AUSTIN INTERNATIONAL CINEVERSE WINNERS

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SEASON 8 — 2025

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PLATINUM COMPETITION

Platinum Script : ROCK with WINGS // Raymond Anthony Edwards

Gold Script : Backen // Tony Gandia

Silver Script : FADE TO FIFTY // Kathryn Carmichael

Bronze Script : Piccolo Santino Episode 7 // Sal Mallimo

GENERAL COMPETITION

Best Writer : ON THE EDGE // IRINA VYSOTSKAYA

Best Feature Script : The Styrofoam Shaman // Christopher Manydeeds

Best TV / Web Series : Timebound // Danny Phillips

Best Short Script : Juicy! // Gerhard de Villiers

PRIX DU JURY

KIPLING'S SOLDIER // Iliyas Daudi

Beastly Onslaught // Helen Rana

SEASON 7 — 2024

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PLATINUM COMPETITION

Platinum Script : The Silent Rebellion // Christan Van Slyke

Gold Script : Pierce // Shane Emmett, Timothy Bowden

Silver Script : EMILIA MUST DIE // Francisco Leslie López del Castillo Wilder

Bronze Script : The Father of Things // Chris Fell

GENERAL COMPETITION

Best Writer : The Crimson Scarf // Elliot Stanton

Best Feature Script : UNRIPE FRUIT // Julian Robles, Enrique Serna

Best TV / Web Series : IN THE CIRCLE OF KUNDUZ // Iliyas Daudi

Best Short Script : "Jewish for Lunch" // Lou Stone Borenstein

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

  • Moving On // CR Sherman

  • The Light Under The Door // Robert LoBianco

  • TAKAO // James Sutherland

  • The burden // Xiao Ping Diana Dai

  • BELIEF // Susan Kelejian

  • Tortured Existence // Jeremy Stinson

  • Crime and Punishment, LA // Vitaly Sumin

  • The Garden of Earthly Delights // Steven howard

  • Agnes // David Liles

  • Wavy and Dusky-colored // Shahrzad Amirshahkarami

  • Time in Abeyance // Dustin Moore

  • «ZUGZWANG OF OBER LIEUTENANT BRUNO THEVS» // Iliyas Daudi

  • FLY BY NIGHT // James Sutherland

  • Method // Steven Hayet

  • Little Mikey // Joey R Marino, Marla J Marino

  • In The Promise of A Better Tomorrow // Al Raif

  • She Likes Me Not // Ace Teo

  • LYNCH // Peter Herlan

  • The Last supper // Iman Davari

  • The Shy Romantics // Peter Gartner

  • Legacy's Child // Iam Typn

  • Desperate Measures // Helen Rana

  • Overwhelming Darkness // Steven A Hart

  • We Want Your Baby // Leah Rowell

  • Escape // Marc H Stevens

  • FANTASIA // Mazzone Ninno

  • Embrace The Mother Of All Fears // Axel Skovdal Roelofs

  • Libertis // Solene Maillard

  • The Martyr // Rita Betti

  • Mecca // Monte Albers de Leon

  • A Life Unexamined // Catherine Stanley

  • The Tin Can in the cemetery // Anh My Nguyen

  • SWINGMAN // Zeki Turgut Gezgez

  • ROCK with WINGS // Raymond Anthony Edwards

THE FINALISTS

  • Fake news: the price of truth // Ciro Russo

  • Schumann // Steve Nethercott-Cable, Janet Nethercott-Cable

  • No Fear, Zahoora! // Rami Ibrahim

  • My American Family // Delrey Pearson

  • MAFIA PROM DATE // Michael J Volpe

  • One-Upmanship // Helen Rana

  • A Boy Among Champions // Catherine Stanley

  • No Weddings, But A Funeral // Elliot Stanton

  • Coulrophobia // Gary Davies

  • Housewife // Jamie Alvey

  • The Door Creaks // Collins Abbott White

  • Bad Weather // Irlanda Martinez

  • Chateau Sauvignon // David M. Night Maire, Adam T. Wolfe

  • <MACAU RETURNS TO HOMETOWN> // JIATONG HAN

  • <HEART OF BOUNDARY> // CHUNZI ZHANG

  • FIDO // John Norris Ray

  • Fortunata // Max Oliva

  • Dog Gone // Brian Thomas Shirley, Ginger Renee

  • La Piazza // Richard Thompson

