HOLLYWOOD STAGE SCRIPT FILM COMPETITION
WINNERS, JUNE 2025
BEST FEATURE FILM
SIMON SAYS
Michael Joseph Prieto
USA
BEST FEATURE DOC
Broad Minded City
Quirino de la Cuesta
USA
BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE DOC
Freedom Reigns
Matt Cohn, Joey Rossetti
USA
BEST SHORT FILM
Bad Day
Jess Boylan
Ireland
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Making of Making Nothing
Barbara Erni
Switzerland
BEST SUPER SHORT FILM (UNDER 10 MIN)
Pigasus: The Lost Paradise - Battle for Evermore
Sean Patrick O'Reilly
USA
BEST AI FILM
Shape of Things to Come
Tony Savo
USA
BEST MALE DIRECTOR
Then & Now
Anton Svantesson-Helkiö
Finland
BEST MICROFILM (UNDER 5 MIN)
Lucien
Simon Catillon
France
BEST DRAMA
The Brazilian Investment
Jamaal Richards
UK
BEST ANIMATION
Pigasus: The Lost Paradise - Battle for Evermore
Sean Patrick O'Reilly
USA
BEST DIRECTOR ANIMATION FILM
Nanakorobi (Seven Falls)
Glenna Burmer, Gaby Breiter
USA
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Downriver
Andrea Boll
Switzerland
BEST DOCUDRAMA
Stromboli – as long as the heart beats
Hanspeter Aliesch, Zürich
Switzerland
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
I'm just here.
Rasmus Kaessmann
Germany
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Falling In Love
Philos Maurice Klein
Germany
BEST DANCE MUSIC VIDEO
Dance
Brad Hammer
USA
BEST LYRICS SONG
Dreams Come True
Mahmoud Ahmed Hawary
France
BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO
Falling In Love
Philos Maurice Klein
Germany
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR MUSIC VIDEO
Who I Am
Dawn Young
USA
BEST SCREENPLAY CONTEST - SHORTS
Knocking on Heaven's Backdoor
Antonis Christodoulou
Greece
BEST SCREENPLAY CONTEST - FEATURES
LAST ISLAND
Manfred Winter
Austria
BEST FIRST TIME SCREENWRITER
Girl On Fire
Kimberly Fisher
USA
BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT
Uncommon Grounds
Joseph Anthony Francis
USA
BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY
The Nephew
Helen Georgiou
Australia
BEST COMEDY SCREENPLAY
Your Flower Is Closing
Matty Mahoney
USA
BEST ACTION SCREENPLAY
Caleb - The Biker
Philip Michael
USA
BEST HORROR SCREENPLAY
COUNT TO 10
Stephane CARPENTIER
France
BEST THRILLER SCREENPLAY
Zandaya
Curtis Harrison
USA
BEST SCI-FI SCREENPLAY
2BLACKOP
Dick B Landon
USA
HOLLYWOOD STAGE SCRIPT FILM COMPETITION
WINNERS, APRIL 2025
BEST FEATURE FILM
IRISO
Mitsuo Kurihara
Japan
BEST FEATURE DOC
land grab - zebrana zemja
Maja Nagel, Julius Günzel
Germany
BEST INDIE FEATURE FILM
Through life and death
Qing Chang
China
BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE DOC
Salmon Run
Pieter J Kruit
USA
BEST AI FILM
A long goodbye
Lachesis Laval
China
BEST SHORT FILM
Trust
Diane Lansing
USA
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
The Spirit of Pioneers
César Rozas
Spain
BEST STUDENT FILM
Two scars
Lan Wei Hao
Taiwan
BEST SUPER SHORT FILM (UNDER 10 MIN)
The Elevator
Julie Goldstone
USA
BEST AMERICAN SHORT FILM
Stoned for Christmas
Morgan Young
USA
BEST INDIE SHORT FILM/LOW BUDGET (UNDER 25000 USD BUDGET)
Spitting Image
Dimitri Dyó
USA
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
Disrupt(ed)
Adriana Teresa Letorney
USA
BEST MALE DIRECTOR
Echoes of Eternity
Bengt Säll
Sweden
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
Disrupt(ed)
Adriana Teresa Letorney
USA
BEST ANIMATION
Testimony
Su Min Ha
USA
BEST DIRECTOR ANIMATION FILM
Stoned for Christmas
