November 5, 2022

An official OIF Script-to-Screen Challenge.

OIF JOLT CHALLENGE NOMINEES & Winners

BEST HAIR/MUA

SCI-FI
Aristaeus – Shannon Olivia Curran *WINNER*
BUILD-A-BOB – Gabriella Tuten
Cold Storage – Danielle Bowman

MYSTERY
Cut Off – Hannah Marie
Look To The Sea – Koura Linda
Connect Four – Faith Gambina *WINNER*
Black Dove – Ashlyn McCain

HORROR
Campfire Tales – CJ Jackson and Athena Street
Beautiful Monsters – Chase Shellee
PANIC, ATTACK – Jordyn Cobb
Drenched in Embers – Victoria Rohal *WINNER*
Camp Corvus – Sean Ahearn and Katie Tuck
The Persistence of Time – Jennifer Drouillard
Woolgathering – Athena Street
Windows of the Soul – Natasha “Nate” Trevilcock
Baby Teeth – Sky Belluomini


BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

SCI-FI
Cold Storage – Dale Metz
BUILD-A-BOB – Stephen Lewis *WINNER*
Florida School Number 4891 – Parissa Pirouzan Glaser, Michael Glaser
DreamScape – Uriel Leite

MYSTERY
Connect Four – Virginia Alejandra Lopez
Look To The Sea – Koura Linda *WINNER*
Reincarnation – Golnessa Tabrizi
Black Dove – Ashlyn McCain

HORROR
Beautiful Monsters – David Powers
Baby Teeth – Juan Pantoja *WINNER*
The Persistence of Time – Dustin Weible
Drenched in Embers – Shaun Koffinas
PANIC, ATTACK – Uriel Leite
Camp Corvus – Bhavana Banala and Reign Burton

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

SCI-FI
BUILD-A-BOB – Spaceship
Florida School Number 4891 – Daniel Noble *WINNER*
Aristaeus – Dean Deck

MYSTERY
Black Dove – Jonah Dujanovic
Connect Four – Neil Parren
Reincarnation – Donald Spivey *WINNER*


HORROR
NOW- David O’connor
Beautiful Monsters – Anthony Tyler *WINNER*
The Club – Jarrarie Gates
Drenched in Embers – Kevin Kedgley
Nighty Night – Josh Callahan- Foley
Intruder Alert – Tony palles
The Good Neighbor – Lorenzo Ramos

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

SCI-FI
Cold Storage – Madison Bowman
DreamScape – Julia Gustafson *WINNER*
BUILD-A-BOB – Nessma Moussari
Florida School Number 4891 – Leah St. Onge


MYSTERY

Reincarnation – Anastasiia Bratchenko
Black Dove – Ashlyn McCain
Connect Four – Sharon McKay-Anguin *WINNER*
Look To The Sea – Siobhan Gale

HORROR

PANIC, ATTACK – Megan Borkes *WINNER*
Campfire Tales – Heidi Immler
The Club – Kayla Washington
A Killer and the Dead – Naomi Hayton
The Good Neighbor -Carson Jean Holley
Camp Corvus – Whitney Fain
End Of The Beginning – Alexsis Durham
Woolgathering – Angie Ruiz


BEST MUSIC

SCI-FI
BUILD-A-BOB – R. Newell Wood *WINNER*
Cold Storage – Dale Metz
Florida School Number 4891 – Marcus Lawson
DreamScape – Nathan Raught


MYSTERY

Black Dove – Cristian Omar Jimenez *WINNER*
Look To The Sea – Space Lilly


HORROR

NOW – JJ Crowne *WINNER*
The Club – Spaceship
Beautiful Monsters – David Powers
Woolgathering – Carlos Crespo
Camp Corvus – Arjun Nechiyil


BEST EDITOR

SCI-FI

Cold Storage – Dale Metz *WINNER*
BUILD-A-BOB–Gregory Mohn
Florida School Number 4891 – Gregory Mohn
DreamScape – Greg Mohn


MYSTERY

Reincarnation – Jackson Sandler *WINNER*
Black Dove – Sydney K Baker
Connect Four – Nathan Bradford
Look To The Sea – Space Lilly

