I want to win at everything. That hasn’t changed.
But I’m genuinely proud of this one.
This wasn’t a genre festival. It was a straight screenwriting competition. And Buried By The Dark is a genre pilot.
That matters to me, because it means the work held up on the page without leaning on taste, tone, or category. It wasn’t rewarded for being horror. It was rewarded for being well written.
This is proof that the pilot works as genre and as craft.
That’s the win.
https://www.vailfilmfestival.com/television-pilot-results-2025