2014 Semifinalists Announced

We are delighted to announce the semifinalists of the 2014 CineStory Screenwriting Awards. As well as being in the running for the grand prize, the CineStory Fellowship, each semifinalist is invited to the CineStory Retreat taking place in Idyllwild, CA, from September 26th-September 30th.

Aerial Girl – Terri Sissman, Arcadia, CA

Bank Robbing For Dummies – Robert Keith Watson, Sherman Oaks, CA

The Boob Job – Debra Vance, Santa Barbara, CA

Bottomless – Jonathan Figg, Studio City, CA

Brand New Day – Hugh Brune, United Kingdom

Civil War – Geoff Elsner & Carson Griffis, Sherman Oaks, CA

Clouds of Sorrow – Jack Davidson, Sparks, NV

The Courage Inside – Melissa Emery, Marina Del Rey, CA

The Dressmaker – Clare Sladden, Queensland, Australia

Good Blood – Anthony McHie, Atlanta, GA

Housemother – Leslie Dallas, Los Angeles, CA

If I Needed You – Scott Honea, Austin, TX

Lancelot – Nicholas Horwood, London, UK

A Little Escape (Un Fuitina) – Frederick Rendina, New York

Living in Pictures – Andrew Severin, Long Beach, CA

Magnus the Magnificent – Kim Manky, Glendale, CA

Middleman – Dan Tice, Ann Arbor, MI

Murder Me – David Luz, Framingham, MA

My Next Life – Gary Templeton, Woodland Hills, CA

Namaste Mumbai – Beewan Athwal, London, UK

Narcocorrido – Ryan Prows, Los Angeles, CA

Not Me – Kathaleen Brewer, Fayetteville, GA

One Big Happy Family – Jen Kleiner, Los Angeles, CA

Patient 36 – Hank Hoffman, Los Angeles, CA

Sacred Hearts – Raymond Gill, San Francisco, CA

Skip the Youth – Collin Blair, Burbank, CA

Sugar In My Veins – Barbara Stepansky, California

The Trial of Jean Gump – Joan Kufrin, Chicago, IL

Tru Fairy Tale – Rick Carr, Columbus, OH

Veronica & Julian; Uncoupling – Otoja Abit, Queens, NY

The Virgin Abby – Amy Whittenberger, Los Angeles, CA

A Week With the Whale – Thomas Gelo, Dallas, TX

What Rough Beast – Kranti Pally, Madison, NJ