Screenplay Award 2022

The Page Turner Award's Screenplay Award is for screenwriters who want to place their writing in front of film producers, and for authors who would like to see their books adapted to film.

"In Hades" by Klaudio2021 MARTINEZ-VALLE
A tortured, secluded man with the special ability to be able to see the last three minutes of people’s lives helps a desperate detective catch a perverse serial killer.
"The Passion of Pauli Murray" by Sean Slater
As aspiring poet Pauli Murray wrestles with gender dysphoria in the 1930s, an attempt to desegregate the University of North Carolina spirals into a lifetime of obsessive activism and the search for love in Jane Crow America.
"Genome" by Nick Marciano
Genre: Horror

A dog finds and consumes a stolen and lost genetically modified virus which sets off a horrific chain of events .

"California" by Adam Seidel
After discovering that his cheating wife is planning on running off with his scum bag brother, a scorned and bitter man decides to take violent action, altering the course of his life, and the lives of those around him, forever.
"Mary, Mary " by Amira Richler
In 18th and 19th century Britain, a mother and daughter each fight for independence and strive to establish themselves as authors. Though they only cross paths briefly before tragedy separates them forever, their fates are interwoven, and their stories, fears, and forbidden desires
"Till The Bones Break" by Gustavo Boscán
Genre: Horror

As a teenager navigates life, a group of strangers draw a fine line between earth and hell, what's real and what's about to be. The representation of youth at its finest.

"Blue Suicide" by Oliver Valente
Genre: Thriller

'When childhood friends turned organized criminals are ordered to execute one of their own, a simple exchange reveals the inescapable curse of a mysterious stone.'

"Harold, Electra and our Lord, David Attenborough" by Kirsty Zane
In a Recycling Home, retired robot Harold falls for the beautiful, blind robot Electra. But Harold's sex drive doesn't work anymore, and he's got seriously sexy competition.
"Half Face, Full Love" by Marko Josic
Genre: Thriller

How, at Covid times, a singular young graphic designer with tattooed eyes above her mask, who has got the help of a mysterious biker with injured eyes above his mask, has to find him after he left, without knowing anything about him, to be cured of strange dreams she has because she hasn't seen his

"An Unlikely Trio" by John Walberg
When a serial killer begins to lose his motivation to murder, he encounters an unlikely couple in the woods, who help teach him to embrace his true self.
"Taking the L" by Ryan Price
Genre: Comedy

A hardcore gamer has to leave his hobby behind to win back his former girlfriend.

"Straight to Inheritance" by Clark Ransom
With male birth control mandated and unlicensed pregnancy a criminal offense, a gay, playboy bachelor must illegally produce an heir to inherit his dying grandfather’s toy-making fortune.
"Orson" by Jared Egol
A withering Orson Welles recounts his notorious demise and final act to the last character he will ever play.
"Reel Life" by Jeremy Span
Every night in his failing old movie theatre, ALFIE dreams about being the hero in his favorite silent film “THE STRANGER IN PARIS” but even in his dreams he can never save the damsel MYRNA in the end. When he finally gets his wish, Alfie goes about delaying the ending at all costs!
"Revel" by Danielle Evans
In a post-apocalyptic world, competing survival instincts create the perfect race against time to save earth from looming extinction. The tides are turned when a stranger shows up to offer an alternate course.
"Cursed Story - The Black Notebook" by Daniel Balazs Toth
Genre: Horror

Made rich by an anonymous notebook, Alex finds himself haunted by mysterious forces that corrupt him and threaten his sanity.
On a strange and winding road, he needs to find the dark origin of the book before he’s taken.

"The Remnant Faithful" by Andrew Poschner
When a new drug surfaces, a CIA operative with superhuman abilities must face his past and track down the cult that killed his mother, all while struggling with past addictions.
"Honor Earned" by Donald Morgan
Genre: Action

When retired two time Medal of Honor awardee General Smedley Butler is contacted by a group looking to create a new veterans organization, he quickly discovers he's at the center of a plot to overthrow FDR's presidency.

"Bad Romance" by Chad Wellinger
A paperback romance fanatic who strives to pen a novel of her own but has no real-life experience to draw upon recruits a bestselling author slash playboy Casanova for a crash course in hot and heavy.
"Time Will Tell" by jonathan winehouse
Genre: Animated

In Pre WWII Switzerland, when aging watchmaker Hans Schudel suffers a concussion, he hallucinates that his watches have come alive in a monumental adventure to find a missing part for one of the watches. In their quest, they teach Hans a valuable truth.