SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
FEATURE SCREENPLAY QUARTERFINALISTS

We are proud to announce the quarterfinalists for the Expo 5 Screenplay Competition. This year, we received more than 2400 features. Whether their script(s) advanced or not, we congratulate all of our writers for having the discipline and passion to finish their stories and we thank them for sharing them with us.

The semifinalists and top short screenplays will be posted during the first week in October.

Good luck, Quarterfinalists.

2012: Year of the Kukulcan - Rene Andre
A Better Life - Brian LaRocco
A Bleak Mid-Winter's Day - Mitch Hart
A Head in Time - Jody Balanko
A Man, His Wife, Her Lover and His Mistress - Stephen Lancellotti
A Melody Bright - Kip Taylor
A Soldier's Secret - Joe Czop LaBritz
A Wedding In Niagara Falls - Alan Barkley
Adelitas - Sarah Vaill
African-American - B. Max Miller
After The Fall - Michal Brajtman
Aftermath - Brian Spatola
Al Qaeda Management Trainee - Michael Shriro
Alienated - Darryl Anka
All Aliens Must Die - Mike Stivala
American Sumo - Trevor Boelter & John Burish
Among Giants - Tom Shell
An Ordinary Love Story - Kimberly Shumate
Angels Incognito - William A. Miller
Angst - Jonathan Harnisch
Ask No Secrets - P. Rolf Larson
Auntie Claus - Andrew Thompson
B-17 - Sean Hart
Beautiful Midnight - Conor Metz
Best Laid Schemes - Andy Cannistra
Billable Hours - Tommy Butler
Blood Runs Thicker - Robert McGinley
Bloodline - John V. Clyne
Bob's Fantastic World - Barbara Marshall
Bonehead - Susan Bernardo and Tari Garza
Boogie-Napped - Pamela Kenney Basey
Bottleslingers - Brian K. Barr
Boys' Day Out - Kevin Lasit
Broken Dreams - Geoffrey Yeh
Brotherly Love - C.S. Torres
Burning - Marla Somova & Pavel Somov
By Blood - Peter Schultz
Can't Live With 'Em - Chris Pentzell
Cardenio - Rene Andre
Changing Billy - Yvonne Borgogni
Chip & Zoe: Cyber Agents - Drew Tolman
Chu and Blossom - Ryan O'Nan & Charles Chu
Confessions of a Midlife Superwoman - Katriena Knights
Conspiracy of Silence - George T. Baxter
Count Her Clock Wise - Christopher Canole
Crime Pays? - Gilbert Hernandez
Cupid's Psyche - Linwood S. Howard
Cybernose - Laura Peters & Laurel Thurston
Dark+A18 Cloud - Anthony Pettus
Dark Side of The Moon - John Dart
Dead Artist - Eric Lloyd Werner
Dead Stop - John Stancari
Delivered - Diane Hanks
Distance - Michael Kidder
Dmitriana - Daryl Henry
Dog Eaters - Malcolm Wong
Dormant - Joy J. Ma
Double O Dad - Andrea Gyertson Nasfell
Double Spin - John Klawitter
Double X - Kristin Levine
DragonHunter - Todd Deeken
Dragonspeaker - Rie Natalenko
Dreamer of the Dine - Arla Bowers
Emotica - Christopher Fry
Eve's Independence - Marguerite A. Pellegrin
Every Time I Go To Staten Island Something Bad Happens... - Irin Evers
Exit Strategy - William J. Anderson
Father's Day - Edward Pereira
Feed - Mel Robertson
Flames - Stephen Lyman
Flex McTrucker IIII: Keep on McTruckin' - Nathan Blumenthal & Matt Newell
Fly Girls - Hildred Wiggs
Fly Me To The Moon - Rebecca Anders & Gordon Rothwell
Foresight - Mayank Gupta
Forever Violet - Ellwyn Kauffman
Fort Jefferson - George C. Smith, Jr.
Full Moon Lover - Ron Newcomer
Game Time - Pim Hendrix & Randal Flynn
Gameboy - Adam Jason Salkin
Gated - Bob Reynolds
Gatsby's House - Adam McClary
Giant Steps - Michael North
Glory Hounds - Andy Shrader
Goodbye Yesterday - Christopher J. Blake
Gracie - Ashu Sahajpal
Gravestate - Adam Clement
Gray Area - Brian S. Campbell
Green Wars - Warren Clarke
Grocery Cart Wonderman - T.J. Misny
Gunplay - Patrick Green
Heavenly Interference - Greg Lawson & Todd Deeken
Hellions - Mary Szmagaj
Hellworm - Bret Boyer
Her Fortune - Rick Fonte
High Compression - Michael Cheung
High Maintenance - Robert Williams
Hollywoo - Geneva Fowler
Home Running - Anthony Sclafani, Jr.
Honeymoon - Cynthia Troyer
Howard Klung - Bill Braudis
I Killed AwesomeMan! - Kevin Colligan
I-95 - B.C. Upham
In the Wake of Heroes - Cynthia Blackledge
Interview - Raymond Gettman Bush
Jerusalem Idol - Lewis Papier
Joe Karma - Stephen Lancellotti
Just My Imagination - Nicholas Martin Johnson
Kingbird and Franklin - Don Adams
Kobo (The Beginning) - Richard Guimond
