New Millennium Contest Index

NEW MILLENNIUM CELEBRATIONS CONTEST

FilmMakers Magazine and The Radmin Company are pleased to announce the winners of the Filmmakers.com Screenplay Competition 2000. Our first ever screenplay contest attracted a total of 756 entries worldwide, all deserving of credit and special recognition. We wish to thank all participants and congratulate the winners. 

First Place Winner
Shannan Leigh Thompson of Greensboro, NC, USA for
THE MYTH ABOUT ROSES - Drama
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Second Place Winner
 Kelly Alan Bancroft of Edmonton, AB, Canada
CROSSING THE LINE - Action
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Third Place Winner
David Bacal of Escondido, CA, USA for
THE PRECEDENT - Political Action/Drama
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Fourth Place Winner
Mark Edward Reinisch of N. Canton OH, USA for
OFFICE POLITICS - Comedy/Satire
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Fifth Place Winner
Andre Ramon Rivers of Paterson, NJ, USA for
PSYNAPSE - Science Fiction
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The grand prize winner receives $2500 plus a copy of screenwriting software.

The winner of the Scholarship (chosen from the top ten finalists) to Victoria Motion Picture School is Mark Edward Reinisch of N. Canton OH, USA

The five winners will each receive a copy of screenwriting software.

Bonus prize winner - one copy of Script Thing (chosen from the top ten finalists) is Eric Balkan.

Bonus prize winner - one copy of Final Draft (chosen from all eligible entries) is Lyn Manry.

CATHEDRAL - Suspense/Horror
by Anne Mahla of Las Vegas, NV, USA

CROSSING THE LINE - Action
by Kelly Alan Bancroft of Edmonton, AB, Canada

E-PAD - Science Fiction
by William C. Winter of Port Hueneme, CA, USA

OFFICE POLITICS - Comedy/Satire
Mark Edward Reinisch of N. Canton OH, USA

PSYNAPSE  - Science Fiction
by Andre Ramon Rivers of Paterson, NJ, USA

THE MYTH ABOUT ROSES - Drama
 by Shannan Leigh Thompson of Greensboro, NC, USA

THE PRECEDENT - Political Action/Drama
by David Bacal of Escondido, CA, USA

THE THIRD WISH - Comedy
by Eric Balkan of Gaithersburg, MD, USA

WALK-IN - Dark Humored Drama
by Diane Lacey of Sherman Oaks, CA, USA

OFFICE POLITICS by Mark Edward Reinisch
PSYNAPSE by Andre Ramon Rivers
THE EXQUISITE CORPSE by R. David Ray
THE MALL THAT STOLE CHRISTMAS by Kevin Baker
THE MYTH ABOUT ROSES by Shannan Leigh Thompson
THE PRECEDENT by David Bacal
THE SECRET OF A HEART by William F. Harris
THE THIRD WISH by Eric Balkan
TWISTED MORALS by Harry McKay
WALK-IN by Diane Lacey

E-PAD by William C. Winter
EYE OF THE DAWN by Jerald N. Downen
FOR DIFFERENT REASONS by Nadine Hormann & Ryan Murawski
FIRST WE DANCE by Craig Clyde
GAUGUIN'S GARDEN by Brandon Rosi 
GOD'S WAITING LIST by Nian L. Aster
JUMP CUT by Brent Christopher Hartinger
KING FOR A NIGHT by Baldassaro Candella
LOST IN TIME by Carolyn Anderson Miller
LOVE IN A MIST by Nathan Hasson

NO WAY DOWN by Richard Alden Henry
OFFICE POLITICS by Mark Edward Reinisch
PSYNAPSE by Andre Ramon Rivers 
SOFT MONEY by William D. Wolff 
STATIC CLING by David Hyatt 
THE BLUE STAR MILLENNIUM by David Gaughan
THE DOMINANT RACE by Gerald Dewayne Collins
THE EXQUISITE CORPSE by R. David Ray
THE MALL THAT STOLE CHRISTMAS by Kevin Baker
THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT by Barbara Albers Jackson

