New York University has revealed its 2026 picks for its Black List-inspired Purple List of the best production-ready screenplays from Tisch School of the Arts graduate film students and recent alumni.
The five screenplays, selected via a blind reading process by industry insiders, are Kobayashi by Vincent Lee Accettola, Little Rhonda by Aisha Ford, Lychee Girl by Mira Peng, Rounds by Taylor Sanghyun Lee and The Other Family by Juan Pablo Daranas Molina.
Prominent filmmakers whose work was included on past editions of the Purple List, now in its 15th year, include Chloé Zhao, The President’s Cake filmmaker Hasan Hadi, Judas and the Black Messiah‘s Shaka King, current Purple List president Cathy Yan (The Gallerist, Succession, Dead Pigs, Birds of Prey), Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behavior, The Miseducation of Cameron Post) and The Starling Girl‘s Laurel Parmet.
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