Manchester Film Festival and ScriptUp are proud to announce the Semi Finalists for the 2024 Screenplay Competition. Please see the full list below.

This list will be whittled down to the finalists in the coming weeks. A huge congratulations to everyone on this list. We had a record breaking number of submissions this year to to make the Semi Final stage is a huge acheivment.

Short Screenplay Semi Finalists

To Be a Bird by Gavin O’Herlihy
The Pangs by Róismáire Ní Foghlú
Witness to Breath by Doug Conant

TV Pilot Screenplay Semi Finalists

Rare Fiddle by Jade Maitre
Susannah of Salem by Mikael Holcombe-Scali
The Nightshift by Shiv B

Feature Film Screenplay Semi Finalists

Tryouts by Jonny Rae-Evans
Lark by Matilda Corley Schulman
Malcolm & May by Marcus Crawford Guy