The 2016 PAGE Awards Semi-Finalists
ACTION/ADVENTURE
APOCALYPSE TOMORROW
Christina Burlison
ASCENSION
Jacob Colman
BARE KNUCKLES
Brent Jordan
BRING ME BACK
Douglas Buss
CAROLINA CAROLINE
Tom Dean
CONTAINED
Donald Lee & Simon Steuri
THE DARK OPTION
Julia Bergeron
DEAD STOP
John Stancari
THE FAKE
Samuel Laskey
FALSE BOTTOM
Stephen Tomaski
THE FIFTH PRISONER
Lynn Esta Goldman
IN THE CRADLE OF GRANITE
Jonathan Holmes
IN THE SHADOWS OF LONG’S PEAK
Amy Giaquinto
THE MONEY FLIGHT
Hannah Feller
NEVER LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE
Paul Clarke
NOBODY SAID GOODBYE
Alex Simon
NO PEACE
Skye Westley
OFF THE STRIP
Jonathan Kuhn & Austin Flack
ONE OF THE BOYS
Melanie Hamlett
SAME SUIT, DIFFERENT TIE
Maxwell Hayden
STEALING STEALTH
Brian Reece
THEMBI
Tom Glasson
THE TRILL NIKKIA
Leon Chills
TIME ZERO
Carlo Carere & Erin Muir
VALLEY OF DEATH
Nathan Wilcoxen
COMEDY
AFTER EVER
Sarah Hohman
THE ANTI-SOCIAL NETWORK
Jennifer Ruisch
BAYOU BLUES
Lisa Jay
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
AND THE END
David Lambertson
THE BIG WEDNESDAY
Richmond Weems
BLUE HAIR
Andrew Hosak
CAGE
Keri Schreiner
CASTING
Ashle Horton
COMMUTERS
Brian Schwab
FRANZ KAFKA: GOLF PRO
Brian Weakland
G.L.A.M.: GLAMOROUS LADIES
OF THE MAT
Brandon Martin
GHOSTED
Erin Stanley
GRANDFELLA
JoAnn Hess
IN SEARCH OF AN ENDING
Paul Bissett
THE LAST STATESMAN
David Lambertson
LOVE ON THE ROPES
Pat White
LUCKY LEFTY
Ken Hanenberg
MARLENE THE DIVINE
Josh Barkey
THE MORTICIAN’S SON
Nathan Leon
NEMESIS
Jennifer Vierck
SAVING GRACE
Thuy Hugens
SOMETHING OLD
Tom Moore & Heidi Powers
STEP MOMSTER
Chase Caldwell
UNLUCKY DOG
Aaron Brophy
WORK RELEASE
Patrick Connelly
DRAMA
BETHLEHEM CITY
Nile Cappello
THE BOAT
Robert Wooldridge
BUSTER & TONY
Lynn Esta Goldman
COMMITMENT
Jonathan London
CRAZY WOMAN
Brian Weakland
THE DEEP AND THE EVERYTHING
Colin Hopkins
EVOLUTION, ME & OTHER FREAKS
OF NATURE
Robin Brande
EXPANDED REPLAY
Audrey Pfister
FELLOW MAN
Brian Smolensky
GLITCHES
Kelly Byrnes
GREATEST OF ALL TIME
Nick Epstein
HUNTERS POINTE
Scott Liapis
IN PASSING
Katie White
LITTLE
Celine Held & Logan George
MARTINGALE
Harry Aletras
THE ORTONS
June Escalante
PAST KILL DEVIL HILLS
Steve Lanza
THE QUEEN
Sara Feinberg
RED TEARS
Salam Tims
SERAPHIM
Peter Mitchell
SOLOMON’S CAVE
Tess Collins
THE SUICIDE PROJECT
Taylor Bennett
A SUMMER FOR HEROES
Dennis Douda
TWEEN THE ROPES
Elizabeth Oyebode
YESTERDAY MOURNING
Elijah Richardson & Leroy Bryant
FAMILY FILM
THE ABDUCTIONS OF DOROTHY
Paul Clinco
ABSOLUTE FAITH
Mary Haarmeyer
BEAUTIFUL
Thuy Hugens
BETTER AT LIFE
Hal Harris
BIGGER
Brian Rauch
BRADIGAN AND THE BANSHEE
Arlene Kalem
