The most important thing is the script - Martin Scorsese
Script Winners
Feature Length Script
She, He & Him by Heather Morrow Edmonton, Alberta, 119 pages
Hannah starts a relationship with Alex, who’s bi, and Michael, who’s gay, while fending off her nosy friends and conservative family, who can’t believe she wants to leave the box they’ve put her in.
Heather is a screenwriter and playwright in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Her previous plays include Take a Bite, which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Her most recent play, Alex and Michael and Hannah, was a finalist for the 2021 Herman Voaden Prize, and an Alberta Literary Award. Nowhere Normal, a short film she wrote and produced, premiered at the NYC Short Comedy Film Festival in November, 2022, and won Best Live Action Short (Alberta) at the 2023 Edmonton International Film Festival.
International Short Script
The inspection
by Thomas Bauer Germany, 13 pages
Farmer Fergus' tranquil life is turned upside down when an inspection by the district office shows that his farm is the source of the coming end of the world. A British satire between a cowshed and a dung heap.
TBA
BC Short Script
Picture’s Up
by Shahar Ben Halevi Vancouver, BC, 16 pages
An emerging and stubborn TV producer is trying to cast an aging comedian for her first big show while keeping her true motive hidden from him.
An Israeli-born Vancouver-based award-winning indie filmmaker with over 20 years of experience in the media industry. Shahar worked on the printed press, radio, live TV, the Internet, and feature films. He studied film art & television in Israel and media and communication at SFU in Vancouver. Shahar has been an associate member of the Director's Guild of Canada, BC branch, since 2017 and regularly works on set for various shows and movies.
