OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Congratulations to all of the official selections and a heartfelt thank you to all who submitted. We received more pilots and webseries this year than we ever have in the past and were truly impressed by the accomplishments of all who submitted.

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Now on to the announcements...

ANIMATION

A Guy and his Beaver – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Stephen Leonard
Produced by: Stephen Leonard
Written by: Stephen Leonard
Directed by: Stephen Leonard
Starring: Stephen Leonard, Jessica Laine, Clint Childs, Ariel Lazarus, Cecily Ryan

A guy navigates through life with the help of his friend, sidekick and life coach, a beaver.

David Hammerfist: Hammerfist of Fury – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Matthew Mahoney & JJ Conway
Produced by: Matthew Mahoney & JJ Conway
Written by: Matthew Mahoney & JJ Conway
Directed by: Matthew Mahoney & JJ Conway
Starring: Tony Wilson, Josh Goldman, Gage Derringer

All-American tile salesman David Hammerfist saves the president from a recently disgraced and deranged ex-Senator Joseph MacCarthy in Cold War Los Angeles. With the help of his indecisive customer Steve, David saves the day and democracy.

Monday First - Romania
Executive Producer: Mihai Filip
Produced by: Mihai Filip
Written by: Mihai Filip
Directed by: Mihai Filip
Starring: Michele Santopietro, J.S. Gilbert, Jon Thomas

Three overweight friends, finding themselves unable to comply with today's standards of beauty and competence, decide to start anew, lose weight and succeed in the land of the successful and the fit.

Wentworth & Buxbury - Australia
Executive Producer: Timothy Nash, Lucas Crandles and Hayden Grubb
Produced by: Timothy Nash, Lucas Crandles and Hayden Grubb
Written by: Timothy Nash, Lucas Crandles and Hayden Grubb
Directed by: Timothy Nash, Lucas Crandles and Hayden Grubb
Starring: Lucas Crandles, Ashley Weidner, Timothy Nash, Hayden Grubb

Wentworth and Buxbury are two young, charismatic, but nonetheless unfathomably evil supervillains-in-training with a healthy mutual disdain for one another (and a healthy mutual love of crumpets). A bizarre blend of callous homicidal instinct and the utmost of civility. The pair are sworn arch-nemeses yet at the same time, though they are loathe to admit it, they might just be friends too.

COMEDY

As Advertised – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Chris Lusti, Lucas Calhoun, Steven Pritchard, Stoney Emshwiller
Written by: Chris Lusti, Stoney Emshwiller
Directed by: Warren Yeager
Starring: BJ Averel, Carly Nykanen, Carrie Locklyn, Chris Lysti, Desi Lydic

The eccentric employees at a struggling used car dealership do whatever it takes to keep the lot and themselves from falling apart.

Blog Of A Pool Boy – New York
Executive Producer: Greg Burke, AJ Morales, Lou Perez
Written by: Greg Burke, AJ Morales, Loue Perez
Directed by: AJ Morales
Starring: Greg Burke, Lou Perez, Paula Kay, Mike Still, Rachel Bloom, Dan Gregor, Craig Rowin

When Dave, a young novelist, falls flat on his face after college graduation he is forced to come back home and work for the family pool care business where he reconnects with his cousin Billy, a horny slacker whose erotics escapades as a Pool Boy just might help Dave break into the Publishing world.

The Breakdown – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Bobby Montero Espinosa
Produced by: Bobby Montero Espinosa
Written by: Bobby Montero Espinosa
Directed by: Bobby Montero Espinosa
Starring: Maggie Wheeler, David Bowe, Darren Curtis, Danny Jacobs, Tony Yalda and Jill E. Alexander

Forty-something Jennifer Kaufmann owns and operates a struggling commercial casting office. Each day, Jennifer and her handpicked staff of misfits audition scores of hopeful wannabes. Performers of every age, ethnicity and body type pass through these doors, hoping to land “that one great gig”.


Dog – Washington, D.C.
Executive Producer: Barry Gribble
Written by: Barry Gribble
Directed by: Barry Gribble
Starring: Regan Wilson, Tonya Beckman Ross

A shock-jock talk radio DJ is forced to take a female co-host as he deals with a strong personal issue

Group – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Kyle Fritz, Jack Kenny, Bryan Raber
Produced by: Steve Friedland
Written by: Based on a concept by Kyle Fritz and Jack Kenny
Directed by: Jack Kenny
Starring: Jonathan Del Arco, Max Greenfield, Brittany Ishibashi, Tara Karsian, Paul Schulze, Lamont Thompson, Cheryl White, Paul Clausen, Craig Bonacorsi

The blind lead the blind in this comedy about highly dysfunctional people tring to resolve their many and varied issues through group therapy.

