2018 Screenplay Official Selection

The 18th annual Beverly Hills Film Festival is proud to present the following screenplays

The Doll

By: Serge Adam

Anacostia

By: Nick Adams

Metro

By: Tristan Aird

Get Smacked

By: George Basiev

The White Mountain

By: Bill Baxter

WAYWARD

By: Sabrina Besla

With Your Permission

By: Charline Bess

Bizzy and the AIMEs

By: Benjamin Bode

ORWELL'S WAR

By: Larry Bogad

Even A Just Man Falls

By: Mark Christopher Boyd

Falafel Thirst

By: Justin Bozonelis

Hideaway Hills

By: Heather Bradshaw

NYPD A ROUTINE DOA

By: Matthew Brennan

Renegades

By: Gregory Brown

Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

By: Harold L. Brown

The Pawnbroker

By: J.A. Brown

The Girl In The Red Boots

By: Christopher Buonopane

Little Warrior of Manzanar

By: Zachary Clark

In Fishy Waters

By: Joshua A. Cohen

Mountain Empress

By: Christopher Corona, Armand Daigle

The Suspicious Ones

By: Roi Costa

Mona Lisa Caper

By: Gina Cresse

Controlled Insanity

By: Randy Cruts

Where daffodils cry

By: Sylvia Dani

Out of the Depths

By: Nick DeRuve

Man in the Arena

By: John Eason

Legacy

By: Danielle Erlich

Ex-Report

By: Dan Fabrizio

Just Divorced, or how to rob the Maffia - signed Benn

By: Benn Flore

Loose Change

By: Susan Fontaine

THE ALL-AMERICAN LIFE OF FLORENCE HONEYPOTT

By: John T. Frederick

A Song Unsung

By: Elise Free

Skewed Blue

By: Andrea JoLynn Gibson

Where There's a Will

By: Eric Granger

The Franchise

By: James Grayford

The Royal Nonesuch

By: John Gross

Tuesday

By: Matt Gsell

A War On Terror

By: Peter Haig

Prying Eyes

By: Jeff Hall

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

By: Francis Hamit on

Will be the Strength

By: Robb Hanson

Joe August - Paranormal Detective

By: Jim Harkins

Handful of Thieves

By: Richard Harrison

Gladiator Wars Z of the World

By: Raymond Harrison

ETER

By: Elisabeth Hayward

Occulus

By: Louis Heinberg

TwoGether

By: Paul Herbig

Isles of Mann

By: William Hilton

Living on Easy Street

By: Lyle Hogue

Reason to Live

By: David Homick

sometimes, i

By: Stefanie Abel Horowitz, Kevin Armento, Katy Wright-Mead

Actors' Virtue

By: Dan Howard

Ariel's Next Song.

By: Alan Howcroft

Chinaman

By: Ben Imperato

Anechka

By: Sean Ireland

Soul of an Empire: The Plague

By: Ryan Jaroncyk

She Came From Outer Space

By: Tom Jenkins

Cafe Americain - “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”