HORROR
Campfire Tales – Michael Carey *WINNER*
NOW – Ken Britt, Stanley Pomianowski
Beautiful Monsters – David Powers
The Persistence of Time – Dustin Weible
Nighty Night – Jason Schaake
Microwave – Will Umotong
Windows of the Soul – Joshua Trevilcock
Drenched in Embers – Courtney Jackson
PANIC, ATTACK – Angela Hamilton

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

SCI-FI
Cold Storage – Dale Metz
BUILD-A-BOB – Gregory Mohn *WINNER*
Florida School Number 4891 – Gregory Mohn
Aristaeus – Justin Rios
DreamScape – Greg Mohn


MYSTERY
Reincarnation – Mathew Dirnfeld
Look To The Sea – Space Lilly *WINNER*
Connect Four – Daniel Hagler
Black Dove – Cristian Omar Jimenez

HORROR

Woolgathering – Santos Suave
Campfire Tales – Malcolm Curray and Justin Rios
NOW – Ken Britt
Beautiful Monsters – David Powers
The Persistence of Time – Shadai Perez *WINNER*
PANIC, ATTACK – Graham Zielinski
Baby Teeth Juan Pantoja
Drenched in Embers – Graham Zielinski
Windows of the Soul – Joshua Trevilcock


Best Lead Actor

SCI-FI

BUILD-A-BOB – Stephen Lewis
Aristaeus – Joseph O’Connor
Cold Storage – Scot Scurlock *WINNER*
Brownestone – Jerome Robles


MYSTERY

Reincarnation – Patrick Keleher *WINNER*
Black Dove – Rex Seaton
Connect Four – Nathan Bradford
Revelation – Bjorn Backman
Look To The Sea – Derek Wolf

HORROR

Baby Teeth – Tony Palles *WINNER*
NOW – Chuck Fusca
Beautiful Monsters – James Paul
The Good Neighbor – Kelly Weaver
The Club – Jonathan Montes
Campfire Tales – Eddy Vanegas
The Persistence of Time – MJ Mattiaccio

Best Lead Actress

SCI-FI
Cold Storage – Danielle Bowman
BUILD-A-BOB – Siobhan Gale
DreamScape – Michelle Procopio *WINNER*
Florida School Number 4891 – Katie Payne


MYSTERY
Connect Four – Crystal Thompson Hanley
Look To The Sea – Brooke Kayla *WINNER*
Reincarnation – Janice Munk
Black Dove – H. Marie
Revelation – Nicola Masciotra


HORROR

PANIC, ATTACK – Holland Watkins
NOW – Nikki Gasparovic Kalter
Baby Teeth – Savannah Elmer
Beautiful Monsters – Chase Shellee
Campfire Tales – Ashlyn McCain
Woolgathering – Heather Fraley
Windows of the Soul – Ana Gorayeb
The Good Neighbor – Madeline Elyse Smyth
Camp Corvus – Katie Tuck
A Killer and the Dead – Mikayla Kane
The Persistence of Time – Samantha DeBoer *WINNER*

Best Original Story

SCI-FI

Florida School Number 4891 – Michael Glaser *WINNER*
BUILD-A-BOB – Tracey jane
Cold Storage – Dale Metz
DreamScape – Jason True

MYSTERY
Reincarnation – Eliar Tabrizi
Connect Four – Arlene Lagos *WINNER*
Look To The Sea – Sarah Daly
Black Dove – Ashlyn McCain


HORROR

The Persistence of Time – Dustin Weible
Woolgathering – Joe Furnari
PANIC, ATTACK – Nick Marinucci
Campfire Tales – Michael Carey *WINNER*
Baby Teeth – Emilio Luis Roman III
NOW – David O’connor
Nighty Night – Will sims


Best Director

SCI-FI

Cold Storage – Dale Metz
BUILD-A-BOB – Tracey jane *WINNER*
Florida School Number 4891 – Parissa Pirouzan Glaser
Aristaeus – Charles Blakeley Jr.
DreamScape – Robin Hofmann

MYSTERY

Reincarnation – Eliar Tabrizi
Look To The Sea – Koura Linda *WINNER*
Black Dove – Cristian Omar Jimenez
Connect Four – Arlene Lagos

