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NYISA 2025 – FINALISTS

BEST FEATURES SCREENPLAY

NYISA2025 BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY AWARD FINALISTS

NYISA2025 Best Feature Screenplay Award Official Finalists

“ In The Driveway “ by Adam Garcia
“ Vice Versa “ by Jason Lajoie
“ Red Zone “ by Terry Podnar
“ Sutterville “ by Brandon Allen
“ Henry’s Next Big Adventure “ by Shannon Perry
“ Beat Me In St. Luis “ by Nick Clarke
“ Let’s Talk Tacheles “ by Matt Danciger

NYISA2025 Best Feature Screenplay Award Semi-Finalists

“ The Land In Your Name “ by Ashray Shah
“ Die Laughing “ by Mike Murphy
“ The Gateway “ by Parminder Saini
“ Rage Quit “ by Sam Norman
“ Fly Boy Fly “ by Bob Hiltermann
“Driver’s Licence “ by James Barnes
“ Elven “ by Matthew Tallacksen
“ A Boy Called Freddie “ by Sophie Neville
“ Gold Mine “ by Andrzej Ciesielski
“ Stuffed “ by Don Lorincz
“ Neb Of The Spiral “ by AJ Moss
“ Grave Maker “ by Mario G. Lopez
“ A Woman’s Touch “ by Brendan Wade
“ Colors Of Silence “ by Benjamin Wilner
“ Killer Stink Bugs “ by Catherine D’Agostino
“ Emily Greene “ by J.M. Kallet
“ Aria “ by Steven Keith Bogart
“ Any More Complicated Than That “ by Les Zig
“ Killer Crush “ by Fernando A Miller
“ Falling Up “ by Stephanie Drapeau
“ The New Jacks “ by Amondre D Jackson
“ Dead Filter “ by Luke Hunter
“ Black And Gold “ by Kevin J. Howard
“ Trust Me “ by AEG Guaaker
“ Godfor “ by Pablo Torroella
“ Darla “ by Steven Bogart
“ Macau Returns To Home “ by Jiatong Han
“ Grandiosity “ by Colin Dodds
“ The Inner Light Of War “ by Joshua Parham
“ The Fourth Psalm “ by John Martins III
“ Intimacies “ by Gerald C. Wood
“ Her Voice “ by Noelle Nelson
“ Based On A Non True Story “ by Emilio Santín
“ Shabbadoodah “ by Larry E Coleman
“ By Way Of Canarsie “ by Rob Cuccurullo, Stacey Nation
“ The Farm “ by Craig Urquhart
“ Days Remaining “ by Nathan Zevenhuizen
“ Big Kidding “ by Milana Rudinskaia
“ Speaking To The Past “ by Narasimhan Ragavendran, Srinath Srinivasan

