Script File

Carnevil

After the disappearance of his daughter at a carnival, an ex sheriff joins forces with a group of eccentric people to hunt down a killer carnival whose trail of bodies and missing people they believe holds the key to a decades-old mystery.

  • Anthony Cross
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    124
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA
    July 1, 2023
    Winner - Best Original Screenplay
  • Tuesday of Horror Festival
    Unna, Germany
    July 1, 2023
    Official Selection - Best Horror Feature Script
  • The Strange Days Horror Fest

    July 11, 2023
    Finalist - Best Screenplay
  • 8 & Halfilm Awards

    July 31, 2023
    Winner - Best Feature Script
  • 8 & Halfilm Awards

    July 31, 2023
    Winner - Best First Time Screenwriter
  • New York Script Awards

    July 31, 2023
    Winner - Best Horror Honorable Mention
  • Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival

    August 1, 2023
    Winner - Best Screenplay
  • Rome International Movie Awards

    August 1, 2023
    Winner - Best Original Screenplay
  • Portuguese Lemur International Film Festival

    August 4, 2023
    Quarter Finalist - Best Original Screenplay
  • Frida Film Festival

    August 5, 2023
    Winner - Best International Screenplay
  • Madrid International Movie Awards

    August 12, 2023
    Winner - Best Original Screenplay
  • Oregon Screams Horror Film Festival

    August 19, 2023
    Finalist - Best Horror Feature Screenplay
  • Santa Barbara International Movie Awards

    August 20, 2023
    Nominee - Best Screenplay
  • Vesuvius International Film Fest

    August 19, 2023
    Official Selection - Best Script
  • Film Basement Horror Awards
    Los Angeles, CA
    March 16, 2024
    Official Selection - Feature Screenplay
  • Planet-Cinema
    New York, NY
    November 29, 2023
    Nominee - Best Unproduced Feature Screenplay
  • Scream Queen Film Festival
    New Orleans, LA
    February 19, 2024
    Winner - Best Screenplay
  • Tokyo Horror Film Festival
    Tokyo, Japan
    July 9, 2024
    Official Selection - Feature Script
  • Venice Under The Stars - International Film Festival
    Venice, CA
    December 1, 2023
    Official Selection - Best Feature Script
  • The Thing In The Basement Horror Fest
    Seattle, WA
    October 17, 2023
    Finalist - Feature Screenplay
  • Red Dirt Film Festival
    Red Dirt, OK
    October 22, 2023
    Official Selection - Feature Screenplay
  • Unrestricted View Horror Film Festival
    London, England
    September 30, 2023
    Nominee - Horror Script
  • Paris Film Awards
    Paris, France
    September 5, 2023
    Official Selection - Feature Script
  • International Gold Awards
    New York, NY
    September 5, 2023
    Nominee - Feature Script
  • Milan Gold Awards
    Milan, Italy
    September 5, 2023
    Official Selection - Feature Script
  • The Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival
    Vancouver, British Columbia
    September 26, 2023
    Quarterfinalist - Screenplay Full Length Horror
  • WRPN.tv Screenplay Competition
    Rehoboth Beach, DE
    September 17, 2023
    Winner - Feature Length Script
  • London Movie Awards
    London, England
    September 5, 2023
    Winner - Feature Script
  • Hollywood Gold Awards
    Hollywood, CA
    September 5, 2023
    Official Selection - Feature Script
  • Diabolical Horror Film Festival
    Hollywood, CA
    October 28, 2023
    Official Selection - Feature Script
  • Screenplay Festival
    Sherman Oaks, CA
    November 16, 2023
    Semi-Finalist - Thriller/Horror Sceenplay
  • Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
    Athens, Greece
    January 30, 2024
    Honorable Mention - Best Original Script
  • Cult Movies International Awards
    London, England
    September 30, 2023
    Winner - Best Feature Screenwriting
  • Sherman Oaks Film Festival
    Sherman Oaks, CA
    October 10, 2023
    Official Selection - Screenplay - Feature Film
  • Andromeda Film Festival Andromeda Film Festival
    Turkey
    October 21, 2023
    Winner - Best Screenplay
  • Red Fox International Film Festival
    Georgia
    June 24, 2025
    Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Lonely Wolf Film Festival
    London, England
    December 21, 2023
    Winner - Feature Screenplay
  • Vesuvio International movie Awards Vesuvio International movie Awards
    Napoli, Italy
    August 20, 2023
    Finalist - Best Script
  • Chicago Filmmaker Awards
    Chicago, IL
    September 15, 2023
    Semi-Finalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • The Macoproject Film Festival
    New York, NY
    September 1, 2023
    Winner - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Austin International Art Festival
    Austin, TX
    September 15, 2023
    Semi-Finalist - Best Unproduced Script In Feature Film
  • Frida Film Festival
    Paris, France
    August 11, 2023
    Winner - Feature Script
  • Frights! Camera! Action! Horror Screenplay Contest
    Los Angeles, CA
    November 18, 2023
    Honorable Mention - f
  • Austin After Dark Film Festival
    Austin, TX
    September 15, 2023
    Finalist - Screenplay Horror Feature
  • Lily Indie Film Fest
    Turkey
    September 9, 2023
    Winner - Best Feature Script
  • LA International Horror Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA
    October 16, 2023
    Semi-Finalist - Feature Screenplay
  • Independent Horror Movie Awards
    Los Angeles, CA
    January 1, 2024
    Official Selection - Feature Scripts
  • Bloodstained Indie Film Festival: Sci-Fi Horror Action
    Tokyo, Japan
    December 17, 2023
    Official Selection - Feature Scripts
  • The Flight Deck Film Festival
    New York, NY
    November 12, 2023
    Official Selection - Feature Screenplays
  • TOWN Z HORROR
    Los Angeles, CA
    July 29, 2023
    Finalist - Feature Screenplays
  • San Diego Movie Awards
    San Diego, CA
    September 15, 2023
    Winner - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Miami International Gold Awards
    Miami, FL
    September 1, 2023
    Winne - Best Original Screenplay
  • Be Afraid Horror Fest
    Udine, UD
    October 11, 2023
    Finalist - Horror Feature Screenplay
  • Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA
    November 11, 2023
    Semi-Finalist - Horror Feature Screenplay
  • Venice Independent Film Festival
    Venice, CA
    May 13, 2024
    Official Selection - Feature Screenplay
  • Los Angeles Movie Awards
    Los Angeles, CA
    September 13, 2023
    Honorable Mention - Scripts
  • Kalakari Film Fest
    DEWAS, MP
    January 1, 2025
    Official Selection - Story/Script Writing
Writer Biography - Anthony Cross

Hello! I'm Anthony. Southerner that grew up in New England. Love telling and diving into stories that allow me to escape the everyday. I've been a TV Producer for the last 20 years. Working on paranormal, law enforcement and adventure shows. But, writing has always been my passion. I have 10 specs now and I continue to write everyday.

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Writer Statement

I like to write features like the ones that inspired, scared, made me laugh and pushed me to dream big. Hoping one day to see some of my screenplays on the big screen!