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PAGE Names 2022 Semifinalists

The 2022 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards contest has announced their semifinalists - the top 25 scripts in each of 10 genre categories. This year’s Semi-Finalists include writers from Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Denmark, Poland, Portugal, Kuwait, India, South Korea, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and all across the United States:

ACTION/ADVENTURE

1600
Marisa Schley

81 HOURS
Sandra Rubin

BACKWATERS
Jeffrey Craine

A BULLET TO THE HEAD OVER HEELS
Frank Bello

CALL OUT
Neer Shelter

CENTENARIAN
Eric Han

THE DESERTERS
H.A. Young

DRIVEN
D.J. McPherson

EL BANDOLERO
Daniel Albino

THE EURIPIDES ENGINE
Peter Andrews

A FIRE INSIDE
Richard Martin

GHOST TRAIN
Patrick Sweeney

HADLEYVILLE
Zach Jansen

THE HEIST CLUB
Brian Tuttle

HEIST/HEIST
Takeo Hori

IMPERATIVE
Jeffrey Radlauer

THE NEWLYWEDS
John Lawniczak

OVERPRINT
Henry Harper

THE PREY
Michael Miersen

THE ROMMEL GAMBIT
John Doble

SYMPATHY FOR THE WILD
Eamonn Cogan

TARO: LEGEND OF JAPAN
Blue Spruell

THE TOWN MUSICIAN OF BREMEN
Emily Al-Jbouri

TROPHIES
Peter Van Horne

ZERO LINE
Timothy Kontje

COMEDY

BARRY, THE DEAD.
David Lambertson

BOSSY, DOMESTIC & SKINNY
Jade Shine

CATCH AND RELEASE
Jenna Macari & Logan Russell

CELEBRITY FREEBIE
Douglas Abeles

CHAOS AT THE QUINCEANERA
Fabian Garcia Alvarado & Matthew Stenerson

A COP AND A VAMPIRE WALK INTO A BAR
Boris Coll

COVIDENTIALLY YOURS
Katie Streicher

CUCKOO
Luke Howe

HAUNTED HEART
Mike Bencivenga

ICED
Jeff Blix

JACK, THE STRIPPER, AND THE MORMON
D. Max Hamblin

LUCY GONE WILD
Abigail Mason

MAYBE BEFORE NEW YEAR’S
Jeff Hupp

MIDDLEHOOD
Alison McGrath

NEXT IN LINE
Hal Harris

NUTCRACKERS
Chrissy Lessey

RETIREMENT PLAN
B. Daniel Martinez

REUINION
John W. Kim

SEIG KYLE
Marc Ketchem

SLECHTE OPA
Joe Fahey & Matthew Fahey

TRIP
Lee Matsumoto

TWINS FROM DIFFERENT DADS
Samuel Bartlett

UNDEADED
Leonard Johnson

WORST CHRISTMAS EVER
Brenda LePage

WRITE OR DIE!
Christine O’Keefe

DRAMA

AMERICAN REVOLUTION Keith Hemstreet

AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION
Denise Deegan

BURNER: A KILLING IN PALM SPRINGS
Bob Canning

CAFE Z
John Spellos

COMPASS
Douglas Spaltro

THE CROSSING GUARDS
Michael Bernard

EMOTIONAL
Spencer Nachman

THE HANGING MAN
Esther Geller

HANNAH’S ANSWER
Graeme Burfoot

JANU
Sona Sood

MAKE BELIEVE
Brit Cowan

MARGO FINCHLEY’S FIRST STEPS
Tessa Melvin

MOMENTARY MADNESS
Kevin Jokipii

MOTHER
Ashley Hiller

MUDDY SHOES
Patrik Krivanek & Laurie Weltz

ONEONTA
Joe Delissio

OUT OF THE WOODS
Mike Baum

PAPER PLANE
Tamar Pelzig

POLAROID JOE
Dominic White

RED LETTER DAYS
Spencer Janes

SPRING PICNIC
Emily Stouffer

THIRSTYGIRL
Alexandra Qin

THIS WAY TO HOME
Mel Mah

WAITING GAMES
Jeffrey Field

ZOE
Robert Bridge

FAMILY FILM

CAN YOU HEAR ME?
Chelsea LeRond

A CHRISTMAS GENIE
Anat Golan

CLARA AND THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE
Ben Lokey

DAREDEVIL
Mark Ricche

DISCONNECT
Joey Day Hargrove

GOOD ROBOT
Brent Delaney

GRANDPA’S BOOT CAMP
Katie Streicher

HARK & HAROLD: A CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE
Janet J. Lawler & Chris Keller

