Screenplay Award 2022

Four lovable friends set out to change the game of chess at the biggest tournament in the world, but the pretentious old guard will stop at nothing to see them fail.

Two hapless men start doing favors for each other.

When a Queen chooses her lover over the King, her daughter is kidnapped to provoke a war.

A realm torn apart by royal conflict is struck with a plague worse than the Black Death.

Two ambitious docotors have just launched the world’s first nano-robotic birth control. One doctor is set on liberating women while the other is out for revenge.

Intergenerational members of the Finch family love one another. But their world is tough. Too often, their experiences fall short. Rape. Addiction. Abuse. They buckle and fall prey to sabotaging each other’s happiness. Yet their will to do good is strong. When the time comes, they sacrifice hard.

A newcomer production assistant finds her family in a group of eclectic crew members working on a TV show, and together they navigate the pressure, silliness, and magic of filmmaking, one dead-eyed smoke break at a time.

An accident on a balcony plunges 12 year-old Ante into the Underworld, together with her worst enemy, Florence, and a ghostly boy, Gil. Descending the circles of Hell with her enemy, set upon by monsters and demons, she must fight for both of their lives - if Florence isn't dead already, that is.

A young British soldier suffering from PTSD deserts the army and hides away in an inner city housing estate. Now, can his unlikely friendships with a frightened old woman and a troublesome young tearaway halt his deadly descent into darkness?

A dissolute runaway stumbles into a world of cloak and
dagger politics. Staging a coup will turn out to be a lot less fun
and a lot more dangerous than he initially imagined.

A meticulously planned contract cancelled, a disgruntled hitman goes AWOL, wanting a break at the resort instead, but needs to see its bright lights cast mean shadows.