We are happy to share the Top 40 Finalists, as selected by the video pitch jury: Bill Hurst, Meghan Elie, Caitlin Byrnes, Paul Armstrong, Ines Eisses, and Kristyn Stilling.

Meet the Crazy 8s 2016 Top 40 Finalists!

Alphabetical by Team / Film Title

Abigail Kinch (Breathing Room)
Alayna Silverberg & Sean Tyson (The Mooner)
Andy Canete (Launey)
Antony Packer (The Trial)
Ashley Evans & Will Fitzgerald (Herculean)
Chelsey Moore & Carolyn Yonge (The Barber)
Chris Aitken (Resuscitate)
Connor Gaston & Ryan Bright (Smiley)
Darren Borrowman, Tom Belding & Bob Woolsey (Erwin)
Eric Boychuck & Lettie Costea (The Glitch)
Feet Banks (Are You Ready?)
Fiona Vroom & Jessie Fraser (Not Another Vampire Movie)
Greg Delmage & Annette Reilly (N.P.C.)
Hannah van Dijk & Jim van Dijk (Mystery Meat)
James Danderfer (Jass)
James Kingstone (Wheels on the Curb)
Jesse Lupini & Lucas Kavanagh (White Room)
Joel Ashton McCarthy & Nachapol Dudsdeemaytha (I Love You So Much It’s Killing Them)
Karen Nielsen, Christena Zatylny & Chelsey Stuyt (Perfection)
Kyle D’Odorico (Like A Thief In The Night)
Lelinh Du (You’ve Been Served)
Linda Rumney (Rehearsal)
Madeleine Davis (Transient in Stasis)
Marguerite Royer (Sky Divas)
Mary Galloway (Unintentional Mother)
Maya Saxell & Kim Oxlund (Edible)
Michael Campbell, Chris Wilson, Peter Carlone, Jameson Parker & Ryan Silva (Grocery Store Action Movie)
Natalie Goyarzu (Grasp)
Natalie Moon (Uncommon Courtesy)
Olesia Shewchuk (Sidewalk Battles)
Orsy Szabo & Krista Rand (Unlock)
Patrick Currie (Meet Cute)
Pauline Egan & Montgomery Burt (Lloyd’s Automotive)
Rohit Chokani & Ashley Rose (Arranged)
Sara Daruvala (The Chronic Blink)
Shannon Kohli (A Family of Ghosts)
Shauna Johannesen (Trying)
Tyson Laidler (East and West)
Veronika Kurz (20 Minutes to Life)
William Minsky (First Job)

The Top 40 pitch finalists will now go ahead and pitch November 27th & November 28th to our next set of judges who will select 12 teams to advance to the script stage of the competition.

The In-Person Pitch Jury:

Catherine Lough Haggquist (actor and owner of BIZ Books)

Glen Schaefer (film journalist, The Province)

Jem Garrard (director ‪#‎Crazy8sFilms‬ 15 ‘The Wolf Who Came to Dinner’)

Kaare Andrews (director and artist Marvel Comics)

Katie Weekley (producer ‘The Birdwatcher’)

Zach Lipovsky (director ‪#‎Crazy8sFilms05‬ Crazy Late)

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