OBJECTIVE:

It's Time to be Recognized. Post Your Screenplay Online. Get . Gain Recognition. Your Door to Hollywood.

Philadelphia's "Screenplay Fest" is a unique opportunity for writers to receive:

1) Much on your work to better your screenplay.

2) PUBLICITY - Screenplays are ed onto our website allowing agents, managers and producers to view them.

3) AWARDS from our Sponsors include: A) Several Analysis Packages to improve your screenplay, B) Online Screenwriting Software. C) Cash Prize. D) FACE-to-FACE Pitch opportunities with Industry EXECS as well as a multitude of Email Blasts.... The best opportunities to get your work into the hands of producers, agents and managers - the very people who can make your writing dreams a reality.

Our goal is to improve the Writer's Screenplay to the max, and get your screenplay in the hands of Industry Execs who can open doors for the writer - and make their writing dreams a reality.

RULES:

Philadelphia's "Screenplay Fest" is an ONLINE COMPETITION where writers submit their screenplays. Chosen scripts are ed onto our website for , producers, writers and anyone to leave and vote on. Quarter-finalist screenplays will be ed onto our website in list form - displaying log line, screenplay title, and ranking. Agents, Producers, writers, Industry Execs and anyone may and read the screenplays at ease, and cast a vote a leave . If interested, simply the writer - writer's email is on their own screenplay page. Online voting process is from August 20, 2011 to December 15, 2011 - when winners will be chosen. Writer's will have a screenplay page on our site throughout the duration of these 4 months, where they will receive , reviews and votes. Highest ranked screenplay from a combination of the judges and reviewers votes wins a handful of AWARDS valued over $1000 to better their screenplays and get recognized.

We also hold a FREE Log Line competition where writers submit their Log Lines / Story ideas which are ed on our website for anyone to vote on and review. The highest rated Log Line wins AWARDS.

Please visit our website for more information: www.ScreenplayFest.com

DEADLINES:

EARLY DEADLINE ($25): January 5, 2011

REGULAR DEADLINE ($35): February 20, 2011

LATE DEADLINE ($50): April 20, 2011

EXTENDED DEADLINE ($60): August 15, 2011

Notification of Acceptance into Screenplay Fest: Around August 20, 2011

Online Voting Closes Around December 15, 2011 at which winners will be selected.

Screenplay Analysis and Entrance Fee: $105

AWARDS:

FIRST PRIZE:

A) A complimentary to the GREAT AMERCIAN PITCHFEST - where you may pitch your idea to 100+ executives. FACE to FACE pitches with Industry Executives.

B) Screenwriter and Professor Joe Gilford from STORY RESCUE has a one on one analysis with the writer to improve their screenplay. Via Telephone or In Person depending on travel.

C) One year hip to SCRIPT PIPELINE where you may pitch online to agents and producers. Free ission into their Screenwriting Contest. And, a free Analysis from their Analysis Department.

D) MY SCRIPT NEEDS HELP offers their Coverage Package on your screenplay.

E) SCRIPT DELIVERY sends a free blast/pitch of your screenplay to 4,500 executives, including agents, managers, and producers.

F) One year pro hip to SCRIPPED - the leading provider of online screenwriting software. Also, Scripped finds scripted and unscripted written content for movie producers, web producers, brands and agencies. Furthermore, Scripped Pro includes discounts to their screenplay contest partners. Clients include: Spike TV, Edward Burns (Saving Private Ryan), Steven de Souza (Die Hard), and more.

G) Cash Award Value: 100 U.S. Dollar Value of

Goods/Services: 1,000+ U.S. Dollar

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

A) Your Screenplay and Email remains posted on our website for agents, managers, and producers to read and you.

B) Screenplays / log lines are sent to our executive list.

C) The TOP FOUR receive a 1-year pro hip to SCRIPPED - the leading provider of online screenwriting software. Also, Scripped finds scripted and unscripted written content for movie producers, web producers, brands and agencies. Furthermore, Scripped Pro includes discounts to their screenplay contest partners. Clients include: Spike TV, Edward Burns (Saving Private Ryan), Steven de Souza (Die Hard), and more.

D) Visit our website www.ScreenplayFest.com for more information.

****Honorable Mentions include the FOUR GENRE WINNERS and as many more scripts we/votes deem suitable and worthy of recognition.

Visit our website www.ScreenplayFest.com for more information.

 

The Angeleno Short Film Festival is now accepting short films.  August 29th, 2010, at CINESPACE in Hollywood, CA, the winning films will be announced at an award ceremony! Visit http://www.angelenofest.com for all details! 

