Thank you to all who submitted their screenplays to the 2017 International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition. We are very excited to announce this year's winners!
First Place:
Medicine Show Blues by Jeffrey Howe of Ladue, Missourri
Second Place:
Bantam Bloom by Cory Zerbe & Michael Garza
Third Place:
Night of the Witch by Mike Meade of Forest Grove, Oregon
Three 7th grade boys decide to investigate a local urban legend on Halloween night, but wind up getting more than they bargained for.
Finalist:
Terraquarrium by Bruce Joseph of Mt. Pleasant, SC
A kid's toy holds the key to a family whose fun beach outing turns tragic; an astronaut embarking on intergalactic space travel to save mankind and a college student grappling with his existential existence.
Fields of Blood by Mike Meade of Forest Grove, OR
A criminal on the run finds himself in an isolated rural community that holds a deadly secret.
Sorcerer by Mike Meade of Forest Grove, OR
A young woman who may have murdered her parents takes a job as a live-in nanny, not suspecting the sinister plans her new employer has for her.
Enemy Unseen by Humayun Mirza
A soldier struggles to accept the shocking truth about a vicious war he has been fighting in.
Morton Heads Home by Philip Tarrant Gilbert, AZ
A malfunctioning robot braves alien conditions to get back to base.
Message through the Stars by Vijay Varman
While travelling at the speed of light to a distant planet, a young mother must deal with the fallout this journey has on her only child.
The Falconry Of Ghosts by Kenny Wright of Carson, CA
While driving home at night, a sociopath accidentally kills a young woman and flees the scene; denying any connection to the crime. He gets away with the murder, until the girls shaman grandfather calls upon the spirit of a fierce native american warrior to avenge her death.
