After the initial rounds of intense inter-category competition, we were delighted to announce the Quarter-Finalists of The 2021 TITAN Screenwriting Contest, on the 30th September 2021. The full list of qualifiers is below.
Even in the contest’s inaugural year, the situation was extremely competitive and there were a great many writers and projects that impressed.
So it’s a big congratulations to those who made the Quarter-Finals, and a sincere message to those who didn’t, that this is by no means the final word on their project. To all writers, it’s worth recalling an attitude – nay, the only attitude – which gets writers ahead in any creative arena:
“By the time I was fourteen, the nail in my wall would no longer support the weight of the rejection slips impaled upon it. I simply replaced the nail with a spike and went on writing.”
Stephen King
(350m copies sold)
The 2021 Quarter-Finalists
The TITAN Awards is a screenwriting contest whereby material competes against its own kind for as long as possible over the course of a contest cycle. Horror feature vs Horror feature, Series Bible vs Series Bible, Sci-Fi vs Sci-Fi, etc.
Accordingly, here are the names and project titles of those who progressed in their respective category.
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- The 2021 Quarter-Finalists
- Feature Scripts – Action & Thriller
- Feature Scripts – Comedy
- Feature Scripts – Drama
- Feature Scripts – Family & Animation
- Feature Scripts – Horror
- Feature Scripts – Lo-Budget
- Feature Scripts – Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Television Scripts – 60m Drama
- Television Scripts – 30m TV Comedies
- Television – Series Bibles
- Film Treatments
- Short Film Scripts
- 1-Page Film & TV Pitches
Feature Scripts – Action & Thriller
BOOM BOOM
Euroy Tan
CAMELOT LOST
Norman Stires
CUTTER’S LEDGE
Frederick Strype
THIRD MAN
Michael Ouzas
HEAT DEATH
Dan Glaun
killkill
Harvey Auzorst
LITTLE MAUDE
Tony Prescott
LUNA
Jay Lawson
PARADIS
Oliver Silver
PLAGUE OF RED
Clare Collins
PUSTKA
Edel Oksamyt
REQUITED
Bill Johnston
SUNDOWNER
Pablo Martinez
THE BEASTS OF RAMREE
Alastair Collinson
THE CARRIER
Todd Restler
THE FLOATING WORLD
Michael Rhodes
THE NEW WINE
Matthew Douglas Pinard
THE PRICE OF IVORY
Austin Rodriguez
THE SHETLANDER
Martina Muhoberac
THE TUNNEL
Joseph New
THE WHITE BELT
Julie Anbarchian
THICKER THAN WATER
Cody Rush
Feature Scripts – Comedy
A CAROL & ETHEL PRODUCTION
Julian Rosenblum
ALERT LEVEL: SILVER
Danielle Schwartz
BREAKFAST AT THE FALL FROM GRACE CAFE
Mario Baldessari
DAVID’S BROOK
Jake Duerden
EXORCIST STAGE LEFT
Neer Shelter
FAMILY PLANNING
Howard Waxman
FOODIE
Xan Wynne-Jones
HORSEMAN OF THE ESOPHAGUS
Adam Sedlak
OUR LADY OF SANDWICH
Mario Baldessari
RISING ABOVE MANIA
Kelly Jean Karam
RUT
David M. Zaccaria
SAVING LOVE
Tammy Klembith
STEVE WANTS TO DIE
Josh Corrigan
THE RACE THAT STOPS A NATION
Nick Pollack
THE WHYTE PYTHON WORLD TOUR
Travis Kennedy
WHEN THE STARS CAME OUT
Paul Walder
Feature Scripts – Drama
BABY FACED NELSON
Josh Chaffin
BIRMINGHAM
Gary D Jaworski
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
Quinlan Orear
CHANGE GONNA COME
Ryan Philander
DINOSAUR
Oliver Silver
DOG OF WAR
Katterina Powers
EVA’S AMERICAN DREAM
Isabella Bodnar
FIASCO
Edward Klau
FREEFALL
Chris Desmond
GENERATIONS
S.G. Shapiro
HIJRAH BABY
Nicole Ballivian
HUNGRY HEART O’ MINE
Randy Brawley
JIYAN
Daniela Saioni & Mazdak Taebi
JOSHUA
Brian Feinberg
KARL
Brian Comerford
KISS OF DARKNESS
Michael McClung
LANCASTER
Michelle Drumheller