The Honkys – Scotland
Executive Producer: John McFarlane
Produced by: John McFarlane
Written by: Terrence Gaylor, John McFarlane
Directed by: John McFarlane
Starring: Chris Morgan, Marcella Lowery, DL Poet Moss, Jordan Mahone, J.Kyle Manzay, Nicole Vicius, Lil Gil Ozeary, Zack Woods

The Honkys is a situation off-beat comedy about the Honky family, an eclectic, non-traditional, multi-racial, and somewhat unhinged family living in a rundown part of Brooklyn, New York. We follow their wildly preposterous lives through the many demanding, and problematic circumstances they find themselves in.

House Arrest – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: David Malkoff and Danny Schrader
Written by: David Malkoff
Directed by: Danny Schrader
Starring: Jamie Engber, Wesley Stiller, Sarah Smick, Giancarlo Molina, Robert Brewer

After Brock and Thad are sentenced to house arrest, they try to keep their friendship and sanity in tact despite the fact they can't leave their apartment.

Living In Captivity – New York
Executive Producer: Victor Syrmis and Maggie Maes
Produced by: Maggie Maes, Nicole Greevy, Todd Faulkner, Uma Incrocci, Erica Jensen
Written by: Uma Incrocci, Erica Jensen, Nicole Greevy
Directed by: Todd Faulkner & Erica Jensen
Starring: Jicky Schnee, Uma Incrocci, Frank Harts, Nicole Greevy, Kirk McGee, J. Elaine Marcos, Sol Miranda, Christian Pedersen, Nathan Purdee, Pamela Shaw, Todd Faulkner

Living In Captivity is a workplace comedy about zookeepers, styled like a wildlife documentary about a mysterious species called homo sapiens.

Merrime.com – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Kaily Smith
Produced by: Shelley Stevens
Written by: Kaily Smith and David Weidoff
Directed by: Sherwin Shilati
Starring: Kaily Smith, Andrea Syglowski, Jay Hayden, David Weidoff, Neil Hopkins, Tom Arnold

For trust fund baby, Merri Weisman, life seems too good to be true. That is, until she discovers her fiance is a "cheating, scumbag, bastard." After a broken engagement and an unltimatum from her father to get a job or be cut off, Merri realizes the key to her survival is not a career, but a man.

Our Living Blue Planet - Boston
Executive Producer: Michelle Barbera and Jacob Lipcon
Produced by: Michelle Barbera and Jacob Lipcon
Written by: Michelle Barbera and Jacob Lipcon
Directed by: Michelle Barbera
Starring: Melanie Arzt, Maria Ciampa,Aaron Crutchfield, Paul Dome, Jim Kenney, Rheri Kenney, Ryan Petti, Don Schuerman, Jessica Sutich, Calvin Swaim

Our Living Blue Planet is a new sitcom about the production crew of a successful nature documentary show. With the help of clips from the show within the show, the sitcom reveals that despite all of their clothing and cell phones, the humans are driven by the same forces and urges they seek to capture in the lens.

Red State Blues – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Gary Lucy and Jane Edith Wilson
Produced by: Gary Lucy, Jane Edith Wilson and Rand Gamble
Written by: Gary Lucy and Jane Edith Wilson
Directed by: Steve Ackerman and Billy Gierhart
Starring: Daniel Stern, John Heard, Kim Fitzgerald, David Rees Snell, Jimmy Pardo and Carol Mansell

Howard Mellinger, a leftwing writer and pundit tries his luck at life, love and the pursuit of happiness in Red State America.

Teachers – New York
Executive Producer: Jim Garvey and Christian Lesperance
Written by: Jim Garvey
Directed by: Jim Garvey
Starring: Noah Starr, Kate Reinders, Baron Vaughn, Sarah Litzsinger, Constantine Maroulis, Joe Amato, Hank Offinger, Murray Adams

His whole life Tim Donnely has had one dream: to become a teacher. Fresh out of college, Tim is ready to realize that dream and revolutionize education. He’s in for a rude awakening, however, when he butts heads with jaded educators and a professional "teacher-coach" sent to retool the faculty. Throw in a celebrity music teacher and a search for a new principal, and you’ve got the first episode of Teachers. Everyone has been to school; everyone has had teachers. We are now proud to lift the veil and reveal the true colors of American academia from the teachers’ perspective.

