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Judges for the Seventh Annual Ojai Film Festival Screenplay Competition recently selected this year’s winner. “Very little separated the top choices from the rest of the semifinalists this year,” Bruce Novotny, the competition’s director, said. “The competition was tight and our judges made a difficult choice.” A sharp-witted comedy of manners titled “Pride and Prudence” came out of the Jane Austen Cinematic Universe by way of writer Fran...
The Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards were created to locate and expose up-and-coming TV and web-series writers, as well as to empower and educate passionate and talented screenwriters still waiting for their invitation into the mainstream industry.
Competition is open to TV pilots, webisodes and inventive TV-series scripts of all genres.
To Enter:
Season 4 results will post by November 15, 2019.
Thanks to our sponsors: Script Reader Pro, Screenwriting Staffing, Filmmatic, Monday on Main Street, The Script Coverage Co., and Jungle Software!
DaVinci International Film Festival launches 4th quarter Vitruvian Man Award qualifiers. Learn more at: davincifilmfestival.com or submit at FilmFreeway.com.
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The BlueCat Screenplay Competition seeks to develop and discover unknown screenwriters.
Accepting both Short and Feature screenplays.
Every entry receive script analysis.
Submit by Oct 15th to receive analysis by Nov 10th
Final Deadline: Nov 15th
Submit your Screenplay: www.bluecatscreenplay.com/2016-call-for-entries
PRIZES:
Best Feature Screenplay: $15,000
Four F...
The Azure Lorica Foundation presents FanFilm Awards
Originally a premiered at Ninja-Con 2015, FanFilm Awards is returning for it's first anniversary as a film festival. Showcasing fan-made films, screenplays, and much more!
FanFilm Awards is currently accepting the following submission categories:
Full Length Films
Short Films
Full Length/Short Screenplays
For more information, please visit us: www.fanfilmawards.com
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FEATURED in the 2015 Cannes Edition of World of Shorts Magazine is Dawn Westlake...precisely because she doesn't make FEATURES.
Read the two-page spread here, available online and in hard copy at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival: http://issuu.com/daazo/docs/cannes2015/55?e=0
(There's also a quick Q&A with Westlake on the contributors' page: http://issuu.com/daazo/docs/cannes2015/5?e=0 )
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Best short film competition - EVER!!
The winning filmmaker wins up to $25,000 to shoot one of the top 10 scripts. Winning writer receives up to $10,000 for their short script!
Writers judge filmmakers and filmmakers judge writers. It’s that simple! We fund you to collaborate.
The writers review films and decide the best filmmaker. The filmmakers read scripts and decide the top 10 scripts. The winning filmmaker selects one of the top 10 scripts to shoot and we fund the production. The sc...
Writers judge filmmakers and filmmakers judge writers. It’s that simple! We fund you to collaborate.
The writers review films and decide the best filmmaker. The filmmakers read scripts and decide the top 10 scripts. The winning filmmaker selects one of the top 10 scripts to shoot and we fund the production with the entry fees. The screenwriter gets paid and their script made. The filmmaker gets funded to shoot the script.
Imagine a community that reviews your work,, provides you with abu...
Dawn Westlake was recently interviewed by Cortos Verdes Internacional, an online cinema magazine out of Mexico. To read the full interview (in Spanish) click here: http://cortosverdes.blogspot.mx/2014/11/dawn-westlake-directora-productora.html
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Post your script online. Get feedback. Win awards.
Screenwriters post their scripts online for a limited time low entry fee of only $19.95. Members review and critique the scripts. Highest script from the member votes and judges votes win awards valued over $5000. Sponsored awards include: Great American Pitchfest -- pitching to 0ver 100 execs! Robert McKee's Story Seminar, Inktip, Script Pipeline, Virtual Pitchfest, Movie Outline, software and consultations and more!
Free to register on our community and check it out! Free to post loglines, synopses, short scripts, trailers and more into our free monthly contests to win awards!
www.ScreenplayFest.com
Final deadline for this contest is August 18th. We have further contests throughout the year but the enty fee will be higher.