La Llorona, Cry of the River Witch - Windy Buhler
Lady Shadow Warrior - Diane K. Murakami
Late in the Season - Gary Hershberger
Lavender Curse - Kyle Michel Sullivan
Left Behind - Marty Donohue
Lemmings - Chris A. Bolton
Lemon Grove - David Guest
Like A Fish Needs A Bicycle - Julie Kirk
Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow - Alex Simon
Love Marriage - Soman Chainani
Love, Gloria - Nick Scown
Lying on the Floor Dead - Marjory Kaptanoglu
MacArthur Park - Catherine Dutko
Malick - Khurram Mozaffar
Mannequin Mayhem! - Erik Lynch
MiG-21 - Nisso Cohen
Mighty Lemming - Robert Heske
Morpheus - Madolyn Locke
Mourning Angel - Patrick L. Doughtie
Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain - Nick Woodard
Ms. Claus - Kate Wharton
Mulberry Preserves - T.K. Ellmore
My First Lady - Mary Kaiser
My Teenage Gramma - Candace Pittenger
Nags Head - William Waddill
Nephilim: The Awakening - Henry Yarghn
New World Otter - Ellen Hall
North Beach - Jason Quinn
Number's Up - Hilary Smith
Olympidad - Mike Roe
Oradour - Marvin Cotlar
Origin Unknown: Orienteering In Time - Rebecca Mate
Paint by Number - Brian Loschiavo & Ryan Ogden
Peck - Marc Arneson
Planet of the Elvi - Dan Borengasser
Police Dog Academy - Jennifer O'Kieffe
Possessions - James Kuwahara and John Lee
Post-Apocalyptic Maine - Jeremiah Robert Smith
Private Storage - Jared Kennedy
Rational Panic - Robert Rhyne
Reason of Insanity - Dianne E. Young
Red Sky Morning - Janis DeMoor
Rendered - Chandus Jackson
Repeater - Paul Solet
Rinkrats - Howard Lippin
Rock and Roll Baseball - Kate Karyus Quinn
Santa on the Spot! - Andrew B. Smith
Scenes From An Engagement - Jeri McGwin
Scent - Ron DiPrimio
Sex.Dead.Com - Terry L. Raun
Shangalla - Greer Daniels
Shape Shifter - Molly Derksen & Thos Gibson
Sheila the Gila Monster - Donna Laemmlen
Shining Sea - Cal Rogers
Sideshow - Xander Bennet
Silent Partner - Dan Kinmouth
Solucion Americana - Laqueta Lewis
Spinners - Robert Williams
Splinter - Matthew Allen
Splintered Porch - Dennis Douda
Still In-Country - Bruce Coleman
Strange But True! - Michael Elyanow
Strangers In The Night - Dan Loschack
Sultana - Laqueta Lewis
Sweet Dreams - Dianne Janis Wight
Tears of the Dragon - Kingsley V. Montgomery
Ted Will Return Shortly - Dan Ochwat
The 21st Toll - Brent Lorentson
The Alaskan Conspiracy - Steve Miller
The Bloody Shepard - Colleen McGarr
The Burning Sea - Ron Randolph
The Captain - Chris Eisenberg
The Creature With A Black Heart - David Lowe
The Fifth Horseman - Richard Preston, Jr. & Charles Wiedman
The Gondola End - felice neals
The Great Teller - Michael Edward Masny
The Highway Home - William Schreiber
The Home Front - David Buttaro
The Key - Michael S. Hiller
The Knuckleball Manifesto - John Sutherland
The Lincoln Ride - Shaun Jorgensen
The Little Toy Maker - Billie Jean Te
The Maker - Ellwyn Kauffman
The Melon Man - Mike Palmisciano
The Mercury 13 Project - Jeff Pulice
The Midnight Hour - Dick Belsky
The Mom Prom - Wanett Clyde
The Nominee - Barbara Curry
The Perfect Victim - Dick Belsky
The Plantation - Ryan Harris & Brian Lubocki
The Privateers - Windy Buhler
The Queen of Mean - Arla Bowers
The Rape of Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Russell Gilwee
The Santa Situation - David Sals
The Shroud - Gregory Young
The Spirit of New Orleans - Fay Faron
The Stunning Box - David W. Bertoni
The Test - Steven Paul Nowell
The Tower - Ed Wiles
The Traveling Magic Show - Richard Herlan
The Trial of Aaron Burr - James Cleveland
The Undead - Andrew Stylianou
The Wet Spot - Gregory Alvarez
Third Eye - Mark Bezzone
To Shea, With Love - Jane Henning
Too Horrible To Mention - Noel Frankel
Trading Paint - Eric Ingram
Two Weeks in Roswell - Mark Saunders
Unbridled - Darryl Shelly
Valley of Kings - Zachary Zerries & Katharine Ayars
War - Chris Dauer
Warrior - Matt Fitzsimons
Weird Heroes, Eldritch Beings - Jesse Alden Haynes
Whisper - Nathan Shane Miller
With Kind Regards from Kindergarten - Adam K. Kline
Without Parole - Gary M. Black
Young Liars - Casey Pinkston & Dave Vermillion
Zaitorax Defenders: Terukan Invasion - Carlton T. Saito
Zero Gravity - Dean Georgious

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