Shore Scripts Names Spring 2024 Short Film Fund Winner
To Catch a Siren by Harvey John has been named the Grand Prize Winner from among 1,963 submissions to the Spring, 2024 Shore Scripts Short Film Fund Competition.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
(AWARDED $15,000 CASH PRODUCTION GRANT)
TO CATCH A SIREN
WRITTEN BY HARVEY JOHN
A young orphan desperately searches for the mermaid he believes to be his mother before he is adopted and sent to live far away.
SECOND PLACE WINNER
(AWARDED $1,000 CASH PRIZE)
LATER IS TOO LATE (‘PA LUEGO ES MUY TARDE’)
WRITTEN BY LUIS G. SANTOS
After running into each other through happenstance, two estranged siblings ponder if they should try to reconcile their relationship one last time.
TOP 5 FINALISTS
TOMORROW NIGHT by Drew Marquardt
GREEDY FOR LIFE by Emma Selinski
THE MOST MARVELOUS MAN IN THE WORLD by Khris Burton & Colin Scott
COMING OUT TO GRANDMA by Leanne Imber
BABKA by Serena Dykman
Updated: 06/20/2024
Additional Contest Info: Shore Scripts Short Film Fund
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