IMAGINE
Jeffrey Barton

A KEEPSAKES CHRISTMAS
Rich Orstad

LITTLE GREEN MEN
Linda Whitmore & Brian Menz

NANNY TRAPPINGS
Brian Lucero

THE NAUGHTY LIST KIDS
Matthew Sikora

PERCY AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE
Dennis Luu

PIECES OF EIGHT
Bruce Leaf

QUBIT
Darren Moran

SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER
Joshua Heaton

SAVING CINDERELLA
Melinda Saranchock & Chris Saranchock

THE SECRET OF SHANGRI-LA
Lisa Gold

SHINE
Catherine Gouge

TOO MUCH TOAD
David W. Hughens

THE WAR ON SANTA
Farrin Rosenthal

THE WAR UNSEEN
Steve Brehm

WHISKERS
Paul Moxham

WORLD CLASS
Jessica Jiji

HISTORICAL FILM

3 FACES OF HUNGER & THIRST
HF Crum

CRUSH THE MONSTER
Alex Odaguar

THE DEVIL AND DICK GREGORY
Sean Slater

DON
Alberto Battistutti

FAIRY TALE MAN
Sean Rose

FIASCO
Edward Klau & David Cypkin

THE FUNNY HE-SHE LADIES!
Leonard Johnson

THE GHOST
Lindsey Dodge Gudritz

GUNSHIP
Dan Fraser

KID SOLDIER
Kelly Jean Karam

KINTSUGI
Desa Larkin-Boutte

KISS OF DARKNESS
Michael McClung

THE LAST BATTLESHIP
Michael Levine

LAST TO FALL
Jim Maceda

LOLA
Mehul Shah

ORWELL’S WAR
Larry Bogad

OVER THE MOON AND UNDER THE SUN
Gregory Breuer

PEARL
Lorenzo Colonna

PIANO MAN
Tovya Jacobs & Oliver D. Allen

PORTLAND
Michael Weinreb

POTTER’S GROUND
Pearse Lehane

THE PURPLE HEART BATTALION
Steve Migdol

THE SONG OF THE MUD
Melanie Jeffcoat

SYLVIA & COMPANY
Mariana Santangelo

WHILE THE TREES SLEEP
Emilie Sabath

SCIENCE FICTION

ABOVE US ONLY SKY
Nathan Patton

ADRIFT
Aaron Edwards

ASIA
Marie-Emmanuelle Thomas Harness

ASTRAL BODIES
Brad Starr

CHOSEN
Beverly Smith-Dawson

DEUS EX MACHINA
Jason Ng

FOREGLOW
Lisa Gold

HUMAN ELEMENT
Dariusz Kraszewski

THE JUMP
John Killoran

THE KEEPER
Michael Hubbard

LIL
Virginia Abramovich & Katherine Andrews

LILIUM EFFECT
Drina Connors Kay

THE LONELIEST MAN IN THE UNIVERSE
Mohammad Al Onaizi

MEMORY
Jonathan Dillon

MOTHERSHIP
Robb Hanson

PROJECT HUMAN
Mark Keavney

PROPENSITY FOR VIOLENCE
Laura Kirk

THE RENTAL
Ariel Ehrlich

SONS OF THE DOLLAR
Guilherme Viegas

THE STARLINER MURDERS
Kari Wolf

SURFACE
Nicholas Goulden & Angela Godfrey

TETHER
Nicole Madunic

TRI
Brenda LePage

UNDER VANISHING SKIES
Gregory Fields

ZIGGURAT
Matthew Cunha

THRILLER/HORROR

ABOUT MCKENNA
Michael Morra

APRICITY
Tom Levesque

BLUEBEARD’S STUDENT
Marian Whitaker

THE CHOSEN ONES
Paul Sheridan

THE COLDEST HORIZON
Jeffrey Howe

DARK MOTHER
Josh Miller

DARK ROOM
Spike Black

DARKLE
Barry Hollywood

DR. FRANKA
Scott Nabat

ETHEL
William Miller

FALLING FROM THE SKY
Robert Rhyne

HARPER MASON
B. Isabella Bodnar

HEXAGRAM
Shannon Wells

HOLLOWED
David Bowman

IN DARKNESS DWELL
Simon Littlejohn

THE KNOCKING AT THE MARSH
Gina DeAngelis

NO GOOD WAY TO DIE
James Gammon

PENANCE
