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Cinema Red Seats

Spring 2026
1st Time
Directors & Writers 

Quarterfinalists 

Screenplays

(in Alphabetical order)

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A NEW EARTH by Timothy Parr

AKA by Seth McNeill

Andy & Me by Julia Pearlstein

Beyond The Yellow Brick Road by Jennifer Sorensen

BRIGHT BELT by Don Angelica Silva

Control by Julia Gizzi

Crimson and Clover: The Trip of a Lifetime by Kim McMillan

CRIMSON FIELDS by Andri Elia

Foxton Hall by Emily Joshua

Goodbye Homeboy by Debra Devi

Halloween; Patient 31 by William M. Hayes

Jonestown by Selda Sahin

Last Apocalypse by Emily Joshua

Last Summer in New York by Sabrina Zhang

Mt. Carmel by John Ross

Not Fore Long by Patricia Marshall

One Last One by William Lewis

Paper Thin by Katherine Garner

Real American News! by Zoe Ettinger

RESISTENSIA by John Heather

Scorched by Lena Jdanova

Simulacrum by David Bayles

SKY KING by ROBBY GADSBY

Spoon-fed Addiction by Silvano Williams

The Gold Ring by Robert Fawley

The Paper Man by David Roberts

The Triggerfish South by D. E. Asher

The Unthinkable Thought by Dion Aralihalli

The Ward by Órla Gilroy

This is Not A Haunting by Gabriel Eby

Venus Gables by Michael R. Manning

Vitruvian Woman by Laszlo Petruska

Cinema Red Seats

Spring 2026
1st Time
Directors & Writers 
Honorable Mentions

Screenplays

(in Alphabetical order)

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A Death Curse in a Small Town by Cameron Airlie

Americana by Dale Wolf

Another Happy Day by David Weisberg

Even the Brightest Girls by Vivian Lp

Fated Queers "Pilot" by Will Morrison

GODHOOD (Pilot Screenplay) by Walter Maduro

Halcyon Days by Mike Doyle

Harley by Alexandru Bitz

I Might Have Something That Can Help You by Michael Condon

Injustice! Ex Parte Crow Dog by Chris Manydeeds

Just The Other Day by Kaylin Cabble

MOONWATER by Danetta Barney

Obnoxious Lawyer by George Heroux

Parallel in / Parallel out by Larry Solidarity

REVOLUTION EARTH by Aria McKenna

SACRED SUN by Michael Gould

Studio by Richard Jolta

THE BANNER by Ernestina Juarez

THE CHRISTMAS LANTERN by Justin Kojok

The Frequency Divide by Treena Wynes

The Golden Son by Riley Donovan

The Professor's Outline by Jason Holt

The Wild Side by Emily Rose Lyons

Trial of Terror "Do You Know Who I Am?" by  DANIEL RATLIFF

Uncle Joey by Maria Felicetti

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE by Adams Mary

What's a Zayde? by Andy Epstein

Zachary, Book 1, Dawn Of The Awakening by Raymond Springer

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