2026 BFF OFFICIAL SCREENPLAY SELECTION
Quarter finalists
The Boy and The Dog
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Andrew James Bleidner
After a stranger arrives at a cabin with an ax wrapped in a handkerchief, a boy is left to reckon with loss and life through memory. A stray finds family as they take their ritual walking the woods.
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Curse You
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Teresa Chelsea Jack
A female-forward comedy centering a turf war between two rival party princess companies. Lola Rodriguez hasn’t worked since she lost her spot in the touring company of Hamilton during the pandemic, and has found her passion cheering kids up in homemade princess costumes hot glued together from her curtains. This is extremely offensive to Victoria Castellini, who has built the premiere party princess empire of the tri-state area as the ultimate power move against her sister — a real princess at Disney World. When Lola’s scrappy, inclusive Inner Magic Princess Company starts stealing Victoria’s bookings and her clients’ hearts, Victoria declares war. The spy she plants inside Lola’s crew is already through the door — and Lola has no idea.
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Moonstone
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Sam Rose
Clara is an adolescent caught between her dream of living a creative life and the demands of her home life. Her stepfather is a paramedic and her mother leads an ominous and detached life, causing Clara to have to take care of her two younger siblings every day after school. Clara does her best to persist in achieving her dreams, despite the limitations placed on her by others. At the end, we get a snapshot of where Clara ends up in her adulthood.
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UFH [Unidentified Flying Human] Screenplay
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Melissa Mars
As she heads to her first day on a major studio film, a French actress of Arab heritage is profiled as an illegal, then a threat and subjected to a hostile interrogation at a U.S. airport.
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Until The Sunset Comes
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YU-SHENG LAI
Under the crushing weight of high-stakes exams and maternal expectations, a quiet student abandons his desk to follow a scarred classmate to the sea. There, amidst the fading light, he must choose between the rhythmic "tick-tock" of a pre-determined future and a single, fleeting afternoon that belongs only to him.A poetic exploration of friendship, rebellion, and the first taste of freedom.
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This Email Could Have Been a Knife Fight
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Elijah Jamil Broughton
Vikings, gladiators, and samurai once ruled the battlefield—but in the modern world, the Keyboard Warrior reigns supreme.
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Teddy
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Michael Aguiar
Told from the perspective of Lilly’s old teddy bear, TEDDY follows college student Lilly as she returns home after a suicide attempt following her father’s sudden death, under her mother’s anxious watch. Desperate to appear okay, she is secretly haunted by an unseen, parasitic presence—one that only her teddy bear seems to notice. As the entity feeds on her pain and grows ever more powerful, Lilly’s sense of reality begins to unravel. With her mother unable to help, Lilly must find a way to confront the terror that threatens to consume her.
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The Codebreaker
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Richard W Brown
During World War II, a US Army Codebreaker and a spy collide in the woods. Both men must work together to deliver a top secret code to the allies while avoiding German patrols on their tail.
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Not Yet
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Hope Zion Han
After a traumatic event, a young woman struggles to take her first step back into the world.
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Waiting for You
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Janna Jones
In a heavenly beauty salon where mirrors reflect only light and loved ones wait for those still making their way home, hairstylist Cookie receives the news she has dreamed of for years: her beloved Bobby is finally on his way. As she prepares for their reunion, a mysterious tracker suddenly shows him turning back, sending Cookie into heartbreak. With the help of friends, family, and an entire community that understands the long ache of waiting, Cookie must learn that love is not only about reunion. Sometimes it is about finding joy while you wait. When she finally lets go of her vigil and rejoins the life around her, a surprise awaits.
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Love On The Lift
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Lisa Marie Tedesco
When two acting nemeses book the same callback audition, things get real when they get stuck on the elevator with each other.
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Eyes Without A Face
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Alan Wills
A young man is haunted by an evil entity while he experiences sleep paralysis.
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MIDNIGHT
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Jon Cruz
This story follows Mia a young struggling black actress trying to find herself again in a strange town with a sinister history.
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Parlor Trick
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Nucci Delaney
Carri struggles with hosting her own brother's services at her funeral parlor, while a paranormal memory threatens to bubble to the surface.
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Next Door
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Gabriel Solorzano
In an alternate near future, a family deals with the fallout of the circumstances that have befallen their neighbors over dinner.
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Forever Synched
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Isaac Rathbone
A woman struggles to separate herself from her new device.