Category: winning screenplays

The marks on my body will tell you all about me, All you need to know anyway. For, even if you hear my story, you won’t listen. Those nights I spent on white linens, They mean nothing to you. I am but a box. Nothing to think outside of. Only the stains, and taints, are… Continue reading TRAGIC Poem: Written in Stone., by Kailey Cruz

In amber lamplight of earliest memory, I’m sitting on your lap in print footie pajamas, turning the pages of Mother Goose. I was so young when we lost each other, sundered by divorce. Over and over I woke from nightmare crying out your name, powerless to bring you back. For years, I could only finger… Continue reading TRAGIC Poem: Letter to my Father, by Deborah Bachels Schmidt

When we were whole My brother and I laughed with mirth Jumped without reason Spending smiles carelessly as if without worth Hugged and touched and kissed one another Fairies fairly magically inclined Surreal soaring youthful wonder Diwali lanterns floating personified When we were joined We never would know That we would splinter And maybe never… Continue reading TRAGIC Poem: When We Were Whole, by Sawan Patel

my birthday was today right before a national tragedy is that why i am the way i am or is it some other convoluted reason? i have been eating through books like money grows on trees thirty bucks a volume, but it must be worth the escape it brings how shameful seventeen now and still… Continue reading TRAGIC Poem: bones., by Olivia Harris

A body putrefied is more preferable than a body airfried because butter and old bay on a body testified to be better when cooked live because a body fished from the chesapeake bay is said to be a body cursed if you humanely kill before throwing a body destined to float a vat of boiling… Continue reading TRAGIC Poem: “To Airfry a Crab”, by Thomas Page

In 2058, A murder investigation leads two police detectives down a dangerous path during the early days of the colonization of Mars. CAST LIST: Narrator: Hannah Ehman Daryl: Shawn Devlin Matt: Sean Ballantyne

Haunted by both a past transgression and the unsolved murder of his hero-cop father, a biracial Philadelphia detective with a reputation for losing his cool sets out on a quest to take down a criminal kingpin, but as the investigation unfolds, he realizes he might not be prepared for what he uncovers or the sacrifices… Continue reading CRIME/MYSTERY Festival Scene: STREET KNOWLEDGE, by Greg Sawicki, Brian Miller

In 2058, A murder investigation leads two police detectives down a dangerous path during the early days of the colonization of Mars. CAST LIST: Narrator: Hannah Ehman Daryl: Shawn Devlin Matt: Sean Ballantyne

A showcase of the best of new films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS:Best Film: AN ANATOMY OF GRIEFBest Story: NOTHING HAPPENED IN 2058Best Direction: WATERLOGGED AN ANATOMY OF GRIEF, 15min., CanadaDirected by Anthony Joseph SpataforaA mother grieving the death of her son while being haunted by his corpse. https://www.instagram.com/ananatomyofgrief_shortfilm/ https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-an-anatomy-of-grief Nothing happened in 2058,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: September 2025 ACTION/CRIME/MYSTERY Festival

A showcase of the best Action/Crime/Mystery films from around the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS:Best Mystery Film: NOBODY’S BUSINESSBest Crime Film: PRIOR BAD ACTSBest Action Film: HUNTED HUNTED, 5min., USADirected by Eleazar ValenzuelaTwo sisters are fleeing from corrupt police officers intent on their destruction. Sofia possesses something highly sought after, and the officers are determined to… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: August 2025 ACTION/CRIME/MYSTERY Festival