2011 Quarter-Finalists

Philip Beard

Below are 10 quarter-finalists and their scripts selected by our judges to move on to "The Hollywood Pitch" phase of the 2011 Film Factory competition. These quarter-finalists pitched their production ideas to our panelists (Lauren Elmer, Asher Garfinkel, Bob Kusbit, and Jamie Widdoes) on February 19th 2011 at the University of Pittsburgh, and then revised their screenplays. The judges then selected the semi-finalists to move onto the next round at the March 26, 2011 panel at Point Park.

Philip Beard
Savesies

Synopsis: Two Pittsburghers get rool pashinnit abaht da last parkin' spot onna shtreet.

Christopher Dimond
Flour Baby

Synopsis: When Callie is forced to participate in a 'flour baby' project (an assignment requiring students to care for a baby doll attached to a sack of flour as a means of deterring them from having premarital sex) at her Catholic high school, she comes face to face with the ghost of her unborn child.

Liz Ellison
Parked

Synopsis: Lewis picks a bad night to thwart his neighbor Mary with a well placed parking chair, but maybe the chance meeting that results will be worth her inconvenience.

Bruce Johnson
The Rest of Our Lives

Synopsis: Agnes and Stanley are neighbors whose personalities are like oil and water. But, they have one thing in common. After losing their children to adulthood and then losing their respective partners, they have to decide what to do with the rest of their lives.

Yulin Kuang
First Kiss

Synopsis: Adam Schoenberger, aspiring poet and general romantic, suffers the agony of anticipation for his first kiss.

Christy Leonardo and Stephen Knezovich
The Blonski: Or to Wake the Sleeping Giant

Synopsis: A mockumentary documenting Terry Blank's odyssey to take down Primanti Brothers and bring his family's sandwich legacy back to relevance after a 70-year hiatus.

Christian Lockerman
The Last Samaritan

Synopsis: Ron is a good detective who loses his moral compass. Will he rediscover it when it counts the most?

Jamie McGovern
Swan Song

Synopsis: An office temp leading a mundane life crosses paths with a charming composer claiming an impossible affliction - he's magically cursed and she'll forget they ever met if they part.

Peter McKay
Long Lunch

Synopsis: A Man and a Woman meet in downtown Pittsburgh on their lunch hours and have a quick fling, with surprising results.

Beth Rohach
Snowbound

Synopsis: Twelve hours can feel like twelve minutes when a surgical team at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center that specializes in transplants is forced to work short-handed during a blizzard.