Finalists will receive Final Draft and Sony Creative software and IFFLA will submit a dossier of their projects for consideration to a group of selected entertainment agencies, production and distribution companies in the U.S. The winner will be announced in January and will receive a $10,000 grant.

The finalists are:
AGAINST ITSELF written by Kranti Kanade
ARAVAN written by Raghu Jeganathan
ENGINEERS OF ROCK written by Sushrut Jain and John Thompson
LOVE IN THE TIME OF GENOCIDE written by Thenmozhi Soundararajan
SCANDALOUS! written by Claire Ince
SEBASTIAN WANTS TO REMEMBER written by Vasant Nath
THE STORY OF RAM written by Ritesh Batra
SWEET DREAMS written by Avani Batra
UNTITLED DESERT WAR FILM written by Richie Mehta
UNTOUCHABLE GLORY written by Mo Ramchandani