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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