Thank you to all who submitted their screenplays to the 2015 Phoenix Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition. We are very excited to announce this year's winners!
First Place: Tattoo by R. Wayne Gray from Welles River, Vermont.
The wife of an old man is less-than-thrilled when he tells her he wants to get a tattoo..
- $300 from the Phoenix Film Foundation
- One InkTip.com Script Listing on InkTip.com. InkTip Script Listings provide writers with the opportunity to get their scripts read by InkTip’s extensive network of producers, reps, manager, agents, and other qualified industry professionals.
- Script review and consultation from the Director of Development at Script Pipeline
- A 5-year membership to Writers Database provided by Script Pipeline
- One free entry to any Script Pipeline writing or idea competition
- A Phoenix Film Festival prize pack
- Listing on Phoenix Film Festival website
- Two VIP Passes to the 2015 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodation and air fare not included).
Second Place: The Loop by Matthew Himlin from Scottsdale, Arizona.
Two scientists successfully test a time machine, but are they prepared for the implications of time travel?
- A 5-year membership to Writers Database provided by Script Pipeline
- A Phoenix Film Festival prize pack
- Listing on Phoenix Festival website
- Two VIP Passes to the 2015 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodation and air fare not included).
Third Place: Ghost in the Gun: Vintner's Folly by Andrew Chen from Mountain View, California.
A man left for dead in the desert comes across a possessed gun and transforms into a gunslinger bent on avenging his murdered family, but unbeknownst to him the gun has a vendetta of its own.
- A 5-year membership to Writers Database provided by Script Pipeline
- Listing on Phoenix Film Festival website
- Two VIP Passes to the 2015 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodation and air fare not included).
Top Ten Finalists:
A Challenge To the Dark by Anna Imhof from Los Angeles, CA
No matter what anybody else says; Frankie, a 9-year-old tomboy, is convinced that in due time John Wayne will appear in her sleepy Midwestern hometown, pick her up on his horse and take her to the Wild West to fulfill her destiny.
Away From the Slough by Danielle Barcena from Concord, CA.
An abused woman struggles to free herself from her brother's web of control when a grocery store clerk offers her the chance to escape.
Crank by Matthew Himlin from Scottsdale, AZ.
Lou is such a cranky son of a b!tch that he's going to a wake to settle a score with a corpse.
Golddigger by Phil Yuhas from Orange, CA.
A couple's anniversary celebration is spoiled by the antics of a pretentious young blonde and her very elderly date.
Haunted House Hunters -- LA by Heidi Willis from Montgomery, AL.
Watch Jeff and Laura, a ghost couple, shop for a new home to haunt when Haunted House Hunters hits Los Angeles.
John Mott by Suzy Stein from Phoenix, AZ.
No one asks the Devil for happiness. Sell your soul to the Devil and he takes it away immediately and puts it in a box until you die. You can't be happy without your soul, no matter how much money you have. But John Mott can get that box back. For a price, John Mott can set you free. Unless the Devil stops him first.
True Blue by Phil Yuhas from Orange, CA.
The virtue of loyalty is explored through the eyes of an aging shelter dog.
Contact information for winning screenplays is available for producers by emailing submissions@phxfilm.com.
