BISF Berlin International
Screenwriting Festival

Winners of Spring Season 2024

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

The awards

Seventeen awards, seventeen screenplays

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

  • Best short screenplay

    The Breaking Point

    Written byTiffany L. Coleman

    13 pages

  • Best feature screenplay

    A Story of the London Fog

    Written byRobert Joseph Simpson

    110 pages

  • Best Television Screenplay - Pilot

    Out of the Blue

    Written bySam Stone

    30 pages

  • Best drama screenplay

    PRAYING MANTIS IN A JAR

    Written byRosalyn Rosen

    119 pages

  • First time screenwriter (feature script)

    Once A Thief

    Written byBenita Cullingford

    90 pages

  • First time screenwriter (short script)

    Seekers

    Written byChristopher Frost

    13 pages

  • Best screenwriter

    The Lost Life

    Written byAnna Novikova

    128 pages

  • Best thriller screenplay

    Overwhelming Darkness

    Written bySteven Abel Hart

    105 pages

  • Best LGBTI screenplay

    VENGEANCE IS A LADY

    Written byMichael Williams

    93 pages

  • Best comedy screenplay

    Pardon The Interruption

    Written byOlivia Lee

    107 pages

  • Best horror screenplay

    Betty and the Blitz

    Written byMark A Pritchard

    110 pages

  • Best stage play

    The Other Part of the Picture

    Written byPeter Hardy

    122 pages

  • Best SCI-FI screenplay

    Starship Explorer: The Alien Chef

    Written bySebastian Binder

    24 pages

  • Best war theme screenplay

    THE MEETING HOUSE

    Written bySophie Neville

    97 pages

  • Best psychological screenplay

    Trail Of Tears

    Written byHans Sluijter

    103 pages

  • Best historical screenplay

    Quest for Light, Adventure of the Magi

    Written byByron E Anderson

    105 pages

  • Best American screenplay

    Mourning After

    Written byKathleen M Caprario-Ulrich

    102 pages

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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.