BISF Berlin International
Screenwriting Festival

Winners of Spring Season 2026

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

    Full Stop

    Written byKyle Cheatley

    United Kingdom13 pages

  • Best Feature Screenplay

    Robin Hood’s Son

    Written byDarren Crawford Sullivan

    United States109 pages

  • Best Drama Screenplay

    Rikshaw Boy

    Written byLars Boom

    Netherlands118 pages

  • First Time Screenwriter (Short Script)

    The Hall of Forgotten Dreams

    Written byAsia Charice Schmidt

    United States6 pages

  • First Time Screenwriter (Feature Script)

    UnChristmas in Bethlehem

    Written byBret Thurman

    United States122 pages

  • Best Television Screenplay – Pilot

    LONELY

    Written byEllie Hoffman

    United States32 pages

  • Best screenwriter

    A Hard Print

    Written byDavid Alan Templeton

    United States113 pages

  • Best historical screenplay

    A DANGEROUS, GLAMOROUS JOB

    Written byRangeley Wallace

    United States126 pages

  • Best comedy screenplay

    The Aussie Dream

    Written byFreya Coppelia Tingley

    Australia100 pages

  • Best war theme screenplay

    Wyoming

    Written byAdam Goudchaux

    United States122 pages

  • Best SCI-FI screenplay

    The Latent Bridge

    Written byRichard Wilson

    United States9 pages

  • Best horror screenplay

    Forgotten Souls

    Written byTom Rico

    United States100 pages

  • Best thriller screenplay

    Who Killed Truelove?

    Written byRobert Adam Lifton

    United States104 pages

  • Best American screenplay

    The World Turned Upside Down

    Written byDennis O’Flyng

    United States107 pages

  • Best psychological screenplay

    American Nightmare

    Written byMagnolia Song

    China127 pages

  • Best LGBTI screenplay

    School Bells & Sleigh Bells

    Written byJoseph Anthony Francis

    United States111 pages

  • Best stage play

    Charles Dickens’ Night before Christmas

    Written byKenny Chumbley

    United States58 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.