HORROR

The Persistence of Time – Dustin Weible *WINNER*
Campfire Tales – Michael Carey
NOW – Michael McLaren
PANIC, ATTACK – Nick Marinucci
Drenched in Embers – Shaun Koffinas
Beautiful Monsters – David Powers
A Killer and the Dead – Austin Janowsky
Windows of the Soul – Stanley Pomianowski

Best Sound

SCI-FI
Cold Storage – Dale Metz *WINNER*
BUILD-A-BOB – Brandon Wilson
Aristaeus – Michael C. Rojas
Florida School Number 4891 – Brandon Wilson


MYSTERY
Black Dove – Michael Rojas
Connect Four – Christopher DeBonis
Look To The Sea – Spaceship
Reincarnation – Olga Stepanov *WINNER*


HORROR

The Persistence of Time – Christopher DeBonis *WINNER*
Campfire Tales – Steven Wilson
NOW – Greg Mohn
Drenched in Embers – Steven C. Wilson
End Of The Beginning – Christopher DeBonis


Best Picture

SCI-FI
BUILD-A-BOB *WINNER*
Cold Storage
Florida School Number 4891
DreamScape

MYSTERY
Look To The Sea
Reincarnation *WINNER*
Connect Four
Black Dove


HORROR

The Persistence of Time *WINNER*
Campfire Tales
NOW
PANIC, ATTACK
Beautiful Monsters
Drenched in Embers
Windows of the Soul
Nighty Night
The Club

AGENDA

Screening

AMC Altamonte Springs: 12PM-7:30PM
Address: 433 E Altamonte Dr, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701

  • Check-In  12:00pm
  • Mystery/Sci-fi 12:45pm
  • Break (10 min)
  • Horror Block 1 3:05pm
  • Break (10 min)
    Horror Block 2 5:00pm

Awards Gala

Hilton hotel Altamonte Springs 8:00pm-11:00pm
Address: 350 Northlake Blvd, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701

DRESS TO IMPRESS!  Network with the rising stars!

  • Meet & Great hour  8pm-9pm  unlimited Wine, Beer, Soda, and passed hors d’oeuvres
  • Red Carpet Photos and Interviews
  • Awards Ceremony

After-Party

Friendly Confines Altamonte 11:30pm-1:300pm
Address: 451 E Altamonte Dr #2378, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
Let’s eat, mingle and celebrate each other’s hard work

(All locations are 1-3 minute drive from each other, free parking everywhere)

Screening Order

Sci-Fi/Mystery Block
Sci-fi
Cold Storage Dale C Metz
BUILD-A-BOB Tracey Jane
Florida School Number 4891 Parissa Pirouzan Glaser
Aristaeus Charles Blakeley
DreamScape Jason True
Brownestone Shanita Brown
Mystery
Connect Four Arlene Lagos
The Table Read David Kashner
Body Nate Powers
Look To The Sea Space Dream Productions
Reincarnation Eliar Tabrizi
Black Dove Ashlyn McCain
Revelation Louie Castillo
To Terry Joshua De La Vega
Cut Off H. Marie

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Horror Block 1

The Persistence of Time Dustin Weible
NOW Michael McLaren
Beautiful Monsters David Powers
Drenched in Embers Shaun Koffinas
Camp Corvus Reign Burton
Nightscape Levi Caleb Smith
Baby Teeth Emilio Luis Roman III
A Killer and the Dead Austin Janowsky
PANIC, ATTACK Cosmic Wave Films
The Club Sky Belluomini (Skyward Productions)
Windows of the Soul Joshua Trevilcock/Stanley Pomianowski
Need To Work Late Luis Mayoral-Cortes
The Curse Robert and Samantha Brooksby
Microwave Will Umotong


Horror Block 2

Campfire Tales Michael Carey
Nighty Night Will Sims
Woolgathering Joe Furnari
Moonlight Mayhem James Diaz
The Break Up Candido Soto II and Candido Soto III
Intruder Alert Heather Fraley
End Of The Beginning Arturo Uspango
The sacrifice Angelina Zagonenko
BEACH SHACKLES a PTSD Story SANTOS SUAVE / FUEGO SONIC FILMS
BTS Robert Laur
Just a Normal Board Game Katie Capps
Endless Lewis Leslie
The Good Neighbor Kelly D. Weaver
Pranks Erik Helsen

CHALLENGE RULES - READ CAREFULLY AND ENTIRELY

The standard film submission guidelines are incorporated herein.  Failure to abide by these Challenge Rules and Guidelines may disqualify your entry!

