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Scripts Finalists

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Loss of the Decade
by Brandon Enns
Private investigator Tom Bennett's daughter was kidnapped ten years ago. As he attempts to find solace, an unexpected phone call leads him down a dark and desperate search.
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Master Moon
by Michael Vincent Montgomery
A little girl is raised by a gruff Zen Master.
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PASSAGE
by Luke Campen
Once great warrior and hero of the Watch, Spero, has become a recluse ever since the death of his wife, instead choosing to while away his days working on his painting, searching within them for some meaning to the events that lead him to where he has found himself in life. Things take a turn when ex-Watchman and best friend Bellator arrives to confront him, worried for his sanity and hoping to get him to rejoin the old team. This proves non too easy, however, when it Bellator's jealousy over Spearo's stealing the love of his life come into play.
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Disillusionment
by Kayla Ditlefsen
A young man stuck in a vicious cycle of alcohol and drugs comes to terms with the person he has become while searching for his missing girlfriend. As he spends days searching for her with the help of his neighbor, His paranoia sets in when he realizes that his neighbor has an unsettling motive to keep the truth from him.
READ SCRIPT HERE

Film & Video Finalists

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Natural Selection
by Cynthia Cazañas Garín
this documentary reflects the mistreatment of animals, mainly dogs and cats, which is an usual and insensible practice today in Cuba. These practices are the direct result of Cuba's lack of an Animal Protection Act.
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Tick Tock
by Kelsy Gossett
Woman stands in front of camera in underwear filled with chicken eggs. After a several seconds of standing still, she proceeds to break the eggs with her own fist at a regular pace until all of the eggs are broken, dripping down her legs. She waits and then releases the broken eggs.

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THE BRINDIS
by Antonio David Ferraro
When Luis thinks he has found the real love, his past strikes back like a cold revenge
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Take Flight
by Alienated Films
Flying the drone through Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio and showing the beauty they all provide.






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Vicious Minds Project
by Michaël Resin
Betrayed by his best friend, Michael decides to take revenge by calling the strengths of the darkness
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Road Kill
by Campbell Dalglish
A childless couple celebrates their 7th anniversary with an annual ritual on the night of the Rose Moon. What begins with a romantic effort to get pregnant ends in a petty argument. Speeding off in the fog from a remote restaurant they hit something. What it is and how they leave it will change their lives forever.
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First, They Come for Me
by Paco Jones
In a possible near future, a man faces the consequences of an entire society falsely placing blame on those least able or likely to fight back.
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The Lurking Man Trailer
by Maritza Brikisak
full length (2:30) official trailer for my film 'The Lurking Man'.
'Cailean' is on a path of of self destruction trying to forget a childhood trauma. She has been manipulated all her life and in her deathbed is coerced to accept a chance to redeem herself if she accepts the thankless job of 'Death'.

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The Big Payback
by Maziyar Khatam
Down on his luck Alfie loses a high stakes poker game and his affair with a Russian mobster's daughter is discovered. Forcing him to plan a heist in order to payback his large debt.
WATCH TRAILER:
https://vimeo.com/180503691
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Confessions Of An Underage Masturbator
by Amanda Sukenick
This short animated movie is based on memories I have of dry humping my teddy bear as a child. I made it because these early, (Some would say to early.) sexual escapades, and the fantasies they inspired, were some of the most important memories of my childhood.
WATCH AND VOTE
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Score Finalists

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Invisible
by Hans Michael Hess
Composer:
Hans Michael Anselmo Hess

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Until the End, Amir
by Roy Zafrani
Composer:
Nami Melumad

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Immortality of the Conscious Mind
by Dylan Hoang
Composer:
Miguel Leyva


Poster Finalists

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By Any Name
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Prevarication
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Vanity Fear
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Strayed Outta Compton

RESULTS




BEST OF AUDIENCE
FOR NOVEMBER EDITION
Confessions Of An Underage Masturbator
by Amanda Sukenick










BEST OF FESTIVAL
FOR NOVEMBER EDITION

Road Kill
by Campbell Dalglish
















BEST SCRIPT
FOR NOVEMBER EDITION

PASSAGE
by Luke Campen




















BEST POSTER
FOR NOVEMBER EDITION

Vanity Fear
















BEST SCORE
FOR NOVEMBER EDITION

Until the End, Amir
by Nami Melumad
Composer:
Nami Melumad


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