We are proud to announce the FINALISTS of the 3rd Annual Latino Screenplay Competition (LSC 2008).

The FINALISTS

Feature-length Screenplay Division

  • EL CHARRO by James Becket (Ojai, CA, USA)
  • LA TIERRA PROMETIDA by Arí Maniel Cruz (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
  • CALAVERAS by Paco Farias & Winter Mead (Pasadena, CA, USA)
  • TESORO by Megan Feldman & Stacy Keane (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
  • FINAL FALL by Charlie Hinojosa & Benjamin Brookshire (Folsom, CA, USA)
  • IN UNITY THERE WAS STRENGTH by Alex R. Johnson (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
  • MARIA GUADALUPE by Patrick Kadas (San Diego, CA, USA)
  • DAFFODIL SINS by Paul Keables (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
  • LET ME BE THE ONE by Rico Lara-Marin (Burr Ridge, IL, USA)
  • IMITATING ART by Rogelio Lobato (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
  • NEXT OF KIN by Shane McCabe (Dublin, Ireland)
  • GOD'S ARCHITECT by Michael A. Mares (Norman, OK, USA)
  • SCREECH by Mark Millicent (Manhattan Beach, CA, USA)
  • THE FENCE by Bill Morales (O'Fallon, MO, USA)
  • ECHOES OF THE BOSQUE by Lupe Preciado (Albuquerque, NM, USA)
  • EL FLACO by Jeff Seymann (USA)
Short Screenplay Division

  • LIKE A BOTICELLI by Bertha Isabel Bacigalupo (Miami, FL, USA)
  • EVERY TIME I GO TO STATEN ISLAND... by Irin Evers (New York, NY, USA)
  • BOBBY'S WAKE by Jennifer Garcia (Auckland, New Zealand)
  • A MAIS FORTE by Ricky Mastro (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
  • THE LAST GASP/EL ULTIMO ALIENTO by Octavio Maya (Mexico City, Mexico)
Thank you to all of the dedicated screenwriters that submitted to the 2008 LSC cycle. It was once again a major challenge to select our Finalists because of the great quantity and high-quality of Latino-themed screenplays received.

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