Thank you to all who submitted their screenplays to the 2024 Phoenix Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition.
We are very excited to announce this year's winners!
FIRST PLACE
Love, From Ellie - Chantelle James
A young girl visits her veteran dad's memorial on his birthday to throw him the perfect party, when unforeseen circumstances get in the way of her plans, she must give up control to celebrate her dad.
SECOND PLACE
Morrigan’s Tree - Nicki Bosch
When a grieving father receives a directive from his dead daughter, he must choose between granting her request or conceding to the wishes of his suffering wife.
THIRD PLACE
Comeuppance - Lesley Lillywhite
A reclusive writer, haunted by her unsettled past, pursues her vengeance through a supernatural gateway.
FINALISTS
(In alphabetical order by last name)
Family Law - Tatiana Blackington James
A betrayed woman hires a divorce lawyer, who seems to be the perfect man. Is he too good to be true?
Once Upon A Diary - Frederic Donner & Rod Hewitt
Many people write detailed diaries. Others keep brief notations or mementos in scrapbooks. Others are so important that secretaries, aides, and hangers-on keep a recordation of accomplishments and failures. Diaries are a means of justifying our actions, and explicitly stating I was there, and I matter.
The Cargo - Chris Edgar
In 1939 Japan, after his ship wrecks, a Soviet convict manages to find safety in the home of a Japanese fisherman, and he must decide whether to go back to his ship or stay in his new refuge.
And The Hero Will Fall - James Ferda
A man is tasked with killing a hero
Casting Couch - James Ferda
A girl takes an uncommon interview.
Honed - Jeffrey Howe
An unexpected loss forces a military widow who took over her husband's knifemaking business to re-examine her grief.
You're Dating A Lesbian - Davis Eleanor Mathis
As high school student Greg prepares to go through with his and his girlfriend’s pact to lose their virginity to each other on prom night, he starts to wonder, what if she's not into guys?
Can't Shoot Without A Hat - Philip C. Sedgwick
A rising star female director, hell-bent on making a short old-fashioned western must contend with an eccentric cast and mysterious thieves who pilfer the talents' cowboy hats.
