The judges have been blown away by the quality of submissions this year.
After a tough call, here are the winners and finalists for the Raindance 2024 Script Competition.
Thank you to everyone who submitted!
Winners
Episodic Pilot (Half-hour)
Chicken With Gun by Andrew Mister
Episodic Pilot (One-hour)
Bad Soviet by Nik Sysuev
Short
Family Portraits by Findlay Ironside
Feature
A Seeping Wound by Darryl Wimberley
Quarter Finalists
Episodic Pilot (Half-hour)
Pill Bug by Seth Andrews
Hidden Pieces by Matthew Ford
Swiping at 60 by Niloufar Lamakan
Valley Dicks by Sam Allemang
Chicken With Gun by Andrew Mister
Episodic Pilot (One-hour)
Heavy Traffic by Tiffany Onyejekwe
Sleeper by Neil Crittenden
Heavy by Collette Legault
The Firedog Killers by Lit Kilpatrick
Bad Soviet by Nik Sysuev
The Yolders by Laureen Vonnegut
The Overturning Moment by Tom Holowach
Well by Janice Leverett
Finding Joy by James Watson
Shorts
Parachutes by Leslie Alejandro
Random Facts About the Sky by Ross O Donnellan
Siblings by Lily Giannoni
Make a Wish by Lucy Johnson
Family Portraits by Findlay Ironside
Riordan & Daughters by Katharine Rex
Aurora by Gustavo Riveiro
Feature
XOVA7 by Quanah Hicks
Ludlow by Michael Pomphrey
Rex by Dana Miltins
The Weight of a Feather by Melisande McLaughlin
A Seeping Wound by Darryl Wimberley
The Brahmins of Taylor Street by Iva Tora
Early Bird by James Vinson
Semi Finalists
Episodic Pilot (Half-hour)
Well by Janice Leverett
Finding Joy by James Watson
Chicken With Gun by Andrew Mister
Episodic Pilot (One-hour)
The Yolders by Laureen Vonnegut
The Overturning Moment by Tom Holowach
Bad Soviet by Nik Sysuev
Short
Riordan & Daughters by Katharine Rex
Aurora by Gustavo Riveiro
Family Portraits by Findlay Ironside
Feature
The Brahmins of Taylor Street by Iva Tora
Early Bird by James Vinson
Family Portraits by Findlay Ironside
Finalists
Episodic Pilot (One-hour)
Melvin by Jeremiah Nemeth
Bad Soviet by Nik Sysuev
Feature
Sad Vacation by Adam Simmel
A Seeping Wound by Darryl Wimberley
Episodic Pilot (Half-hour)
Straight Panic by Ewan Newbigging-Lister
Chicken With Gun by Andrew Mister
Short
The Naughty List by Brandon Osterman
Family Portraits by Findlay Ironside
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