Wired City – New York
Executive Producer: Howard Reichman, Dov Elias
Written by: Howard Reichman
Directed by: Howard Reichman
Starring: Shane Jacobsen, Forbes March, Turhan Caylak, Krista Watterworth, Marni Lustig, Jonathan Tindle

In New York City, where life turns on a dime, Paul Navigates a techno-sexual world where everyone is connected but no one is connecting.
DRAMA

A Temporary Life – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Amy Weaver
Produced by: Sara Israel, Amy Weaver
Written by: Amy Weaver
Directed by: D. Todd Deeken
Starring: Amy Weaver, Jeremy Gabriel, Eric Edelstein, Bonita Friedericy, Angela Kinsey

With a pocket full of sunshine, small town girl Maggie Brunk throws herself into the hustle and bustle of the big city to find her purpose in life.

Dangerous Women - Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Ellen Sandweiss
Produced by: David O'Malley
Written by: David O'Malley
Directed by: Lee Miller
Starring: Betsy Baker, Ellen Sandweiss, Theresa Tilly

Featuring the stars of Sam Raimi's cult classic 'The Evil Dead', this twisted comedy follows three suburban soccer moms as they battle their sadistically evil other-selves. Dangerous Women - this ain't your mother's P.M.S.

Dark Room Theater, Love You To Death – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Benjamin Pollack, Fred Pollack, Mishelle Siew Ying
Produced by: Benjamin Pollack
Written by: Benjamin Pollack
Directed by: Benjamin Pollack
Starring: Nicole Feenstra, David Stanford, Keith Blaney

Bill and Zelda, a young married couple, are in love. It’s obvious by the way Zelda looks after Bill. But after smothering Bill with hugs and kisses and seeing him off for his work related day trip, she calls her lover to make plans to kill Bill...

Goodsam & Max – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Joshua C. Hersko
Produced by: Joshua Hersko
Written by: Gil Nevo/Joshua Hersko
Directed by: Gil Nevo
Starring: Tania Raymonde, Patrick Hume, Mark Irvingsen

A good natured young girl named Sam learns the ways if a harsh post-apocalyptic wasteland from her mentor, Max, a grumpy Uzi wielding mercenary teddy bear with a drinking problem.

Keep Dreaming – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Greg Phelan, Richard Chiu, Lonnie Hughes
Written by: Greg Phelan
Directed by: Matt Klein
Starring: Christopher Amitrano, Amber Bollinger, Todd Cattell, Tommy Ceilla, Chet Grisson, Jeff Lorch, Brion Rose, Suzanne Turner, Jason Stuart

Keep Dreaming is about anyone who's ever had a dream. Based on a group of cater-waiters in a job they all absolutely hate, while in pursuit of a dream they absolutely love. They are in a business where they are close enough to touch the dream daily. But they can never break through the glass to partake of it.

Pelo Ouvido (Through The Ear) - Brazil
Executive Producer: Coi Belluzzo
Produced by: Lise De Montrigaud
Written By: Arturo Saboia, Joaquim Haickel
Directed by: Joaquim Haickel
Starring: Eucir Sousa, Amanda da Costa

After Keyt's husband Charlie is severely injured in a car accident, Keyt tries to preserve the passionate side of their relationship. Her attempts to rebuild and maintain their relationship through the silence reaffirms her love for her husband.

Sex Ed – New Jersey
Executive Producer: Ernie Vecchione
Produced by: Tamela D'Amico
Written by: Ernie Vecchione
Directed by: Tamela D'Amico
Starring: Joanna Cassidy, Matt Barr, Annie Abrams, Caroline Aaron, Angela Sarafyan

Eight college students enroll in a general education course called "Sexuality Today". What seems to be a cake course turns into something unusual in the hands of Professor Alison Trevase with their first assignment.

Stuck – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Erik Palladino, Vencent Ventresca, Matthew Leutwyler
Written by: Erik Palladino, Vencent Ventresca, Matthew Leutwyler
Directed by: Matthew Leutwyler
Starring: Erik Palladino, Vencent Ventresca. Cameos by: Eric McCormack, Maura Tierney, Dean Cain, Josh Applebaum, Jesse Bochco

In any other town, they'd be winners…Erik and Vince are two "kind of" successful actors living in that world between Extras and Entourage, while still waiting for their big break…at age 40.

