2019 ScreenCraft Animation Competition Quarterfinalists
by ScreenCraft on March 18, 2020
Listed below are the Quarterfinalists of the 2019 ScreenCraft Animation Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 800 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!
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Here are the Quarterfinalists:
| A Doggone Christmas | Michael Toay |
| A Hand of Brutality | Keith Offutt |
| A Hippo Named Harold | John Helms |
| A Tale of Stars and Shadows | Veselin Radanov |
| Achilles The Kid VS The Gods - Pilot | Jillian Todesca |
| Adelitas | Octavio Llano |
| Age of Arcana | Vincent Brown |
| Alex and the Stars | Anita Meyer Bunten |
| Alex Finn Vs The Nightmanre Marauders | Paul Zeidman |
| All About U | Briana Bougard |
| Amasai and The Meaning of Evil | Austin Curreri |
| An American Tragedy | Jackson DeLoach |
| Anansi and the Chest of Stories | Ayinde Ricco |
| Androo Kangaroo | Daniel Allen |
| Anomaly | Isaiah Fitzhugh |
| Anti-Gravity | Filip Momirovski |
| Avery | Bryan Kelsey |
| Badhorn USA | Justin Best |
| Bard | Jacob Greco |
| Barkley | D. Eric Paster |
| Beneath Storm Mountain | Kara Jacobson |
| Beverly Hills Roach | Tim Byron Owen |
| Big Ed's Christmas Cafe | Bernard Santora |
| Billy's Time Machine | Robert Cuen |
| Bloodlines | Meg Blasingame |
| Brain Food | Mike Heller |
| Buckin' Hell | Erick Ziegler |
| Buddy | Aaron Murray |
| Cats in the Hood | Robert Drusetta |
| Changing Novella | Jonathan Medici |
| Chinook's Christmas | Chris Staviski |
| Christian Bale vs the Zombies of Hollywood | Liam McEneaney |
| Christmas Crab Island | Arrash Pirasteh |
| Christmas Versus Silicon Valley | Matthew Conlin |
| City of Clouds | Litza Bixler |
| Civil Warlords | Joe Kourieh |
| Claus | Barry Ambrose & Juan Castro |
| Clerical Error | Nicole Favale & Max Dashevsky |
| Coconut Confidential | Lindiwe Mueller-Westernhagen |
| Conundrum Integrated | Micah Paisner |
| Copper Ridge | Rebecca Ghusn |
| Cradle | Jeffrey Ullman |
| Cranes | Matt Lewis |
| Cuauhtemoc in the Sky with Jade Beads | Juan Gutierrez |
| Cyber | Joe Dzikiewicz |
| Dandelion Manor | Alice Shindelar |
| Dave of Dystopia | Ryan Bremond |
| Decked Out | Kristen Rockmaker |
| Definitely Cursed | Brennan Gilpatrick & Erin Walsh |
| Destruction, Inc. | Stephen Chen |
| Different: The Awful Adventures of An Alien Anthropologist | Jen Finelli |
| Doll Parts | Steven Foster |
| Don't Be a Clown | John Dickson |
| Dream Boy | Amy Reedy Asbjørnsen |
| Dreamweaver | John Winkler & Michael Farruggia |
| Duck of the Month (Pilot for "Ducking Awesome") | Star Williams |
| Earth Memorial | Mary Burton |
| Emblems | Danny Van |
| Emina's Vision | Michael Bussey |
| Emma and the Seven | Jonathan Medici |
| Esa | Joe Kourieh |
| Exsawn | Andrea Sanderson |
| Fangirl | Shari Ellis |
| Flatliners | Tim Hitpas |
| Flittermouse | Adrian Ferrara |
| Fowl Road | Matthew Flynn |
| Foxed | James Stewart |
| Fruitful Valley | Alyssa Boyle |
| Galacticamp | Andrew Grant |
| Ghost Club | Klara Woldenga |
| Ghost Riot | Greg Fortier |
| Ghostlight Society | Jonathan Wymer |
| God of Wine | Joey Capuana |
