BISF Berlin International
Screenwriting Festival

Winners of Summer 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

    If You Show Me Yours I’ll Show You Mine

    Written byRiya Agarwal

    United States24 pages

  • Best feature screenplay

    SOUTH WIND COME

    Written byTina Juárez

    United States108 pages

  • Best Television Screenplay – Pilot

    Warrior Women

    Written byAmanda Dettrick

    Australia70 pages

  • Best drama screenplay

    Ida B.

    Written byDru Murray

    United States110 pages

  • First time screenwriter (feature script)

    System Shutdown

    Written byMicke Askernäs

    Sweden110 pages

  • First time screenwriter (short script)

    Baby Mine

    Written byChristine Longoria

    United States17 pages

  • Best screenwriter

    Bygones

    Written byFatih Demiran, Can Tavukcu

    Germany153 pages

  • Best comedy screenplay

    Down At The Val

    Written byNeil Goodchild

    United States112 pages

  • Best LGBTI screenplay

    Football Crumpets

    Written byLucie Isle

    United Kingdom139 pages

  • Best historical screenplay

    MUSIC WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

    Written byPanayotis Mathesis

    United States124 pages

  • Best American screenplay

    The Devil Pulls the Strings

    Written byJ. W. Zarek

    United States49 pages

  • Best horror screenplay

    Kevin’s Not Dead

    Written bySarah Edmonds

    United States92 pages

  • Best stage play

    A Dull House

    Written byAli Kiani

    United States122 pages

  • Best SCI-FI screenplay

    Blue Shades

    Written byAlejandro Vilpa

    Mexico31 pages

  • Best psychological screenplay

    Dream Reality

    Written byTristan Venture

    United States106 pages

  • Best war theme screenplay

    A Broken Soldier

    Written byNoel Kearns

    United Kingdom112 pages

  • Best thriller screenplay

    One for Sorrow

    Written bySimeon Lumgair

    United Kingdom100 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.