Film Festivals
International CringeFest
For over five years, NY Artists Unlimited has been presenting the International CringeFest®, including Bad Plays Festival® and Bad Musicals Festival®. The ‘09 festival at the Producers’ Club was the biggest one yet, attracting local theatre-goers, tourists, Broadway producers, agents, and major media, including The New York Times, New York magazine, TimeOut, 7:00 TV News with Chuck Scarborough, WNBC and WCBS Radio. Liz Smith wrote up the festival three times. Wanted are works that are REALLY GOOD, HIGHLY ENTERTAINING, NICE ‘n NAUGHTY, e.g., politically incorrect, political satire, bad language/ puns, or material otherwise frowned upon by “polite society.” Productions vie for the Golden Pineapple, Silver Tomato, and Bronze Banana. Five to 45 mins., produced/ unproduced plays, musicals, or films. Scripts read aloud two to three times by professional actors before decisions made. If selected, your work receives three to four fully-produced performances, a director, cast, crew, and close supervision. No participation/ production fees.
http://www.nyartists.org/festivals.html
Canadian Short Screenplay Competition
The competition is open to people all over the world and of any nationality, as long as the screenplay is written in the English language. It’s a wonderful opportunity for aspiring screenplay writers to get their work noticed and produced, as the top prize is a professionally produced live-action short film of the winning screenplay by Year of the Skunk productions, which is then submitted to festivals worldwide! $25 CAD to enter.
http://www.screenplay-competition.com
CINESTORY Screenwriting Competition
CINESTORY Screenwriting Competition is a screenwriting competition that supports and celebrates the most important part of movie-making — the story! $70 to submit.
www.cinestory.org
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition is a prestigious screenwriting competition that offers cash prizes to the top winners.
www.cinequest.org
A.K.A Shriekfest, The Los Angeles Horror/Science Fiction Screenplay Competition
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Thrillers narrative shorts and features scripts! $25-55 to submit.
www.shriekfest.com
Manhattan Short Screenplay Competition
The competition is for screenplays for short films. Screenplays much be 20 pages and under. $35 to submit.
www.manhattanshort.com
BlueCat Screenplay Competition
Since 1998, BlueCat Screenplay Competition has built a large community of writers passionately committed to writing original, unforgettable work. This starts with our exchange of feedback to each writer who enters BlueCat. EVERY SCREENPLAY RECEIVES WRITTEN SCRIPT ANALYSIS!
PRIZES: Winner receives $10,000, Four Finalists receive $1500 each.
The screenplay with the best title submitted in November and December, as voted by the public, will receive $1000
http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com
Big Break Screenwriting Contest
With cash, rewards, mentorship, and industry exposure, Big Break lives up to its name. $50 to enter.
http://www.finaldraft.com/events-and-services/big-break/
Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
AFF keeps its focus on the craft of screenwriting, making it unique among festivals where the director is always king. The festival attracts the top screenwriters in the industry because it is one of the top screenwriting festivals in the world. Accepting both screenplays and teleplays. $30 for teleplays/ $40 for screenplays.
www.austinfilmfestival.com
Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition
Scriptapalooza’s goal is to seek out that storyteller and honor his or her script with a grand prize of $10,000. Each year dozens of production companies and literary representatives sign on as participants to read Scriptapalooza’s winners, finalists and semifinalists. $50 to enter!
http://www.scriptapalooza.com/
FilmMakers International Screenwriting Competition
FilmMakers International Screenwriting Competition is a prestegious writing competition focusing on story. The top 50 scripts will be read by The Radmin Company* and Consideration for representation
http://www.filmmakers.com/screenplay/index.htm
aTalentScout TV Contest
aTalentScout TV Contest is accepting TV treatments, pilots and episodes for existing TV shows. There is no restriction on genre. Half-hour and full-hour time formats accepted. $20-40
http://www.atalentscout.com/contests.html
Nantucket Screenwriting Competition
Submit your script to the Nantucket Film Festival Screenplay Competition and have the opportunity to have your script read by a prestigious jury, receive top industry recognition, participate in a festival focused specifically on screenwriters and win an incredible, all-inclusive month’s stay on stunning Nantucket at The Screenwriter’s Colony where your every need is catered to and all you’re asked to do is write!
The winner also receives:
* Custom leather bound copy of the script, courtesy of Showtime
* VIP week-long festival pass to all events, including air travel and accommodation
* $2,000 cash prize from the Nantucket Film Festival
* Name appears in Festival catalogue and on website as a competition finalist
* Print and media coverage
http://www.nantucketfilmfestival.org
Netflix Screenwriting Contest
Netflix and Film Independent are looking for talented new filmmakers to submit their scripts for a chance at having it produced and distributed.
www.netflix.com/findyourvoice
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