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SCREENPLAY AWARD WINNERS

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SEPTEMBER 2025

WINNERS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

Winners are judged & results will be available in the final quarter of the year in December for Tahiti International Screenplay Biennale sponsored by SCREENCRAFTS.

WOTY Nominees:

WINNERS

WRITER OF THE YEAR

BEST TV / PILOT SCREENPLAY

  • The Frame “Déjà Vu” (Pilot) — William Cormier

BEST NORTH AMERICAN WRITER(S)

  • Gentrified — Aaron Braxton

BEST DRAMA

  • Sky Zyprexa Night — Delfine Paolini

BEST ROMANCE

  • Walking Point — Dr. Candace (Candy) Campbell

BEST COMEDY

  • Boneheads — Kelly Jean Karam

BEST HORROR/THRILLER

  • The Understudy — Jasmine Brimsmayd

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

  • Pata Palo: The Pursuit of Goldie Pearls — Mario G. Lopez

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

  • Bo and the Wind — Nathan Meade

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER

  • Cafe Romeo — Alberto Diamante

BEST SCI-FI

  • The Frame — William Cormier

BEST FANTASY

  • Solstice — John J Blenkush

BEST HISTORICAL/PERIOD-PIECE

  • The Passage Of Sun — Aaron Braxton

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

  • Sky, Zyprexa, Night — Delfine Paolini

  • The Passage of Sun — Aaron Braxton

  • Beastly Onslaught — Helen Rana

  • Patchwork — Chris Fell

  • GatorFerno — Catherine Erhardt

  • Kick Rocks — Peter Herlan

  • JOSHI — James Sutherland

  • Walking Point — Candy Campbell

  • BONEHEADS — Kelly Jean Karam

  • PROGRAMS — IRINA VYSOTSKAYA

OFFICIAL FINALISTS

  • Seed Money — Aaron K Braxton

  • Serving Justice — Paul Thornhill

  • PRECURSOR — Steve Brown

  • Solstice — John J Blenkush

  • Blood Legacy — Robert Godwin

  • String Lights — VP Boyle

  • Newton and the Locker Monster — Anthony A Miller

  • SHIFT — Sisi Liu

  • The Morgue — Tatiana Brown

  • The Understudy — Jasmine Brimsmayd

  • Pari Leto — Jason Seelmann

  • The Farm — Craig Urquhart

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FILM FESTIVAL STRATEGY — FILM & SCRIPT FEEDBACK — COACHING & NETWORKING
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DECEMBER 2024

WINNERS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

Winners are judged & results will be available in the final quarter of the year in December for Tahiti International Screenplay Biennale sponsored by SCREENCRAFTS.

WOTY Nominees:

WINNERS

WRITER OF THE YEAR

BEST TV / PILOT SCREENPLAY

  • The Age of the Empath — Steve Brown

BEST NORTH AMERICAN WRITER(S)

  • The Death of Jeremy — David Seader

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

  • One For Sorrow — Simeon Lumgair

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

  • Fade to Fifty — Kathryn Carmichael

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER

  • TAKAO — James Sutherland

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

  • Agnes — David Liles

  • Battledream Chronicles: A new beginning
    – Alain Bidard

  • TODD — D.Hunter Fein

  • Cravings — Jemma Curran

  • Libertis — Solene Maillard

  • You Didn't Come to See My Band — David E Ballard

  • The Tin Can in the cemetery — Anh My Nguyen

  • Pierce — Shane Emmett, Timothy Bowden

  • Overwhelming Darkness — Steven A Hart

  • The Night is Awake — Anthony Osarfo

  • The Light Under The Door — Robert LoBianco

  • Path of Liberation — Mansoor H Laghari

  • Parallel Lives — Stephanie Kirves

  • Dear Grandson — Scott Reneau

  • JIATONG HAN —《澳门归故里》

  • Good — Monte Albers de Leon

OFFICIAL FINALISTS

  • Blinded By Witchcraft — Kamara Campbell

  • HANA — James Sutherland

  • Instability — Fallon Buchholz

  • Celestial — Timothy Kohn, BK Lyon

  • Ambient Light — H.Cherdon Bedford

  • TU BRÛLES — Saadi BELGAID

  • Moving On — CR Sherman

  • An Ozark Mountain Christmas — Carrie Lynn Agee

  • Bad Axx — susan kelejian

  • It Depends — Janna Jones

  • The reasons of time — Monica Carpanese, Pierpaolo Federico Rospo

  • VOLK — James Sutherland

  • Blocked — Catherine Erhardt

  • Family Betrayal: Our Last Night In Baghdad — Al Raif

  • Divorce Story — Vanessa Li Wang

  • Less Traveled — Christan van Slyke

FILM FESTIVAL STRATEGY — FILM & SCRIPT FEEDBACK — COACHING & NETWORKING
FILM FESTIVAL STRATEGY — FILM & SCRIPT FEEDBACK — COACHING & NETWORKING

NEW SEASON 1 — SEPTEMBER 2024

WINNERS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

DIAMOND SCREENPLAYS

Best Feature // Those Who Don’t Belong // Liz Edwards and Lony Ruhmann

Best TV/Web Episode // PENNY // Melanie Villines

Best Short // New Age // Jay Menos McIntyre

GOLD SCREENPLAYS

Feature // Sweet Cuisine // Donnie Taè

TV/Web Episode // The Wild Hunt // Francesca Florentyna O'Hop

Short // Moving On //CR Sherman

SILVER SCREENPLAYS

Feature // Blood Oranges // Steve Flavin

TV/Web Episode // Civitas: A Tale of Anathema // Bob Singleton

Short // Schalken the Painter //Andrew Horne

GENRE AWARDS

BEST DRAMA // New Age // Jay Menos McIntyre

BEST ROMANCE // Black Ocean // Francesca Florentyna O'Hop

BEST COMEDY // Sweet Cuisine // Donnie Taè

BEST HORROR/THRILLER // Blood Oranges // Steve Flavin

BEST FANTASY // The Wild Hunt // Francesca Florentyna O'Hop

BEST HISTORICAL/PERIOD-PIECE // Schalken the Painter // Andrew Horne

BEST SCIENCE-FICTION // Those Who Don’t Belong // Liz Edwards and Lony Ruhmann