2020 ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Competition Semifinalists

by ScreenCraft on August 5, 2020

Listed below are the Semifinalists of the 2020 ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Competition. These exceptional screenplays were selected from almost 1,100 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks to all for submitting!

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Here are the Semifinalists:

*154 Wills*	Shelby Doubek
*A Christmas Cheer*	Clint Ford
*A Dangerous Mind*	Kirk Davis & Sam Sloves
*A KIND OF MARRIAGE*	CHARLES LEIPART
*A Need to Kill*	Mark Pettit & AJ Jones
*A South Philly Story*	Scott Fleishman
*Affection of a Tiger*	Khalid Abdulqaadir
*Agent Amira*	Aziz Tazi
*AJAX*	Aaron Kadkhodai & Matt Kawecki
*ALL BLOOD RUNS RED*	Douglas Raine
*All Is Well*	Carolyn Humpherys
*Angels of War*	Natalie Bergman & Victoria Rau
*Bad Hombres*	Filup Molina
*Becoming Sinatra*	Richard Muti
*Beef v. Winfrey*	Dan Williams
*Bent Necks*	Nahuel Fanjul-Arguijo
*Black Butterflies*	Evan McGahey
*Blackwood*	Christopher Morrison
*Boston Underdogs*	Alex Jason Kaplan
*Catalpa*	Michael Kalesniko
*Celestials*	Jennifer Sumbu Longe & Rhea Mary Oomen
*Cheerleader MacBeth*	Daniel Strange
*Confidence Woman*	Amelie Yeager
*Contact Loss*	K. Michelle Stewart
*Crazy Train. A True Story?*	James McDonald
*Days in the Dark: The Life of Vito Russo*	Terrence Cooper
*Demons in America*	Fred Martenson
*Don Q*	Richard P. Alvarez
*Edith*	Mike Mason
*Edward Deeds & The ECTLECTRC (Electric) Pencil*	Patrick Emile
*Eight Million Gods*	Jesse J Cook
*Endurance*	Rich Orstad
*FEVER*	Carl Byker
*Fighting for Our Children*	John Martins III
*For Life: A Tale of Class, Color, Commitment*	Lynda Williams
*FREEDOM - THE TRUE STORY OF NIEVES FERNANDEZ*	David J McDonald
*Grand Sierra*	Nicolas Scroggins
*HALL OF MIRRORS*	Jesse Newman
*Hangwoman*	Debra Sharkey
*Heavy Pilot*	Collette Legault
*Heck*	Chris Hicks
*HELLDORADO*	Billie Bates
*Ivaylo the Cabbage*	Sascha Gomberg
*Jane and Henry*	Alison Wroblewski
*Jumpman*	Matthew Breault & Alex George Pickering
*Kristen & Maggie*	Jo Agricola & Jare Ruga
*LAIKA*	Jackie Perez
*Lancelot*	Eric Gable
*Little Red*	Jack Konrath
*Madame of Fire and Vice*	Alison Wroblewski
*Manzanar*	David Moriya
*Marathon Men*	Andrew Murga
*Marlowe*	David Ransil
*MERCURY GIRLS*	Autumn Withers & Ryann Ferguson
*Mitch Grobeson Bio Project*	Brandon Rosin
*Morale and Safety*	Daniel Johnson
*Muscle and Bark*	G. DeAngelis
*Nevertown*	Megan Weaver
*November*	Gerrard Hartland
*Of Patriots and Tyrants*	Aaron Silverman
*Officer X*	michael joiner
*ORADOUR*	Vaughn Roste
*Original Serpent*	DJ Mineheine
*Phantom*	Dan Williams
*Poe*	Evan Greenspoon
*Pride and Privilege*	Latisha Jones
*Pride of Hollywood*	Devin Toohey & Brian Whitaker
*Prohibition Man*	Andrew Judge
*Putzi*	Jason de Vyea & Wade Jackson
*Rebellion*	Sergio Kopelev
*Rednecks*	Christopher Byram
*Relics*	Rose Skye
*Rising Son*	Junot Lee
*Roe v Wade: The Trial That Changed America*	Larry Bambrick
*ROE V. NORMA*	Laurie Ashbourne
*Romance in the U.S.A. A Cuban Girl's Story*	Amarilys Rassler
*Rosetta's War*	Kenneth Lueders
*SCOTUS*	Alan Jenkins
*SEVEN GATES*	Sara Morrow
*Seven Miles to Freedom*	Spencer Magloff
*Shattered Faces*	Ariane Hahusseau
*Shepherd*	Christopher Momenee
*Sisi*	Karol Hoeffner
*Slide*	Olivia Iannelli
*Smoke as Directed*	Greg Scharpf
*STAROMA*	Richard Stone
*Sticks 'n Stones the Daisy Myers Story*	Alethia Brown
*SYNANON: The Most Dangerous Cult in History*	NICK AQUILINO
*T'ai Djin: Legend of the Werewolf Monk*	Taylor Hopkins
*The Amazons*	Kim Thomson
*The Ambassador*	Christina Holmes
*THE BALLAD OF TOM DOOLEY*	Stuart Creque
*The Beast of Bedburg*	Jennifer Grand
*The Brothers' Refuge*	Alisha Garza
*The C&O*	Joseph Enderby
*The Captain*	Jason de Vyea
*The Confessions of Patty Cannon*	Barry Bramble & Ian Bramble
*THE COUP*	Joe Ayella
*The Devil's Providence: Salem Story*	Eric Glawe
*The End of War*	Chris Fried
*THE ESTHER CODE*	ESA NURMINEN
*The Fierce Angel Of Chinatown*	Jason Chan
*The Final Feast*	Joel Franke & Seth Franke
*The Forgotten*	Ruth Russ
*The Forgotten Ten*	Patrick Hackeling
*The Game of Their Lives*	Brian Mulligan
*The Giant's Architect*	maria hinterkoerner
*The Haight*	Kimba Henderson
*The Hawk of Quraysh*	Laila Ujayli
*THE JAZZ KING*	Kwame Granderson & Jonathan Flicker
*The King of the Damned*	Graham Locke
*The Lions of Mesopotamia*	Robin Rose Singer
*THE MITFORDS*	Vivian Kerr
*The Prince of Soul*	Jai Brandon
*The Prot√©g√©*	Kennedy Sabelko
*THE RADICAL*	Stephanie Stanley
*The Red Summer*	Lyric Fergusson
*The Samurai's Daughter*	Brandon Carbaugh
*The Sydney Abduction*	Leslie Borchert
*The Unfinished War*	Eduardo Presa
*The Villain*	Andrew Ferguson
*The White Mouse: Witch*	Heather Farlinger
*The Youngest Convict*	Julie Bliss Umbreit
*Through the Fire - Episode 1 - The 95th*	Christine Keleny
*TILLIE*	David Chester & Blake Pinter
*Tis of Thee*	Brodrick Haygood, Scarlett Camargo, Rob Alicea
*Tumblers*	Michael J. McDonough
*TUSSAUD*	Cat Youell
*Twenty One Hours*	Tel Benjamin
*Unrecognizable*	Shylo Fontenot
*VENICE OF AMERICA*	Michael Graf
*Virtuosa*	Christian Linke
*When Wendy Grew Up*	Jenna St. John
*Whiteness of Bones*	Melissa White
*Wild and Wilder - Becoming Billy*	Fritz Kalteis & Stefan Ludwig