Crosswater

When Alan Fields is unjustly institutionalized, he fights for his humanity and his fellow patients while being degraded and tortured in the name of "psychiatric treatment."

  • Liam Mathison Farmer
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    117
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Nicholl Fellowship
    Los Angeles, CA
    August 7, 2024
    Quarter-Finalist
  • Austin Film Festival
    Austin, TX
    September 12, 2024
    2nd Rounder
  • Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices
    Los Angeles, CA
    January 21, 2026
    Quarter-Finalist
Writer Biography - Liam Mathison Farmer

Liam Mathison Farmer is the writer of the award-winning psychological horror short Coercion, winner of Best Short Screenplay at the 2025 Los Angeles Crime & Horror and Austin Short Film Festivals.

His drama feature Crosswater was a 2024 Academy Nicholl Fellowship quarterfinalist and Austin Film Festival second-rounder, and his comedy feature The Gospel According To Chad was a 2025 Big Apple Film Festival and Outstanding Screenplays Competition semifinalist.

His other credits include Assistant Director/Production Manager of the comedy shorts Acting 101 and Mis-Conception, both Austin Film Meet productions, and AD/PM of Downhill, a Creative Circuit Studios/Bellamy Films holiday horror short.

Farmer was raised in Chicago but now calls Austin home.

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Writer Statement

This was my first screenplay. It's the reason I became a writer. It's a true story. And it's my story.