HYTEN DAVIDSON
SELECTED SCREENPLAYS
The Hagfish
When a dutiful daughter hiking in the wilderness to scatter her mother’s ashes gets kidnapped by a cave-dwelling manic, she must muster the grit to escape his hellish nightmare before she is trapped in the darkness below forever.
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Winner, Best Screenplay Award at the L.A International Horror Film Festival 2022
Sweat
When an Army ranger is forced to pass an unconventional sobriety program or face a dishonorable discharge, she stumbles upon a dark plot within the facility capable of
undoing her past while sabotaging her future.
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Winner, Best Screenplay Award at FunMill Film Festival 2021
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Winner, Best Screenplay Award at the Fort Myers Beach Int' Film Festival 2022
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Winner, Best Feature Screenplay Award at New York True Venture Film Festival 2021
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Finalist, The Wrap Pitchfest Competition 2021
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Nominee, Kinodrome International Film Festival 2021
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Finalist, Imagine This Women's International Film Festival 2021
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"Exceptional Screenplay Award" on shortfilmz.net
The West Virginian Starfish
After the mysterious exit of her father, Carly is stuck with his old job- picking up defeated thru-hikers from The Appalachian Trail. One hiker’s companionship over the course of a night, however, will set Carly on a new path forever.
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Winner, Scaffolding Magazine Award for Best Short Screenplay at The Shortcut 100 International Film Festival 2018
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Mountain Tales Film Festival Official Selection, Screenplay Category 2020
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Script Haven Short Script Competition Top Ten, 2020
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Eleven 04's First Backer Initiative, Top Three 2020
Stranger to Blue Mountain
Left to her own devices by a desperate single mom, a shy latchkey kid finds solace in sneaking contraband through to the strange women living behind a fence in her backyard- the murderesses of the women’s prison next door- and in return receives a dangerous
dose of motherly affection.
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Winner, South Texas International Film Festival 2020 Best Pitch Competition
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Winner, Best Screenplay Award at The South Shore Film Festival 2019
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Official Selection, Cindependent Film Festival 2019
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Staged reading for the "Speakeasy Series" at The Know Theatre, Cincinnati
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Finalist, Loudoun Arts Film Festival 2020