Congratulations to all our finalists, from Australia and abroad, in our Unproduced Screenplay Competition for 2023, and a huge thank you to our fabulous judges, Ally Burnham, Benjamin Jung-Clarke, and Lynnaire MacDonald.

See below for the ten feature film script finalists and the ten short film script finalists, in no particular order.

The award winner in each category, along with the 1st and 2nd runners-up, will be announced at the A Night of Horror Closing Night Awards Ceremony, Sunday, October 1st, at Dendy Cinemas Newtown.

Best of luck to all the screenwriters!

FEATURE FILM FINALISTS

As Scared as You by Jesse Dorian
Garden of Delight by Paul Grammatico
Abeyance by Brandon Rhiness & Michael Schaar-Ney
The Devil Herself by Luke Wijayasinha-Gray
The Red by Min Tran
Human Resources by James Mackenzie Smith
Cannibal Girlfriend by Nathaniel Enrique Lerma
Bull by Drew Jarvis
Revival by Abby Selden
Blood Angel by Chelsea Coakley

SHORT FILM FINALISTS

The Withered Pear by Frank Stephen Leggett
The Guy Upstairs by Ethan Steele
Paper Monsters by Michael Clifton
Kissyfoot by Michael Clifton
The Call Out by Jesse C Wheatley
Do Us Part by Richard Patrick Doyle
The Director by Marissa Raine Carlin
Uppercase by Jonah Jackson Lindley
Yuletide by Brandon Bentley
The Sucker by Cassady Maddox Booth