Online Screenwriters Community & Contest. FREE TO JOIN www.ScreenplayFest.com
5 Online Screenplay Contests throughout the year. The winners compete in the Grand Prize Contest at the end of the year for a chance to win $5000 in awards to perfect their screenplay and get it in the hands of Industry Execs. Awards include: Robert McKee's Story Seminar, Script Analysis packages, face to face pitches at the Gr
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10 Ways to Make Distributors Totally Hate Your Guts
by Elliot Grove
Here are 10 ways to really annoy distributors.
1) Make it nearly impossible for a distributor to see your film
Let’s say a potential film buyer misses the one and only screening of&nbs...
We are an online competition that funds writers and filmmakers, both short and long format.
We are unique, in that we ask writers to judge filmmakers and filmmakers to judge writers.
The winning filmmaker, as chosen by the screenwriters, chooses one of the top 10 scripts to buy and shoot, and we fund it with the entry fees.
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Receive funding by judging scripts and having your film judged by writers. Pls share. www.writersandfilmmakers.com
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Watch this crazy video and learn how FB is deliberately diluting your fb likes with fake people to reduce your organic reach, even if you pay to 'boost' your likes/fan page. Crazy!
http://www.booooooom.com/2014/02/25/end-facebook/
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Watch this crazy video and learn how FB is deliberately diluting your fb likes with fake people to reduce your organic reach, even if you pay to 'boost' your likes/fan page. Crazy!
http://www.booooooom.com/2014/02/25/end-facebook/
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http://www.indiewire.com/article/attention-filmmakers-diy-digital-distribution-platforms-for-you#.Uysf8ifb4gc.twitter
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Writers judge filmmakers, filmmakers judge scripts. Winning filmmaker shoots 1 of the top 10 script.
writersandfilmmakers.com
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Get up to $50,000 for you next film by judging scripts.
There is a new funding model that builds a community, improves your work through feedback, and, if you are good enough will fund your next film up to $50,000.
Writers judge filmmakers, filmmakers judge scripts. Winning filmmaker shoots one of the top 10 scripts. We fund it with the entry fees.
Writers want the best filmmaker because they want them to shoot their script if it wins. Filmmakers want the best scripts, because the...
As screenwriters, we wanted our scripts bought and made. But, we don't know any producers, so you stop writing and start directing and producing your own films.
Of course, the problem is always funding. You need a lot of money to shoot a short, let alone a feature. Well, we also had a problem with the idea of a select few judges deciding if you are going to make it 'in' to a festival.
So we decided to make a festival where the community decides what is good and what to fund!
It...
We Fund Writers and Filmmakers!
Writers judge filmmakers, filmmakers judge writers!
Winning writer gets their script made by the winning filmmaker!
The writer gets their script made and they get paid. The filmmaker gets funded to shoot it!
Very limited entries and everyone gets lots of coverage of their work!
The winning filmmaker wins up to $50,000 (Feature) or $25,000 (Short) to shoot one of the top 10 scripts. Winning writer receives up to $20,000 (Feature) or $1...
We Fund Writers and Filmmakers!
Writers judge filmmakers, filmmakers judge writers!
Winning writer gets their script made by the winning filmmaker!
The writer gets their script made and they get paid. The filmmaker gets funded to shoot it!
Very limited entries and everyone gets lots of coverage of their work!
The winning filmmaker wins $50,000 (Feature) or $25,000 (Short) to shoot one of the top 10 scripts. Winning writer receives $20,000 (Feature) or $10,000 (Short) for th...
Are there any film magazines that you subscribe too? Are they worth their cover prices?
ASC?
Gurilla FIlmmaker magazine?
Screenwriter?
MovieMaker?
Slate?
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We Fund Writers and Filmmakers!
Writers judge filmmakers, filmmakers judge writers!
Winning writer gets their script made by the winning filmmaker!
The writer gets their script made and they get paid. The filmmaker gets funded to shoot it!
Very limited entries and everyone gets lots of coverage of their work!
The winning filmmaker wins $50,000 (Feature) or $25,000 (Short) to shoot one of the top 10 scripts. WInning writer receives $20,000 (Feature) or $10,000 (Short) for thei...
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