Congrats to Our 2021 Feature Contest Semifinalists!

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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 to name our semifinalists.

WHAT’S NEXT

Semifinalists will receive an invitation to this year’s feature retreat within the next few weeks. Once the semifinalists have had an opportunity to respond to the invitation, quarterfinalists will be invited to attend the retreat and any remaining retreat spots will be available to all invitees on a first come, first serve basis.

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 semifinalists, and please check back in early to mid-August, when we’ll announce our finalists!

THE 2021 FEATURE RETREAT & FELLOWSHIP SEMIFINALISTS
(listed alphabetically by title)

103 RULES FOR TIME TRAVELERS by Rhett Bigler

CAST LIST by Conner Smith

CHICAGO MAY by Tori Larsen

THE CHICKEN FESTIVAL by Randi Barros

THE CISTERN by Bo Kaprall & Steven Colbert

DOG OF WAR by Katterina Powers

FEMME FATALE IN LOVE by Wayne Smith

FIVE ROOMS by Christine Sneed

FLY GIRL by Christine Hoang

FOUR FLOORS IN RAQQA by Laila Ujayli & Zaina Ujayli

FROM THE BEGINNING by Erin Kathleen

JAKAYLA by J. Gabriel Ware

LIES WE TELL by Heather Ragsdale

MAKE ME AN ANGEL by Lauren Hendler

THE MARRIAGE ACT by Gregory Beam

THE MARY BATTLE by Mark Loughlin

MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE by Matthew Gomez

MY COUSIN NUMBERS by Christos Kardana

OLIVIA’S WAR by Avishai Weinberger

PERCY by Jessica Rowlands

REVENGERS by Megan Kingsbury

ROLLING DARK by Paul Williams

THE ROSE by Amy Allen

THE SEEDLING by Stephanie Joalland

SHEL by Beth Curry

SILICON GIRLS by Ellen Ancui

SUNDOWN TRAIL by Luke Guidici

WILD HEARTS by Jessica Rowlands

THE WOMAN WITH NO NAME by David Weston