 Submission deadline for scripts: June 26, 2022 @ 11:59pm
  • Complete film must be submitted by End of Day:  September 12, 2022 @11:59pm
  • Please practice safe filming.  No real arms to be used on ANY set.
  • Choose one of the following genres: Horror, Sci-Fi or Mystery. Sub genres are welcome, such as comedy.
  • Keep it clean, max rating of  PG-13.  No nudity, minimal blood and gore.  Limited profanity allowed where useful to the story line.  We normally have a general audience in the theater, keep it so the whole family can enjoy the screening.
  • Maximum total film run-time (including titles and credits) is 9 minutes.
  • If your script was selected you have a secured screening spot at the event and your cast and crew are eligible for awards as long as the final film qualifies and is submitted by the deadline.
  • Films not received by the deadline will not be eligible for awards and may not be screened.
  • If your script is selected you are expected to post updates to the OIF group along with these lead tags:
    #OIF #oifchallenge
  • Your film may NOT be shown elsewhere prior to the OIF Challenge screening date.
  • Award nominations for actors as a lead and/or supporting role is limited to a total of three (3) films per Challenge.
  • Writers or Directors are limited to such roles in 1 film per Challenge.
  • Additional Terms and Conditions may apply and will be posted on the submission form.

Read the Film Submission Guidelines HERE

Award Categories

  • Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Music, Best Director, Best Cinematographer, Best Editor, Best Original Story, Best Sound, Best Set Design, Best Hair/MUA.
  • Certificate Awards:  Honorable Mentions, Best VFX.

Tips

  • REWRITE – leave the script for a couple of days then come back to read it with a fresh mind, you have time, don’t rush or send the first draft.
  • GET FEEDBACK  – Let someone else advise if it made sense to them. We have a poll with 50+ people who are willing to give that feedback, reach out and/or consider participating in a table read workshop.
  • Get to the point fast, answer the question “what are we following here” as soon as you can so your script has a good pace, keep the audience engaged.
  • Avoid “fluff” that may disenchant the audience and use action for greater engagement.
  • Submit an engaging original. Include a memorable story with scenes and characters to thrill the audience at the premiere.

OFFICIAL FILM SELECTIONS:

(ROUND 2)

The Following Productions succeeded to the second round and are scheduled to be screened at the AMC Theater in Altamonte Springs on Nov. 5, 2022

SCI-FI Block (no particular order).
BUILD-A-BOB Tracey Jane
Cold Storage Dale C Metz
DreamScape Jason True
Florida School Number 4891 Parissa Pirouzan Glaser
Brownestone Shanita Brown
Aristaeus Charles Blakeley

MYSTERY Block (no particular order)
* The Table Read David Kashner
Reincarnation Eliar Tabrizi
Look To The Sea Space Dream Productions
Connect Four Arlene Lagos
To Terry (Formerly titled “The Night”) Joshua De La Vega
Black Dove Ashlyn McCain
Body – Nate Powers
Cut Off  – H. Marie
Revelation – Louie Castillo

HORROR Block (no particular order)
The Curse Robert and Samantha Brooksby
Campfire Tales Michael Carey
Nighty Night Will Sims
The sacrifice Angelina Zagonenko
Moonlight Mayhem James Diaz
Endless Lewis Leslie
Intruder Alert Heather Fraley
Microwave Will Umotong
Woolgathering Joe Furnari
The Club Sky Belluomini (Skyward Productions)
The Good Neighbor Kelly D. Weaver
* Nightscape Levi Caleb Smith
A Killer and the Dead Austin Janowsky
NOW Michael McLaren
Camp Corvus Reign Burton
Need To Work Late Luis Mayoral-Cortes
End Of The Beginning Arturo Uspango
Windows of the Soul Joshua Trevilcock/Stanley Pomianowski
Pranks Erik Helsen
Baby Teeth Emilio Luis Roman III
Beautiful Monsters David Powers
PANIC, ATTACK Cosmic Wave Films
The Persistence of Time Dustin Weible
BEACH SHACKLES a PTSD Story SANTOS SUAVE / FUEGO SONIC FILMS
Drenched in Embers Shaun Koffinas
BTS Robert Laur
Just a Normal Board Game Katie Capps
The Break Up Candido Soto II and Candido Soto III

*Not eligible for awards

OFFICIAL SCRIPT SELECTIONS:
(Round 1)

Sci-Fi

Birth Mark – Janice Munk
When a woman nods off and finds herself waking in unknown places without knowing how she got there, she may end up learning more than she ever expected.

