Atlanta Film Festival Announces 2016 Screenplay Competition Winners

The Atlanta Film Festival has chosen twelve finalists in the feature screenplay category and five finalists in the pilot category for the 2016 Screenplay Competition! Representing three countries and six states, the advancing screenplays have been selected from a record 482 submissions—over double the submissions received for last year's competition. Additionally, three feature screenplay winners and one pilot screenplay winner have been selected from the finalists.

Feature Screenplay Finalists (Winners in Bold)

• “The Audition” by Eric Carlson (Virginia)

• “Black Sunday” by Heidi Willis (Alabama)

• “Catch the Devil” by Martin Blinder (Hawaii/California)

• “Dietrich Danzig” by John Pisano-Thomsen (Canada)

• “Do You Wanna Talk About It?” by Michael Boyle (California)

• “Faith” by Steven Brooks (Georgia)

• "Going Dark” by Alexis Pelot and Jessica Coleman (Georgia)

• “Homegrown” by Jacques Edeline (California)

• “Lemon Made” by Erik Adolphson (California)

• “Melon Head” by Andy Fortenbacher (New York)

• “The Midnight Special” by Christy Hall, Rebecca Comerford, Sol Tryon (New York/California)

• “Twelve Strays of Christmas” by Ken Lemm (Georgia)

Pilot Screenplay Finalists (Winner in Bold)

• “Bloodworth” by Jonathan Katz (Virginia)

• "Cold Spring Harbor” by Mike Makowsky (California)

• “Immaculate” by Colleen Scriven (California)

• “Janus” by Pearse Lehane (United Kingdom)

• “Off The Menu” by Dennis Camlek (Georgia)