Semi-Finalists: October 2026

The list of short screenplay semi-finalists can be found further down this page.

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8 Minutes by Paul Harris Steward (USA)

After 24 Years by Dune Strickland and Yumo Lu (USA)

Alondra del Mar (Skylark of the Sea) by Eduardo Eddy Rivera (Puerto Rico)

An Ordinary Day by Gu Zhaoyu (China)

Australian Sicario by Michael D Jue (USA)

Beautiful Woman by Michael D Jue (USA)

Between Seasons by Minseo Kwon (South Korea/USA)

Bury Them Deeper by Michael D Jue (USA)

Cat Man: Journey to Save Cat Kind by Allisyn Snyder (USA)

Cherry Oats by Jennifer Vo (USA)

Christine and Bridget by Geeta Vemuri (USA)

Destiny of Love by Hua Zeng (USA)

Don’t Let Them In by Vincent Taylor (USA)

Down to the Vein by Jane Antonia Weitz (USA)

Eminence Front by Anchen Liu (China)

Even in Eden by Michael Aston (Australia)

Evict the Tenant! by Kingston Farland (USA)

For the Promise of My Tomorrow by Christian Villagomez (USA)

Guilt by Samuel Wills (USA)

Halftime in China by Charlie Thomas Sortino (USA)

I’m in the Mood for Love by Michael D Jue (USA)

Insomnicat by Braydon Fox (USA)

Killer Looks – Scene 1 – Dr. Von Malice by Michael D Jue (USA)

Lacrimosa by ShengJie Luo (China)

Life Gallery by Tata Wu (China/USA)

Lorelei by Evelyn Macias Bustamante (USA)

MakiHaha by Aerrol Ampeloquio (USA)

Mallory by Noah David Meyer Masliah (USA)

No Dial Tone by Markus Evans (USA)

Read Receipts by Tenley E Raj (USA)

Recurrence by Izabela Ventsislavova Moneva (Australia)

Renaître by Meredith Quinlivan Ansel (USA)

Room 207 by Caroline Kuit (Australia)

Round & Round Tonight by Michael D Jue (USA)

Run – No Bullying in the Bldg – Vernon Eddins Jr. by Gabriel Solomon (USA)

Scrum Master by Sherban Drulea (USA)

Searching Soul by Michael D Jue (USA)

Silk Road Echoes by Yifu Xing (China)

Slow and Deceptive by Nate Buzelli (Brazil)

Snapshot by Gabriela Nicole Soriano Sevilla and Julia Adriana Treviño Galván (USA)

Takin’ it So Easy and Breezy by Michael D Jue (USA)

Tale of the Divided Tides – The Beginning by Mattia Simbolotti (Italy)

That Time of Year by Michael D Jue (USA)

The Eatening by Matt Bissett-Johnson (Australia)

The Interview by Liz Biscevic (USA)

The Making of America by Monique Anya Linder (USA)

The Moon Effect by Jeongmin Lee (South Korea)

The Return of the Return of Gary, Close Encounters of the Bird Kind by Richard Guthrie (UK)

Unseen… Unheard… by Bindu Sriramaiah Reddy (India)

Vanishing Tide by Yu Chenjie (China)

Well Wishes by Anna Wilkinson and Lilly Hammond (USA)

Yesternight by Hua Zeng (USA)

Young Summer by Isabelle Bernal and Nathaniël Siri (USA)

SHORT SCREENPLAYS

Civil Dilemma by Alia Moukaddem (USA)

Grandpa’s Harmonica by Sophia Louisa Lee (USA)

Home by Liu Yonghan (China)

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