Script Pipeline

Beyond the Tunnel Written by Anthony Alvas Anthony Alves is a self-taught writer from Brazil. All his narratives are character-driven stories with a little touch of genre-bending. He loves to write dramas with sprinkles of thriller, horror, and comedy in-between, often revolving around taboo subjects. Along with being a Film Pipeline Finalist, his most recent recognitions include: Screenwriting Pipeline Screenwriting Finalist (2022), TSL Quarterfinalist (2021 and 2024) and Semifinalist (2022), and ScreenCraft Feature Competition Quarterfinalist (2023). His main goal is to mix high-concept ideas with an emotional core pushing the story forward. Follow on: X Alternate Written by Makani Lani Makana Lani is a queer filmmaker based in New York. Her work with Moonshot Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing equity for women in film and television, fuels her passion for championing representation both behind and in front of the camera. Her grounded queer horror feature script, Contingent, is part…

Massagers 4 Sale Written by Chris Lui Chris Lui hails from Honolulu, Hawaii, where his childhood was spent at his Popo’s (grandma) place, right on the edge of Chinatown. Watching Hong Kong action movies at an early age, he later graduated to grindhouse kung fu flicks and high-flying wuxia fantasy films. An interest in economics led him to serve in the trenches of the State Legislature before jumping ship to USC for an MFA in Film Production. His writing has placed as a finalist in the Austin Film Festival, Humanitas Originals, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards and the Top 50 of the 2023 Nicholl Fellowships. Doors by Gina DeAngelis Gina DeAngelis is the youngest of 10 kids who all talked at once. She started writing just to get a word in. A professional writer for 20+ years, she won an Emmy Award for historical drama, and holds degrees in both history…

Winner Bahar, Born at Night by Michael Bina Michael A. Bina is a writer, director, and producer who graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. His script Bahar, Born at Night tells the story of a woman who looks back on her childhood in Iran as a gay man, where she reminisces on her first love, its fallout, and the gender reassignment surgery she was pressured to have. Michael is compelled to explore themes of immigration, growth, and adaptation in his projects and is confident that audiences will respond positively to these compelling stories and create a dialogue surrounding such topics of human life. His previous short film, Children of the Revolution, was set during the Iran-Iraq War and told the story of a mother who worries about her son who has gone missing in combat. The film was awarded 2nd place by Kathy Bates,…