ELEVEN
Christopher Glatis
EXCHANGE STUDENTS
Atif Shaikh
FIRST TO FIND
Liana Winters Thomas
FLY GIRL
Patrick Byrne
THE GREAT SURRENDER
Romeo Ciolfi
HERMAN AND THE DWEEB SQUAD
Mark Anderson
I’LL FLY AWAY
Duane Kellogg & Bob Stromberg
KINDERGARTEN DETECTIVE
John Bradley
THE LAND OF HORSES
Allison Johnson
PATCHWORK
Amanda Keener
RALLY CAP
Michael Raymond
RESCUE DOG
Rich Orstad
RETRO
Cynthia Webb
SIGNS OF WARNING
Taylor Albertson
SUMMER SKIES
Jo Jacobs
SURVIVING 14
Katie Streicher
TANSEN
Aarthi Ramanathan
TUMBLEWEED
Richard Dane Scott
UGLY ANIMALS
Shawn Boxe
HISTORICAL FILM
THE ART OF SILENCE
Mary Krell-Oishi
BATTLE
Aaron Brophy
BLACK SEA ROSE
Dierdre L. Brenner & Jillian Reilly
BODEY’S BANNER
Ernestina Juarez
BRAVE HEARTS
Lynda Lemberg & Jeffrey Russel
THE DELEGATION
Shane Andries
FIELDS OF HONOR AND SHAME
Peter Vicaire
THE FORGOTTEN WAR
Andrew Park
HEARTS OF THE SOUTH
Tamara Shure
HUNTER
Michael Toner
LAND OF HIDDEN FIRES
Kirk Kjeldson
LETTERS, BRIEFS & PRIVATE NEGOTIATIONS
OF THE CHEVALIER D’EON
Shannon Blatt
MARLENE
Gary Sherwood & Jennifer Julian
ONE WHITE CROW
Pippa Hinchley
PARAGRAPH 175
Diane Hanks
SARGENT
Julia Batavia & Erica Hirshler
SEARCHING FOR SCROOGE
Fred Nutter
SECTION 504
Melissa Emery
SEMMELWEIS
Keith Tomlinson
SEXTON
Elizabeth Oyebode
THE STARRY NIGHT
Lisa Gomez & Gina Gomez
STAY BREATHING
Sue Scott
TED & HELEN
Diana Benjamin & Alyssa Katz
THE TRUNG SISTERS
Nathan Price
VAMPIRA
Kendell Courtney Klein
SCIENCE FICTION
ALEX & JESSICA SAVE THE UNIVERSE
Jeffrey Bridges & Susan Bridges
ASTEROID 3549
Avra Fox-Lerner
BLACK ICE BELOW
Peter Fraser
BLACK STAR
Eric Glover
DISCONN
Andy Byrne
EMERGENCE
Stephen Morgenstern
FACSIMILE
Gary Makin
FIX
Nathan Wilcoxen & Amy Greischar
HEL
Russ Zitaruk
HYPERTHYMESIA
J.R. Halterlein
JOURNEY’S END
Jerrel Reece
LIVE, FROM THE MILKY WAY
Joe Borriello
NIGHT OF THE PURPLE MOON
Scott Cramer
A NOBLE LIE
A.J. Ferrara
NO MAN’S LAND
Michelle Davidson & Jeffrey Field
PHOENIX 9
Peer Gopfrich
RAMBLERS
David Scott Martin
REDSHIFT
Jeff Smith
THE SIXTH EXTINCTION
Scott LaCagnin
SPACE RACER
Eric Bernard & Lyndon Tait
STORMCATCHERS
Alex Donald
TRACE ELEMENT
Nicholas Boillot
TRANSFER
Victoria Rau & Brendon Udy
WALKING CITIES
Anna Abrashina
WE ARE ADAM
Dennis Luu
THRILLER/HORROR
ALTERNATE ENDING
Michael Noonan
BAIT NIGHT
Timothy Grant
BLOODLETTER
Jason Kaleko
CLAIRE
John Higgins
CUT ITS HEAD OFF
Andrew Robinson
DARK SPOT
Evan Tognotti
THE DEMON OF HOPE STREET
Craig Peters
DOORNAILS
Mike Korpi
DRIVEN
C.S. McMullen
THE DROTH
Thomas Vowles
EXTERNAL RISK
Leonard Johnson
THE GOVERNOR
Julie Pedersen
HALFBREED
Tucia Lyman
HOLY MEN
Ozgur Uyanik
KILLER APP
