Semi-Finalists For October 2026

The list of short screenplay semi-finalists can be found further down this page.

An Ordinary Day by Gu Zhaoyu (China)

BFFs by Devin Saddler and Devon Winston (USA)

Blind to the Wind by Kayla Derakhshan (USA)

Brood Faye’s Gov Psy Op by Austin Battery (USA)

El Hijo del Maletero by Manuel López Domínguez (Spain)

Elias by Kostiantyn Mishchenko (USA)

Final Draft? by Scott Schnurbusch (USA)

Gravewake by Steven Hillen (USA)

I Wish I Could Save Every Fish by Gabriela Poole (USA)

Inception Opening Sequence Spoof by Cullen Severance (USA)

MakiHaha by Aerrol Ampeloquio (USA)

Mallory by Noah David Meyer Masliah (USA)

Mimic by Jet Lee (USA)

Muse by Aryaman Kantawala (USA)

No Solution, No Problem by Eo Omwake (USA)

On Lungs Alone by Steven Hillen (USA)

Qomolangma by Zeng Hua (USA)

Scrum Master by Sherban Drulea (USA)

Storge by Pryde Pierce (USA)

The Artist and the End by George Gittoes (Australia)

The Eyes of Dorian Gray by Craig Trumbo (USA)

This Time’s For Certain by Jerald Irwin Morse (USA)

Vanishing Tide by Yu Chenjie (China)

Walkers Destruction by William M Mesa (USA)

You’re on Your Own Now by Travis Robertson (USA)

SHORT SCREENPLAYS

America by Mario Ríos Pacheco (USA)

Elza by Elizaveta Manina (USA)

Fang by Rik Zak (Canada)

Harold and Charley: The Plight of One Man and His Libido by Adam Brummitt (UK)

Home by Liu Yonghan (China)

The Moon and Stars by Stephen Thomas Coetzee (USA)

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