Cold Storage – Dale Metz
A scientist searching for a youth restoration serum in a sophisticated lunar lab crosses an ethical line.

BUILD-A-BOB – Tracey Jane
In an augmented, virtual reality-filled future, restless Eartha who longs for a real connection is challenged to create the perfect Battery-Operated Boyfriend at the mall’s popular new BUILD-A-BOB Workshop.

Test Flight – Zachary Tuttle
A Navy pilot is sent out to do a test flight on a new aircraft, but she gets more than she bargained for when she takes to the skies.

UFOMG – Space Ship
A lonely astronomy and cat enthusiast sends invites to everyone they know for a space-themed birthday bash they’re throwing for themselves. Will everyone arrive? Or will they get their just deserts?

Clone Crew – Zach Cronin-Hurley
On the last day of their mission a crew of misfit clones must survive an attack from a dangerous alien, which may hold the saving humanity.

LIGHT – GABRIELA DAAL
A single mother and her daughter begin to experience terrifying nightmares after making a wish on a shooting star.

Florida School Number 4891 – Michael Glaser
An idyllic future where children are protected from the dangers of free speech at school.

Brownestone – SHANITA BROWN
A group of friends of aliens, vampires, and witches wreak havoc on their town at night. One of the friends goes through his transition phase but mysteriously vanishes into thin air. Before his transition he commits an act that is forbidden per handbook. It is a mystery that needs to be explained and they sought the help of his mother.

DreamScape – Jason TRUE
A confused and injured woman wakes up in her bed to a non-functioning house and a missing husband.

The Covenant – Roberto Segura
Dr. Martin is a head researcher for a secret organization, but his subject is stolen is when things started to get interesting.

The Ordinary Seven Destinee Spruell
“The Ordinary Seven. The time must come in every teen’s life where they must decide their path of being a hero or villain.”

Aristaeus – Charles Blakeley
A robotic dog fights for liberation from its human master.

Mystery

Look to the Sea – Koura Linda
Raised in a coastal town by her protective father after the loss of her mother, a young girl facing down death learns who she really is.

The Other Nine – David Kashner
After the suspicious deaths of nine of the most famous actresses and models in the world, the director of the soon-to-be released blockbuster film is the leading suspect.

Connect Four – Arlene Lagos
A string of brutal murders leads a team of detectives on a hunt for a killer before he strikes again.

Short Term – Richard Carrillo
A man with short term memory loss is stuck in a mental hospital doing the same routine every single day. When his routine is changed, it unlocks parts of him he thought was long gone.

Cut Off – Hannah Marie
A girl awakes from a dream in which she was in a car accident. She then goes about her day, starting to notice unusual sounds and sensations.

The Night (Retitled “To Terry“) – Joshua De La Vega
The Night. What at first starts off as an annoying trip to fix a car just may turn out to be more when Terry finds a riddle in the woods left by his girlfriend, Tammy.

Reincarnation – Eliar Tabrizi
An ambitious young man attempts to join the Army, but he finds out the fraud government created another version of him, and only one can live.

Black Dove – Ashlyn McCain
Three girls are sent on a mission, however, this was not the mission they prepared for.”

Body – Nate Powers
How did this get here?

Suddenly – Kathleen Enriquez
A self-absorbed, irresponsible woman wakes up in a strange room and suddenly feels like changing her ways. Why? The other person in the room with her might know.

Revelation – Louie Castillo
A detective has a one-on-one with a serial killer of the whereabouts of missing individuals.

Sleepwalker – Angel Delagarza
After waking up alone in a field, a mysterious young man hitches a ride with a stranger. However, the strange man has other plans for him.

