We’re excited to announce our 2022 feature contest semifinalists! A COMPETITIVE YEAR We narrowed this year’s 117 quarterfinalist scripts to 28 semifinalist scripts, which was an exceptionally difficult task for our judges. We thank them for spending countless hours reading and evaluating the scripts to name our semifinalists. WHAT’S NEXT Semifinalists will receive an invitation […]
We’re excited to announce our 2021 Feature Contest semifinalists! AN EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE YEAR This year’s scripts were so outstanding that we named an unprecedented 141 quarterfinalists. To narrow those scripts to only 29 semifinalist scripts was an exceptionally difficult task for our judges. We thank them for spending countless hours reading and evaluating the scripts […]
We’re excited to announce our 2020 Feature Contest semifinalists! A COMPETITIVE YEAR This year’s scripts were so outstanding that we named an unprecedented 129 quarterfinalists. To narrow those 129 scripts to only 30 semifinalists was an exceptionally difficult task for our judges. We thank them for spending so many hours reading and evaluating the scripts […]
We’re excited to announce the 2019 Feature Contest semifinalists! Narrowing the list of 66 quarterfinalists to only 26 semifinalists was difficult, especially given the outstanding quality of the quarterfinalist scripts. WHAT’S NEXT Our 26 semifinalists all will be invited to attend this year’s feature retreat, which takes place on October 19th – October 22nd. Attendees […]
We’re pleased to announce the semifinalists for the 2018 CineStory Feature Retreat & Fellowship competition!
Listed below are the semifinalists for the 2017 CineStory Feature Retreat and Fellowship. Congratulations to these writers and thanks to all for submitting. Stay tuned for the finalists announcement here and on our Twitter and Facebook pages! AUSTENTATIOUS by Charmaine Colina BON TON ROULÉR by Beanie Barnes BROKEN HEARTLAND by Greg Daubenspeck THE BURNING SEASON by Jenny Halper CHRYSALIS by Nia Malika Dixon DISTANT EARLY […]
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 […]
After more careful, and difficult, deliberations, we are proud to announce the semifinalists of the 2013 CineStory Screenwriting Awards. Each writer below has earned an invitation to the 2013 Retreat and is in the running for the CineStory Fellowship. Congratulations to you all! 2013 FEATURE SEMIFINALISTS 11 – Troy Taylor, Melbourne, Australia ALBERT’S LIE – […]
Once again our judges had some tough decisions to make in selecting this year’s semifinalists. So to all the writers who made it to the quarterfinals, thank you for sharing your wonderful scripts. And of course our congratulations to all those whose work is advancing to the next round. Each writer below is invited to […]