NYISA2025 Best Feature Screenplay Award Quarter-Finalists

“ Good “ by Monte Albers de Leon
“ Flake “ by Craig Elliott Hanna
“ Baby Cravings “ by Franklin Carvajal
“ Riddle “ by Shiva Ramanathan
“ Apache “ by Adam Seidel
“ Old Man Dead “ by Allen Sircy
“ White Freedom “ by Esra Yazici
“ Down At The Val “ by Neil Goodchild
“ DownBurst “ by Carlos Pires
“ Simulation “ by Peter Jang
“ Vampeer Saga Part I, Dukun “ by Leonidas Stanescu
“ Amelia Earhart “ by Michael Dunker
“ The New Normal “ by Mauricio Costa
“ Marilyn On The Couch “ by Hans Galesloot
“ The Backcountry “ by Ton Schrederhof
“ The Yoko Ona Story “ by Anzu Lawson
“ Witch House “ by Sean Mana
“ Alien Slaughtership “ by Kenneth Kleeman
“ Feral Mountains “ by Terry Podnar
“ Baby Lenin “ by Mark Burk, Thom Shanker
“ Merv Is Missing “ by Jeff Markowitz
“ You Hauled “ by Ed Hauled
“ Cherry “ by Alexandra Dano
“ Right Where You Find Me ” by Aubrey Grace Tomlinson
“ The Soft Target “ by Michael Begg
“ Aliyah 2025 “ by Mazen Khaled
“ The Olive Grove “ Ivan Germano
“ Marigold “ by Joe Towey
“ Parting Glass “ by Ricardo Deakin“ The Flat Earth “ by Laura Nasmyth
“ Macho Picchu “ by Noah Greenspan
“ The Collecting Point “ by Danna Scott
“ The New Caesar “ by Peter Kershaw
“ The Velvet Rope “ by Zakarius Q Young-Hodges
“ The Loser’s Club “ by Jonathan Turner Smith
“ A Warrior’s Call “ by Jack Amsler, Will Amsler
“ No Big Deal “ by Victor Rounds
“ Under The Shadow “ by Jim Wurst
“ Beer City “ by Matthew Stevenson
“ Unblinded “ by George Tonelli
“ The Emergence Of Carlyle “ by Anne-Marie Maidan
“ Group “ by Sean Slater
“ Poems Of Yore “ by Quanah Hicks
“ Lost Years “ by Petar Bogdanovic Djordjevic
“ Sons Of Abraham “ by Juliana Marchand
“ Victims: A Love Story “ by Morris G Fink
“ Wendy Chase And The Pharaoh Queen “ by Jessica Denson
“ Let The Boy Sing “ by Gunnar Garrett
“ One Night “ by Emile Lacheny
“ The Evolution Of Low Joe “ by Diane Thomassin
“ Prelude Of A Death “ by Danny Ashkenasi
“ The Measure of She “ by Karen Dee Carpenter
“ Thanksgiving “ by Carol McCann
“ Stranded “ by Line Rainville, Franco Pirrone
“ The Second Son “ by Thomas W. Giuliano
“ Abbey Gate “ by Ece Elmas
“ Vodoo Valentinos “ by Michael Louis Gould
“ Toilet Sharks “ by Bruce Griffiths
“ Winning “ by Charles Edward Mack
“ Marshmallow Lake “ by Daniel Bodenmann
“ My Friend Charlie “ by Tony Freeman
“ Cold Hard Cash “ by Tom Vitus Silva
“ Widowed “ by Katie Fahey
“ Black Rooster “ by Yair Zhurat
“ A Boy Named Barb – Lord Of The Comedies “ by EXO Books
“ The Circle “ by Craig Urquhart
“ Beastly Onslaught “ by Helen Rana
“ Kipling’s Soldier “ by Iliyas Daudi
“ Bread Of Liberation “ by Tony Soehner
“ Gang Agley “ by Jeremy Hogan, Aaron Krygier
“ Tales Of Olympus: The Titanomachy “ by Jake Vistoso
“ A Story Of Wrath “ by Theo Leipert
“ The Rights Of The Woman “ by Melonie Magruder
“ Birthday Boy “ by Michael Jonathan Gellis
“ Mothers “ by Manuela Berlanga
“ Rusambo “ by Angela Zivo Gapa
“ Tony & Jane “ by Kieran Livingstone
“ Ameneh “ by Roqiye Tavakoli, Yasamin Rizan
“ Getting Back “ by Haven Garber
“ Unsuitable “ by Kaustuv Mukherjee
“ If I Killed A Man For You “ by Brian McGrath
“ Chained to Your Ghost “ by Amanda Lemberg
“ Bad Girls “ by Kevin Machate
“ The Spite Fence “ by Michael j Pendergast
“ Closer To Heaven “ by James Robinson
“ Good Medicine “ by Aaron Moss

BEST SHORTS SCREENPLAY

NYISA2025 BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY AWARD FINALISTS

NYISA2025 Best Short Screenplay Award Official Finalists

“ Hamzaad- The Same Born “ by Hamid Baig
“ Minus Valid “ by Gabriel Oliva
“ Home Again “ by Stephen Kellam
“ Fool “ by Kai-Lily Karpman
“ Morbid Sight “ by AJ Moss
“ What Remains “ by Brendan Miggins
“ Last Call “ by Mike Gallagher

