Congratulations to the winner and finalists of the Fourteenth Annual American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest! From more than 1600 entries received, Judge Francis Coppola and the Zoetrope staff have selected a winning script. The winner and the top-nine finalists are listed below, as are the semi- and quarter-finalists.
The winner of the contest will receive the grand prize of $5,000.
The winner and nine finalists will be considered for representation by William Morris Endeavor, CAA, The Gersh Agency, Exile Entertainment, ICM, Oasis Media, UTA, The Radmin Company, Prolific Entertainment, Energy Entertainment, and Dontanville/Frattaroli. Their scripts will be considered for film option and development by leading production companies, including: American Zoetrope, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, IFC Entertainment, Paramount Classics, Verisimilitude, Lionsgate, Icon Pictures, Lleju Productions and Films, Second and 10th, Working Title, Dimension Films, Frelaine, Michael London Productions, Hope for Film, Kulture Machine, Number 9 Films, Folo Films, Pretty Pictures, Roserock Films, Benderspink, Astrakan Films, Industry Entertainment, Anonymous Content, Jim Wedaa Productions, Robert Evans Company, Fortis Films, Jean Doumanian Productions, Agape Media International, FX, and Ziskin Productions.
Our next contest will open in Summer 2017; check back at this website for details in June.
And keep an eye our for a new contest from Zoetrope: The Coppola Director's Short Film Contest, coming in spring 2017 at coppolashorts.com.
Grand Prize Winner
by Munis Rashid
Sugar Land, TX
Finalists
by Adrian Casas
Los Angeles, California
by Evan Cathcart
Brooklyn, New York
by Channing Godfrey Peoples
Fort Worth , Texas
by Kate Hackett
Glendale, CA
by Natalia B. Megas
Fairfax, Virginia
by Edson Shundi Oda
Los Angeles, CA
by Tarik Karam and Peter Bognanni, Peter Bognanni
Brooklyn, NY
by Bret Polish
Los Angeles, California
by Gretchen Somerfeld
Los Angeles, CA
Semi-Finalists
by Susan Ashley
Sherman Oaks, California
by Angela Berliner
Los Angeles, CA
by Barry Brennessel
Silver Spring, MD
by Kyle Christopher Cadman, Kyle Cadman
Sherman Oaks, California
by Charlotte Cameron
UK
by Winnie Cheung, Olen Holm
Brooklyn, NY
by Katie Cocquyt
Moorpark, CA
by Marc Cubelli
Boonton Township, NJ
by Dominic J. DeJoseph
by Chris Dingwall
Sydney, Australia
by Nicole Dorsey
Los Angeles, CA
by Cheryl Drake Harris, ERIN Drake-Prior
Menlo Park, CA
by Mono Ghose
London, U.K.
by David Liu
Los Angeles, California
by Aviva Peltin
Seattle, Washington
by Keith Planit
New York, NY
by Robbie Robertson
Columbia, SOUTH CAROLINA
by Simon Wilkinson
Thornton le Dale, England
by Emma Williams
Redondo Beach, California
by Jack Zafran
Granada Hills, California
Quarter-Finalists
by Jill Bayor
Los Angeles, CA
by Rachel J Beard
Bangkok, Thailand
by Anya Beyersdorf
OTFORD, Australia
by William Patrick Bourne
San Francisco, California
by Jason Bowers
Great Britain
by Mitch Bradford
Los Angeles, CA
by Christopher Anthony Buerkle
Hilliard, Ohio
by Charlotte Cameron
UK
by Michael Davies
Bristol, United Kingdom
by Lisa Christine Della Rocca
Pittsburg, CA
by Neal Dhand
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
by Christopher Dye
Washington D.C.
by Oliver Evangelista
Waikoloa, HI
by Amanda Farmer, Brent W. Graham
Austin, Texas
by Annie-Laurie Gilsdorf
Denver, CO
by ARTEL GREAT
by Hadley Griffin
Montgomery, Alabama
by Tannaz Hazemi
Brooklyn, NY
by Michael Jackson
by David James
San Diego, California
by Idella Johnson, Ann McQueen
by Ernestina Juarez
Austin, Texas
by Daniel Judson
by Monroe Katz
Napa, California
by Young-Sun Kim
Oakland, CA
by Ken Kobayashi
Los Angeles, California
by Lucy Luna
Los Angeles/Mexico City, California/Mexico
by Amy C. Maki
SANTA FE
by Iain Marcks
Brooklyn, NY
by Michael Napoliello, Maria Frisk
Manhattan Beach, CA
by Eric Rawson
Pasadena, CA
by Sean N. Riley
by Belinda Robertson
Oceanside, California
by Lisa Scott
Washington, DC
by Jessica Dianne Shields
New York, New York
by Douglas Spaltro
Burleson, Texas
by David Carlo Steyn
Pretoria, South Africa
by Chris Tedrick
Astoria, New York
by Jason Whiton
Mill Valley, CA
by Robb Wilson, Phillip Rushing
Glendale, California