Congrats to Our 2022 Feature Contest Quarterfinalists!

We’re excited to announce our 2022 Feature Contest quarterfinalists! This year’s submissions displayed exceptional talent and creativity. It was a pleasure to read everyone’s work.

Many thanks to our dedicated judges, who spent so many hours reading and evaluating our submissions.

WHAT’S NEXT

Quarterfinalists will be offered any open spots to this year’s retreat after the semifinalists, finalists, and winners are invited to attend. Attendees receive three 90-minute one-on-one sessions with CineStory mentors. Attendees also participate in informal rooms run by mentors that cover topics ranging from pitching like a pro to the state of filmmaking in the digital age. Click here for more information about the feature retreat.

Congratulations to this year’s feature quarterfinalists, and please check back in mid to early August, when we’ll announce our semifinalists!

THE 2022 FEATURE RETREAT & FELLOWSHIP QUARTERFINALISTS

(listed alphabetically by title)

13 MINUTES by Yvonne Paulin

1989, A PUNK ROCK LOVE STORY by Angela Matemotja

ALWAYS WE BEGIN AGAIN by Nic Cohen

AMERICAN PINBALL by Joshuah Melnick & Ary Hodge

ANANSI AND THE CHEST OF STORIES by Ayinde Ricco

ANNE BONNEY: A PIRATE’S STORY by Nicholas Leitzke

THE ART OF YIELDING by Kathryn Gardiner

ARTEMIS ONE by Nic Cohen

AS TIME GOES BY by Jon Davis

AUTHOR OF THE EPILOGUE by Catherine Vouvray

B*TCHSLAP by Victoria Stafford

BLACK CREEK TRAIL by Jaime Saginor

BROKEN MOON by Edward Pereira

BUZZARD LUCK by Toddy Eames, Anthony Warren & Vernessa Hale

CHAMPAGNE SNOWBALL by Susan Burnstine

CHEMISTRY by Jacob Marx Rice

CHRYSALIS by Jonathan Volk

COME BACK KING by Nick Scown

THE COWARD OF HICKORY COUNTY by Julia Maddox

CRAZY GIRL by Amy Haeussler

THE CRY OF THE JACKRABBIT by Allison Orr Block

CRYSTAL COBRA by Trevor Southall

CULTURE SHOCK by Michael Papich

THE DANCE OF SHIVA by Mark Perlick

DANCE OF THE FAIRIES by Mary LaMont

THE DANGEROUS DERANGEMENTS OF DOC HALLOWEEN by Nick Hurwitch

DEAF by Joshua Harris

DOC BAND-AID by Bob Bland

EHLO by David Kagno

EMERY & ELLWORTH MAKE A PICTURE by Madi Stine

EVER WAKING by Akevo Jenkins

EXOPLANET EARTH by Charles Penman

FAIR TRADE by Diana Caldwell

FAT KID LOSER by Kyle McQueen

FEARLESS by Rangeley Wallace

THE FINAL CUT by Giuseppe Cocca

FINAL EXAM by C.J. Ehrlich

A FIRE INSIDE by Richard Martin

A FLIGHTLESS BIRD UPON FALLING by Chase Drummond

GET OUT AND UNDER THE MOON by Pamela Winfrey

GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE by Tanner Moody

THE GUNS AT COWRA by Vir Srinivas

HAINT BLUE by Tif Robinette

HERE AND NOW by Kimon Koufogiannis

THE HOUSE ON FELICITY STREET by Brea Cola Angelo

HYSTERIA by Liz Edwards

INTERNAL SECURITY by Stefan Alexander

INWARD by Jolan Bastien

ISABELLE by Laurie Curtis

THE JAMES KING VERSION by David Schroeder

JUSTICE – WORKING TITLE by Michelle Robinson

KEEPER OF THE NIGHT by Sandra Ann Gibson

KILLER CROSSOVER by Brandon Burkhart

KILLING WALTZ by Kristin Kirby

LADIES CLUB by Candace Egan

LAMB by Myra Aquino

LAND OF THE FREE by Cody Beavers

THE LAST GOOD MAN by Reshma Crawford

LEATHERFACE LADY by Tonia Kempler & Bulent Gurcan

LEAVING L.A. by Jon Davis

LIFECLOCK by Scott Nabat

LIFELINK by John Gilligan

MACHETE QUEEN by Sierra Hall

MAJOR HACKER’S WAR by Steve Blame

MAKE BELIEVE by Brit Cowan

MARCEL by David Soll

MAXIMA: VESTAL VIRGIN GLADIATRIX by Tony Cammarata

MENDACITY by Paul Baiguerra

MERRYVILLE by Laura Skopec

MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE by Matthew Gomez

MUSIC CITY by Nathan Fleetwood

OLI & OMI by Randi Barros

OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE by Archana Shinde

THE OTHER PAULINE by Siv Stark

OUT/BREAK by Tapan Sharma

THE OWNER by Marie-Emmanuelle Hartness

THE PAIN-FREE DAY by Sarah Granger

PALISADES BEACH by Jacob Combs

THE PASSION OF PAULI MURRAY by Sean Slater

THE PEPPER by Christine Garver

THE PERCIPIENT by Leon Masters

PET EARTHLING by David Hundsness

PORTLAND by Michael Weinreb

THE PURPOSE OF WINTER by Brad Jayne

QUADRA-GALACTIC MANEUVERS IN THE DARK by George Strayton

RAINBOW MAN by Bonnie Culver

RAT BASTARDS by Keri Lee

REVELATIONS by John Gilligan

REVENGE OF THE PUMPKIN QUEENS by Jon O’Neal

RUNILA  by Deven Patel

SAIGON DOLL by Tony Ferrendelli

SLUGGER by J Miller

SOMETIMES THE DEVIL WINS by Tex Gresham

THE SPARKLES by Marco Gabriel

THE STRATFORD WIFE by Sarah Sinclair

A TASTE OF CHOCOLATE: THE GOSPEL ACORDING TO COFFEE by Timothy Ware-Hill

THOSE WHO DON’T BELONG by Liz Edwards

THRASH CANYON by Andrew Gilchrist

TIES THAT BIND by Jesse Allis

THE TIME IT TAKES TO FALL by Margaret Dean

THE TITANOMACHY by Mikael Holcombe-Scali

TRICE by Matthew Foss & Carlos Washington

TRIP by Shannon Sipher

TRUE BLUE by Charmaine Colina

UNBOUND by Micah Joyce Walsh

UNCONDITIONAL by Jessica Mastro

UNHITTABLE by Samuel Robotham

THE UNHOUSED by Robert Ptolemy

UNSATISFIED by Evan Greenberg

WECOME TO CALIFORNIA / FROM L.A. COUNTY JAIL TO #1 IN SALES by Sandra Boszko

WHILE THE TREES SLEEP by Emilie Sabath

THE WHISPERERS by Travis Opgenorth

WILD HEARTS by Jessica Rowlands

THE WOLFGIRL JOURNAL Michael Ker

WOODSIDE by Gerard Shaka

YOU’RE ALL I NEED by Lily Semel

ZENITH by Lola Szczotarska