BISF Berlin International
Screenwriting Festival

Winners of Spring Season 2023

Every award of the season, chosen by our jury from submissions sent in from all around the world.

The awards

26 awards, 26 screenplays

The screenplay, the writer, and the award it won.

  • Best short screenplay

    Night in Venice

    Written byOleksandr Chernega

    23 pages

  • Best feature screenplay

    Brothers of Babylon

    Written byGabriel Womack

    99 pages

  • Best Television Screenplay - Pilot

    ALIENAZION - The Conquest of Space

    Written byAntonio Bellido Marin

    60 pages

  • Best German screenplay

    Gadolla

    Written byMaik Gieszler

    100 pages

  • First time screenwriter (feature script)

    "PROGRAM" TO KILL......?? (F)

    Written byManisha Gupta

    87 pages

  • First time screenwriter (short script)

    Out of her shadow

    Written byClara Cantos

    15 pages

  • Best screenwriter

    Soul Survivors - An Obsession Of The Heart Part One

    Written byAdam Poulos

    95 pages

  • Best drama screenplay

    May In The Fields Of Winter

    Written byRoger Winstead

    118 pages

  • Best student screenplay

    SLAY IT! ’They Say You Die Twice’

    Written byJanine Pecenkova

    63 pages

  • Best thriller screenplay

    The Pickleball Killer

    Written byJim Carroll

    112 pages

  • Best pitch

    THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN UNDER HALF THE SKY

    Written byGang Chen

    108 pages

  • Best documentary screenplay

    Reminiscing Flight 587: 20 Years Later

    Written byMiguel Mike Medina

  • Best LGBTI screenplay

    The Adagio

    Written byGerald C Wood

    101 pages

  • Best comedy screenplay

    Dick 2.0

    Written byHenry Sarwer-Foner, Noel Baker

    112 pages

  • Best horror screenplay

    The Curse of Leap Castle

    Written byZeff Lawless, Derek Carroll

    31 pages

  • Best stage play

    The Kaufman Letter

    Written byBruce James Clark

    86 pages

  • Best SCI-FI screenplay

    Bad Love Tigers

    Written byKevin Schewe

    94 pages

  • Best action screenplay

    Liberty

    Written byShea E. Butler

    113 pages

  • Best fantasy screenplay

    Gullun Drift

    Written byRichard Clarke

    103 pages

  • Best historical screenplay

    One-Upmanship

    Written byHelen Rana

    73 pages

  • Best psychological screenplay

    Enter the Room

    Written byHarry Waldman

    15 pages

  • Best war theme screenplay

    Teancum

    Written byMark Nevill Parker

    129 pages

  • Best European screenplay

    The Last Day of Paradise

    Written byKiki Denis

    109 pages

  • Best American screenplay

    The Loser’s Club

    Written byJonathan Turner Smith

    118 pages

  • Best Asian screenplay

    Mrs Saxena at the Hotel Grand

    Written byYanush AHY

    88 pages

  • Best African screenplay

    Accountability Partners

    Written byVosa Tosin

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We accept submissions from writers of all levels of experience and from all around the world.

Every screenplay is read by our reviewers before the jury selects the Winners and Official Selected.