1st Place **FINALIST** 'Gary Gets Burned' by Ethan Holbrook   LOGLINE - Gary is just trying to make it through another day at work, but he can't seem to escape the burn of hot coffee or the menacing spectre of oversized dildos, let alone his lewd co-worker or a startling confession by his bi-curious girlfriend. To make things even worse, he has inadvertently provoked the machinations of a homicidal ex-military hobo who is out for revenge!   15 PAGES   (Heat 3)  

2nd Place **FINALIST** 'Dr. Robusta's Office' by Richard Geary   LOGLINE - A beverage phobia specialist meets his match when a court orders him to evaluate a man with an extreme case of coffee phobia.   14 PAGES   (Heat 3)  

3rd Place  'Smell the Coffee' by Laura Gans-Pomerantz   LOGLINE - When his expecting wife becomes unexpectedly nauseated at the smell of coffee, a caffeine addict struggles to find a way to keep drinking his beloved beverage.   15 PAGES   (Heat 3)  

4th Place  'Under Ground' by Dennis McCracken   LOGLINE - A "right-wing" senator from the South manages to get his "Anti-Caffeine Bill" signed into law, leaving many frantic and crazed, others with intriguing new opportunities.   15 PAGES   (Heat 3)  

5th Place  'Prohibition' by Ben Llewellyn   LOGLINE - In the year 2020, the United States enacted a prohibition against caffeine that lasted thirteen years.  This educational film from 2075 teaches students about those dark times.   10 PAGES   (Heat 3)