LILI & HER SISTERS
Ilaria D’Elia
MADAM PRESIDENT
James B. Saunders
MISSING CLAYTON
Bev Irwin
MOTHERS, FATHERS & BROKEN TOYS
Scott Grey
NO GOOD DEED
Heather Farlinger
OFFICER X
Michael Joiner
ORSON
Jared Egol
REVOLUTIONARY SPY
James Foye
SEARCHING FOR TUTANKHAMUN
Ariane Hahusseau
SHADOW OF THE BEAR
Randy Vampotic
SILENT SPRING
Elise Greven
SPRING BRANCH
Keith Woodruff
SYMPTOMS OF A SMALL TOWN
Matt Sadowski
TAKE A SAD SONG
John McCarthy
THE BRACELETS
Joanne Bellew
THE LAND OF TANKS
Kristoffer Bubeck
THE LAST INDIAN WAR
Michael Graf
THE WAR ANGELS
Monica Arisman
TYPHOID MARY
Rachel Ward
WAMPUS CAT
Jessica Wei
WESTERN APPROACHES
Andrew Judge
WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND
David Duty
YVES
Laura Piety
Feature Scripts – Family & Animation
DARA MCCOOL
Conor Dowling
ESCAPE FROM EVERY WORLD
Paul Shiban
MiDOG
Laura Antonelli
MONSTER COMMANDOS
Jermaine Jones
MOVING ON
John Bruno
SEEING
Steve Brehm
THE KIDS’ KINGDOM
Luca Violante
THE LITTLE MARIACHIS
Robert Morales
Feature Scripts – Horror
CUCKOO
Leebo Bentley
DYBBUK
Ashri Gyorgi
HYPEFEAST
Sid Patwa
LIZARD PEOPLE
Christopher Hall
RIPPLE ROAD
William Leiren
SCREW
Kamran Ali
THE CREEK
Jaye Blohm
THE GIRL & THE GHOST
Rebecca Benzell
THE RATS IN THE WALLS
Annarosa Schiavone & Luca Violante
VIOLENT PHASES
John Ladorola
Feature Scripts – Lo-Budget
CLEARWATER
Jeff Bryce
DISTANCE & SILENCE
Ben Parsons
DTF
Daniel Gentile
HARPER MASON
B. Isabella Bodnar
MEETINGS WITH MARTY
Gregor Nicholas
OUT OF THE SKY
Arnon Shorr
QB
Lee Kunz
SEMIOTICS
Jeff Walkley
THE GIRL & THE GHOST
Rebecca Benzell
THE SUNNY EXPRESS
Sean Riehm
Feature Scripts – Science Fiction & Fantasy
AS TIMES GOES BY
Jon Davis
BRONX PARK THUNDER
Shaun Vivaris
COMPULSION
Brady Nelson
CUL DE SAC
Alex von Hofmann
EXTINCTION
Kirk Wedell
FINAL ECLIPSE
Sean Mogridge
FLEAOSAURUS
Benjamin Pollack
MIND OUT OF TIME
Carole Starcevic
SPLICER
Shayne Eastin
TARO: LEGEND OF JAPAN
Bruce Spruell
THE DEPTHS BELOW
Andrew Dean Pearson
THE DREAM CAKE
Anthea Jones
THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI
Arnon Shorr
THE SEEDLING
Kevin J. Howard
Television Scripts – 60m Drama
AT THE FLASH
Sean Chandler
ATSF
Aurore de Blois
BLACKOUT
Wesley Macinnes
BLIND MICE
Sal Ciolfi
BLUE WATCH
Andrew Judge
BOOMERANG
Craig Teunissen
CRUDE
Brady Nelson
DAMNED NATION
Jeffrey Henderson
DEADSHOT GIRLS
Heidi James
DEMONICA
John Austin
DIRTY BIRD
Arland DiGiromalo
EIGHTEEN
Keith McDuffee
EL OTRO LADO
Jianna Maarten Saada
FERGUSON
Jonhenri Alston
FUR WASH
Fahad Al Suwaidi
GLOOMTOWN
Lyndal Simpson
GONE HOLLYWOOD
Sara Hallowell
GREATEST RADIO SHOW…
Rebecca Benzell
HALFWAY THERE
Meg Ilasco
HIGH CRIMES
Melanie Abrams
HUMAN ERROR
Bryan Firks
IMPUNITY
Josephine Lundstrom
IN YOUR SKIN
Tina Steffan
KANDLESTICK MEN
Frank Monteleone
LADY CHARON
Jessica Romagnoli
NATIONS
Justin Brown
ODE TO PSYCHE
Alex Morf
PEGGY TAYLOR
Cameron Patterson
PERFECTION
Ben Paynter
POINT OF SEPARATION
Jonathan Ross
PROMISES TO KEEP
Adam Rodman
RED SQUARE PIZZA
Nathan Aylot
REIVERS
Stephen Potts
SHINING CITY
Arthur Veenema
SILVER SPRINGS
Niko Sotolongo
SO MUCH HEART
Drew Buxton
TERRITORY
Gavin van Horn
THE AMBASSADORS
Danielle Ellen
THE EYE
Allen Edward
THE HARBINGER
Calvin Smith
THE ISTHMUS
Jeff Osborne
THE PARTISAN
Jessica Romagnoli
THE PRODUCT SPECIALIST
Matt Tannery
THE RESTORER
Laurel Ellis
THE WALL
Dominic Carver
THE WRONG CANDIDATE
John Ravitz
THEODORA
Amanda Miller
TRASH
Katy Wright-Mead
TWO BLINKS TO THE LEFT
Dee Mick
VILLON
Randy Steinlauf
WASHINGTON’S REVOLUTION
Ryan Smith
WILD C.A.T.
