Screenplay Finalists 2025

The Naughty List by Brandon Osterman (short)

Nine-year-old Charley finds out that she’s on The Naughty List and decides to change her fate by doing the unthinkable: kidnapping Santa Claus. 

* WINNER 2025 *

In The Moorland by Jon Addison (TV) 

In the North York Moors, a pragmatic detective and her paranormal obsessed son must merge their investigations to solve the death of a teenage girl and repair their own fractured bond.

Boy by Sergio Dudier Silla (feature)

A young man with a skewed sense of morality, unable to fit in with his peers, finds his life spiraling out of control when he falls in love with his drug dealer best friend's girlfriend.

Soul Mating by Arynetta Northcutt (short)

A woman dealing with the constant, critical, chaotic company of her inner critic meets a man run by his.  But when they hit it off and quiet the noise, their inner critics decide to have some fun of their own.

Group by Sean Slater (feature)

Fed up with her indecisive lover Harold Clurman and director Lee Strasberg's bullying tactics, Broadway actress Stella Adler journeys to Europe to meet famed teacher Stanislavsky, forever changing the legendary Group Theater.