After requesting an extra day
for deliberations and slipping over the weekend to finally make an official
announcement, the Visionfest Feature Screenwriting Competition Jury is proud to
present its five semi-finalists for this year’s edition. Listed below, in
alphabetical order, by title, are the five Winter Phase semi-finalists, who
will go on to compete for the top five finalists’ slots, going up against the
Spring Phase semi-finalists, which will be announced in May…
BIOTERROR CONSPIRACY by Louis
Lio
A beautiful Navy SEAL is sent
to stop a Naval Officer from making a deadly biological weapon. Sex, murder,
and espionage mix with science, history, and politics, in an odyssey with
symbolism and trivia, a touch of humor, and a noble dream.
THE COLLECTOR by Carmen Elena
Mitchell
Diane, an injured ballerina
who makes her living as a collections agent, must choose between two men... and
many realities.
DEAD DOLORES by Michael
Yagnow
When a veteran sheriff dies,
his rookie deputy finds that he is the only lawman in a lunatic frontier town
that is being ravaged by a mild-mannered serial killer.
LOVE SCENE by Bethany Ashton
Wolf
This is the 25-year love
story of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier that began as a scandalous affair in
1935 when they fell madly in love while married to other people. With the
studios hiding their union from their adoring fans in their quick rise to
stardom, they soon became the most iconic, celebrity couple of their time.
SERENDIPITOUS DUSSELDORF by
Alfred Muller
Two FBI agents in the secret
Culinary Crimes branch become targets for assassination by the CIA and a terrorist
group when they go undercover as a gay couple to investigate the murder of a
shady business exec whose mysterious last words blow a CIA black operation in a
fast-paced, sophisticated and humor-filled adventure.
