2018 Orb Media Group China-Hollywood Screenwriting Fellowship Semifinalists Announced
Today we announce the semifinalists for the inaugural Orb Media China-Hollywood Screenwriting Fellowship. These writers comprise approximately the top 10% of applicants. The finalists and recipients will be selected and announced in the next few weeks.
Orb Media Group will select two (2) winners who will each be offered an option fee, one of which will be at least WGA minimum (up to $13,374) against a six-figure purchase price at WGA scale contingent on production (up to $133,739 each, depending on the final budget of each film). Orb Media Group and its partners will financially back and develop the projects for production and distribution with partners in China and the United States. The recipients will be provided with round-trip travel to the Shanghai International Film Festival in June 2018 to participate in special training and mentorship programs in partnership with the Shanghai Film School.
Congratulations to these talented screenwriters, and to the quarterfinalists.
The following 2018 semifinalists have advanced to the penultimate round of consideration for the awards:
| 731 | Brady Nelson |
| "Land that we love" | Julian Awoonor Renner |
| #CLOUDMAN | Craig Rosenthal |
| 20/20: Search for Independence | Harold Brown |
| 40 Millimeter | Steve Hochman |
| Absolute Advantage | Mark Layne |
| Anchor Baby | Ran Jing & Bridget Johnson |
| Armor | Bryant Daluz |
| Arriving Home | Shutan Ren |
| Aviatrix | Bob Shayne |
| Beneath the Banyan Tree | Li Yang |
| Black Sun Rising | Jimmy Lui |
| Call of the Brazos | Charles Crawford |
| China Gold | Dan Schieberl |
| China Heist | Charles Picard |
| China Road | Robert C Fleet |
| Circus Boy | Stephen Curran |
| Conspiracy of Silence | Kenneth Howard |
| Diao Chan | Chris Denholm |
| Dreaming of You | Dermot O'Donnell |
| Dynasty Warrior | Joshua Redfield |
| Exploit | Mark Anderson |
| Flying Tiger | David Bryant Perkins |
| Foxed | James Stewart |
| Gunmetal Black | Dennis Venter |
| HaoWen & Molly | Olivia Sblendorio |
| Ho Chi Minh Is Dead | Maggie Hames |
| Kuan Yin and the Min River Bridge | Kathryn Kyker |
| Leaving Town | Stephen Curran |
| Love Nation | Katherine Carter |
| Luk Ah Choi: Shaolin Hero | Joey Cheung Lai Ling & Brian Chumney |
| Operation Stormy Weather | Martin Bernard Foley |
| Payola | Edward Klau |
| Secret Service | WILLIAM HYLAND |
| Shaolin Nanny | Todd Weinger |
| Silver Wings | A.W. 'Tony' Scott |
| Sleeping Lotus by Elwood Kondert | Helmut Metzger |
| Son | David Bornstein, Trevor Davies |
| Special Guest | Aharon Kampe |
| Steam and Gold | Jack McLaughlin & Alan J. Bailey |
| Stringer | Andrea Janakas |
| Tea Leaves & Gun Smoke | Jerry Redfield III |
| The Deliverer | Ross Denyer |
| The Festival | Dene Stark |
| The Fight After | Gunnar E Garrett Jr. |
| The Flowering | Ryan Weatrowski |
| The Golden Dragon Massacre | Ryan Chong |
| The Kung Fu Rock Chick | Caryn McCann |
| The Last Deer | Steven Hoerger |
| The Moon Rabbit | Alexandra Timmer |
| The Panjiayuan Diary | Tim Plaehn |
| The Path | Jon Smith & Ian Masters |
| The Puddle Jumper | Arla Bowers |
| The Quality of a Memory | Austin Nordell |
| The Secret Detectives | Neil Knox |
| The Abolitionists | Leslie Lyshkov |
| Unjust Lands | Joshua Cavalier |
| Vertical | Eric Christopherson |
| White Lies | Helmut Metzger |
| Willowport | Jess Ansik |
| Wolfblood | Jaime Silverman |
| Zero Day | Zachary Grashin & Joe Harkins |
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