Congrats to Our 2024 Feature Contest Quarterfinalists!

We’re excited to announce our 2024 Feature Contest quarterfinalists! This year’s submissions showed tremendous talent. It was a pleasure to read everyone’s work.

Many thanks to our dedicated judges, who spent 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 early August, when we’ll announce our semifinalists!

THE 2024 FEATURE RETREAT & FELLOWSHIP QUARTERFINALISTS

(listed alphabetically by title)

20 FIGHTS: THE FIRST SEVEN by Lesley Fera

THE (RELUCTANT) HERO’S JOURNEY by Kevin Sterling

A.C. ANONYMOUS by Victor Neumark

AFTER MOZART by Jimmy Miller

ALPHABET CITY by Kristen McNaule

AMEN & AMEEN by Susan Polk

ANDY WARHOL MUST DIE! by Graham Lee

BACKSPLASH! by James Tison & Kylie Holloway

THE BADLAND by Josh Smith

THE BASTARD CHILDREN OF JAVIER ORTIZ by Arianna Ortiz

BECOMING BOLEYN by Jocelyn Osier

THE BELLS by Judith Posey

A BETTER TOMORROW by Mark Evans

BLACK SUN by Richard Rowley

BLOODY BURLESQUE by Jill Morley

BROTHEL by L.M. Harter & Alex Chew

CHATTER by Isabella Waldron

A CHOCOLATE HAIRCUT by Jordan Freese

CHRISTMAS IN CRYONIS by Molly Bandt & Celia Ramsey

CLOSER TO THE SUN by Sara Althani

COMANCHE & DJINN by Maziar Lahooti

COME OUT AND PLAY by Randall Greenland & Jason Tostevin

CUTEST COUPLE by Lu Lenoxx

DEAD MAN’S ROLL by John O’Day

DEADBEAT DICK by Heather Davis

THE DEAL by Kara Mannix

DELICIOUS SECRET by Paul Lucia

DIRTY WEEKEND by C.J. Ehrlich

DREAM MOTHER by Kate Imy

DUAL CITIZEN by Mickey Falcone

EAST OF MECCA by Sheila Flaherty

ELECTRIC BEINGS by Jacob Marx Rice

ESKIMO BROTHERS 2024 by Alex Halpern

FALSE HOPE by Piotr Zawiślak

A FAMILY WOMAN by Lauren Hendler

THE FIRE UPSTAIRS by Hunter Burke & Nick Lavin

FIVE TIGERS by Shiv B

THE FORGOTTEN FRONT by Barbara Neri

FROM RUSSIA WITH METAL by Kevin Caruso

THE FUTURE by Ray Gettman Bush

THE GODDESS AND THE GRACKLE by Suzanne Faber

GOLD DIGGER LAKE by Renee Brown

GOOD CHANCE by Tricia Lee

GOOD NEWS GARY by Chad Hutson

HAPPY CAMPERS by Laura LeeLun

HEARTRACE by Will Bermender

HEARTSTRUNG by Shelby Nicholas

HERE AND NOW by Kimon Koufogiannis

HOMESTALKER by Olivia Jampol

HUNTER, FATHER by Elijah Williams

HUNTER’S WISH by Steven Bogart

IN THE YEAR OF THE GALLOWS by Leanna Ellis

INCONVENIENCED by Adhish Yajnik

AN INCREASINGLY IMPROBABLE DÉTENTE (ON THE 2:15 TO PARIS) by Louisa Makaron

THE INCREDIBLE SUMMER OF RUBY AND JUNE by Heidi Nyburg

INSIDE PASSAGE by Bryan Fierro

INVISIBLE by D A Jolivette

JACKSON FALLS by Victor Neumark & Mads Summerfield

JAPANESE FOR BASEBALL by Ray Keller

JOSEFINA by Kevin Walsh

KILL ME by Rachael Biggs