THE MIND'S EYE by Stephen Levy
THE MYTH ABOUT ROSES by Shannan Leigh Thompson
THE PRECEDENT by David Bacal
THE SECRET OF A HEART by William F. Harris
THE THIRD WISH by Eric Balkan
TO LIFE by Jenny Tallent
TWISTED MORALS by Harry McKay
WALK-IN by Diane Lacey 
WARZONE by David Zagorski
ZOO SAVERS by Richard W. Corman

10 LITTLE INDIANS by Billy Gatlin
ANACOSTIA BRIDGE by Kenneth Andrew Rosenberg
ANGELICA by Harry McKay
ANTHONY by Julian M. Olf
BACKUP by Sandra Cook Jerome
BODY SLAMMED by Satnam Singh Purewal
BRING ME THE HEAD OF ELVIS PRESLEY by Brooks G. Davis
CANYON by Roxanne Baechler Tamborello
CATHEDRAL by Anne Mahla
CHASING RAINBOWS by Philip Gribosky

CHILDHOOD DREAMS by Ronson C. Smothers
CHINOOK by Danny Neil Olrech & Hugh Gregory Potter
CHRISTMAS, TEXAS by Dean J. Augustin
CIRCULATION by Zack by Van Eyck
CROSSING THE LINE by Kelly Alan Bancroft
CRY BABY HOLLOW by William F. Harris
DEAD SPACES by Thomas D. Davidson
DIE TRYING by David Zagorski
DONOR by Suzanne M. Ward
DOTARD by Chad Hyde

DREAMLAND by Charles E. Martin
DUGAN'S EQUATION by John S. Welch
DYING KING by Eric R. Longbotham
ECHOLALIA by Dascha Lynelle Paylor
ELIXIR by William N. Schwartz
E-PAD by William C. Winter
EYE OF THE DAWN by Jerald N. Downen
FIRST MAN by Sandra Cook Jerome
FIRST WE DANCE by Craig Clyde
FOR DIFFERENT REASONS by Nadine Hormann & Ryan Murawski

FORGIVING THE TRESPASSER by Douglass H. Macaulay
FORTY IN THE NIGHT by Olatunji Odebunmi
GAUGUIN'S GARDEN by Brandon Rosin
GOD'S WAITING LIST by Nian L. Aster
GRAVITY BALL by Robert A. Cordes II
GRIPPED by Robin Lester Scanlon
HEAVENLY THINGS by Sandra Cook Jerome
HER GUARDIAN by Carol Ruth Sevilla
HOMO ASSASSINATUS by Brian M. Holmes
IDENTITY UNKNOWN by Richard Fishenden

IN THE POCKET by John Paul Hays
INTO THE NIGHT by Michael J. McDonald
JUMP CUT by Brent Christopher Hartinger
KING FOR A NIGHT by Baldassaro Candella
LEMON TEA by Marcia Lynne Sinclair
LEMURES by Brian Daniel Hedenberg
LOST IN TIME by Carolyn Anderson Miller
LOVE IN A MIST by Nathan Hasson
MENDER'S WAY by Dick W. Corman
MOZZARELLA MAN by Rod Bruce Harris

MR. CHARLIE by Thomas Burnham Storey
NO WAY DOWN by Richard Alden Henry
OFFICE POLITICS by Mark Edward Reinisch
PSYNAPSE by Andre Ramon Rivers
RICH AND DEAD by Gini Graham Scott
RICHTER by Greg Shemkovitz
SANDSTORM by Jerome Porter
SECOND BEST BED by Terri Anne Kauffman
SEVEN HONEYMOONS by Lyn Manry (The Saturday Seven)
SHIP OF FOOLS by Christopher John Buffone

SHY'NISTRA by Philip Daay
SIGN LANGUAGE by Tina Rene Mikelaites
SO LONG, SUPERMAN by Patrick James Mulvihill
SOFT MONEY by William D. Wolff
SONS OF BITCHES by James Kourlas
STATIC CLING by David Hyatt
STEREO.......TYPES by Olivia J. Smith
SWITCHING GERES by Gregory Blair
THAT'S AFTERLIFE! by William D. Wolff
THE BLUE STAR MILLENNIUM by David Gaughan