By: Nicholas Julius

Artemis

By: Daniel Keith

The Horse Killer

By: Joe Kilgore

The Titaness

By: Kwan Kim

Survival Skills

By: Scott Kirkpatrick

Quest for a Star

By: Brian Knight

Orson Welles Ashes

By: Debra Knox

Oakland

By: Andrew Koponen

Hal Hitler

By: Aaron Kozak

Matter & Manner

By: Maria Krovatin

Rescued

By: Dean Landon

The Wife of Others

By: John Lavoisier

Lost Among The Tides

By: Brandon W Lawson

Psycho Sis

By: Donn Warr Lewis

Crimes Against Humanity

By: Lesley Lillywhite

Bombed Out

By: Peter Alan Lloyd

HIDDEN VIGOR

By: Ross Macartney

Spirit Lake

By: Alison MacInnis

STRAY CAT JAZZ

By: Jake Macpherson

The Pardon

By: Anthony Maddalena

Sal

By: Zoe Mancuso

TIL DEATH

By: Alexandra Marshall

Momlife Crisis

By: Windy Marshall

Den of Wolves

By: Fabian Martin

Sundance

By: Ken Mask

EVITABLE

By: Jack Matosian

I AM THE WALRUS

By: Jack N. Matosian

Dandelion Wishes

By: Ally May

Children of the Dust

By: John McCarney

Something Rotten

By: Michael McCartney

The Shroud Trinity

By: Frank McEvoy

Spreading Steven

By: Chris McGee

No Return

By: Rob McNeil

Larkspur Bungalow

By: Julie Meulemans, Dr. John McHale

THE FARLEY METHOD

By: Loren Miller

The Forest Fenced Becomes Backyards, Like Songs Are Born From Sound

By: Ryan M. Moore

Jimmy

By: Kent Moran

The Loyal American

By: Mark Nadratowski

RECTIFIED

By: Dimi Nakov, Jean Marcello

Programmer

By: Tim Natale

Dead Serious

By: Peter Nemenoff

Son of a Pitch

By: Alessandro Nicolaci

Searching For Sharon Tate

By: Ralph Odierna

Such Times as These

By: Elliott Ohannes

Isaac Newton

By: Randall Palmer

The Wonderful

By: Demitra Papadinis

CIRCLE OF DOORS

By: Ranse Parker

when we were young

By: Anthony Patellis

Colorblind (The Legacy of Alvin Bell)

By: Pamela Peak

The Spider's Web

By: Michael Penhallow

Bombs Over Bagdad

By: Riley Perez

Becoming Terpsichore

By: Susan Polk

The Witch and the Burning Branches

By: Kevin Pontuti

Attic Ashes

By: Lorraine Portman

Templin Highway

By: William Prosser

6th Man

By: Jeremy Rafuse

THE BEAST OF BURDEN

By: Julian Renner

Lifetime Loser

By: James Ross

The Legacy Intrigue

By: Jaime Rudolph

Tres Huevos

By: Ruben Ruiz

The Abyss of Pain

By: David Sabbath

Cylor's Revenge

By: Christopher Sax

Muscle Cars - (A Fable)

By: Matt Schulte

JUSTICE

By: Audrey Seda

The Preachers Stare In Times Square

By: Harry Seddon

Rejected by Rumor

By: Philip Sedgwick

Heart Full of Blues

By: Todd Selleck

HAMAGEL: THE STORY OF THREE SISTERS

By: Diane Sennett

DISRUPTION

By: Todd Serlin

Saving Grace

By: Nicholas Shafir

Safety

By: Noah Shalom

Roll Play

By: Michael Sieve

Greb

By: Lazarre Simckes

City of Cold Stucco

By: Hebron Simckes-Joffe

Runaway Ship

By: Theodore Carl Soderberg

Silent Rescue

By: Todd Sorrell

MY GIRL

By: Judy Spencer

Reparations

By: Harold Steinbach

Reflections

By: Kathy Krantz Stewart

Eddie Puzrex, P.I.

By: Colin K Stewart

Tesla

By: Walter Stewart

RIDE

By: Mark Stuver

Hiding in the Spotlight

By: Branislav Tatalovic

Confinement

By: Abigail Taylor-Sansom

WanderFull

By: AJ Tesler

Life In Words

By: Gemma Thorpe

Introducing Madness

By: Ted Tilan

Serpentine

By: David Tittone

Lore of the Lobison

By: Joe “Tuffy” Tofuri

The Oldest Soldier

By: William Tracy

Little Bob

By: Robert Troccolo

Joker & The Thief

By: Mark Turner

Black Knight of The Hudson

By: Tim Tyler

Triangle 146

By: Diane Uniman

Journey of Innocence Lost

By: Lea Ann Vandygriff

Role of a Lifetime

By: David Edward Wagner

Mumtaz

By: Denka Wangdi

The Funny Farm

By: Robert Ward

Emilie's Father

By: Duke Watrous

Haven

By: Grahame Watt

A MINOR REBELLION

By: Lorraine Devon Wilke

Bridges

By: Corey Wright

The Trial of Pearl Hart

By: Kristin Yee

Child of the Shroud

By: David Young

Love Lives in a Void

By: Johnny Zito

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