| Golden Showers: The Search for the Presidential Pee Tape | Joe Ayella |
| Grim | Joseph Servodio |
| Grim's Reapers "Pilot" | Graham Reinbold |
| Grizzly π | Joshua Messarge |
| Gulls | Jeff Stern & Jay Farrell |
| Gun Star | Nicholas Fortunato & Andrew Fortunato |
| Hard in the Paint | Amy Wieseneck |
| Henry's Undead Life | Jeremy Patrick Hamilton |
| Homing School | Andrew Hopps |
| In the Footsteps of Thaddeus Thackeray | Adam McDaniel |
| Inkala | Judith G. Leifer |
| Into the Aether | Brian Howrey |
| J.P. Kimble, Wish Lawyer | Patrick Allan Laffoon |
| Jade Girl | Catherine Wang |
| Jeff & The Devil Go to College | Paul Kleinman |
| JINN-9 | Patrick Wolf |
| Jolissa - An Anti-Princess Tale | Tara Tyler Robinson |
| Jolly's Christmas | Ken Robb |
| Kaiju-Corps | Patrick Morphy |
| Kalahari | Camac Johnson |
| Kooky, The Post-Apocalyptic Cockroach | Dax de la Monta |
| Kung Fu: You Can (Not) Defeat My Technique | Alex Anico |
| Kyrie, Thunder Rider | Robert Morgan |
| Lame Ducks | Jordan Traylor & Grayson Howe |
| Lancelot: The Walberswick Wheelbarrow | Stephanie Palacino |
| Land of Unknowns | Eric Warczinsky |
| Last of the Dodos | Anthony Khaseria |
| Lemmings | Chris Bolton |
| Lily and Lola | Carlos Vega & Lily Streiff |
| Little Green Mend | Linda Whitmore & Brian Menz |
| Losers | David Zee |
| Lost Laundry | Devyne Johnson |
| Love Pugs in a Dark Time | Joe Cabello |
| Lucid Dreams | Fernando Rendon |
| Lucy Number 4,003 | Morgan Smalley |
| Madam Caraveil's Caravan of Curiosities | Amanda Keener |
| Mardy the Square Marble | David O'Brien |
| Match Pointe | Erick Pausz |
| Me, My Shadow and Iris | Jeannette Lara |
| Might and Magic | Branden Scruggs |
| Mission: Destroy Earth | Nick Logsdon |
| Monster Town | Garrett Vander Leun |
| Monsters 101 | Dustin Rhoads |
| Monstoria | Eric Preston Ross |
| Moon beam | Celia González Blázquez |
| Mouse House | Sokol Guri |
| Muse | Lorena Carbajal Van Ness & Michael Van Ness |
| My Best Friend Satan | Zak Bezdeka |
| My Hamster Has A Sword! | Tom Mason & Shaun McLaughlin |
| My Mob | Margot Tasca |
| Mythika | Katherine Botts & Mischa Marcus |
| N-Danger Rangers | Jordan Sandfer |
| Newcomer Pilot; Knight School | Sydne Gernaat |
| No Quarter, "Welcome to Arcadia" | Travis Kehoe |
| Noma Frey and the Broken World | Thomas Robinson |
| Oak O'Hana and the Raygun Brigade | Jay Richardson |
| Olympic Ave | Matt McManus |
| Omegas | Joseph Frazier |
| Oscar | Joshua Cartwright |
| Paradise - Pilot - The Fall | Douglas Levinson & Jared Bartemeyer |
| Pearly Gates | Frank Cappello |
| Penelope & The Professor | Joe Patrick Winters |
| Pixylations | Joe Laudati |
| Pizza Co. | Michael Bruno |
| PizzaDome | Jordan Doll |
| Pokey Nose | tami Ryder |
| Pond 108 | Teju Prasad |
| Princess Rogue | Kemmer Cope |
| Quantum Love or How Nick and Valerie Destroyed the World | Steve Savitz |
| Queen Punks | Alison Reeger Cook |
| Rescue | E.S. Dolan Dix |
| Rex After College | Jake Horvitz |
| Rollie the Raindrop, The Adventure Begins | Melissa Flores |
| Rotto! Kylie and the Quokkas of Rottnest Island | Jonathan Macpherson |
| Royally Duped: A Fairytale Gone Askew | Winnie Khaw |
