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The Blue List 2021 Semifinalists

March 02, 2021
2021 Columbia Blue List

I have been consistently surprised at the high level of writing that I have judged the past two years. I have been on the Nicholl Fellowships committee of the Motion Picture Academy to judge scripts and I can say that the Blue List entries I have read are in a class with the best Academy scripts.

Jonathan Sanger, Film Producer and returning Blue List industry judge

Columbia University MFA Film Program is thrilled to announce the semifinalists of the 2021 Blue List Script Competition.

Celebrating its eighth year of connecting talented alumni with the film industry, the Columbia Blue List represents the finest unproduced screenplays and television pilots written by recent graduates of the Columbia University School of the Arts graduate Film Program.

Congratulations to the following semifinalists:


Features (in alphabetical order by last name)

Henry Evans, Hysterical
Renée Petropoulos, Tangles and Knots
Ama Quao, If You Seek Britney
Nicholas Santos, You Kill Me
So Young Shelly Yo, Smoking Tigers
Nic Yulo, Laylayon

TV Pilots (in alphabetical order by last name)

Daniel Boddicker, Kung Pow Chicken
Nora Sørena Casey, Crossing the Pond
Michael Castelaz, Quantum Appliances
Andrés Fernández, Refugio
Anna Jastrzembski, The Riot Act
Sushmita Saha, Flatline
Kristin Slaney, Dynamos

 

Finalists of the 2021 Blue List competition will be announced soon. 
 

The Blue List completely changed my career trajectory. As a result of being named to the Blue List, I got a manager and sold my feature script. I currently have three feature scripts in development and hope to make another sale in the near future.

Casey Schroen '12, Screenwriter and Blue List 2014 Winner
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