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RIIFF Announces 2014 Screenplay Contest Winners

George Billard from Eldred, NY is the Best Screenplay Grand Prize Winner for this year's FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) Screenplay Competition. His winning screenplay is entitled "Dispossessed." George T. Marshall, RIIFF Executive Director/CEO, made the announcement of the 2014 awards.

The "Dispossessed" storyline: Distracted by his struggles raising a severely autistic son, small-town sheriff Ray Jensen grows alarmed at the unhinged and violent behavior of the locals, many of whom are under the care of the town's new doctor. Joe Sullivan, a recently defrocked priest who has returned to his hometown in disgrace, suspects that dark forces are at work.

"This is an exceptional screenplay. George's use of irony successfully captures the everyday contradictions in small town America through blending the conventional with the uncanny," said Shawn Quirk, RIIFF Program Director.

"It was an outstanding year for screenplay entries. The exceptional quality and the solid storytelling were compelling, making for difficult decision-making on the part of our international group of judges," added Quirk. "Our adjudication team read 396 screenplay entries this year, which is now the largest entry base in the competition's history. Submissions were analyzed and scored according to a set of criteria, including character, dialogue, setting, plot and technique."

"After extensive reading and deliberation among the judges, prizewinners were chosen in five distinct categories: Main Competition, LGBTQ, International Focus, Vortex Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Short Screenplay," he added. "Each will come with its own set of awards."

"Our sincere congratulations to this year's winners," stated George T. Marshall. "This competition has introduced us to some of the world's brightest and most talented writers in the craft." THE 2014 PRIZE WINNERS:

BEST SCREENPLAY GRAND PRIZE:
"Dispossessed"
Written by: George Billard (Eldred, NY, USA)

FIRST PLACE:
"The Celestial"
Written by: Barry Brennessel (Silver Spring, Maryland, USA)

Tied With:

"Dean Bailesol's Journey To Surgery"
Written by: Leonard Tachmes (Miami Beach, Florida, USA)

INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY GRAND PRIZE:
"The Night Witches"
Written by: Steven Prowse (United Kingdom)

INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY FIRST PLACE:
"Sandwoman"
Written by: Samuel Sebastian (Barcelona, Spain)

VORTEX HORROR/SCI-FI SCREENPLAY GRAND PRIZE:
"The Crimson Confession"
Written by: Raymond Just (Pasadena, CA, USA)

BARREN BRANCHES LGBTQ SCREENPLAY GRAND PRIZE:
"Transformation Awaits"
Written By: Rachel Goldberg and Jonathan Pope Evans, (Burbank, California, USA)

BARREN BRANCHES LGBTQ SCREENPLAY FIRST PLACE:
"Meena"
Written By: David M. Waters, (Macon, Georgia, USA)

SHORT SCRIPT GRAND PRIZE:
"Tata"
Written By: Markus Mueller, (Brooklyn, New York, USA)

FIRST PLACE:
"Boomerang The Great"
Written By: Ana. R. Dominick, (Sherman Oaks, California, USA)

Tied With:

"Dishes"
Written By: Jennifer Delprett, (Howell, NJ, USA)

Updated: 11/08/2014

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