Congrats to Our 2021 Feature Contest Quarterfinalists!

We’re excited to announce our 2021 Feature Contest quarterfinalists! This year’s submissions displayed exceptional talent and creativity. It was a pleasure to read everyone’s work.

A COMPETITIVE YEAR

There were over 650 submissions this year, which made deciding the quarterfinalists particularly difficult. Out of those great scripts, we’ve named 141 quarterfinalists.

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 late July, when we’ll announce our semifinalists!

THE 2021 FEATURE RETREAT & FELLOWSHIP QUARTERFINALISTS:

(listed alphabetically by title)

10 WEST by Nick Gallagher

103 RULES FOR TIME TRAVELERS by Rhett Bigler

86’D by Allen Schubert & Allen Schubert

ANOTHER HAPPY DAY by Nora Fiffer

APPROACHING SUNSET by Dennis Coleman

THE ARTIFICIALS by Kristin Kirby

THE BALLAD OF ELLA & DEAN by Christopher Beaton

THE BEST LAST FAMILY CHRISTMAS by Christine O’Keefe

THE BEST MEDIOCRE SEX EVER by Ericka Ward

THE BIG SWINDLE by Greg Fortier

BLAME IT ON THE WIND by Hugh Tierney

BLUE COMEDY by Vincent Accettola

CAST LIST by Connor Smith

CHICAGO MAY by Tori Larsen

THE CHICKEN FESTIVAL by Randi Barros

THE CISTERN by Bo Kaprall & Steven Colbert

CLAIRE AKERMAN FINDS GOD by Christa Butler

COLLEGE GIRL by Joshua Tate

COME OUT FRIGHTING by Kevin Steele

THE COMING by Seth Panitch

CON DIOS by Carlos Ibarra

CRUSHED by Heidi Lux

DAMMIT, DINA! by Christina Shaver & Diona Oku

DEAN THE DRUMMER by Tannaz Hazemi

DOG OF WAR by Katterina Powers

THE DOOLING TWINS by Robert Rogers

EHLO by David Kagno

ELSIE by Fernanda Cardoso

THE ENGLISH COMPOUND by Rebekah Wilkinson

FASTER THAN HORSES by Chris Mul & Michael Mul

FEMME FATALE IN LOVE by Wayne Smith

FERNWEH – THE ACHE FOR DISTANT PLACES by Rosemary Griggs

FIVE ROOMS by Christine Sneed

FLIGHT PLANS by Keith Rivers

FLY GIRL by Christine Hoang

THE FOND HEARTS by Talia Hollander

FORBIDDEN TO SEE US SCREAM IN TEHRAN by Farbod Ardebili

FOUR FLOORS IN RAQQA by Laila Ujayli & Zaina Ujayli

FREE by Syd Blue

FROM THE BEGINNING by Erin Kathleen

GARAMBA by Aaron Wong

GAY AS CHRISTMAS by Scott Sublett

THE GHOST by Lindsey Gudritz

GILDED by Natalie Bergman

THE GIRL WITH THE RED HAIR by Caitlin Gallo & Brittany Harris

THE GRADUAL DETERIORATION OF WALTER TWIG by Ellis Cube

HASHTAG CROP CIRCLES by Tashana Landray

HECTOR Y MARIA by Colby Barrios

HELD BY WATER by Jenny Kleiman

HER SEVENTH DEATH by Virginia Austin

THE HERD by Wiek Lenssen

HI BABY by Alessandra Mesa & Tom Mishra

HOW TO CATCH A WITCH by Eliza Huberth

HOW TO FIND TRUE LOVE WHEN THE FUCKING WORLD JUST AIN’T GAY ENOUGH by Kimon Koufogiannis

