WorldFest Houston Award Win for Durning Road by Paula McCool

WorldFest Houston awards Durning Road a Special Jury Prize

I’ve won a 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 @ WorldFest Houston for 𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐃, my short screenplay set in Liverpool, 1940- the highest award in its category, above a platinum! With a score above 95% and an A+, this recognition is the icing on the cake.

Excited to join the ranks of 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈 winners including:

Steven Spielberg – Amblin’
George Lucas & Francis Ford Coppola – THX 1138
David Lynch – Eraserhead
Ridley Scott – 1984 Apple commercial
Spike Lee – Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
Ang Lee – Pushing Hands
The Coen Brothers – Blood Simple
Robert Rodriguez – Bedhead
Brian De Palma – Woton’s Wake

These winners, many discovered at WorldFest Houston, went on to win 17 Oscars collectively 🎬✨

WorldFest Houston is also legendary for being the competition where Steven Spielberg first got noticed by a Universal Studios executive, which led to his very first studio contract.

Durning Road – A Short Screenplay

In the pandemonium of a World War II blitz, Frankie, a local soldier on leave, must navigate the bomb-ravaged streets of Liverpool to find his missing two-year-old daughter and save her life.

Battling both the dangers of war and paralysing guilt, he races against time in a desperate struggle for survival and redemption.