Patrick Mahon

PURE
Catherine Schetina

RUN ON
H.A. Young

SAVIOR COMPLEX
Patrick Westwater

SHACKLED
Michael Boaks

TORMENT
Tyler Savage

WE COME FROM THE DARK
Brien Kelly

WINTERGREEN
Lyndal Simpson

SHORT FILM

9 GOOD YEARS
Taylor McKinney

AGAINST MY BROTHERS
Paul Cahill

CANDLE DODGERS
Richard Scott

THE COOKBOOK
John Licata

DAVE’S LUCKY DAY
Kevin R. Fintland

DOLORES
Nichole Luna

ELLIE
Andrew Rose

GALAXIES
Robert Brody

THE GARAGE
Katyana Farzanrad

THE GAZEBO
Richard Willett

GOING
Brad Brookes

LASTING MARK
Shaun Radecki

MES HALL
Steve Spremo

MIDNIGHT BAIT AND AMMO
Alfred Thomas Catalfo

MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE CONSPIRACY THEORIST
Amanda Dinsmore

OTSUCHI
Michele Koop

OUR SINS
Anjini Taneja Azhar

PARTY FAVOR
Kelly Jean Karam

PRINCE
Jessica Rowlands

THE PSYCHIC
Adi Blotman

SIDE VIEW MIRROR
Glenn Forbes

SUICIDE AT NOON
Merrit Schmidt

THERAPY
Sarah Polhaus

THERE’S A FROG ON MARS (IT’S TRUE)
Shaun Radecki

TWO QUESTIONS AND A WISH
Suhashini Krishnan

TV DRAMA PILOT

ANCHOR RIDGE
Christopher O’Bryant

BILLINGTON
Gary Sherwood & Sam Kaufman

BLACK FRIDAY
Christopher Peplin

BLACK SHEEP
Leah Degrazie

BLOTTER
HF Crum

CHANNEL SCHOOL
Robert Rue

COVER ACT
Neer Shelter

ELYSIAN PARK
Keith Jeffreys

FIX
Jeff Bower

GIRL’S GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE
David A. Armstrong & Valerie Grant

HAIL MARY
Stan Williamson

HARPOON
Ria Tobaccowala

MAYDAY
Haley White

MORDRED RISING
Larry Gilmore

THE NIGHT ARTIST
Yellowlees Douglas

THE NIGHT MOVER
T.S. Duncan-Watt

ORCHID HEIST
Ryan Manns & Jocelyn Manns

QUEER AND SOUTHERN GOD
Shawn-Caulin Young & Melisse Prusinski

RUBY
Jessica Rowlands

SISTER
Alex Blumberg

SLAB
Alexander Chance

SOUTH LOOP
Judy Newton & Skip Berry

SPRINGTIME
Danny Newell

TARTIKOFF
Kathleen Cromie

WELCOME TO UTOPIA
S.E. Sinclair

TV COMEDY PILOT

ADOLESCENTS
Joel Michalak & Andrea Jensen

BACK TO BASIC
Liza Behles

BLACK MORMON
Eric Stroud & Rory Kulz

CHURCH BOY
David Chang

DIRTY TOFF
Sam Wright

DON’T VOTE FOR ME
Michael Bradley Cohen

DOOMSDAY HOTEL AND CASINO
Michael Lucid

FRINGES
Erin Reinelt

GLOOM
Alison Balnar

GRAMMA AND KATE
Emily Austin

HONK!
M. Emmanuel Zammit

KAYLA BAKER, CURSE BREAKER
Laurie K. Miller

LEAH LIVES A LITTLE
Jackie Ferro

THE MAGICAL NEGRO
Terrance Thibodeaux

MIDDLE SCHOOL MOB
Joey Day Hargrove

MILLENNIAL MOMS
Caroline Connolly

MISS UNDERSTANDING
Caitlin Scherer

NOT IN MY BACKYARD
Ben Berkman

SAUSAGE ‘N SUSHI
Dale Winton

SISTERS
Heather Woodward

TO KILL A POPE
Gianmarco Giacomelli

TURN OF THE CENTURY
Andrew Rosas

VOTE ROBORT
Richard Campbell & Benjamin Hackett

WHAT THE ACTUAL
Shona Tuckman

WISE GUY
Nicholas Parker

Updated: 08/15/2022

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