A big congratulations to all the semi finalists. Congratulations!
We will be announcing the finals on Wednesday, October 16th.
I’m incredibly proud to present the semi finals of SYS’s Six-Figure Screenplay Contest.
Features
Living Too Late (thriller) by Alex McAulay
Log Line: A kindhearted middle-school teacher tries to help a troubled student, but accidentally incurs the wrath of the student’s demented parent, who begins stalking him and trying to ruin his life. This is a darkly comic thriller.
On the Hour (horror) by Brandon Rhiness
Log Line: A group of friends spending the weekend in the country fall victim to a curse that causes them to die off one by one, every hour, on the hour.
Self Storage (horror) by Robert Walcott
Log Line: On his first shift at a self storage facility, a new night manager discovers that his workplace harbors some very disturbing business practices.
The Salesman (drama) by Adam Seidel
Log Line: A lonely assassin on the cusp of a mid-life crisis is duped into a cross-country road trip with his next hit, an abrasive, suicidal man who wants company on his pre-death apology tour. ABOUT SCHMIDT meets BANSHEES of INISHERIN.
They Eat Their Own (thriller) by Steven Smith
Log Line: After losing WWIII the U.S. is split in half, just like Vietnam and Korea before it. Rebels fighting to reunite the country face mind-bending interrogations that threaten to crush the rebellion.
Vengeance of Saints (thriller) by Phillip Roquemore
Log Line: A small town priest struggles with the strict rules surrounding the seal of confession when a man confesses what he did to the girl missing from the church youth group.
Shorts
Domestic Disturbance (thriller) by Darren Coyle
Log Line: A cop is called to a domestic disturbance. He finds a woman chained to a radiator and a man with a gun. Cop subdues the man and frees the woman only to find she is a werewolf and he’s in trouble
Sun Is Coming? (drama) by Saeid Ghasemi
Log Line: In a Dubai refugee camp, SHARIFOLAH battles bureaucracy and the looming threat of the Taliban to bring his scattered family together.
Wang and Da Rats (action/adventure) by James Bylinsky
Log Line: When a young Chinese deli owner in Queens pisses off a pair of neo-Nazis, he must confront his nonconfrontational nature to defeat them, save his deli, and save his life.