Morgan Young
USA
BEST THRILLER
Hear Me
Taysha McFarland
Australia
BEST WEB SERIES
Small Town Witches
Dir.: Melissa Graves
USA
BEST SCI-FI
Apocalypse Immortal
Fabrice HOURLIER
France
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Curtain Call
Harrison Winter Altmann
Australia
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Apocalypse Immortal
Fabrice HOURLIER
France
BEST ACTRESS
In the Matter of Brian Franks
Dir.: Lauren Patrice Nadler, Actress: Laur Allen
USA
BEST ENSEMBLE
Small Town Witches
Dir.: Melissa Graves, Ensamble: Anna Knight, Beike Hiemstra, Lisa-Maria Carter, Charlie Rich, Graham Pountney, Evie Connolly, Monika Brodowska, Jill Stanford, Nicola Wright, Leah Barbara West
USA
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Just Human
Mohammed K Paika
USA
BEST SCREENPLAY CONTEST - SHORTS
Wild Orange, Hot Blue
Tyler Benjamin Korock
USA
BEST SCREENPLAY CONTEST - FEATURES
Samson
Colin Duncan
UK
BEST FIRST TIME SCREENWRITER
Monster Within
Emanuele Frusi
Italy
BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT
At The Flash
Sean Chandler, David Leeper
USA
BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY
Two Good Turns
Judy Faulkner-Krause, Ariel DeSilvis
USA
BEST COMEDY SCREENPLAY
P-town
Eric Faulkner
USA
BEST ACTION SCREENPLAY
Red Moon
Scott Kenyon Barker
USA
BEST FANTASY SCREENPLAY
When on High
Jude Quintiere
USA
BEST HORROR SCREENPLAY
The Old Ways
John Rice
USA
BEST THRILLER SCREENPLAY
Painted in Blood
Stephen Settimi
USA
BEST SCI-FI SCREENPLAY
Crossing Xavier
Bear Kosik
USA
Honorable Mention
State Organs (Canada, Raymond Zhang)
Sunshine (UK, Manu Kurewa)
Pokua (USA, Kwabena Appiah, Jennifer Ama Kesewaa)
A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate (Singapore, Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, Christina Teenz Tan)
Is Someone There? (UK, Andrew Dornan)
The Silence between us (Austria, Kerstin Schaumberger)
A Quick Connect (USA, Leslie Harter-Berg)
ADRENALINE (India, Vedd Vijay Rawtaani)
Seasoning of the Soul (USA, Charli Brown)
Operation Talus (USA, Charli Brown)
Antipolis (Estonia, Kaspar Jancis)
BRIDGE -My Little Friends- (Japan, Kazuyuki Ishihara)
The Search for the Cheeseman (USA, Matthew Aird)
I SWEAR * (Belgium, Nathan Hey)
One Wore Blue And One Wore Black (Canada, Diana Duric)
The Gift (USA, J N Gould)
Lunch Lady (USA, Colleen Asbury)
COSMO (Spain, Miguel Valle)
Lebanese Cookies (Lily Patel)
Bitter Coffee (Sergio Pazos Conde)
PROGRAMS (France, Irina Vysotskaya)
DUKES (USA, Tim Tuchrello)
Summary Justice: A Lynching in College Town (UAS, Doug Hunt, Joe Rufo)
Alixandre (USA, Brit Merrick)
LAMBADA THE DANCE OF FATE (USA, Kai Fischer)
Exodus (USA, Mick Williams)
Tomas (USARobert Bedick)
Why Are You Weeping, Sister (USA, Helen C. Chapman)
Undercurrents (USA, Scott D Cox)
At The Flash (USA, Sean Chandler, David Leeper)
A Siren's Sweet Whisper (USA, Fred G Stemme)
A Death In Brooklyn (USA, Harris W Freedman)
When JIM met TIM (Germany, Thorsten Schade)
El Dia de Los Muertos (Sean O'Neil)
Viaticum (USA, Brit Merrick)
Aurora Dawn (John M Grace)
TYPE II (Canada, Alex Ra)
Portrait of a Grieving Housewife (USA, Yana Alliata)
HOLLYWOOD STAGE SCRIPT FILM COMPETITION
WINNERS
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
A Legend of Persephone
C.J. Palmisano
USA
Honorable Mention
DRAG QUEENS OF EMERALIS
KEVIN MICHAEL IRVINE
USA
COOP
Joe Leone
USA
Secret in the Triangle
Shelley Chester
USA
The Letters
Michael angel Johnson