I DO by Bonnie Culver

THE INGENIOUS VINCENT QUINN by Joseph Fisher & Nicholas Hyman

INVISIBLE PRISONS by Hoyt Richards & Lawrence Nelson

JAKAYLA by J. Gabriel Ware

JHO LO by Ky-Gan Teng

JOHNNY PIGSKIN by Jon O’Neal & Tom Carmody

LA PELLIGRINA by Keir Politz

LAST GEN by Tom Patric

THE LAST WILD INDIAN by Heather Ragsdale

LET ‘ER BUCK by Maren Curtis

LIES WE TELL by Heather Ragsdale

A LITTLE RANDY by Diana Caldwell

LIZELLE by Allison Orr Block

THE LOG BOOK by Marrissa Coccaro

LONG WAY HOME by Jamaal Pittman

LOVE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD by Despina Moraitou

THE LUCID DREAM: AN INDY MOVIE by Lauren Kleeman

MAKE ME AN ANGEL by Lauren Hendler

THE MARRIAGE ACT by Gregory Beam

THE MARY BATTLE by Mark Loughlin

MATHER by Kevin Percival

MAX AND VIVIAN GET MITVAH’D by Jacob Combs & Alex Ivker

MIDNIGHT ON STARLING by Alexander DiTullio

MILES AWAY FROM HOME by Brit Cowan

MINOTAUR by Tim Auld

MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE by Matthew Gomez

MR. KITTY by Eric Berg

MUSIC CITY by Nathan Fleetwood

MY BETTER HALF by Naomi Lorrain & Michael Bradley Cohen

MY COUSIN NUMBERS by Christos Kardana

NATALIA RISING by Donna Wheeler

NEVER KISSED A GIRL by James Gonzo

NO DEFENSE by Rangeley Wallace

NOT HER REAL NAME by Christine Zivic

OLIVIA’S WAR by Avishai Weinberger

ORDINARY MEN by Greg Bell

THE OUTPOST by Tonia Kempler

OUTSIDE FORCES by Daniel John Carey

PARAGRAPH 175 by Mickey Falcone

PERCY by Jessica Rowlands

PURE by Kerri Feazell

THE QUEEN OF CIRCADIA by Nick Hurwitch

RALPH by Derek Nicoletto

REAL HEROES by Richard Hohenrath & Carolina Lovera

RED, WHITE AND BLUE by Ramesh Santanam

REMAKING MARTIN by Nezih Unen

RENDER by Tracy Mathewson

REVELATIONS by John Gilligan

REVENGERS by Megan Kingsbury

ROLLING DARK by Paul Williams

THE ROMMEL GAMBIT by John Doble

THE ROSE by Amy Allen

RUN MARCUS by Mischa Webley

RUN, CRACKER, RUN! by Jordan Thornton

SAINT OF DARKNESS by Jeff Boam

SAINT SHARI by Dana Hammer

SECONDHAND MIRACLES by Jared Pascoe

THE SEEDLING by Stephanie Joalland

SHE SPENDS HER DAYS LOVING by Bonnie Edwards

SHEL by Beth Curry

SHROOMSDAY by Chris Wade & Matthew Frey Allen

SILICON GIRLS by Ellen Ancui

SINGLE CAR CRASHES by Brittani Ward

SLUGGER by J Miller

SOUTHIE WON’T GO by Jared Goodman

STILL WATERS by Jeff Hindenach

A STILLBORN REVOLUTION by Graham Milldrum

SUNDIATA: THE LION KING OF MALI by Byron James

SUNDOWN TRAIL by Luke Guidici

SURE-FIRE by Michael Goldburg, Dave Chan & Steve Wisniewski

THIS IS NOT MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE by Dan Gorski

TIDES by Judy McOstrich

TOMÁS by Kim Turner

TONE-DEAF by Harris Doran

TOO-MUCH JANE by Karlyn Gibson

TRIAL BY ERROR by Susan Cain

UPRISING by Jeff Austin

WHAT REMAINS by Alexander DiTullio

WHERE IS SHRUTI? by Kelly Lamphear-Dash

WHERE THE MEN ARE by Wendy Wilkins

WHITE BUFFALO by Jan Kimbrough

WHITE LIES by Andrea Lawson

WILD HEARTS by Jessica Rowlands

WING AND A PRAYER by Kelly Strathmore

THE WOMAN WITH NO NAME by David Weston

WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE by Kristine Eckert

YES, AND…NO, BUT… by Christine Sneed