Game Plan

Comedy – Short

Run Time: 00:07:43

Game Plan is an award winning 2022 Comedy Short in which a group of associates meet to finalize a high-stakes business deal that will lead to the end for one of them. But, which one will be finished? Game Plan is a story that explores the dynamics between friendship and business as well as perceptions of power and control and continues to be screened at film festivals around the world.

Written, Directed, and Edited by Sophia Winters. Original Score by Sophia Winters.

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Screenings, Nominations, & Awards:

  • Official Selection: The Girl Improved Film & Television Festival (2022)
  • Official Selection: EB Indie Film Festival (2022)
    • Finalist: Best High School Film
  • Official Selection: Indie Memphis Film Festival (2022)
    • Finalist: National Youth Shorts Competition
  • Official Selection: Creators Film Festival (2022)
    • Finalist: Best High School Film
  • Official Selection: World Film Carnival (Singapore) (2022)
    • Winner: Best Young Filmmaker
  • Official Selection: Best Shorts Film Competition (2022)
    • Winner: Young Filmmaker Award of Excellence
  • Official Selection: Tallgrass Film Festival (2022)
  • Official Selection: Revolution Me Film Festival (2022)
    • Winner: Best Short Film (High School)
    • Finalist: Best Director (High School)
  • Official Selection: Istambul Film Awards (Turkey) (2022)
    • Winner: Best Young Filmmaker
  • Official Selection: Lake Charles Film Festival (2022)
    • First Runner Up: Best High School Student Film
  • Official Selection: Giffoni Macedonia Film Festival (2022)
    • Finalist: Best Youth Short Film (International)
  • Official Selection: Sky Arts Film Festival (2022)
  • Official Selection: Children’s International Film Festival of Wales (2022)
    • Finalist: Best Ensemble
    • Finalist: Best Short Film
  • Official Selection: All American High School Film Festival (2022)
    • Finalist: Female Rising Star Filmmaker Award
  • Official Selection: Alder International Short Film Festival (2022)
    • Finalist: Best High School Film
  • Official Selection: Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival (2022)
  • Official Selection: Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (2022)
    • Finalist: High School International Film Competition
  • Official Selection: Canberra Film Festival (Australia) (2022)
    • Finalist: Best School/Student Film (Under 18)
  • Official Selection: New Jersey Film Awards
    • Winner: Best High School Film
  • Official Selection: Art Is Alive Film Festival (2022)
    • Finalist: Best Director – Short Film
  • Official Selection: Festival Internacional de Alvorada (Brazil) (2022)
  • Official Selection: Near Nazareth Film Festival (Israel) (2022)
    • Winner: Best Director (Under 18)
  • Official Selection: Yellowhammer Film Festival (2022)
  • Official Selection: Cleveland International Kids Film Festival (2023)
    • Finalist: Best Picture
  • Official Selection: George Lindsey UNA Film Festival (2023)
    • Finalist: Best Youth Filmmaker
    • Finalist: Best of Show
  • Official Selection: Clean Shorts Film Festival (2023)
    • Finalist: Best High School Short Film
  • Official Selection: South Georgia Film Festival (2023)
    • Finalist: Best High School Film
  • Official Selection: Youth Diversity Film Festival (2023)
  • Official Selection: Ely Film, Art, & Music Festival (2023)
  • Official Selection: Garden State Film Festival (2023)
    • Finalist: Best International Narrative – High School
  • Official Selection: Hoosier Films Annual Festival (2023)
  • Official Selection: Virginia Emerging Filmmakers Festival (2023)
  • Official Selection: The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival (2023)
    • Finalist: Best Drama – High School
  • Official Selection: Red Dirt Film Festival (2023)
    • Finalist: Best High School Film
  • Official Selection: UPIKE Film & Media Arts Festival (2023)
  • Official Selection: ARCLight Student Film Festival (2023)
    • Finalist: Best Screenplay
  • Official Selection: Unspooled Film & Animation Festival (2023)
    • Finalist: Best High School Narrative Short
  • Official Selection: Hilliard Short Film Festival (2023)
  • Official Selection: deadCenter Film Festival (2023)
  • Official Selection: Flint Youth Film Festival (2023)
    • Finalist: Best Narrative Fiction Film
  • Official Selection: Culver Youth Film Festival (2023)
  • Official Selection: Orlando International Film Festival (2023)
  • Official Selection: Victory International Film Festival (2023)
  • Official Selection: Golden Lion Awards Student Film Festival (2023)
  • Official Selection: Flatwater Film Festival (2023)
  • Official Selection: Antelope Valley Independent Film Festival (2023)