2019-2022 Winners

Congratulations to all our Winners!!!  

Thank you so much for the amazing feedback, I'm overwhelmed, not just by the positivity, but also the suggestions for improvement -- I do believe I will make some changes as a result. This whole experience has been so incredible! I'm beyond grateful for the whole process. You folks are doing good work, truly nurturing passionate creators. THANK YOU!! -Matthew Forbes

I was thrilled to have my sitcom pilot "It Had to Be Lou" win the SF International Screenwriting Competition! The communication and feedback from the team was both supportive and exemplary, as was my 30-minute consultation with manager Andrew Kersey. Thank you! -Adam Sandel

Joseph and the Festival Team:  Thanks so much for the judge’s notes.  I found them to be very valuable. Sincerely, Robert J. McCrea 

Very much appreciated the clear feedback. Also, results came in ahead of schedule with excellent communication via email, website, and even a phone call to tell me I was a finalist! I entered because I used to live in the Bay area, and will enter again. -Suzanne Birrel  

Thank you, San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition, for honoring my screenplay, GODFORSAKEN: A STORY OF THREE MARYS, in your great festival. Your extra note of "thanks for entering" was very encouraging! Here's wishing you success both now and in future. -Kevin Irvine 

Words can hardly describe my gratitude -- thank you so much for considering my script and selecting it as one of your esteemed quarter-finalists!! This is a tremendous honor. I am grateful for every reader who took the time out of their day to spend time with my project. No matter the final results, I am happy I submitted. Have a wonderful rest of your day/week. -Kameron 

This year, I've entered quite a number of competitions with quite a few scripts. I was really pleased that I noticed the San Fran Int'l Screenwriting Competition just before it closed. I had a few (3) titles that had been in some film festivals that had script components, and I wanted to see how the scripts would fare in a pure writing competition. San Fran accommodated my request, including to submit my 'duology' (a script and its sequel), which necessitated utilizing the same reader. I wish I'd come across them sooner; thanks to this experiment I not only learned what a real writing contest thought of my work, but I upped the placements to Quarters and Semis. Thanks, San Fran! -Steve Garry 

Excellent festival. Amazing experience. Thanks for awarding my script. —Polykarpos Parioritsas

I want to compliment SFISC on their total professionalism in operating this wonderful film festival. The SFISC Team takes that extra step which 

puts them alongside the best film festivals worldwide. It’s a pleasure to have my work submitted and recognized by experts in the film industry. -Charles Petrillo 

Thank YOU!!! -Suzanne 

Thank you to San Francisco International Screenwriting for the honor of receiving Quarter-Finalist! Can't wait to see you again with my next project. -Amy Philbert

Appreciate you! This means the world to me!  Warmly, -Damien D.Bell 

I'm incredibly honored to have my screenplay, Brem & Me selected as a Quarter-Finalist!-Kevin Corrigan 

Wow!  Thank you, San Francisco Internation for selecting my script, ROADS TAKEN, as quarterfinalist in your competition.  I am truly honored.  -C.J. Palmisano

Awww, thank you so much!  This means the World to me.  I look forward to giving your Festival a great review! Sincerely, Erin Elizabeth Cook 

The San Francisco International Screenwriting Comp has been a great experience. Thanks, guys. -Steven Campbell

I was shocked and honored to be given quarter final for my pilot Blink of an Eye. It's be a privilege. Everyone is so lovely! Karen Matthews 

The San Francisco Int’l Screenwriting Comp has been a great experience. Thanks, guys. -Stephen Campbell

Great screenwriting festival! Even more sweet as I am originally from SF. Cheers and thanks for selecting ‘Floating Laura’ , a maverick steals a classic airliner off a lake. -John Celona 

Thank you all so very much for acknowledging my work for my screenplay AN UNFAMILIAR LIFE as a quarter-finalist. It was an easy-breezy experience and we'll be sure to back again with new content again. All the best for continued success with your festival. Toni D with Shake The Tree. -Toni D’Antonio 

Thank you so much for your great communication and recognition of my Screenplay, "The TentVille Knights"! -Erin Elizabeth Cook

Omg ! Thank you so much! It’s an amazing honor ! And I love your city All the best and Happy Holidays , Nan Schmid 

SFISC is not expensive to submit to and their script "turnaround" is phenomenally fast. Was pleased to reach quarter finals. -Sharon Curcio 

I am honored to be a quarter-finalist in the SF International Screenwriting Competition, especially since I live in Palo Alto. Thank you for putting a smile on my face today.  Sincerely, -Kathy Rucker 

This is such an honor! Thank you for this quarter-final win. As I am from San Francisco, this is an especially nice one to receive. -John Celona 

Delighted that my script was a quarter-finalist. Also encouraged by the perceptive observation! -Lynn Elliot 

Thanks so much for honoring my feature screenplay, GODFORSAKEN: A STORY OF THREE MARYS! It is both thrilling and humbling to be part of your great competition. -Kevin Michael Irvine 

Thank you -John Turner 

Oh wow. Thank you so much for the incredibly kind email and for being selected at a quarter-finalist. My psychological drama (based on a true story in my family)... was 30 years in the making and a real passion project. Congratulations to all the winners, indeed all of us that submitted, because if we keep writing screenplays.... we are ALL winners . ( sounds so corny I know) lol -C Hope Belmont 

I am deeply honored that you have selected my 2 screenplays for the quarterfinals. Thank you!  -Thomas M. Lister

Thank you soooo much! -Diane Lansing

Thank you so much for choosing Brem & Me as a Quarter Finalist! There's no higher honor than to be able to touch others with our work. It's so gratifying to discover I'm not completely crazy to think I have something to say that others might like as well. -Kevin Corrigan 

Thanks so much for your award notification. I am pleased that you gave the script your consideration and enjoyed reading it. -Robert J. McCrea 

SFISC conveys itself sincerely as a competition that matters and makes a difference, and I believe it. My quarter-finalist placing feels like a semi-finalist, somehow. Deluded, me? No, I don't think so. It's the SFISC effect. -Michael Gould

Thank you for recognizing my work and for your most encouraging words of appreciation. I’m totally gratified and look forward to a continuing literary relationship with future submissions to your most respected San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition! Thank you, again! -Charles Petrilla 

Thank you so much for selecting Stellar FIVR as a quarter finalist and for your kind words. I’m absolutely thrilled and delighted, it means a lot. -Laurence Patrick 

A really amazing festival! Very well-run, and if your work does well in the competition, you get AMAZING opportunities for networking. Honestly, I can't say enough good things about these folks! -Matthew Forbes 2022 Grand Prize Winner 

2022’s winners received consultation packages from RoadmapWriters that included an hours worth of script notes to our grand prize winner and a total of three consultations. Our top two finalists also received consultations. Our top writers also received a page and a half of script notes from our final round judges. 

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