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FilmMakers
International Screenwriting Awards
Screenplay Contest Winners
Grand Prize Winners
Ryan Lear & Jeff Wachsmuth
AMERICA: RED WHITE & BADASS
— Comedy
Logline: A bumbling farm-boy is
forced to fight in the American Revolutionary War, and
becomes the only one who can save George Washington from
a secret assassination plot.
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Category 1
Action/Adventure;
Thriller/Horror/Supernatural; Animation/Fantasy;
Mystery/Suspense; Science Fiction
Elite Prize Winner,
Paul Moxham
AMERISTOCRACY — Crime
Thriller
Logline: When a conspiracy
theorist cop stumbles upon the secret society responsible for the
assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy, he becomes convinced that they
now have the newly elected President squarely in their crosshairs.
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Diamond Prize Winner,
George Nicholis
HOLMES — Crime Mystery
Logline: A young, street-wise African American man living in the slums of Brooklyn must solve crimes for cash in order to afford a bail bond for his imprisoned mother.
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Platinum Prize
Winner, Silvio Nacucchi
FIFTY YEARS IN MAY
— War Action
Logline:
An US Army officer must fight his final battle against time to convince the Russians and save an honorable German officer unjustly sentenced to death for war crimes.
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Category 2
Drama
Elite Prize Winner,
Chris Van Strander
25 —
Drama
Logline: 25 is a satire about a group of friends, wrestling with the
quarter life crisis, who embark on a series of radical quests to jump-start their dreams.
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Diamond Prize Winner,
Mark Moon Molson
MEADOWLANDZ — Drama
Logline: A
troubled youth and his three friends spend the night looking for a
safe place to take his estranged, incapacitated step-father - only to
find the most dangerous place for any of them is with themselves.
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Platinum Prize
Winner, Patrice
Hamilton
GETTING EVEN —
Drama
Logline:
To avenge her suicidal cousin, a headstrong young woman gets a
cheating husband to fall in love with her then proceeds to break his
heart, his family, and his career.
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Category 3
Comedy
Elite Prize Winner,
Baldassaro Candella
ROY'S N THE HOOD
Logline: Roy Astor's cushy boarding school life in Connecticut comes to an abrupt end when his dad is taken down in a Bernie Madoff-type financial scandal. Only 17 years old, Roy is forced to live with his estranged mom in inner-city Detroit.
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Diamond
Prize Winner, Kathy C. King
HIP HOP DADDY
Logline: An urban club promoter discovers he's a father and must learn to parent a newborn while competing for the biggest gig of his career and fighting for custody at the same time.
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Platinum Prize
Winner, Jessica DiGiacinto
THE GREAT AMERICAN LOSER
Logline: In an attempt to erase her nerdy past, a young woman becomes involved with the man who was both her teacher and tormentor in high school.
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