First Place
Winner
- Michael Ugulini
PARCHED
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Drama
Logline: A farmer defends his dying field during a
prolonged drought.
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Second
Place Winner
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Hyemin Koo
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CALM AND PASSION
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Drama
Logline:
A nerdy high-school senior falls in love a month before the Harvard
application deadline and learns in a twisted way the bitter lesson of
the balance between calm and passion. A satire about the college
admissions process.
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Third
Place Winner
- Jason N. Zimmatore
TABLOID
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Thriller
Logline: A sleazy tabloid reporter, who takes photos of
celebrities on their deathbeds, gets his comeuppance at the hand of an
aging TV tough guy.
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Fourth
Place Winner
- Alexandra
Torterotot
BY THE HAND
— Drama
Logline:
Elijah, a young 8-year-old boy becomes friends with Malaika, an
elderly homeless woman in order to avoid going home to his estranged
mother.
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Fifth Place
Winner
- Musa Jackson
THE GARDNER
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Drama
Logline: As new wealth and prosperity helps Harlem rise up
from urban decay. One its long standing residents, a beloved elderly
Harlem widow wrought with Alzheimer's descends into dementia as she
waits for her grandson the doctor to rescue her.
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Sixth Place Winner
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Kent Young
COOKIES
— Drama/Comedy
Logline: Harry is either losing his mind, or falling in
love.
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Seventh
Place Winner
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Meredith Rose
UNBROKEN FALL
— Drama/War
Logline: A U.S. Army Captain Gabby Davis has worked hard to
get to where she is. Now she has to use all her wits, imagination and
years of training to navigate her platoon through hard lessons about
honor and friendship, prejudice and trust, love, loss and betrayal,
and, oh yeah, there's a war going on out there, too.
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Eighth Place
Winner
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Douglas Stark
NIGHT
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Supernatural
Logline: A newcomer to a senior facility meets residents
crippled not only with the fear of dying, but a shadowy spirit who is
stealing their souls.
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Ninth Place Winner
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Diana Kemp-Jones
VOYEUR
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Film Noir
Logline: A loner dominated by his voyeuristic appetites
descends into murder and madness.
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Tenth
Place Winner
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Lawrence Whiteside
AUTOMATA
— Drama
Logline: A toy-maker is asked to make a mechanical sister
for a little girl. He will find out the girl's father has more in mind
for the toy than a companion for a lonely girl.
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