Slamdance Declares Winners of 2022 Screenplay Competitors

Slamdance introduced the winners of its 2022 screenplay competitors, with the grand prize going to author Gabriel Malasig for his screenplay titled “American Retail.” The screenplay follows a Black lady as she struggles to complement her music profession by a dead-end retail job at a superstore.

Extra prizes have been awarded throughout a dwell ceremony that befell on the Nuart Theatre and co-presented by the Writers Guild of America West and Landmark Theatres on Sunday. Slamdance acknowledges writers in its characteristic movie, horror/thriller, TV pilot, brief movie and mentorship classes. Greater than $18,000 in prizes, along with varied trade providers, are awarded to winners throughout all classes.

“We acquired over 4,200 screenplay submissions this 12 months,” stated competition supervisor Lily Yasuda. “Our readers have been blown away by the standard of scripts this 12 months, and our winners exemplify all the pieces we search for in a screenplay: daring, authentic and unafraid to deal with complicated social points head-on. We couldn’t be extra happy with this group of writers, and are honored to assist them take the subsequent step of their careers.”

Earlier winners embrace 2021 winner Neil Ferron, who subsequently signed with Leisure 360, and Tyler Tice, whose 2018 Grand Prize-winning characteristic ”Day Shift” was produced by Netflix.

Carlotta Summers has acquired the Slamdance Screenplay Mentorship Award for her collection pilot script “The Wanderer,” which follows an illegitimate mixed-race heiress going undercover to battle a white supremacist group throughout America’s Reconstruction period.

“Our alumni staff are honored to mentor Carlotta and her thrilling new work ‘The Wanderer.’ We imagine this script holds the potential to be an incredible collection,” stated Slamdance president and co-founder Peter Baxter. “Its themes of justice, overcoming racism, household legacy, discovering one’s true-self and employee’s rights significantly resonated with us as we’re nonetheless coping with these points at the moment.”

The total checklist of winners follows:

Characteristic
1st Place: “American Retail” by Gabriel Malasig
2nd Place: “Løvset’s Manoeuvre” by Elizabeth Chatelain
third Place: “Take My Hand” by Sam Pavich
Quick
1st Place: “Merrow” by Alexander Seltzer
2nd Place: “Previous Due” by Jesse Nesser
third Place: “Cálmate, Mija” by Victor Ridaura
Pilot
1st Place: “Texas Jail Rodeo: Vaquero” by Aaron Kozak and Driscoll Otto
2nd Place: “Workless” by Jacob Norremark
third Place: “Nora & Sam” by Nadia Osman
Horror
1st Place: “The Vault” by Ryan Self
2nd Place: “DeadMe” by Asabi Lee and Paul Hart-Wilden
third Place: “Glimpse” by Richard Martin and Josh Calvert