NYISA 2021 VALUED JURY MEMBERS;
FRED IRELAND, JENNIFER PHILLIPS, MICHAEL MATASCI, ERIC WHITTEN, OZGE GOZTURK, MAUREEN DOWDELL, SAMANTHA MERRICK, GREG DAVIES, EFSANE KARAYILANOGLU TOKA, LEWIS RITTER, ANDREW STONE, CHRISTOPHER ORTIZ, SENEM YILDIRIM, DAKOTA REINIKE, EMINE DURSUN
NYISA 2021 – Official Finalists
BEST SCREENPLAY – SHORTS
FINALISTS
SAM: A TEENAGE GIRL – Eleanor Veness, (UK)
GOOD LORD – Matthew Neff, (USA)
NEXT, PLEASE – Diego Trovarelli, (ITALY)
SPIRIT – Nayoung Jin (REPUBLIC OF KOREA)
MAYBE I’LL BE BRAVE – Sam Gill, (NEW ZEALAND)
COMMUNICATION ROOM – Meital Cohen Navarro, (USA)
MOTOR INN – Michael Hurley (USA)
SEMI FINALISTS
THE DECISION – Joan Philo, (USA)
THE BONEYARD – M.r. Fitzgerald, (USA)
BEYOND DECEPTION – Gary Bigelow (USA)
CHECK THE MATE – Manisha Gupta (INDIA)
THE DECISION – Carlos Perez (USA)
LINK – Peter Tamaribuchi, (USA)
DEADWEIGHT – Mat Sheldon (UK)
SAFE SPACE – George Barbakadze (AUSTRALIA)
GIFT – Jeff Kallet (USA)
FATHER – Albert Pranoto, (USA)
RUNAWAY – Conor Champley (USA)
INSIDE – M.D. Tylicki, (USA)
SPENT – Luisa Maria Gonzalez, (USA)
A LASTING FIRST IMPRESSION – Kayla Romanowski (USA)
BROWNSVILLE BRED: TRANSCENDING HISTORY – Elaine Del Valle, (USA)
DEATH COMES FOR DANNY – Julia Maddox, (USA)
BEFORE I DIE – Luke Affholter, (USA)
SCREENPLAY CONTEST FIRST PRIZE – Carl Clark, (USA)
A TREE FULL OF LIGHTS – David Fresina, (USA)
THE LOST CAMP – Connor Etter, Russ D Martin, Andrew Bettencourt (USA)
ABBEVILLE S1: BIRTH OF A TOWN – Howard Bowler, (USA)
THE PREPOSTEROUS WANDERER – Adam Weber, (AUSTRALIA)
UNDER THE BRIDGE – Mike Bevins, (USA)
ON THURSDAY – Margaret Kane-Rowe (IRELAND)
BEST SCREENPLAY – FEATURES
FINALIST
LOSERVILLE – JOHN MONTGOMERY
WHITE CROW – DAVID BARBESCHI
UNDER THE OSPREY’S EYE – JOAN ELIZABETH BEILSTEIN
THE SHAKESPEARE STEALER – GARY L. BLACKWOOD
HANSON – BENJAMIN PIERCE
PERSONA – JEFFREY HOWE
SEMI FINALIST
YOUTH DECAY – BRANDON HALL
OLD PEOPLE – BRANDON DOUGLAS HALL
WERE WYNNE – R.WAYNE GRAY
ART IN TANDEM – ELIZABETH BLACKMER
FRAT HEIST – ZACH GLADSTONE
SECONDHAND HEART – AMBER NARDOLILLO
BILLY DUKE – MIKE C. MCCARTHY
HOMECOMING – ROBERT LEO COX
DRIVING LEAH – GARY BIGELOW
AFTER – SAMEERAH LUQMAAN-HARRIS
CROSS YOUR HEART – CHRIS HICKY
DAY OF THE WHITE RABBIT – ELIZABETH TABISH, JANET TRAVIS
GRANDMA’S LITTLE ANGEL – JOSEPH BASSETTE, JACK SNYDER
SCREAM QUEEN – WALTER MARTYN CABELL
PEOPLE YOU MEET IN BARS – BRITTANY JELINSKY
THE NEED – KEITH MCCARTHY
BALLOON ANIMAL – EM JOHNSON, KATHRINE WADDELL
ABDUCTION – JOHN MONTGOMERY
LOVE ON THE HIPPOCAMPUS – CARLOS MORALES
THE LEASE OF NATURE – ANDERSON BOYD
RUNAWAY SHIP – THEODORE CARL SODERBERG
MODERN ART – LAURENCE FULLER
FIVE KINGDOMS – CRAIG KOLLER
CONSTANT CRAVING – ELLIS BARROWMAN
UMBRAL – ERIK BOTELHO
THE LAST CASE – MINA K.G.N.
BALL OF FIRE – SEAN COLEMAN
THE FOUNTAIN – JASON MURGATRYORD
FIRST AND TEN – CARL CHAMBERS
LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME – AARON POPE, B.GAUTHAM
THE NIGHT WITCHES – STEVEN JOHN PROWSE
SOLDIERS WITHOUT GUNS – CARMINE BICCHETTI
APARTMENT 69 – SKYLER HARDEGREE
PROTECT OUR STREETS – JOHN RAVITZ
CELLULAR MEMORY – BRIAN ERWIN, CHRISTINE HUNSICKER
TRANQUILITY – ALEXIS KIRKE
PURGATORY PLAINS – RICHARD A.PINES
CAIRENE DREAMS – ANDREW ABDOU, MAX GRAY, MICHAEL PETZINGER
WHIZ AND BLUE – MARC KETCHEM
HAPPY MEDIUM – AARON LIEBEN
GIRLS ON THE RUN – LUKAS HASSEL
QUINTANA – WILLIAM LIPERA
THE FUNNY FARM – ROBERT WARD
