Short Script Showcase
The short script showcase recognizes an exceptional short in any genre.
2017 WINNER
UNTOUCHABLE THIEF
by James M. Freeman
Inspired by the book “Untouchable: An Indian Life History” by James M. Freeman
A social-climbing Indian Untouchable encounters high-caste violent retribution as he tries to better himself.
2016 WINNER
KILL GHANDI
by James Freeman
To save the woman he loves, a disillusioned gangster from Calcutta must assassinate Gandhi on the eve of Indian Independence.
2016 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
A LA MEMOIRE DE LUNE by Johnny Zito
A RED HOT GINGER by Tracey Maye
BANSHEE by Zackary Hill & Freddy Morris
LIVE RADIO by Kevin Kraft
NIGHTSHADE by Milena Colmenares
THE GUITAR MAKER by Ronald McQueen & Ross McQueen
UNSPEAKABLE by Jonathan Hughes
2015 WINNERS
THE GAZEBO
by Richard Willett
The last hours of an elderly couple who are trapped when their home elevator stalls during a heat wave.
THEY FALL FAST
by Ed McCarthy
Eileen and Carlos are two strangers whose hike in the desert has a surprising destination and the potential to be either life-affirming or life-ending.
PROMISE IN A BUBBLE
by Rachel Reaugh
A young girl and boy wake up in a bubble and they must figure out how they got there and where they are going.
2015 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
BECOMING LANA LIU by David Schroder & Alfonso Orsini
POLLY by Eric Granger
SCHIZO by Matthew Sidney Long & Christopher Virnig
SOMETHING UNDER THE BED by Scott Pittock
SYMPOSIUM by Tom Grady
TRAIL’S END by Lisa Michelle