LADY G by Robert Axelrod

LADY JAY by Alexandra Amadio

THE LAST CON by Susan Lerner

LE BON TEMPS by Eileen Dennehy

LEAVING LOS ANGELES by Duncan Novak

LIVE A LITTLE by Casey Rand

THE LYON OF TIMES SQUARE by Christopher Loveland

THE MAGIC HOURGLASS by Joel Karlinsky

MAMMOTH by Robert Buscemi

THE MAN SHE WAS by Kasi Brown & Ric Averill

MARILYN, LUCINDA, JACKIE, & JO by Kenya Collins

MASH by Christa Butler

MASS HYSTERIA by Stephen Coll

MELT by Jessica Riches

MOLE by Alex Wilson

THE MOONSET MISTAKE by Michael Sarrow

A MOTHER by Zoe Kerr

MUFFLER MAN by Helen Sedwick

MY MICHELIN STAR FOR BRAVERY by Hugh Tierney

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DECORATIONS by Steffany Sommers

OFF COLOR by Tapan Sharma

ONSET by Laurie Gardiner

THE OVERTURE by Jeffrey Lei

PALISADE PEACHES by Jacob Combs

A PARANOID STATE by Martyn Williams

THE PATRON SAINT OF SECOND CHANCES by Lisa Kors

PAX RAMONA by Stephanie Platter

PEARL JAM AND TOAST by William Downs

A PLACE FOR US by Izzy Mant

PLANTATION WEDDING by Ashlee Smith & Alex Chew

PLUME_ by Teague Kennedy

POLAR BEAR ADOPTION CAMP by Eva von Schweinitz

A POLITICAL AFFAIR by KRISTINA CASTILLO

PRAIRIE LILY by Ryan Bruce

A PROFILED LIFE by Ran Jing

PURE INTENTIONS by Sarah Peele

RAVENOUS by Danielle Tjoelker

RESET by Paul Schutte

REZ by Listening Raven

THE RIDE by Jared Pascoe

RIGHT SIZE by Julia Amaya

THE RIP by Matija Sraj

THE RISE OF NEWMAN POO, THE NOTORIOUS C.P.A. by Michael Kang

THE RULES OF JOHN HUGHES by Kevin Jokipii

SACRIFICIAL PRODIGY by Kristen McNaule

SAVE THE CHILDREN by Connor Smith

SCORPIO by Allanah Avalon

SENSEI by Merridith Allen

SEOUL 88 by Jennifer D’Angelo Kircher & Nancy Stearns Bercaw

SHADE by Maria Ghiglieri

SHE DONE IT by Betsy Nagler

SILENT RETREAT by Nicholas Perlman

SOMETHING ABOUT THE TIDE by Julia Morizawa

STAND UP by Eric Meltzer

STOLEN CRIMES by Timothy Jay Smith

SWITCH TRACK by Jenna Macari & Logan Russell

TAKEDOWN by Mark Cooper

THESE CUFFS FOLLOWED ME HOME by Vijay Ilankamban

TIME WILLING by Renee Brown

TO THE SEA by Vanessa Magic

TONIGHT THE MOON by Kristin Kirby

TRASH by Alex Chew

TRICK OR TREAT FOREVER by Sierra Hall

TRIVIAL PURSUITS by Kristen Angonese

UNDER MOVING SKIES by Paige Wood & V T Nayani

UNIDENTIFIED by Darren Moran

THE VENGEANCE by Jon O’Neal & Spencer Daniels

WALTER VS HIMSELF by LS Garvey

WATERMELON, WATERMELON, WATERMELON by Calvin Claudio

WELCOME TO THE NO BEAU CHATEAU by Jeffrey Elder

WENDYBOT by Kasi Brown & Brandon Walter

WHO WANTS TO BE CLARA SAINT? by Matthew Stewart

WILD HEARTS by Jessica Rowlands

WOLF HEAD ISLAND by Leigh Himel