VFF 2010 Screenplay Competition Winners

Finalists and Semi-Finalists are listed below on this page.

Feature Winners

1st Place:

Running Gun, written by Mike Bencivenga
A promising young man has his future destroyed when he befriends a troubled teenage runaway. The year is 1877. The troubled teenager is Billy the Kid. RUNNING GUN is a story of romance, redemption and revenge and the truest telling yet of the life of the notorious boy bandit king.

2nd Place:

Horror Comic, written by Stephen Hoover
In the 1950s the greatest threat to the United States is not global Communist expansion or nuclear annihilation. It's comic books.

3rd Place:

Tranquility Base, written by Daniel Turkewitz
Tranquility Base is the story of astronauts stranded in space in 2040. The action moves between the International Space Station, a Space Transport Plane, and a Moon Base Biosphere, as 15 astronauts struggle to secure spots in the self-sustaining environment of a Moon Base that can only support six people. http://www.tranquilitybasemovie.com

Shorts Winners

1st Place:

Crossbar Hotel, written by Karrie Crouse
Crossbar Hotel tells the story of Cline Jones, a jittery, heavily tattooed man returning home to his sleepy North Carolina town after serving two years at a prison work farm. Upon his return, Cline must reunite with his eight-year-old son, Ray, all the while struggling to keep his nerves and temper under control.

2nd Place:

The Models NRT, written by Joseph Medina
In a future completely controlled by machines, there are certain models designed to nurture. For these models are farms that harvest real human children for them to raise and fulfill their programming. But at age ten, they are to put down their kids in order to prevent any future uprising. Will androids David and Maria be able to go against their programming to nurture and kill their ten year old son?

3rd Place:

The Stranger’s Room, written by Shan Cleland
Someone is murdering the women of Paradise Road. During a rainstorm a mysterious stranger knocks on the door of a young mothers house on the Paradise Road and she gives him shelter. Will she pay with her life?

VFF 2010 Screenplay Competition Finalists

Semi-Finalists are listed below Finalists on this page.

Feature Length Screenplay Finalists

Listed in alphabetical order by title

Script	Author(s)
Horror Comic	Stephen Hoover
Idiots at Heart	Michelle Kelly
Running Gun	Mike Bencivenga
Tranquility Base	Daniel Turkewitz
Wheat Kings	Jeremy Olstyn

Short Screenplay Finalists

Listed in alphabetical order by title

Script	Author(s)
Burn	Scott Bell
Crossbar Hotel	Karrie Crouse
Grim Brotherhood	Joe Gruberman
The Models NRT	Joseph Medina
The Stranger's Room	Shan Cleland

VFF 2010 Screenplay Competition Semi-Finalists

Feature Length Screenplay Semi-Finalists

Script	Author(s)
After Celia	Dawn Marie Guernsey
American Net	Jeffrey Bruner
Duet for Three	Kelly Ziel
Fatso and Toothpick	Jason Sinclair Long
Genome	Andrew Glasgow
Horror Comic	Stephen Hoover
Idiots at Heart	Michelle Kelly
N.F.A. - No Fixed Address	Kevin Hennelly
New York Noir	David Hudacek
Off Book	Matthew DeJohn
Relay	Louise Bylicki
Running Gun	Mike Bencivenga
The Dreadnaught Box	Kyle Patrick Johnson
Tranquility Base	Daniel Turkewitz
Wheat Kings	Jeremy Olstyn

Short Screenplay Semi-Finalists

Screenplay	Author(s)
A Man Walks Into a Bar...	Daniel Turkewitz
Burn	Scott Bell
Crossbar Hotel	Karrie Crouse
Feeling Kneaded	J. David Ruby
Grim Brotherhood	Joe Gruberman
Lost Definition	Kristen Coates
Perfect Strangers	Gregory Schatz
Pigmale Eon	Paki Wright
Pink Slip	Steven Karageanes
Room Service	Michael Hogan
Sickening	Chris Barrera
The Models NRT	Joseph Medina
The Stranger's Room	Shan Cleland
Time and Tide	Ron Podell
Yes, There Is An Afterlife... It's Only 6 Minutes Long	Rubi Herrera