#NFF2021 Tony Cox Short Screenplay SEMI-FINALISTS Announced!

Congratulations to our six Tony Cox Short Screenplay Semi-Finalists!

PLUNGE
by Lance Roger Axt

Marshawn is ready to jump back into the world of dating... or he will be once he extricates himself from the narrator "telling" his story...

BELATED
by Leah Chen Baker

An absent mother desperately attempts to win her young daughter's affection during a belated birthday celebration but risks straining the relationship further.

RECOVERY CHAIN
by Quamé Hamlin

After being evicted by his mother, a rebellious pre-teen must adapt to life with his distant father and his father’s new family.

THE SPRING MIX
by Nesa Syedun Huda

When 11-year-old Jameela's best friend gets her period for the first time, she embarks on a quest to learn about womanhood, something her parents and Islamic school are scared to discuss.

THE LITTLE MONSTER OF RAVENSWOOD MANOR
by Katherine Sainte Marie

An insolent child torments her family in an old English manor, but soon discovers the family harbors a dark and dangerous secret about their ancestral home.

AS TIME GOES BY
by John Martins III

A married couple realizes the hopes and dreams of their past are shattered by the present.