2024 SPRING COMPETITION WINNERS

 BEST FILM - THE FIRE IN ME

Directed by Terah K. Hensley 

 

When a horrific crash threatens his life, a downhearted, aging Muay Thai coach decides to dust off a forgotten dream, call his inner feral to life, and finally make his debut in the professional fighting ring, even though it could cost him everything.

 

 

 

BEST SCREENPLAY - VEIL 

Written by Peter Hardy

A young man follows an older woman on a mysterious journey, like a David Lynch dream, into what may be his own past and future.

 

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION FILM - HVNGRY GHOST 

Directed by Henry West

Patrick Evans story.

HONORABLE MENTION SCREENPLAY - THREE PRETTY GIRLS

Written by Michael J. Dunker

 

When a divorced man goes to check on his friend, he instead finds three mysterious girls living in his house. They invite him to a BBQ the next day where he returns with two friends and they discover these sirens are seducing men to their untimely death. 

 

 

 

 

 

2023 FALL COMPETITION WINNERS

 

BEST FILM - TIME HAUNT

Directed by Aaron Wilson

 A young man stuck in a small town, with the help of his coworker, confront lethal ghosts and time itself to get one ghost picture to pay the last of his tuition. By the end of the night, their lives will be changed forever.

 

BEST SCREENPLAY - NOW

Written by Samuel James Hanson

 A young man's struggle with high school and his anchor who makes it all worth enduring.

 

HONORABLE MENTION FILM -  COKE

 Directed by Muer Huang

Amid the backdrop of a bustling city, a tale of love unfolds, woven through the inviting motif of Coca-Cola. Yet beneath the fizzy facade lies a narrative of passion's allure and the lurking caution it carries – an ode to hearts entwined, and a reminder of love's power, capable of sweetness and decay alike.

HONORABLE MENTION SCREENPLAY - TIME'S EXCHANGE

Written by Khaled Sultan

 A woman, Hebe, refuses to celebrate her real age on her birthday causing her to unknowingly remain 30. In turn, a man, Geras, is given the years that she does not claim; intertwining their destinies.

 

2023 SPRING COMPETITION WINNERS

 

 

BEST FILM  - BONDING

Directed by Luke Rex

A solitary figure at an empty bar, CIA clinical and forensic psychologist, Dr. John Flemington, is planning to visit his girlfriend in Mexico when he is pressured by mysterious underground operatives to join them on a secret mission. He really doesn't have a choice. 

 

BEST SCREENPLAY - CONSUMED

Written by Don Stroud

Buried beneath a collapsed building after an apocalyptic earthquake, an estranged husband and wife struggle to stay alive, praying that their companions rescue them before a horde of undead creatures tear through the rubble.

 

HONORABLE MENTION FILM - THE TREE HOUSE

Directed by Flávio Ermírio de Moraes

Dora, a 45-year-old biologist lives alone in an isolated house, where she conducts an ethically questionable research. Looking for a partner she can trust, she hires a new caretaker, Mateus, not realizing that he is also hiding his own secrets. Gradually, the two grow closer and Mateus finally discovers more about Dora's research: human composting. Mateus, who applied for the job in search of his father, who he believes to have worked at the house before disappearing without reporting, confronts Dora, but she manages to lure him like prey into her office, in the Tree House.

 

HONORABLE MENTION SCREENPLAY - THEY SMELL DEAD

Written by Juliano Angeliano 

 When a vicious Vampire becomes sheriff of a small town in the wild dirty South, he Creates a posse of vampires to keep the Peace and to deal with the surge of bad guys coming in trying to take over.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall 2022 Winners

BEST FILM

Stuck in the Blue

Directed by Ricardo E. Miranda

 

 

BEST SCREENPLAY

 

The Bare Essentials

Written by Henry P Gravelle

 

 

BEST FILM TRAILER

 

The Seeker: The Story of Uther Pendragon

Directed by Kipp Howard

 

FALL 2022 FINALISTS

 Congratulations to the Finalists of the Fall 2022 Siren by the Sea Competition!

FILM FINALISTS:

All The Music You Need - Directed by James Fox

It's Sunny Outside - Directed by Michael Robert Kessler

Stuck in the Blue - Directed by  Ricardo E. Miranda

The Hunt - Directed by Yann Reuzeau 

Up In Smoke - Directed by Ernie Berger

 

SCREENPLAY FINALISTS:

 Apocryphal - Written by Hudson Henry Franzoni

Blackout - Written by Scott Akers

Seeing Things Differently - Written by Jim Norman

The Bare Essentials - Written by  Henry P Gravelle

The Family Secret - Written by  Alix Lindbergh