Feature Film Screenplay Award (must select one award category)
After unexplained tremors strike his suburban neighborhood, a newly retired software engineer teams up with his conspiracy-obsessed neighbor to investigate a growing environmental threat only to uncover a corporate scheme that could erase their community unless they risk everything to expose it.
In a town where politics and organized crime mingle over a glass of whiskey, grave robbers uncover the corpse of a missing activist, pulling an idealistic detective into the town's dark underbelly where she must learn to adapt or die.
Inspired by a true story, an elderly woman recounts the tales of her ancestors from the age of the Romanovs through today and how their struggles, sacrifices, and perseverance influenced her decision to have an operation to save her life.
A letter with an address draws a weary traveler to Colombia in search of his past, where he becomes caught between a ruthless street gang, a mysterious backpacker, and an alien invasion.
Nashville musician Bart Bryars started his career as an inmate with a tendency to run, or rabbit. Prison turned him into a songwriter capable of preventing race riots.
