Monthly Archive: February 2024

VSF is celebrating another commendable year of our members winning screenwriting contests, fellowships and residencies as well as official film festival selections and awards. Please join us in congratulating the talented writers of the VSF:

Robin Farmer

• Awarded a 2025 Château d’Orquevaux Artists & Writers Residency in Champagne-Ardenne, France.
• Awarded a Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) residency
• Selected by Women in Film & Video for an eight-month Narrative Script Development Fellowship
• Short screenplay on the United Kingdom Film Festival’s Best 3 Minute Script Longlist
• PAGE Screenwriting Contest Feature Screenplay Quarterfinalist
• The Writer’s Lab Feature Screenplay Quarterfinalist
• Athena Film Festival Writer’s Lab Feature Screenplay Semifinalist

Adam Lapallo

• Launch Pad Feature Competition Top 50
• Atlanta Film Festival Quarterfinalist
• ScreenCraft Spring Film Fund Semifinalist
• Filmmatic Screenplay Horror Awards Quarterfinalist
• Horrific Hope Film Festival Official Selection (short film)
• Indie Short Film Festival Official Selection (short film)
• Fredericksburg Film Festival Official Selection (short film)
• Richmond International Film Festival Official Selection (short film)

Rachel Weatherly

• Launch Pad Feature Competition Top 50
• Indie Short Film Festival Official Selection (short film)
• Awesome Con Film Festival Official Selection (short film)

Terry Menefee Gau

• Ocean City Film Festival Official Selection (short film)
• Indie Short Film Festival Official Selection (short film)
• Richmond International Film Festival Official Selection (short film)

Bob Eason

• Selected Script from the VSF Producer’s Pitch Day, to be produced by the Northern Virginia Motion Picture Co-Op in 2024
• Richmond International Film Festival Feature Screenplay Semifinalist

Karen Lanning

• Richmond International Film Festival Short Screenplay Top Official Selection
• Fade In Awards TV Pilot/Web Series Semifinalist
• Finish Line Script Competition Honorable Mention (2)

Vicky Dupuis

• Frights! Camera! Action! Horror Screenplay Contest Honorable Mention

Kristofer Haase

• Chicago Short Film Festival Finalist (short film)
• Independent Shorts Awards Best Thriller Short Nominee (short film)
• NY Shorts Official Selection
• LA Thrillers Official Selection

Eric Carlson

• Richmond International Film Festival Short Screenplay Top Official Selection

David Patrick Whittle

• Richmond International Film Festival Feature Screenplay Quarterfinalist

Paul Schutte

• CineStory Feature Screenplay Semifinalist