NYISA2025 Best Short Screenplay Award Semi-Finalists

“ Tresses “ by Saeid Ghasemi, Atefeh Salehi
“ Convergence “ by Anna Tsapo
“ The Places We’ll Go “ by Stephanie Romero
“ Between the Piers “ by Carol Younghusband
“ Max & Sophie’s Family Trip “ by Dan Trimarchi
“ Romantaswipe ” by Rose Frankel
“ Olivia Colman Says My Farts Don’t Stink “ by Lisa Marie Tedesco
“ In With The Storm “ by Cara Marshall
“ Spider “ by Sage Okolo
“ Tics and Stones “ by Angelo Rocha, Sandra Gutierrez
“ The Accident “ by DJ Alvine
“ Nuclear Lockdown In The Staffroom “ by William Todd
“ Things That Float “ by Teresa Nigolian
“ Abracadaver! And The Prestige Of Patriarchy “ Matthew Stevens, Laurence Stevens
“ The Estate “ by Rachel D Griffiths
“ Forgiveness Is Key “ by Kevin J. Howard
“ Motion Detected “ by Zack Abramowitz
“ Tideliness “ by Christopher Whiteside
“ Eternal Mother “ by Emily Qiu, Ligia Schiozer
“ Binary Stars “ by Nathan D McCrosson
“ Waters “ by Cesar Sanchis Romero
“ Night Of The Living Diwali “ by Shankar Sudhakaran
“ Between Every Flight “ by Michaela M. Kaelin
“ The Magic King “ by John Norris Ray
“ Where And When “ by Nicholas Cadoo
“ Bail “ by Emily Draper
“ Love Without Evidence “ by Rodney Fleetwood Jr.

NYISA2025 Best Short Screenplay Award Quarter-Finalists

“ The Raft “ by Liza Wyles
“ Global Population Crisis “ by Charles Ricottone
“ Demon “ by Patrick Saleh-Torres
“ The Last Go “ by Dylan Brown
“ Homeless “ by Leonardo Ramirez
“ 10-11 In Progress “ by Matt Dionne
“ Going Back To You “ by Rebecca Semik
“ Walter Crosses The Bridge “ by Paul Rowe
“ IV Iff “ by Lindsey Brannon
“ A Taste of The World “ by Debby Huvaere
“ Expiration Date “ by Porsha Addison
“ Magnolias “ by Lenea Key
“ As The World Caves In “ by Devin Gilliam
“ Hook’em Horns “ by Tyler Totten
“ Summer Nights “ by DJ Alvine
“ The Sumo “ by DJ Alvine
“ The Subway “ by DJ Alvine
“ One Of Ours “ by Monique Curry
“ Bank Robbery Hottie “ by Ruby Mainiery
“ Leaves That Fall “ by Myia Ellio
“ The Dirty Irish “ by Christopher Michael
“ Mother’s Day “ by CR Sherman
“ Kodachrome “ by Karla S. Bryant
“ Not Without Laughter “ by Jermaine Manigault
“ In Case Of Emergency “ by Zen Dot
“ My Yoga Mat “ by Michael Monteiro
“ The Fantastical Origin Story Of Henry Hero “ by Peter-William Jamieson
“ The Witch In The Wall “ by Kellsie Moore
“ The Enlightenment “ by Prudence Oliver
“ The Evil That Men Do “ by Steve Hanisch
“ Pyre “ by Dylan Miller
“ Coffee?! “ by Gabriel Silverio
“ T.D.F. “ bu Kevin Machate
“ The Saints Code “ by Patrizia Iuliucci
“ Seat Covers “ by John Norris Ray
“ The Butcher “ by Shawn Patrick OBrick
“ Divorce Story “ by Vanessa Li Wang
“ Staten Island Project “ by Jodi Carol Harrison, Sarah L Taylor

BEST TV PILOT SCREENPLAY

NYISA2025 BEST TV PILOT SCREENPLAY AWARD FINALISTS

NYISA2025 Best TV Pilot Screenplay Award Official Finalists

“ Trophies “ by Phil Cook
“ Vibez “ by Alexia Greene
“ Schadenfreude “ by Simran Khalsa
“ Night And Descartes “ by Steve Epp
“ The Last Word “ by James Crisp
“ Guardian “ by Matthew Charles
“ Sleeper “ by Neil Crittenden

NYISA2025 Best TV Pilot Screenplay Award Semi-Finalists

“ Alba: The Road Of Shadows And Runes “ by Darren Rae
“ Good Enough “ by Marta Hopfer-Gilles
“ Each Other’s Keepers “ by Ornella Ohayon
“ Paint The Black “ by Ryan Hatch
“ Everywhere “ by Brandon Sikora
“ Hyde Protocol “ by Noah Lang
“ Salt Water “ by Sam Rose
“ The Woman From Snowy River “ by Jim Lounsbury, Lynnette Lounsbury
“ Carlotta “ by Bill Hochhauser
“ Bridget In Manhattan “ by Niamh Gormley
“ Unstrung “ by Sophie Wang
“ Nick The Hat “ by Michael Perri
“ The Ravines “ by Jacob Small
“ Sleep Outside “ by Lisa Isaacson, Victor Ruggiero
“ Easter Eggs “ by Ally Gilfeather
“ Music Is Us “ by Dan Kinber
“ No Shortcut To Freedom “ by Rita Cornelia Reinecker

