Avishai Weinberger's Drift Off, won 2nd Place at the Cinestory Feature Fellowship. Weinberger's focus is mainly on writing horror features.
"I love horror. It’s my favorite genre to watch, so it follows that I feel most comfortable writing it. I think horror is vitally important. It helps us work through our anxieties and fears and confront them from a safe distance." Read more from his interview on Movie Bytes.
His script THIRD DATE, based on his NYU thesis short film of the same name, won the Nightmares Film, Best Feature Screenplay. It's also doing well in a series of competitions -
- ScreenCraft Horror (semifinalist)
- Cinestory (semifinalist)
- Shriekfest (Finalist)
- New York City Horror Film Festival (Finalist, so far)
- FilmQuest (Winner: 3rd Place Best Feature Screenplay)