2016 Other Worlds Austin Screenplay Winners
Screenplay Short [Grand Prize Winner]
KEYSTROKE by Tom Sanchez Prunier
Logline: Two roommates clean up their new apartment after the previous tenant – a hoarder – and find a computer with a journal of all history that they can edit in any way they please.
Screencap from KEYSTROKE
Update: KEYSTROKE was filmed as a live-action short this past October. To check out the status of the project, visit their Facebook page!
Screenplay Feature
DREAM MACHINE by Aaron B. Koontz, Cameron Burns & Farrell Rose
Logline: In an attempt to fix his debilitating sleep paralysis, reclusive inventor Miles Decker has developed a machine that allows one to control their dreams. As a new relationship ensues, his dependency on this DREAM MACHINE begins a violent downward spiral blurring the lines of reality and sanity.
Teleplay
PRETERNATURAL: FLIGHT OF THE GODWITS by Joe Acton
Logline: When a migratory flock of birds carries a deadly species-jumping virus from Asia to North America, humans and animals must work together using their inherent knowledge and skills to conquer the virus that is killing them all.
To contact any of the above writers, send us an email at screenplays@otherworldsaustin.com.
2016 Finalists
Screenplay Short
ENEMY UNSEEN by H. M. Mirza
DEATH IS NOTHING TO US by Zu Quirke
KEYSTROKE by Tom Sanchez Prunier
Screenplay Feature
THE CREATURE FROM BLOOD CANAL by Gary Gannaway
DREAM MACHINE by Aaron B. Koontz, Cameron Burns, Farrell Rose
THE HERETICS by Neil L. Looker
THE TOMORROWISTS by Andres Rovira, A. Cardinal
WEEVILS by Ryan "Staples" Scott
Teleplay
PRETERNATURAL: FLIGHT OF THE GODWITS by Joe Acton
THE SANDBOX (Pilot) by Jennifer Reaves Bouani, Jacqueline Nell Schumann
STAR SYSTEM BRAVO 7 by Tony Park