The 2018 Best Screenplay Winner Is:

John Hunt's crime drama "Sean Royal" won for Best Screenplay 2018.
Screenwriter John Hunt and wife
Screenwriter John Hunt showcases his award with his wife by his side. He was the night's first award recipient. During his acceptance speech he said he rewrote the screenplay so that it could be shot in Philly.
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  • Sean Royal - (John Hunt, screenwriter; USA; film script; crime drama, based on a true story; 90 pages) A fictionalized screenplay based on actual case files of a homicide that rocked the national news media. Sean Royal is a detective on the hunt for a pair of thrill killers who murdered an immigrant tech worker, only to find his own life is in a tailspin when his wife turns up missing.

The 2018 Best Screenplay Nominees:

Screenwriter Cory Huizar
Cory Huizar, screenwriter for the horror comedy/satire "Madness," a 2018 nominee for Best Screenplay
Carla P. Morales, screenwriter for the religious TV drama
Carla P. Morales's TV script for the religious drama "The Saints" was nominated for Best Screenplay 2018.
  • Madness - (Cory Huizar, screenwriter; USA; film script; horror, comedy, satire; 112 pages) A white cop having a crisis of conscience arrests a young Black athlete shortly before a virus is unleashed in Chicago turning the infected into extremely rabid, prejudiced monsters. 
  • The Saints - (Carla P. Morales, screenwriter; USA; TV script; drama, religion; 48 pages) The pastor of a growing inner-city Baptist church must navigate the challenges of guiding and protecting, not only his congregation, but also his community, while struggling with his own human frailties. 
Dempsey Tillman (left) and Ted Dewberry, screenwriters for the horror-sci fi script "Red Light," which was nominated for 2018 Best Screenplay.
  • Red Light - (Dempsey Tillman, Ted Dewberry, screenwriters; USA; film script; horror, sci-fi; 93 pages) A slacker husband with a child on the way gets a rude awakening when aliens invade his home and target his family.
Screenwriter Terri Kauffman (
Terri Kauffman's coming-of-age drama "Goodbye Kid, Hurry Back" was nominated for Best Screenplay.

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  • Goodbye Kid, Hurry Back. - ( Terri Kauffman, screenwriter; USA; film script; drama, coming of age; 111 pages) A charming, coming-of-age tale about a small-town boy's unlikely friendship with an elderly man and his eccentric nursing home pals. 

Nominees in Other Categories...

The list of movie production nominees for the 2018 film awards are now available for the following categories: