: | |
| A Very Jed Christmas | Jason K. Allen |
| Bill Fisher’s Trading Post | G. Robert Frazier |
| Dogwood Children | Kevin Keck |
| Elixir No.27 | Megan Friend |
| Faye | Kd Amond & Sarah Zanotti |
| GREED | A. D. Smith |
| Rattled | Kd Amond & Sarah Zanotti |
| Salt Water Blood | Jeremiah Reynolds & Sandy Thomson |
| Spin | Brandi Nicole Payne |
| The Don | Braxton Joy |
| The Exodusters | Mark Naccarato |
| The Lion in Winter County | Paula Phelps-Weaver |
| THE SAUCE | Chaz Hawkins |
| The Siren | Jay Wright |
| The Uprising of 1870 | Randy O’Brien |
| Traveling Soldier | Lauren Cox |