THE BOY WHO COULD LASSO THE STARS by Joan Jeby Fine
THE CHRISTAMS HOUSE ON CANDLE STREET by Todd McCammon
THE COLOR OF TIME by Paul Curran
THE DOMINANT RACE by Gerald Dewayne Collins 
THE DONOR CONSPIRACY by Gavin Gillette
THE EXQUISITE CORPSE by R. David Ray
THE HANDKERCHIEF by Charles E. martin
THE MALL THAT STOLE CHRISTMAS by Kevin Baker
THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT by Barbara Albers Jackson
THE MIND'S EYE by Stephen Levy

THE MYTH ABOUT ROSES by Shannan Leigh Thompson
THE POWER OF WAYTERGOTH by Joel D. Hall
THE PRECEDENT by David Bacal
THE ROAD TO TOBACCO WELLS by Henry Arnold Jr.
THE SECRET OF A HEART by William F. Harris
THE SHROUD by Jerald N. Downen
THE THIRD WISH by Eric Balkan
THE VILLIKON CHRONICLES by Bryan J. Kinnaird
THE WIZARD JOE by Tony Urgo
TILL DEATH DO US PART by John W. MacIntyre

TO LIFE by Jenny Tallent
TWISTED MORALS by Harry McKay
TWISTING SLOWLY by Rick Paone
VALHALLA by Anna-Marieke Eysselinck
VISITING KATIE by Joanne R. Bodner
WALK-IN by Diane Lacey
WARZONE by David Zagorski
WILD CHILD by Gini Graham Scott
YONKERS JOE by Robert Celestino
ZOO SAVERS by Richard W. Corman

HOLY TERROR by Alan George Upton
IF IT IS TO BE by Dirk Eichhorst
JOHN BROWN'S WAR by Stuart Eric Woolley & John Mark Green
JUNGLE by Sara Lodhi
MAZE by Leandro Mendez
NO RESPONSE by Marcella Spear & Jennifer L. Catullo
NOBODY'S SAINT by Michael Arthur Hans
PEACE-WEAVER by Dawn Dixon-Cotter
PLAYERS by Jud Richards
RAPTURE Tony Macey-Perez 
RUBY by Clyde Arthur Ellis, Jr.
SAVAGE SATURDAY by Alexander Hall
SCREAMS OF THE HUNTRESS by Gouglas H. Macaulay
SOCIAL INSECURITY by Steve Wisniewski
SOUTH OF THE BORDER by Bobbie Burgess Tatum

SPACE HOLOCAUST by Joanne Groshardt & Hal Badt
SPEARE by Carleton Schade
STRANGERS by Adam Alexander Presti
THE BRIDEGROOM by Eduard Ariel Diamant
THE C.G.I. EFFECT by Lynn Baxter-Zimmerle
THE DEBT (teleplay) by Herman Franck
THE DIAMOND SUITE by David Carrington Jr.
THE KILLING KIND by Robin Jean Melton
THE SHIP OF FOOLS by Gerald Daniel Ketterman
THE WATCHER by Matthew S. Thomas & Mark R. Ressler
THE WHITE CALF by Jeffrey S. Mitchell
THIS SIDE OF GEORGIA by Anne Randolph
THREE QUARTER MOON by Melinda Mullins
W.W.J.D? by Vickie L. Barnhill
ZOMBIE PRESIDENT by Daniel Alexander Cubias & Kristan Ginther

FilmMakers.com would like to take this opportunity to thank all the talented writers and filmmakers who participated in our first contest.  We were surprised by the response to our contest, which surpassed our estimates by almost 100 % attracting a total of 756 entries worldwide.  We were equally but pleasantly surprised with the high volume of exceptional material received.

Some of the scripts were postmarked by the due date, but arrived as late as the  12th of May 2000. The majority of entries came from the US, with some               (approximately 10%) from England, Australia, Canada, Israel and New Zealand.

Last week we shipped the last of the top 100 scripts to the Radmin Company which will read all the scripts and choose the top twenty.                 (Approximately 30 days)

FilmMakers.com and The Radmin Company will pick the top 10 semifinalists and subsequently the top five finalists.

FilmMakers.com, The Radmin Company, and two production companies will read the five finalists' submissions and select a winner.