BISF Berlin International
Screenwriting Festival

Winners of Summer 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

    The Funeral

    Written byKristin Samuelson

    United States16 pages

  • Best Feature Screenplay

    Blue Eighteen

    Written byMichael Meyers

    United States88 pages

  • Best Drama Screenplay

    7 D.B.S.

    Written byEugene Hattingh

    United States91 pages

  • First Time Screenwriter (Short Script)

    Streaming

    Written byVicki Liviakis

    United States10 pages

  • First Time Screenwriter (Feature Script)

    Beyond The Yellow Brick Road

    Written byJ. M. Sorensen

    United States97 pages

  • Best Television Screenplay – Pilot

    ESTATES

    Written byJoan Barrett

    Canada59 pages

  • Best screenwriter

    REZ

    Written byListening Raven

    United States Minor Outlying Islands95 pages

  • Best historical screenplay

    THE BANNER

    Written byErnestina Juarez

    United States110 pages

  • Best comedy screenplay

    Killing Juliet

    Written byBarry Brock

    United States93 pages

  • Best war theme screenplay

    Land of Opportunity

    Written byWill Jay Pirkey

    United States111 pages

  • Best SCI-FI screenplay

    AETERNUM

    Written byMichela Albanese, Jordan River

    Italy97 pages

  • Best horror screenplay

    Halloween: Patient 31

    Written byTom Cunningham

    United States100 pages

  • Best thriller screenplay

    SCARLET

    Written byPascal Franchot

    United States102 pages

  • Best American screenplay

    Keep the Wolves Away

    Written byIsrael Branch

    United States123 pages

  • Best psychological screenplay

    SOUTH WIND COME

    Written byErnestina Juarez

    United States113 pages

  • Best LGBTI screenplay

    NearFall

    Written byRonny Jay

    United States109 pages

  • Best stage play

    Use Only As Directed

    Written byJohnny Zizic

    Australia10 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.