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Script & Film Awards

Heartbreak Under a Neon Streetlight ( 2023)

(Drama TV Pilot) 

Award Winners

  • Chicago Script Awards – Best Female Screenwriter

  • WRPN Women’s International Film Festival – Award Winner

  • Hollywood Script Awards – Award Winner

  • Rotterdam Independent Film Festival – Award Winner

  • Vegas Shorts – Award Winner

  • Bettiah International Film Festival (6th Season, 2024) – Award Winner

  • London Film & Television Festival – Award Winner

  • Stockholm City Film Festival – Award Winner

  • Wallachia International Film Festival – Award Winner

  • Author Script Awards – Award Winner

  • Oniros Film Awards (New York) – Award Winner

  • WRPN Women’s International Film Festival – Official Selection

  • DraftOut Screenwriting Festival – Official Selection

Finalists

  • International Diversity Film Festival

  • WorldFest–Houston International Film Festival

  • Paris International Short Festival

  • Bright International Film Festival

  • International Screenwriting Competition

  • California Women’s Film Festival (Winter)

  • Rome Prisma Film Awards

  • The New York Independent Film Festival

  • European Cinematography Awards (ECA)

  • Miami Screenplay Awards

Semi-Finalists

  • Prague Underground Film Festival

  • New York International Women Festival

  • Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival

  • Red Flight Pictures Screenplay Awards

  • Austin International Art Festival

  • Melbourne Independent Film Festival

  • LWIFF | Lonely Wolf International Film Festival

Nominees

  • LA Independent Women Film Awards

  • Swedish International Film Festival

  • The North Film Festival

  • FilmHaus

  • Miami Women Film Festival

  • Santa Barbara International Movie Awards

  • Massachusetts Independent Film Festival

  • Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival

Honorable Mentions

  • International Cinema Festival

  • Big Apple Film Festival & Screenplay Competition (Women’s Spotlight Edition)

  • HIFF – HALO International Film Festival

  • Athens International Art Film Festival

Quarter-Finalists

  • New York International Screenplay Awards

  • Mad Wife 100 Scripts

  • Sunvale Screenplay Contest

  • San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards

  • Vancouver International Movie Awards

  • WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival

  • Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards

  • Shore Scripts TV Pilot Contest

Official Selections

  • Paramount Film Festival

  • Amsterdam Short Film Festival

  • Grande Stories Screenplay Competition

  • Toronto International Women’s Film Festival

  • Paper Screenplay Festival

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AT THE TABLE ( 2018)
(TV Drama pilot) 
  • Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards – Quarter-Finalist

  • Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards – Finalist

  • Shore Scripts TV Pilot Festival – Quarter-Finalist​

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SILICON VALLEY (HBO) SPEC SCRIPT – “NETWORK IT”(2016)
(Network spec script) 
  • New York Screenplay Awards – 3rd Place

  • Wildsound TV Festival – Finalist

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BLEEDING THROUGH TABOO (2019)
(Documentary Short)
  • Texas Short Film Festival – Finalist

  • Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions (Global Festival) – Official Selection

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LIPSMACKER ( 2018)

(Comedy Short)

  • Portland Comedy Film Festival – Official Selection / Winner

  • London Comedy Short Film Festival – Official Selection

  • Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions (Global Festival) – Official Selection

  • The PAUS Premier Film Festival – Official Selection

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COWS AND SHARKS (2020)

(Animated Short)

  • Best Short Fest – Semi-Finalist

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© 2025 Jen McAuliffe

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