Joseph Ferrante
LONG IN THE TOOTH
Mark Wasserman
THE LOOKING GLASS
Dennis Luu
LORD OF THE WOODS
H.A. Young
LOVE THE MONSTER
Ross Raffin
THE PARK
Andrew Karlsruher
PRAY AWAY
Ian Drazen & Joseph Pellegrino
RATCATCHER
Patrick Mahon
SHIVER
Josh Weisman
STONEHOUSE
Kelly Peters
WOLFSBANE
Avishai Weinberger
SHORT FILM
13
Sundae Jahant-Osborn
THE ASCENDANT
Mike Sundy
BUG AND THE FIREFLIES
Robert Holland & Chi Laughlin
CAPTURE
Matt Batten
COSMIC RUST
Michael Falconi
DEAD ZINGERS
KT Parker
DOLLHOUSE
Peter Corina
FINGER ON THE BUTTON
Mark D. Matthews & Matthew Bennett
FLIGHT
Amanda Richardson
GERTIE’S BED AND BREAKFAST
Paula Smith
THE GIRL IN THE WINDOW
Jaye Swift
GLIMPSE
Daniel P. Douglas
GRIEF
Dante Russo
GYNOID
Harris Kauffman
A HELPING HAND
Sam Gill
McMURPHY
Charles Dillon Ward
PAPER BIRDS
Lauren Clifford
PIBLOKTO
Christina Tucker
RIBEYE
Fergal O’Byrne
SHADE
Timothy Bakewell
SHIVA
Vishnu Sekar
SOMEBODY TO CALL MY OWN
Grace Ok
THE STORYTELLER
Patrick Nash
UNRELIABLE NARRATORS
Sara Alize Cross
WHISPER
Viki Posidis & Matt Treacy
TV DRAMA PILOT
BAD DEEDS
Barbara A. Soares
THE BANG
Brian Golden
BENEATH
Karyn Folan
CALICHE
Samuel Tofsted
CHANGELINGS
Diane Hanks
DARK AGES
Casey Fisher
DOWN AND OUT
Chase Kroll
FIREBRAND
Rachael Blackwood
FLY ME
Moni Wood
FRANKIE SAVES THE WORLD
Christine McVie
GO
Ben Conway
GOLDEN AGE
Peter Hanson
HAMTRAMCK
Diana Densmore
HIT MACHINE
Sarah Sutherland
HOLLYWOOD AND VINE
Zach Bandler & Max Spitulnik
JANUS
Pearse Lehane
THE MOTHER
Laura Bensick
THE NEXT BEST THING
Benjamin Kawaller
ONCE/FUTURE
Caitlin Schneiderhan
PHANTASMAGORIA
Julia Cooperman
SALVATION DOGS
Michael Rebagliati
SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME
Jeanne Bowerman & Douglas Blackmon
SUBIR
David Pergolini
THE THIRD FORM
Garrett Amerson
VALEDICTORIAN
Jimmy Mosqueda
TV COMEDY PILOT
ADULTHOOD?
Sam Macneil
THE AUTEUR
Jason Skorski, Matt McHugh & Aran Singh
BLINTZES TO BURKAS
Shelley Krawchuk
BOMB
Laura Mannino
BROKEN BETH
Mark Boutros
DR. DREAMCRUSHER
Adi Blotman
DR. FEEL GOOD
Stacy Baker Masand
EVIE
Tim Schildberger
HARD TIME
Nicholas Pappas
HATERS
Dante Russo
HELLO, I LIVE HERE
Dani Messerschmidt
KICKING & SCREAMING
David Young
LAWS OF NATURE
Ella Carroll-Smith
LIFE IN 140 CHARACTERS OR LESS
Kelly Anelons
MOVE ON
Jordan Toronto & Matthew Toronto
ROCK BOTTOM
Rachell Jean-Francois & Bianka Jean-Francois
A SIDE OF NUTS
Charli Engelhorn
SOCIAL SUICIDE
Erica Scandariato
SOCIO-PAM
Rowan Wheeler
SO YOU WANT TO BE KOREAN
Joy Regullano
STUNTED
Erik Allen
THE SYSTEM
Chris Edgerly & Dean Wolfe
A VEGAN IN CHEESELAND
Laurie K. Miller
WRECK CENTER
Ryan Lagod & Craig Tovey
YOU’RE DEAD
Cameron Pattison