| Rylee-Belle | Suzanne Varney |
| Samantha's Infinite Summer Vacation | Jeffrey Heinen |
| Samurai Streetballer | Lorena Carbajal Van Ness & Michael Van Ness |
| Sandbar in the Stars | Claire Bosnich |
| Satan Sittin | Graham Dunn |
| Sayyida | Thomas DiMassimo |
| Serena - The Battle of Rainbow Kingdom | Smita Mukherjee |
| Shallows | Javid Rezai |
| Sheltered | Margaret Hardy |
| Sherlee Holmes, Detective, Luna-Base 1 | Joyce Walsh |
| Shift | Kimberly A. Botbyl |
| Shipwrecked | Scott Caswell |
| Shrewdy | Paul Fulton |
| Sia The Giant | Rand Hadid |
| Sidekick | Joey Capuana |
| Sky Squadron | Robert Drusetta |
| Smash | Chris Bolton |
| Snorkel McCorkle | Linda R. Thornburg |
| Snowlands | Morr Meroz |
| Sonny | Dean Serravalle |
| Sonoran Song | Anne Wallace |
| Space Cases | Joshua Sackheim |
| Space Junk | Richard Bailey |
| Space Racers | Darren Lindquist |
| St. Clair v. Stanton | Lucy McKendrick |
| Star Sailors: | Alexis Allen |
| Starship Renegade | Logan Gilbert |
| SU(b)PAR | Chad Ayinde |
| SuperDread I! | Kristina Jordan |
| Superfluous | Daniel Mitchell |
| Surreal PolitiK: | Joshua Harris |
| Susan the Spy | Alva Moore |
| Sweet Destruction | Christian Wolf & Katelyn Colman |
| Tangled Web | Chris Wiltz |
| Tetrad of Darkness | Hamish Plaggemars |
| That Sister Thang | Lindiwe Mueller-Westernhagen & Dale Winton |
| The Agency | Alex Vitter |
| The Blackroom | Peter Rívera & Justise Ortiz |
| The Candy Cane Soldier | Evan Cooper & Brodie Cooper |
| The Circle of Eyes | Katy Mikelle |
| The Creatures of Camp Fremorf | Alex Klein |
| The Curious Cases of Melanie Jackson | Travis Kehoe |
| The Department of Wayward Souls | Cody Mauro |
| The Dream Machine: "Daydream Believer" | Elisa Eliot |
| The Family Tradition | Peter Rivera & Justise Ortiz |
| The Freshmen | Adam Karlson |
| The Golden Boy | Cindy Matta |
| The John Cena Power Hour | Luke Strickler |
| The Knight Shift | Pearson Jenks |
| The Mystery of the Hornet Ghost Lights | Craig Proudley & Kelly Chen |
| The Ordeals of Sasurgan | Erin Candrilli |
| The Queen's Ransom | Petra Winters |
| The Readers | Corey Swim |
| The Roots of the Magic Tree | Paula Rosa |
| The Spacer 6 | Alexandria Sinclair & Sara Detrik |
| The Sundarbans Tiger | Mateen Kemet |
| The Sword in the Sprawl | Matthew Scarpa |
| The Things You Keep | Leah Anton |
| The Three Sockateers - Kids' Animation Series | Elaine Chekich |
| The Town Guard | Millie Holten |
| The Underground Castle | Jacqueline Stewart |
| The Urge | Mark Kramer |
| The Weekly World Weirdos | Duke Cullen |
| The Witch That Got Away | Colleen Glennon |
| The Zipp Code - Knight of the Dragons | Fritz Kalteis |
| There Are Lions in the City | Alan Adler |
| Trashcan Jones | Briana Hansen |
| Trick | Jeffrey Ullman |
| Ultimate Popularity Contest Battle Tournament: Legends | Greg Goodness |
| Valley of the Golem | Lucas Bermudez |
| Very Fine People | Jonathan Katz |
| VFXX | Chloe Spencer |
| Wangland | Guillermo Noriega |
| What's Left of Us | Joseph Hemsani |
| Wishful Thinking | Alex Klein |
| Works Of Art | Benjamin Frohman |
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