Thank you to all who submitted their screenplays to the 2016 Phoenix Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition. We are very excited to announce this year's winners!
First Place: Half an Inch by Michael Orton from Nipomo, Alabama
Two men with differing views of faith and destiny struggle to land a damaged aircraft.
- $250 from the Phoenix Film Foundation
- One InkTip.com Script Listing and one InkTip Magazine Script Listing from 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 Script Pipeline for potential industry circulation
- 3 free entries 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 2017 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodation and air fare not included).
Second Place: The Fable of Nathan Gooch by Ronald Ecker from Palatka, FL
A nerdy college boy who can’t get a date tries using some animal courtship techniques, with surprising results.
- One InkTip.com Script Listing and one InkTip Magazine Script Listing from 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.
- One free entry to any Script Pipeline writing or idea competition
- A Phoenix Film Festival prize pack
- Listing on Phoenix Festival website
- Two VIP Passes to the 2017 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodation and air fare not included).
Third Place: Cheeseburgers by Will Berry from Nashville, TN
An unwanted step-son strives to survive one more evening with his disintegrating family.
- One InkTip.com Script Listing and one InkTip Magazine Script Listing from 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.
- One free entry to any Script Pipeline writing or idea competition
- Listing on Phoenix Film Festival website
- Two VIP Passes to the 2017 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodation and air fare not included).
Top Ten Finalists:
Nothing Is Free by Rebecca Brillhart from Brooklyn, NY
Nothing is free unless everything is.
Flight by Sheri Davenport from Oakland, CA
What starts out as a simple plan to steal a dog and free it from abuse turns into the ultimate escape for a troubled young teen.
Mia by Sheri Davenport from Oakland, CA
Medicine Show Blues by Jeffrey Howe from Ladue, MO
SAIRA by John Kontoyannis from New York, NY
Saira, a Jethwa/attobite hybrid alien, the first of her kind mysteriously appears in the middle of Hugo Crane’s farm. She is, at first, thought to be a sinister being but it quickly becomes evident that she is here to save us. But from what or whom remains a mystery.
The Proposal by Charles Lo Manto from Hamilton, Ontario Canada
"If music be the food of love, play on."
12-8-80 by Alex Simon from Los Angeles, CA
A junior high student in suburban Phoenix learns some hard lessons the day John Lennon is murdered.