Case of The Missing… – Joseph Olmeda
A private investigator Rick Tracy takes on a case of a young woman who has gone missing. After investigating, he discovers that there is more going on and she may not be the only one and his life could be at risk.

Horror

Beautiful Monsters – David Powers
His love kept her a prisoner. Her blood kept him alive.

12 Years, 73 Days – Gregory Mohn
After a difficult day, a man is tormented by a demon from his past.

Microwave – Will Umotong
A woman faces an unknown entity after ignoring simple instructions on a frozen food package.

Moonlight Mayhem – Wes Cambron
The king of vampires falls in love with a human and wants to live in peace while a vengeful priest wants to wage war on his kind.

Baby Teeth – Emilio Roman
Serial Killer puts on a puppet show for victim.

BTS – Robert Laur
When a film student is wronged, the film set could be deadly!

Pranks – Erik Helsen
A pair of professional youtubers make a living pranking unsuspecting victims. But this time, they become the victims…

The Cabin in the Woods – Norma Jean Lipert
A woman’s camping trip becomes a life changing event.

BEACH SHACKLES a PTSD Story – SANTOS SUAVE
BEACH SHACKLES a PTSD Story is base loosely on Real Life events which consists of a group of ACTORS and ACTRESSES who become united as they struggle to overcome an EGOMANIAC FILM DIRECTOR suffering from illusions of grandeur.

Remembrance – Jeremy Hollenbeck
A father and daughter enjoy as weekend camping to remember a lost loved one when things go very wrong.

The sacrifice  – Angelina Zagonenko
While walking on a secluded trail a couple stumble upon a sacrifice being preformed.

Now – Michael McLaren

3:15 – Ron T. Baker
A young woman has different experiences as she lives the same night over and over.

Killer and the Dead – Austin Janowsky
A couple is running away from an unstoppable killer but is rescued from certain death by the dead itself… if only for a short time.

The Box – Mike Johnson
Three high school girls find a mysterious box, which leads them into a night of facing their most horrific fears.

Endless – Lewis Leslie
While hiding from a psychotic killer in a run-down barn, a terrified man named Hunter is greeted by a charismatic woman, whose intentions could mean life or death.

Nightscape – Levi Smith
A woman takes an interest in the painting she finds in her attic. And the painting takes an interest in her.

Drenched In Embers – Shaun Koffinas
Three strangers are forced to pay unexpected debts.

The Club – Rachele Belluomini
With a partner on the wrong side of a mass shooting, Theo Abney must overcome his personal rage to see that his boyfriend makes it out alive.

The Good Neighbor – Kelly Weaver
Michael Jenkins shows that a friend in need is a friend indeed.

The Break Up – Candido Soto III
Love can only endure so much.

Camp Corvus – Brooke Fauver
A young girl gets a job of what she thinks is teaching campers to swim. In reality she lands a job at a camp full of witches. Don’t always believe what you see.

Opening Fight – Miller Lashbrook
OPENING FIGHT. Nova, a senior in high school, has the opening night of their first high school play and they fight off the monster of their nerves.

Just a Normal Board Game – Katie Capps
A group of kids buy a board game only to find out it might not be a normal game.

End Of The Beginning – Arturo Uspango
END OF THE BEGINNING. Two women, one blind and one deaf, attain their new senses until they descend into a nightmare.

Windows of the Soul – Joshua Trevilcock
Waking up with a gash across her stomach and a dead body in the other room, a young woman has to figure out how to escape without alarming the creatures in the dark.

Intruder Alert – Heather Fraley
Intruders gone wrong.

Nighty Night – William Sims
A camp counselor tells the cursed tale of Nighty Night to kids attending the summer camp, only to become the victim of the story he regaled.

Campfire Tales – Michael Carey
A horror comedy about a father, tired of being told he isn’t good at telling scary stories, giving his best shot at scarring his children for life.

Panic, Attack – Nick Marinucci
When a mysterious evil shows up at a Halloween party, a trio of friends are forced to either flee, fight, or die.

The Persistence of Time – Dustin Weible
A pair of time-traveling detectives, sent to investigate a cold case murder in 1952, uncover the horrible, cosmic truth of humanity’s ascendancy, unraveling their perception of time and space.