NYISA2025 Best TV Pilot Screenplay Award Quarter-Finalists

“ Tracer “ by Julia Campanelli
“ Crystallis “ by Sergio Pintore, Daryl D. Well
“ Dollar A Day “ by Daniel Van Nostrand
“ Dead Winger “ by Colby Poston
“ Bjorn & Bagels On Tour “ by Michael Carrithers
“ Red Scare “ by Michael Deigh
“ Contrast “ by Alexandra Almeida
“ Artifacts “ by Natalie Aksoy
“ Talk Therapy “ by Thomas Moore
“ Secrets Of Omordion “ by Nande Orcel
“ Safe “ by Adam Garcia
“ Rat City “ by Ally Gilfeather
“ The Book Of Charlotte “ by Olivia Belluck
“ TAART “ by Ellis Abigail Stump
“ Gruncle “ by Judson Simmons
“ It Burns Beneath “ by Dee Mick
“ Sex Is Work “ by Tracee Mantro
“ Gentrified “ by Max Marcus
“ Msg Bangkok: Cover Me I’m Fucked “ by Donovan Cage, Kelley Smith
“ Bee Leaf “ by Katrina Jaxson
“ The Belt “ by Shamsi Alilova
“ Darkness And Fire “ by Tasja Hauk
“ Strange Mercy “ by Jack Mayer
“ Portal “ by Megan Kashtan
“ Be Bold “ by Ruby Mainieri
“ Medusa: An Animated Series “ by Ruby Mainieri
“ Otherworldly “ by Douglas M. Stich
“ StarStruck Galileo – A 10 “ by Andrew Chiaramonte
“ The Sideshow “ by Riccardo Contaldi
“ Channel 92 “ by Emily Tullock
“ Cafe Romeo “ by Alberto Diamante
“ Blue Shades “ by Alejandro Vilpa
“ Haven “ by Craig Urquhart
” By Land Or Sea “ by Clifton Cody
“ Pearly Gate Estates “ by James Crisp
“ Provenance “ by Amy Otey
“ Promethean “ by Heather Graham
“ The Widow-Maker “ by Brittany Files

NYISA 2025 WINNERS

Best Feature Screenplay

1st Place Winner
“Sophomoric”
by TJ Coughlin

2nd Place Winner
“They Scream In The Basement”
by Patrick Mulderrig

3rd Place Winner
“Struck: Born From the Storm”
by T.J. Miller, Anthony Guilianti

Best Short Screenplay

1st Place Winner
“Mile 2”
by Taylor Naslund

2nd Place Winner
“Ghost In The Glass”
by Chuck Griffith

3rd Place Winner
“In Loving Memory of Cecelia Rose”
by Amelia Rose Wheeler

Best TV Pilot Screenplay

1st Place Winner
“Vintrospection”
by Lisa Nagy Isaacson

2nd Place Winner
“Knights of Wisdom: Killswitch Engineer”
by Brad Cooper

3rd Place Winner
“Astrea”
by Mariah Anzaldo Hale

Best Feature Screenplay

1st Place Winner
“Sophomoric”
by TJ Coughlin

2nd Place Winner
“They Scream In The Basement”
by Patrick Mulderrig

3rd Place Winner
“Struck: Born From the Storm”
by T.J. Miller, Anthony Guilianti

Best Short Screenplay

1st Place Winner
“Mile 2”
by Taylor Naslund

2nd Place Winner
“Ghost In The Glass”
by Chuck Griffith

3rd Place Winner
“In Loving Memory of Cecelia Rose”
by Amelia Rose Wheeler

Best TV Pilot Screenplay

1st Place Winner
“Vintrospection”
by Lisa Nagy Isaacson

2nd Place Winner
“Knights of Wisdom: Killswitch Engineer”
by Brad Cooper

3rd Place Winner
“Astrea”
by Mariah Anzaldo Hale

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