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DIFF Screenwriting Competition
SEMIFINALISTS
Listed below are the semifinalists for the 2020 Dallas International Film Festival's Screenwriting Competition. Congratulations to all of our writers who have advanced in the competition and thank you for your submissions!
Our readers are experienced industry professionals from Hollywood's top agencies, and our judges panel consists of award-winning writers and producers.
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Finalists - May 12, 2020
Winners - May 27, 2020
Feature/One Hour Pilot
Wives of Gangsters | Christopher Xiao & Jae Yu |
The Storm King | Alex Hendler |
The Devil is Hiding | James Nee |
The Catch | Mike Farris |
Silent Hope | Tyler Miranda |
Sarah Startup | Gregg Greenberg & Christopher Kublan |
Riding Shotgun | Nafi Ayvaci |
Reformed | Johnny Gilligan |
Outpost | Troy Perkins |
Lancaster Pastoral | Raymond Cho |
Greenwood | Jody Hadlock & A.J. Orr |
Faster Than Horses | Chris & Michael Mul |
Everybody Knows | Rangeley Wallace |
Digg Dogg | Lucas Popowitz |
Connected | Hillery Baker |
Braddock | Gregory Caruso |
Blood Trail | Hind Metwalli |
Short/Half Hour Pilot
Special Days | Blake Rice |
Skinny Dip | Daniel Pappas |
Shit Squad | Harry Hunsicker |
Selkie | Chris & Michael Mul |
Long Play | Ian Mather & Anne-Marie Trabolsi |
Great America | Angelita Mendoza & Morten Vestergaard Jensen |
Dear Ramsey | Jackson Coates |
Day Job Jesus | Hans-Eric Gosch & Mike Goudreau |
Crossing | Troy Perkins |
Cloistered | M Rowan Meyer |
Chasity High | Ian Mather & Anne-Marie Trabolsi |
Bucking Up | Erin Dewey Lennox & Emily Maya Mills |
Broken Dreams | Ron Hervey |
Boxed Wine | Gregory Caruso |
Blood Trail | Derek Massey |
Blackpiphany | Peterjohn Minto & Ashli Auguillard |
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