Lena Pousette
WILLIAM SHORE
Lorenzo Tamburini
YOUNG LIONS
Zachary Churchard
Television Scripts – 30m TV Comedies
BARSTOW
Abba Smith
BIG BEAR MOUNTAIN
TK Kelly
CAMBRIDGE NIGHT SCHOOL
David Young
DOM
Joao Dall’Stella
EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY
James Mulcahy
GOING AWAY PARTY
Timothy Morgan
HENCHMAN
Aaron W. Bennett
KING
Jaime Osnato-Rosario
ONE OF ONE
Lucas Abreu
PRE-EXISTING CONDITION
Dan Shaki
RANSACKED
Andy Jones
SPACEWICHED
Isaac Smith
SUPERFREAK
Sierra Hall
THE CHURCH OF TODD
Deron Sedy
THE LIFE OF A P.I.
Adam Odemuyiwa
TIME HOLES
Steve Szlaga
Television – Series Bibles
AGENTS OF VAST
Philip Spilker
BLOOD ON THE TAPES
Charlie Fink
CHOPPA CITY
Cain Angelle
DELIRIO
Amanda Miller
EMBED
Sierra Phelps
FALLING AWAKE
David Jones
GO FOR GREEN
Michael Howard
HEARTLAND
Anthony Povah
SILVER HARVEST
Janet Penn
LAND OF DREAMS
Michael Greyshock
MOTIVE TO KILL
Joanna Krawczyk
RETRIVERS
Janne Pulkkila
STALAG OKLAHOMA
David Stovall
THE AGE OF DESIRE
Suzanne Griffin
THE FOX STODDARD ADVENTURES
Terry Manley
THE GREAT UNKNOWN
Jakob Austin Burgos
THE MERCY SHIP
Jasper Moeyaert
THE SENSUALIST
Suzanne Griffin
THE SOMEBODIES
Nick Bilardello
THEODORA
Amanda Miller
Film Treatments
BLACK CLUB ANONYMOUS
Sonya Evans
BLACK MONEY
John Neirinckx II
FIN
Robert Bowman
TOM RYAN’S SHOES
Thomas Keanan
UNTITLED HORROR
Dayton Thomason
Short Film Scripts
CONVERSATION ON A COUCH
Brian Cohen
DUMMY
Andrew Kaberline
FIRST DAY
Boris Vymenets
HINESEY’S GOODBYE
Nick McMurdy
LOOSE STRANDS
Panayiota Panteli
OVER & OUT
Callie LeClaire
PAST DUE
Jesse Nesser
STARCH
Ajai Vishwanath
TABLE FOR TWO
Kayed Nofal
THE BAD STAMP
John Moore
THE OBJECT OF MY CONFECTIONS
Andrew Kaberline
THE THREAD & THE VEIL
Garret Walsh
THE THREE RESURRECTIONS OF…
Kiki Lambden-Stout
THESE FACES
Jason Rice
TREE O’ MINE
Bernhard Riedhammer
1-Page Film & TV Pitches
BLOOD, WATER, DUST
Litza Bixler
CIVIL WARRIOR
Tracy Ball
FAMILY UNIT
Shannon TL Kearns
FUTURE TRIPPING
Brian Gene White
MAFEKING
Hamish McLeod
MAFIA BEACH CLUB
Amanda Miller
MARMONT
Mark Clark
MY SEX
Lottie Finklaire
OZ
Pavan Grover
ST. CASTRO STREET
Kirsten Cornay
THE EVENT
Izabela Borowska
THE WITCH’S HUSBAND
Hannah Rebecca Carlson
THE WITCHES OF HR
Melissa Zobel
TRUE SCOTSMAN
Peter Carellini
UN | CONSCIOUS Teresa Reyes Castillo
Congratulations to all our 2021 Quarter-Finalists, and good luck to everyone in the next round!
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