We are excited to announce the Winners of the 2023 ScreenCraft Short Film Screenplay Competition. Congratulations to this year's winner and runners-up!

Grand Prize Winner

The Monkey Bars by Matt Farquharson

A lonely refugee girl arrives at an inner-London school and must confront her past and present to find friendship.

First Runners Up (2)

The Flower Girl by Anne Carmack

A young girl gets ready for a wedding.

superстарик by Andrew McGowan

A ninety-year-old Russian man thinks he is a superhero, much to the chagrin of his ultra-skeptical daughter until an unexpected turn of events calls his powers into action.

Congratulations to these winning writers and finalists, and thank you to our jury and to everyone who submitted projects; we read a number of remarkable projects. View the quarterfinalists, semifinalists and finalists by clicking the corresponding link. If you’d like to receive a notification when this contest re-opens for entries, you can subscribe for updates via Coverfly here.

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