Screenplay Competition 2023

The Waterford International Film Festival selected  80 Semi-Finalists for this year's short screenplay competition. From the 80 semi-finalists, 20 finalists were selected.
A vast amount of talented writers sent in their work from across the globe and we are proud to be able to view and award their work. Congratulations to all of the writers! Below is the full list of Finalists & Semi-Finalists

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Finalists 2023

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2023 SHORT SCREENPLAY FINALISTS

COURSES, RECURRENCE AND ...REFUNDS-Luciano D. Urietti
Whispers From The Bower-Jack Dwyer
Perspective-Amy-Joyce Hastings
THE COMING OF THE STORK-Cathriona Slammon
Death in Drumshaughlin-Luke De Brún
O La, Go La-Amy Tierney
Noa's Place -Maria Romanova-Hynes
Gossamer-Margarita Chernikova
To Be A Bird-Gavin O'Herlihy
Conquerors?-Julia Alexandra Broughan
Tan-Graham Lillis
Cost-Oisín-Tomás Ó Raghallaigh
Danny Boy-Manuel Medina
Low Rock-PAUL FITZSIMONS
A Hand to Hold-Eliza Power
The Treasure Hunter-George Green
Unbeliever-Alex Masterton
To Live As A Dung Beetle-Dylan Delaney
There is a Light-Libby Mccormack
Paps' Trace-Cécile Vernant

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Semi-Finalists

Pub Heist-Sean Dalton
Grando-Rachel Walshe
Alicia Day Is A.O.K-Rebecca Hickey
WE COULD NOT SURVIVE WITHOUT BEES-Cathriona Slammon
The Queen of Puck-Katie Murphy
I Bet My Life-Katie Murphy
COURSES, RECURRENCE AND ...REFUNDS-Luciano D. Urietti
Whispers From The Bower-Jack Dwyer
Crime on the Trail-Anthony William Blanco
A SHORT ACTION FILM-Sau Dachi
Solipsism-Duncan B Putney
Perspective-Amy-Joyce Hastings
The Ghost Of You-James Meehan
Cycle-Paul Webster
The Poet of Ballybough-Emily Clarke
A Red Letter Day-Adam A. Walsh
A Lift in the Breeze-Robert Stanley
Brexit at Tiffany's-Stewart Ross Carry
THE POTATO`S JOURNEY-Iryna Yurchenko
THE COMING OF THE STORK-Cathriona Slammon
Survivor-Stephen Thomas Ford
BRÓN-Catherine Williams, Gareth Lyons
The Wooden Leg-Zeff Lawless
Of Magpies-Katie McNeice
Lily Lodge-Miriam Devitt
Death in Drumshaughlin-Luke De Brún
Happy Birthday!-John Sweeney
Toucan-Eoin Joseph Duncum
The Rapier and the Glove-Michael O'Rourke
Müggelsee-Milly Simpson James
Belinda-Fergal O'Byrne
The Glass Lady-Marie O' Shea
Skirmish-Lucille Carolan
O La, Go La-Amy Tierney
Taxiing-Khaled Sultan
First-Rate-Khaled Sultan
Old School-Bernhard Riedhammer
High Season-Laura Carroll
Paradise Found-Isa Ebrahimi
Molly and the Robot-Robert Tyrrell
Noa's Place -Maria Romanova-Hynes
Gossamer-Margarita Chernikova
To Be A Bird-Gavin O'Herlihy
LionHearts-Keiren Noonan
Conquerors?-Julia Alexandra Broughan
The French Kiss-Mike Patrick Johnston
FEATHERBRAIN-Maire T. Robinson
Skylark-Robert W Kelly
Mallacht (Curse)-Kathleen Horan
The Pillar-Méabh de Brún
Tan-Graham Michael Lillis
Mikaela-José Oldenburg
Cost-Oisín-Tomás Ó Raghallaigh
LEAP-Christopher Liam Morrow
White Lies-Kieran Murray
Time's Exchange-Khaled Sultan
The Pangs-Róismáire Ní Foghlú
Danny Boy-Manuel Medina
The Land-Jason Branagan
Bloodstone-Amy Renzema
Petti-Paul Dempsey
Low Rock-PAUL FITZSIMONS
Capricorn-Shannon Ama Phelan
Púca-Leah Mcdonald
A Hand to Hold-Eliza Power
The Treasure Hunter-George Green
SOMNIVM-Jesus Parada
Unbeliever-Alex Masterton
To Live As A Dung Beetle-Dylan Delaney
Gay Gordons-Antóin Beag Ó Colla and Brendan Dick
There is a Light-Libby McCormack
Front a'da Bus-David Reynolds-Eithneson
360 Degrees-Varun Kishore T.R.
The Last Hooker-Kevin Seamus O'Brien
The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon-Stephen Brophy
Paps' Trace-Cécile Vernant
PercheronShane J. Colliins, Story by Shane J. Collins & Benjamin Garnier
TIKPaddy Seery
The Real ZombiesWilliam Baldwin
BEELiam Kavanagh