DOCUMENTARY/ALTERNATIVE

Breakthrough – New York
Executive Producer: Tony Benjamin/Steve Friedman
Produced by: Heidi Reinberg
Written by: Tony Benjamin/Steve Friedman
Directed by: Tony Benjamin/Steve Friedman
Starring: Ann Smith, Marilyn Hawn, Rosanne Eastman, Ralph Biney, Nancy Zink, Joanne Vizzini, Hodet, Leslie, Mayer, Sarah, Josh, Michelle, Floyd, Pat, Susan

Breakthrough is a 6-part documentary/reality series, focusing on the controversial "psychodrama" therapy spearheaded by renowned psychologist, Ann Smith. Through an intensive week long program, individuals who have been victims of childhood abuse or trauma undergo intensive therapy, culminating in a gut-wrenching "Family Sculpting" — a reenactment of each person's individual trauma, using other participants as a supporting cast.

Pushing The Limits – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Javier Bermudez, Daniel Sacchetto
Written by: Daniel Sacchetto
Directed by: Javier Bermudez
Starring: Real People

Six ordinary people decide to do the most grueling human race ever invented…The Ironman.

StarTrip Chattabago – United Kingdom
Executive Producer: Ansje Germann
Produced by: Ansje Germann
Directed by: Ansje Germann
Starring: Chris Martin and Paul Tripp

StarTrip Chattabago is a unique mix of chat and reality produced on the road, with a comedy double-act as presenters and members of the public as guests who join driver and presenter in a Winnebago to give them an insight in their daily lives. The guests this time are two ladies who went from multi-millionaires in Hollywood to a poor and self-sufficient life in Leicestershire, UK. Before, their days were filled with drugs and parties. Now, the women live from 5 pounds a week.
What’s it all about? Watch.

Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Bob Ross
Produced by: Justin Sloggatt, Bill Sloggatt
Directed by: Bryan Beasley
Starring: Val Kilmer (narration)

A personal portrait of the great Native American artist Allan Houser; he took the struggles and beauty of his Apache people and brought them to life through art.

We Are Riders – New York
Executive Producer: Tracey Hicks & Christopher Garris
Produced By: Peter Redding
Directed By: Tracey Hicks & Christopher Garris
Starring: Real People

A new and refreshing view of how empowered women come together to bond and share under a single commonality: “WE ARE RIDERS”.

Who's The Baddest – New York
Executive Producer: Frank Mosca
Written by: Elis Pacheco
Directed by: Elis Pacheco
Starring: Ice T

In the world of mixed martial arts, there are a lot of bad fighters, but only one can be the baddest!

WEBSERIES

2012 – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Jessica Bertulis, Kamali Minter and Helen Truong
Produced by: Jessica Bertulis, Kamali Minter and Helen Truong
Written by: Helen Truong & Kamali Minter
Directed by: Kamali Minter and Helen Truong
Starring: Kevin Held, Jared Asato, Brit Marling, Neal Xingu Rodl, Ron C. Patric

An interactive viral and webisode series revolving around a series of internet transmissions from the future which warn of an impending apocolypse. When a techno-geek intercepts the messages, he embarks on a quest to change the future.

The Clean-Up Crew – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Scott Rickels
Produced by: Tim Kolesk and Tarika Khan
Written by: Tim Dragga & Scott Rickels
Directed by: Scott Rickels
Starring: Dale Midkiff, Richard Riehle, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Tuione, Chrissy Anderson, Travis Willingham, and Jessica McClendon

Follow Dan and the misfit crew at Frank's Crime Scene Steam-N-Clean into the hilarious and gruesome world of crime scene cleaning -- where death means dollars!

Imaginary Bitches – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Andrew Miller
Produced by: Seth Adam Cohen, Judson Morgan
Written by: Andrew Miller with Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price
Directed by: Andrew Miller
Starring: Eden Riegel, Elizabeth Hendrickson, Brooke Nevin, Connie Fletcher Staton, Jessalyn Gilsig, Greg Rikaart, Chandra West, Michael Traynor, James Kee, Aaron Staton, Brittany Ishibashi, Sam Page, Billy Aaron Brown, Charlie Koznick

A single girl (Eden Riegel) deals with the lonely reality that all her friends are busy with serious relationships by creating imaginary ones. Unfortunately, these new friends turn out to be total bitches.

Johnny B Homeless – New York
Executive Producer: Al Thompson
Produced by: Kahlier R. Hart, Jennifer Westin, Geoffrey Quan
Written by: Sherman Payne and Christian Magalhaes
Directed by: Greg Stees, Al Thompson, David Spates
Starring: Kenan Thompson, Al Thompson, Kevin Christy

Johnny B. is a professional couch surfer. Though not really homeless, he stays away from home constantly to give his girlfriend some space. While doing this, Johnny has the uncanny and sometimes unintentional ability to help those he comes in contact with and whose couch he crashes on.

