Screenplay Competition Results 2017

Kitania Kavey – Best Feature Screenplay – Unaccompanied Minor

 

SCREENPLAY COMPETITION RESULTS – NRFF AMSTERDAM 2017

 

THANK YOU to everyone who entered the New Renaissance Screenplay Competition, Amsterdam 2017. This is OUR FIRST competition in Amsterdam, and the jury is pleased to report that the overall quality of scripts received was high.

Congratulations to everyone who made the list! Each of you is worthy of recognition for your  story-telling talent.

All the Finalists will be invited to attend the Film Festival and Awards Ceremony which takes place in Amsterdam, 3-5 March 2017, and where the winners will be announced. Winners receive an InkTip Script and Magazine Listing, and other prizes will be announced at the festival.

 

David-Matthew Barnes – Best Short Screenplay – Boxcar

 

FINALISTS

 

Feature:

Almost A Movement  by Stephen Rea (IRE)

Blood Rouge by Jeza Belle (USA)

Diminuendo by Paul Gross (AUS)

Dueling Lady  by Edmund Miller (USA)

Hawk by Thomas Graziano (USA)

Paradise at Main and Elm by Barry Brennessel (USA)

Unaccompanied Minor by Kitania Kavey (NE) WINNER

 

Short:

Boxcar by David-Matthew Barnes (USA) WINNER

Little Fish by David Begg (UK)

Spirit Dance by Kitania Kavey (NE)

Wisdom by Ben Abrass (FR)

 

SEMI-FINALISTS

 

Feature:

An Iridescent Love by Laura Carrione (USA)

Each Man His Own God by Ethan Haymovitz (USA)

I Love You Kristi Miller by Scott Martin (USA)

Last Night in Savannah by Diane Cornell (USA)

Masks by Sian Astor-Lewis (UK)

Quest for Mihte Lugh by Ray Whittinger (UK)

Sideways Down the Sky by Barry Brennessel (USA)

Slaves to the Rhythm by Terry Connell (USA)

The Apple of My Eye by Vani Pappolla

The Experiment by Jeffrey Allen Russel and Lynda Lemberg (CAN)

The Rule by Nick Perlman (USA)

 

Short:

5 Things Not to Feed A Baby by Todd Jackson (USA)

Bei Ihm by Amelia Gilday (AUS)

Crystal by Jessica Perla (USA)

Fadeaway by Ron Leach (CAN)

 

QUARTER-FINALISTS

 

Feature:

2-12-Delta by David Brichetto (USA)

Clear Blue Sky by Michael Brazda (USA)

Counting Needles From A Hill by Lovely Carter (USA)

Long Game by Lily Camp (USA)

Mitra by Ravi Guria (India)

The Ulster Soldier’s Daughter by Carmel Joyce (AUS)

 

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