Awards
Selected screenplay awards and competition recognition for original work by Ian T. Burns.
Ian T. Burns is an award-winning screenwriter whose original screenplays have received awards, finalist and semi-finalist placements, and selections in international screenplay competitions and film festivals. His recognised work includes Gold Diggers, Napoleon, Charlie Chaplin, My Sister’s Wedding and other original screenplays.
Gold Diggers (Full Version)
Award Winner — American Filmatic Arts Awards (2018).
Award Winner — Depth of Field International Film Festival (2018).
Award Winner — International Independent Film Awards (2018).
Semi-Finalist — New York Script Awards (2025).
Quarter-Finalist — Sunvale Screenplay Contest (2026).
Gold Diggers (Shortened Version)
Award Winner — California Film Awards.
Award Winner — Feel the Real International Film Festival.
Award Winner — Festigious Los Angeles Monthly Film Competition.
Award Winner — Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition.
Semi-Finalist — IndieFest International Film Festival.
Selected — Hollywood Boulevard Film Festival.
Charlie Chaplin Part 1
Award Winner — Cannes Screenplay Contest (2018).
Finalist — Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival (2018).
Rampant Entrepreneur
Award Winner — Festigious Los Angeles Monthly Film Competition (2018).
Semi-Finalist — Los Angeles Cinefest (2018).
Semi-Finalist — Social World Film Festival (2018).
Selected — Auckland International Film Festival (2018).
Napoleon
Award Winner — Festigious Los Angeles Monthly Film Competition.
Award Winner — The Hollywood Hills Screenplay Competition.
Finalist — Plot Point Awards.
Finalist — Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival.
Finalist — London Independent Film Awards.
Finalist — Euro Fest European International Film Festival.
Finalist — Los Angeles CineFest.
Semi-Finalist — Oaxaca FilmFest.
Semi-Finalist — Southeastern International Film & Music Festival.
Selected — Imaginarium Convention.
Selected — StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest.
Selected — True Story Showcase.
Bob and Julia’s Story
Quarter-Finalist — WIKI: The World’s Fastest Screenplay Contest.
Quarter-Finalist — Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards (2025).
Semi-Finalist — Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival (2018).
Semi-Finalist — Circus Road Screenplay Contest (2019).
Selected — Underground Indie Film Festival / Horror Cult (2018).
Jane Austen Emma
Award Winner — Colorado International Film Festival (2018).
Selected — Page Turner Screenplays (2018).
Charlie Chaplin Part 2
Award Winner — Alaska International Film Awards (2018).
Semi-Finalist — Hollywood International Moving Pictures (2018).
Selected — Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival (2019).
Selected — Palm Springs International Comedy Festival (2018).
My Sister’s Wedding (aka The Fledgling Screenwriter)
Award Winner — Pinnacle Film Awards (2018).
Finalist — European Cinematography Awards (ECA) (2019).
Selected — Screamwriting Festival (2021).
Selected — CKF International Film Festival (2018).
Selected — Birmingham Film Festival (2018).
Selected — North Europe International Film Festival, London (2018).
Selected — Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards (2018).
Jason and the Argonauts
Selected — Austin Micro Film Festival (2019).
Selected — World Music and Independent Film Festival (2018).
Napoleon (Short Form)
Selected — MedFF (2018).
Selected — European Independent Film Awards (2018).
Selected — Queen Palm International Film Festival (2018).
Napoleon II
Award Winner — World Series of Screenwriting (2018).
Semi-Finalist — Z Fest Film Festival and Screenplay Competition (2018).
Selected — All Genre Screenplay Contest (2018).