Screenwriters
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2025 NCFF SCREENWRITING FINALISTS:
The Winner will be announced at Best of the Fest on Sunday, June 22.
XMAS in October: A Nativity Nightmare
Written by Joseph V Brown
$elf-Checkout
Written by Kelsey Lane, Jonathan Riles
A shopping trip leads to a life-altering transaction with a self-checkout machine.
Kelsey Lane is a lifelong writer who was born and raised in southeastern Ohio, where she continues to live and work as a full-time educator today. Her work includes themes of feminism, family, and the human connection. Though normally a novel writer, Kelsey is bringing her voice to the screenplay format.
Diwata
Written by Shea Formanes
With her twilight years on the horizon, a Filipina grandmother ditches her eightieth birthday party to summon the spirit of her long-dead granddaughter, navigating hallucinations and repressed memories as she attempts to make amends with her past–and rediscover herself.
Shea Formanes is a Seattle-based, queer Filipino-American writer/filmmaker born and raised in New York City. She tells sci-fi/drama stories about complicated families from BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities that heal from traumatic events through trust. Their works include the queer coming-of-age short film, “The Kettle”, and the sci-fi/drama stage play, “Bahay Kubo”. She was the 1st AD apprentice in the Action! Narrative Apprenticeship Program through the Northwest Film Forum, and was selected for the Above the Line – Education Forum through Washington Filmworks. Shea wrote, directed and co-edited my debut feature film, “I Watched Her Grow”, which won Best Sci-Fi Film Award from the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival, Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Feature Film at the Tri-Cities International Film Festival, Best Makeup in a Feature Film from the Toronto Independent Film Festival at Cift, and is a Quarter-Finalist at the Urban Mediamakers Film Festival. It was also selected as a Virtual Cinema Selection by the San Diego Filipino Film Festival, as well as by the Scope Screenings Underground Film Festival. Shea is an English Honors graduate from the University of Washington, and was nominated for the Dean’s Medal by the Department of Cinema & Media Studies.
