Education

Montclair Film Announces Winners for 1st Annual Emerging Screenwriter Competition

Congratulations to all our 2022 Emerging Screenwriter Competition winners!

Grand Prize
Sam Zaslow-Braverman (Golda Och Academy)
Resurrection

Drama
Winner: Gwendolyn Baily (Fusion Academy)
Stella and Jack

Finalists: Amelia Knapp (Montclair High School)
When the Stars Align

Santiago Tapia Torres (Cooper City High School)
Mel’s First Date

Comedy
Winner: Sam Zaslow-Braverman (Golda Och Academy)
Resurrection

Finalists: Jose Santos (Donald M. Payne Tech)
The Breakup

Michael Liotta (Glen Ridge High School)
Rokie

Horror
Winner: Ross Perlman (Columbia High School)
The Smell of Waves

Finalists: Emily Kalosieh (Waldwick High School)
Dead by Ten

Willow Killebrew (Montclair Kimberly Academy)
Red: Maturation Cut

Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Winner: Sahana Mishra (Northern Valley Demarest High School)
Redemption

Finalists: Jason Lewis (Montclair High School)
The Artist and His Pen

Luis Zonenberg (Klein High School)
Kingdom, Chapter 3: Ghosts of the Forgotten

Action/Adventure
Winner: Dylan Gill (Columbia High School)
Natives

Finalists: Jacques Ciambra (Montclair High School)
Changing Frames

Jacob Rincon (Cathedral High School)
Foolproof