Congratulations to the 2021 IHSFF Short Screenplay Search Winners!

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Thank you to all who submitted their screenplays to the 2021 International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition. We are very excited to announce this year's winners!

First Place:

Disrupture by Ross Morin of New London, CT

A gay couple wakes up to find a knife-wielding homophobic maniac in their bedroom in this terrifying queer spin on the home invasion thriller.

Second Place:

Allusion by Scott Hutz of Los Angeles, CA


When she was a child, Geri witnessed her mother agonizing over her sister’s death. Now, with her mother institutionalized and her sole guardian grieving over his wife’s death, Geri relives the events that led her to where she is… and the horror she cannot let go.

Third Place:

Man Cave by Mark Higgins of South Lanarkshire, UK

An old man lures two antique hunters to appraise his collection, where they unknowingly step into his deadly, psychotic trap.

Finalists:

Glitch by Andrea K M Capere of Tacoma, WA

When the cost of treatment is too steep, a clever cosmetic gene editor risks it all to save herself from her completely preventable death.

EBO by L. E. Coleman of Indianapolis, IN

A young husband finds the cure for his wife’s incurable disease sitting in an old tanker inside a junkyard, but the owner of the yard is not about to let him leave with it or let his secret get out to the rest of the world.

Perfection by James Furlong of Thousand Oaks, CA

Desperate to save his ailing wife, a man resorts to experimental nanotechnology to cure her leukemia... with horrifying results.

Tough Love by Warren Lane of Sherman Oaks, CA

A suicidal teen finds a reason to live after her maniacal new therapist gives her a hefty dose of tough love.

Come Closer by Pierre Langenegger of Canterbury, Australia

After breaking into an old house for Halloween a girl becomes trapped by spirits, but she soon discovers that freeing herself does not rid her of their malevolent intent.

Dolores by Michael Seabolt & Greg Schroeder

Every night, while Ethan’s getting ready to go to sleep, a ghost lies down in bed with him. It scares him, but he also misses the Ghost when it leaves, for its appearance and smell remind him of his dead girlfriend Dolores.

Chef’s Kiss Special by Sevval Sengul of Instabul, Turkey

A restaurant serves up more than the diners bargain for.

Congratulations to the 2020 IHSFF Short Screenplay Search Winners!

blood on keyboard.jpg

Thank you to all who submitted their screenplays to the 2020 International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition. We are very excited to announce this year's winners!

First Place:

Huntr by Michael Rinaldi of Greensboro, NC

In the near future, a new app aims to crowd source law enforcement, and one man must navigate a city of side-gigging bounty hunters on his way to pay a parking ticket.

Second Place:

Be Quiet by Lindiwe Suttle of Berlin, Germany

Set in dystopian near-future world, a docile black woman held captive by fundamentalist doctors struggles to free herself and other patients.

Third Place:

Wet Rot by Stuart Creque of Moraga, CA

A Father finds out there is more to surviving than just staying alive.

Finalists:

The Harvest by Ericka Dahm of Prescott Valley, AZ

In a lonely, dangerous world, a brother and sister find an unlikely savior in a scarecrow.

Denizen by Sean Furey of Benbrook, TX

Two thieves discover more tricks than treats as they attempt to steal a dead man's safe on Halloween night.

The Lure by Stephen Graves of London, UK

An elderly angler hooks a mysterious artifact from the river, and is stalked by an angry water spirit as he attempts to throw off its curse.

Tramps by Jeffrey Howe of St. Louis, MO

On a voyage from the asteroid belt to Earth, a freelance spaceship pilot verbally spars with a scientist whose work could make him obsolete -- until sabotage forces them to consider what they have in common.

Dummy by Matthew Macola of Denver, CO

Afraid of driving alone at night, a widow named Beverly keeps a dummy she calls Talbot in the passenger seat of her car. When a group of teenagers steal Talbot in a prank-gone-wrong, Talbot seeks his revenge.

Transhuman by Kristy Walsh of Philadelphia, PA

When faced with the threat of invasion, Rafe must decide whether the best leaders are born or assembled.

Old Fish by Kate Whitehead of Toronto, Ontario

Tariq and Kylee want to put Grandma in a home. Unfortunately, Grandma's girlfriend Mrs. Zane is not ready to give her up.

Congratulations to the 2019 IHSFF Short Screenplay Search Winners!

Thank you to all who submitted their screenplays to the 2019 International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition. We are very excited to announce this year's winners!

First Place:

Past Partum by Jeffrey Howe

When a ten-year old boy consults his imprisoned great-grandmother to help fill in a gap in the family tree, she reveals something far more disturbing: the real reason for his mother's failing health is his baby sister.

Second Place:

Fame Fatale by Michael Daly

What happens when a 40 year old gay struggling actor is pushed to the brink. THE BRINK!!!

Third Place:

A Rite of Youth by Kenny Wright

This is a coming of age story about a mother and daughter, with a bloody ending .


Congratulations to the 2018 IHSFF Short Screenplay Search Winners!

Thank you to all who submitted their screenplays to the 2018 International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition. We are very excited to announce this year's winners!

First Place:

Quietus by Joshua Bartolome

A cancer patient's sanity is taken to the brink when a series of mysterious brain tests results in terrifying visions of cosmic evil.

Second Place:

Virtually Fine by Gil Saint

What good is living in the world of tomorrow if you're still haunted by all the problems of today? That's the question at the center of this dystopian dark comedy. But science may finally have an answer: an experimental device that can change anyone's world view, even Miller, the future's most pathetic sad-sack of a man.

Third Place:

The Everlasting by Dean Whittington

A Father finds out there is more to surviving than just staying alive.

Finalists:

Custom Strain by Lara Haynes Freed

Trapped in a biotech building on lockdown, an animal-lab technician must confront a vengeful rat demon.

Living Memory by Stephen Graves

An elderly man struggles to care for his ailing wife, facing a terrible choice as her memory fails – while the zombies draw ever closer.

A War on Terror by Peter Haig

When a group of soldiers is hit by an IED they are left to figure out if they are alive, dead, or worse.

Unplug by Pat Lomax
 

Dark Hour by Edward Martin

In the dark of night, horrifying things are happening deep in the woods. Horrifying things to horrifying creatures.

Melville by Jeremy Storey

Murderers that get pinched and punished are the lucky ones. Those that slip into the darkness have the misfortune of meeting Melville. As he will teach them that killing has consequences. Some worldly. Some other.

International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival Screenplay Contest Winners

International Horror and Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest Results

 

2014 Winners

1st Place - Terra Alpha One Written by Neil Chase

2nd Place - Deers! Written by John Furby

3rd Place - Santa Muerte Written by Ben Soper & Tyler Soper

Other Finalists (in alpha order by title)

Aurora, Texas by Larry Leahy

Drowning Pool by P.W. Gavan

Genesis Prime by Joe Crouch

Grimwood by Murat Izmirli

Obie by Thierry Vilar

Porphyria by Shannon Fontana

Sardis the Merciful by Christian Thomas

 

2013 Winners

1st Place - Dragon Moon

Written by Joe Crouch

 

 

2012 Winners

1st Place - Lobison Written by Joe "Tuffy" Tofuri

2nd Place - Through the Night Written by Edward Martin III 3rd Place - Anderson Falls Written by Giles Daoust

Other Finalists (in alpha order by title)

Bast by Matt Francis

Belzec: The Made Undead by Steffan Postaer

The Devil You Know by Melody Cooper

Founding Fathers by Giles Daoust

Gravity by Andrew Noble

Predator/Prey by Kent Kitzman

A Viking on the Subway by William Torgerson