USA
BEST TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - PILOT
JOHN H. WATSON CRIME DOCTOR
Timothy Erving Liebe
USA
Honorable Mention
Wildflower of the Valley: Carnal Bloom
Hannah Rose Vernot
USA
#MyGamophobia
Catherine Natale
USA
THE VIPER LOUNGE: Electric Ladyland
J.B. MacCallum
USA
No Shortcut to Freedom
Rita Cornelia Reinecker
USA
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
How to Lie to Yourself in Three Maybe Four Easy Lessons
Stoney Forde
USA
Honorable Mention
Teddy Better Be Late
Matthew Gilleece
USA
FIDO
John Norris Ray
USA
Rory on the Edge of Chaos
Max Baker
USA
Bridge in the Distance
Clarence Holmes
USA
BEST FIRST TIME SCREENWRITER (FEATURE SCREENPLAY)
Just For Today
Madeleine Joanne Ellis
USA
Honorable Mention
The Secret Notes
Joni Ravenna, Joshua Townshend-Zellner, Kabin Thomas
USA
Turtle On A Fence Post
James Patrick Costello
USA
The Styrofoam Shaman
Christopher Manydeeds
USA
Semicolon Life Goes On
Andreina P. Aristeiguieta, Alberto Arvelo
USA
BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY
THE LADY WITH THE LAMP
Ashley Kimberly Anne Schroff, Eric Gerard Sollars
USA
Honorable Mention
The Loser's Club
Jonathan Turner Smith
USA
Maple Grove
Richard Telesca
USA
Texas Tom
WAYNE GIBSON
USA
A Bullet For God's Bounty
Don Stroud
USA
THE CASE OF ALLEN FORESYTE
Marcus Sanford
USA
BEST FOREIGN (INTERNATIONAL) SCREENPLAY
The Dead Ringer
Suzanne LUTAS
French Polynesia
Honorable Mention
Katherine and Spencer
Walt Alexander
USA
The War Within Her
Christian Georges Bruyere
Canada
BEST YOUNG SCREENWRITER (under 30y.)
Newbreed
Joe Rosario, Steve Crandall
USA
Honorable Mention
Just 5 Minutes
Maxwell Wang
USA
BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY
The Language of Wolves
Nan Schmid
USA
Honorable Mention
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR
Jean Buschmann
USA
Black and White
Benjamin Burgess Jr.
USA
French Broad - The Pilot: Falling Forward
Reid J Barwick, Nathan Boyd Weber
USA
A Broken Soldier
Noel Kearns
USA
My Name Was Icek
R. A. Modro
USA
#notmetoo
Michele A. Merens
USA
Victor
Aaron Huckleberry
UK
End of the Century
Anselmo Garcia
USA
BEST COMEDY SCREENPLAY
Hanx
Eric Laney
USA
Honorable Mention
REZ
Listening Raven
US
The Most Famous Car in the World
Bruce James Clark
Australia
Incident on Highway 7
J. Aldric Gaudet
USA
The Practice Marriage
Stewart A Fergus
USA
Bessie's Place
Adam Sandel
USA
BEST HORROR SCREENPLAY
The Long Dark
Ruben Solano
USA
Honorable Mention
The Protégé
Kennedy Sabelko
USA
Cat Lady
Suzan Averitt, Jeff G Peters
USA
BEST THRILLER SCREENPLAY
Immunity
Shari Umansky
USA
Honorable Mention
MONEY IS THE STREAM OF BLOOD
Kevin Ndango
USA
The Connecting Betrayal
Vivianne Rosenberg
USA
The Black Pearl
Sue Karypidis
USA
Tortured Minds
Brian Charles McCarthy
USA
The Monumental Twins Of Magic
Kit Wilson
USA
BEST SCI-FI SCREENPLAY
Fractures In Time
Lesley Ann Albiston
UK
Honorable Mention
The Killing Dream
Aaron Heinrich
USA
The Old Man and The Princess
Sean-Paul Thomas Cairns
USA
BEST ACTION SCREENPLAY
Pendragon
Steve McGraw
USA
Honorable Mention
The King's Crown
Jack McLaughlin
USA
1000 - The Sword in the Stone series
Guido Maria GIORDANO
Italy
The World Turned Upside Down
Dennis O'Flyng
USA
BEST CRIMI SCREENPLAY
MAFIA PROM DATE-VOLPE
Michael J Volpe
USA
Honorable Mention
Tijuana Touchdown
Ronald Dean Smith
USA
BEST LGBTQ SCREENPLAY
Monday's Hero
Larry Downes
Canada
Honorable Mention
#intagoys
Matthew Rodney Chess
SUA