Official Placements of the 2025 AoBFF Screenplay Competition

Once again, our Script Contest Director Gina Leone and our roster of professional script readers had their work cut out for them. We received many great scripts by talented writers from around the world. We're proud to congratulate all our 2025 placements!

GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Animals Written By Andrei Chachine

FINALISTS
Animals Written By Andrei Chachine
Crimson Seed Written By Ryan G. Kelly
LoreScape Written by Armelle Gonzalez Harper

SEMI-FINALISTS
At The Mercy of Faith Written by Samuel Taylor
Blood Enough Written By Saeid Ghasemi
Corpse Written By Alan Bradshaw
Flag Day Written By Brian W. Smith and Vincent Vinas
Gambare Written By Connor Johnston
Gorilla Written By Daivd Herman
Grave Maker Written By Mario G. Lopez
Hallow’s Point Written By Brian W. Smith
Headcase Written By Christopher Jones
Hello I Must Be Going Written By Sara Hallowell
Homes for Colored People Written By Julie Loretta Seely
How To Disappear Completely Written By Joe Thayer
Lady M Written By Sara Hallowell
Late Bloomers Written By Kyle Kennan
Queen Written by Peter J. Gibbons & Gina Kaslovsky
Real Heroes Written By Richard Hohenrath
Silver Tunnel Written By Raluca Nistor
Tanuki Ninja Written by Charles Tucker
The Charge of Concept Island Written by Abbot Dodson
The Fourth Psalm Written by John Martins III
The Red Zone Written by Terry Podnar
Wild Justice Written By Cami Ciotta & Delane McDuffie

QUARTER-FINALISTS
A Few Perfect Heads Written by Ben Hirschhorn
Bach Written By Carly Wilkins
Bad to the Bone Written By Tim Young
C.R.E.A.M. Written by Katrina Jaxson
Boxer’s Revolution Written by Matthew Farrell
Dark Ride Written by Brian W. Smith
Fattasha Written by Abdalla Jamal
I Am The Storm Written By Sara Hallowell and Arabella Field
King of Sleaze Written by Henry Ryeder
Never Forget Written By Aladen Gulmohamad
Propitiation Written by Chai-Kei Wimberly
Roughstock Written By Tyler Rivenbark
The Age of the Empath Written by Steve Brown
The Cruise Written by Talie Melnyk
The Law Lover Written by Dale R. Botten
The Measure of She Written By Karen Dee Carpenter
The Secret Written by Reneida Ferraro
With You Written by Megan Condit

HONORABLE MENTION
A Photograph Written Conor Clancy & Christina Sussmann
Anais II Written by Randal Talton
Blossom Written By E. Auguste C. Lykes
Caffeinated Written By Lillie Sokolski
Come Together Written By Taylor Bartczak
Doctor Cruise Written by William Read Hopkins
Doll’s House Written by Katrina Jaxson
Fool Written by Kai-Lilly Karpman
Hemispheres Written by Robert Potter
How The F***Did I End Up in This Situation Written By Deontae Simolien
If Not It’s All Good Written by Scott Mendlinger
Mic Drop Written By Charlie Nadler
Nya Blue Written By Laura Wallgren
Off The Mat Written by John Acquaviva
Olivia Colman Says My Farts Don’t Stink Written By Lisa Marie Tedesco
Precursor Written By Steve Brown
Princess Hole Written by Sleth Larson
Shuttlecock Written by Tapan Sharma
Special Victims’ Movie Night Written by Howard Schreiber
Sweetheart Written By Tiffany Shinn
The Chaos without a Face Written by Henry Winnik
The Night I Got Arrested with Lenny Bruce Written By Jason Solomon
The Others Written by Christian Krohn
Waiting For the G Written By Kamran Rosen
Who Let The Wallflowers Out Written by Virginia Austin