Thank you to all who submitted their screenplays to the 2022 International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition. We are very excited to announce this year's winners!
First Place
Daphne and the Fever by Ashley Fell
A lonely artist and self-destructive punk form a tender connection, but hard drugs and a burning fever allow their subconscious monsters to cut through the skin of reality, with gruesome consequences.
Second Place
Stranded by Kevin Machate
A series of extreme decisions leads a distraught man down a desolate road where his encounter with a young woman alters both of their fates.
Third Place
Love You More Than Rain by Kristy Walsh
When a depressed father struggles to make tough decisions, a new leader emerges within the family.
Finalists
End of Days by Danny Alex
An emotionally damaged navy seal and a gifted scientist fight to save the remnants of society after a weaponized organism spreads, leaving the population with basic predatory animal instincts.
Francine & Gerald by Montgomery Burt
At the end of her night shift, a rookie cop stops a local baker she suspects is not the pillar of the community he seems to be. A tense cat-and-mouse game plays out between them.
I Hope This Email Finds You Well by Quinton Buxton
After landing a job as the new assistant to a high-profile producer, Allison Anders soon discovers all the challenges that come with the entertainment business - emails, egos, and an office computer that's alive... and deadly.
The Taxidermist by Maggie Dominiak
A taxidermist begins experiencing odd events in his isolated cabin.
Hard As It Gets by Darren Haskins
In this dark comedy horror, an up and coming city council member surveying neighborhoods for votes gets caught up in a handsy situation when he encounters a son and mother with a thirst for corrupted officials.
Samaritan Takes Cormorant by Nathan D. Ludwig
When an imperial saboteur blacks out an entire mining colony to steal encrypted data, he's forced to escape with the help of an old flame. The reunion is cut short when both realize the other has been lying about who they claim to be.
The Human Experience by Daniel Pico
After a brutal mutiny on an interstellar cruiser, Adam the former captain of the vessel crash lands on an inhospitable planet. Immediately he finds himself back on earth in a past time period long forgotten, with an alien presence seeking to learn from him what it's like to be a human.