The Lone Wolf – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Johnny Borda
Produced by: Bennie Arthur and Chad Fogland
Written by: Bennie Arthur
Directed by: Oren Kaplan
Starring: Matt Peters, Bennie Arthur, Chad Fogland, Derek Waters

Hollywood Stuntman, Derek Lightning, was in search of the perfect stunt when something went wrong, causing him to lose his memory. Tracked by investigative reporter, Tab Wilson, and accompanied by his only friend, Mothball, he must now search the greater Los Angeles area for his own identity. He is the Lone Wolf.

Operation Midnight Climax – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Ramesh Thadani, Juan Reynoso, Zach Jordan, Glenn Sauber
Produced by: Ramesh Thadani, Juan Reynoso, Zach Jordan, Glenn Sauber
Written by: Ramesh Tharani
Directed by: Zach Jordan
Starring: Meredith Salenger, Todd Cahoon, Quinton Flynn, Stephanie Lemelin

Operation Midnight Climax is about the CIA LSD experiments conducted in San Francisco brothels during the 1950's. Those experiments were filmed and these are the stories of what really happened.

OzGirl - Australia
Executive Producer: Darryl Carlton
Produced by: Nicholas Carlton, Sophie Tilson
Written by: Nick Carlton & Sophie Tilson
Directed by: Nicholas Carlton
Starring: Sophie Tilson, Shanrah Wakefield, Richard Askin

Join Sadie as she moves from the country to the city in Australia's first social web show.

Psycho Bob – Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Andrew Cochrane
Produced by: Craig Bauer
Written by: Andrew Cochrane
Directed by: Andrew Cochrane
Starring: Sean Bury, Marie Lively, Nick Clark, Jesse Jones, Nick Armstrong, Evan Gaustad, Douglas Sarine, Mary Pat Farrell, James Applebury, Mark Rogers, Matt Wyatt, Phil King, Kevin Ford, Jillian Batherson

Bob is the quiet, unassuming man next door that you'd never suspect of anything... maybe you should.

Urban Wolf - Paris
Executive Producer: Napoleon Premiere
Produced By: Laurent Touil Tartour
Written By: Laurent Touil Tartour
Directed By: Laurent Touil Tartour
Starring: Vincent Sze

An American tourist freshly landed at Paris airport in France is pursued and terrorized by a malevolent security camera operator.

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Agents of Talent – New York
Executive Producer: Jennifer Cobb, Michael Kvell, Jimmy Owens and Mark Odlum
Written by: Jennifer Cobb, Michael Kvell, Jimmy Owens and Mark Odlum
Directed by: Michael Kvell
Starring: Jimmy Owens and Mark Odlum
After winning a large cash settlement, Jerry Bloan quits his career as an actor and gets his dim-witted but good natured half brother Kip to join him to pursue his dream of starting a talent agency.
Chelsey & Kelsey - Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Marie-Amelie Rechberg
Written by: Claire Coffee and Ellie Knaus
Directed by: Claire Coffee
Starring: Claire Coffee and Ellie Knaus
Cleverly woven into a witty, smart, and off-beat comedic banter Chelsey&Kelsey follows two roommates, who were brought together by fate, while shopping at the Container Store, as they discover inexplicable mysteries and teach each other about the uncommon inconveniences of life.
Inappropriate Fairy Tales - Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Dava Krause and Fia Perera
Written by: Dava Krause and Fia Perera
Directed by: Devin Hamilton
Starring: Dava Krause and Fia Perera and Leonard Robinson
Classic fairytales told in a very inappropriate way.
Mountain Man - Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Matt Enlow
Written by: Matthew Mangs
Directed by: Matthew Mangs
Starring: Mike Miller, Echo, Andrew Ryz, Ashley Palmer
Mountain Man is a surreal comedy advernture chronicling the exploits of ex-folk star, anti-government survivalist Jonas Hawkins.

Striker and Swat - Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Dan Redmond and James Bonadio
Written by: Dan Redmond, James Bonadio
Directed by: Dan Redmond
Starring: James Bonadio, Steve Berg, Dave Holmes, Nick Armstrong, Dana Powell
Striker and Swat ar best friends. Challenged by Striker's inability to stay out of other people's business and Swat's indifference to anything that isn't a burrito with cheese, this odd couple struggles to get along with their neighbors and find meaning in this world. They usually fail at both.