  • Outcast Junction // J.P. Riehle

  • Garbage Dweller // Sonia Sarlak, Saleh Beheshti

  • Master Guns' // Peter Herlan

  • Halfway Game // Peter Herlan, Stephen Kriter

  • Gemini Talkies // Barnali Ray Shukla

  • Tunnel Vision // Helga Smit

  • Death Curse // esabella anna karena strickland

  • Celestial // Timothy Kohn, BK Lyon

  • Elixir // CR Sherman

SEASON 6 — 2023

What an insane amount of talent we have on our hands.

Reading these scripts - brought to me every emotion I thought possible. It was a truly cinematic expereience. Genre-defying masterpieces that pushed the boundaries of storytelling — and — So much innovation.

Narratives that unfolded like a symphony with profound and unpredictable storylines and character arcs. This was a true tour de force of a RED LIST and I wish to thank every writer, finalist and winner for creating their indelible mark on this edition and the films to come. Congratulations to you all.

Now I need a strong cup of tea.

Remarks by Screenplay Judge:

Jonathan Zsofi (LOTR, Powerrangers, Te Makutu, Blood of Jerusalem, MasterChef).

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PLATINUM COMPETITION

Best Hybrid Genre Screenplay // As Scared As You // Jesse Dorian

Best Genre Screenplay // HEARTSTONE // Michael Williams, Robert Biheller, Phillip Margolin

Best Feature Screenplay // CODE 10 // Matthew Margo

Honourable Mention // Morituriosis // Jesse Dorian

OFFICIAL SHORT SCRIPT FINALISTS

// Deadline To Death // Elliot Stanton

// ROCKET JAMES - THE SOURCE OF DESTINY // CHRISTIAN LEONARDO TALARICO

// ROUGH CUT // Matthew Margo

// Mallory // Liz Chiodo

// Luck be a Lady // Elliot Stanton

// Brotherly Hate // Elliot Stanton

// ALTER EGO // CHRISTIAN LEONARDO TALARICO

// DANDELION WISHES // Sammy Kistell

OFFICIAL FEATURE SCRIPT FINALISTS

  • // Marah From Eilat // Leiter Daniellson

    // The Future's Not Ours To See // Elliot Stanton

    // Hollywood Park // Glenna Goodman

    // HEARTSTONE // Michael Williams, Robert Biheller, Phillip Margolin

    // LOVE ACCORDING TO EROS // Sammy Kistell

    // As Scared As You // Jesse Dorian

    // SVEN // Jesse Dorian

    // Donavan Emery, The Android & Himself // Jesse Dorian

    // CODE 10 // Matthew Margo

    // The Spear Carrier // Alec Cuddeback

    // Moriarty // Daniel Corey

    // Takako // Pauline Anastasia Renoult

    // No Single Stone // Stephen D Floyd

    // The Four Of Us Are Dying // Jesse Dorian

    // Taboo Candy // Jean Galliano

    // Epidemic // Marie Kelly

    // HARASSMENTS // Gustavo Duc

    // DISAPPEARED // GUSTAVO DUC, MAXIMILIANO REIMONDI

    // Liza Rose // Kevin Joseph Silva

    // Morituriosis // Jesse Dorian

    // Misfortune Cookies // Don Stroud

    // Splashdown // Don Stroud

SEASON 5 — 2022

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PLATINUM COMPETITION

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT // Winter Bird // Stephen Delos Treacy

BEST GENRE SCRIPT // Inversion // Suzy Stein, Fernando Perez

BEST WRITER // Templin Highway // William Prosser

JURY AWARD // MATHIAS // Ian Davies

THE FINALISTS

Winter Bird // Stephen Delos Treacy

LotusLand // Daniel Corey

Cascadia // Tim Millette

Templin Highway // William Prosser

The Postcard // Mike Sorrinni

Inversion // Suzy Stein, Fernando Perez

TIMELESS // Les McDiarmid

MATHIAS // Ian Davies

SEASON 4 — 2021

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PLATINUM COMPETITION

Alta California // Best Script

Skin-Walkers // Best Horror Script

Tobi Lee Sigona - 12:34 // Best Writer