The Cultural Association QUATTRO TERZI presents: VII SHORTini International Short Film Festival The festival will be held in Augusta (SR) – ITALY in the period from 02 to 04 August 2013. SHORTini International Short Film Festival is a short films international competition that includes 3 sections: International Competition, National Competition, Mediterraneo Competition. The following prizes are provided, awarded at the unchallengeable judgement of the jury appointed by the Cultural Association Bivio Art and so divided: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Best Short film Best Direction Best Cinematography Audience Award Special Mentions. The maximum duration of short films, including titles and credits, is 30 minutes. Italian production’s short films may choose to compete or for National competition or for the International. The short films not in Italian language shall NOT have subtitles, but must be provided, in the application for participation, the dialogue printed in English language. How to partecipate Registration is free and the deadline for submission of material is May 01, 2013, checking postmark. The registration procedures for both national and international competition are: online at the site www.shortinifilmfestival.com Postage at: SHORTINI INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Via Megara n° 107 96011 AUGUSTA (SR) - ITALY and contain absolutely, penalty exclusion: - Signed Forms of Participation; - N° 1 copy of audiovisual material on DVD; - Signed Release; - CD containing photos of the scene, photos of the author and author's cv. The registration form and release must be duly filled in any single part, penalty exclusion. Works must be submitted in DVD, with the following notes: Author’s full name; Work’s title; Duration; Year. GENERAL NOTES The Cultural Association Bivio Art is not responsible for any postal delays, damage, theft or loss of postal items. The works will not be returned and will become part of Festival’s archive. For more information please us at the site www.shortinifilmfestival.com or at the address E-mail: [email protected]

The Agave di Cristallo is the only world Film Festival that awards movies for best dialogues. It is in Lerici (La Spezia, Italy), one of the best place all over the world, well know for the famous "Golfo dei Poeti" (Poets' Gulf) where lived Lord Byron. Lerici was in the history the place preferred from many Romantic Poets. Nowadays it is the location of this prestigious festival dedicated to the best dialogues. The author is Stefano De Martino that created it on 2005. The artistic director is Kyara van Ellinkhuizen. There are two competitive sections: one for best movie dialogues and the other for new screenwriters.

STTP Projects Short to the Point is an international distribution link, broadcasting and promoting short films. Starting from 2009, Short to the Point's objective is to constatly promote this side of cinema. 1. Short Film Factory- With the motto "Don't let your movie get dusty on the shelf!", SPS offers proffesionals the possibility of g up their films, older than 5 years, that will later on be projected in over 20 citys in Romania and abroad. 2. STTP LOW/NO BUDGET OSFF- " Any story can be made into a film" is the division with whom STTP attracts film amateurs (unproffesionals) to test their creativity, directing films low/no budget for the short film contest Short to the point Low/No Budget Online Short Film Festival. 3. STTP Talent Camp- STTP Talent Camp wishes to promote romanian film at national and international level. STTP Talent Camp also wants to discover and promote young cinema talents, by offering colaboration opportunities, exchange of experience and ideas or by participating in the thematic workshops presented by wellknown proffesionals. STTP Talent Camp reunites young romanian cinema talents within the interactive workshop that takes place each year in Raciu, Mures County 4. Walls tell stories- Every two years, STTP goes thrue the longest tour of a Romanian Short Film Festival. The caravan lasts 45 days and includes 29 cities:Buzau, Slobozia, Galati, Ramnicu Sarat, Focsani, Bacau, Iasi, Piatra Neamt, Suceava, Bistrita, Borsa, Baia Mare, Satu Mare, Oradea, Caransebes, Resita, Timisoara, Hunedoara, Deva, Alba iulia, Cluj, Targu Mures, Sighisoara, Sibiu, Valcea, Pitesti, Ploiesti, Brasov, Fagaras. 5. Kara Film Fest- The only Short Film Festival for children in Romania. It's being held anually,in several cities in Romania. 6. BUCHAREST INTERNATIONAL TOURISM FILM FESTIVAL – Tourism is the essential element in a city's life and film is the perfect mecanism for promoting such a product. Combining the two, a proffesional environment is created, perfect for cultural-tourism evolution of Bucharest. BITFF is taking place every two years, in March and October, in Bucharest. Distribution, broadcasting and promoting Short films don't have a long life. In theory, a filmmaker can make is work known just within short film festivals. Short to the Point comes with many promoting opportunities , broadcasting and distribution of the films signed up in the festival. SPS offers proffesionals and amateurs the possibility of watching their work on tv, cinemas, unconventional spaces, online and on DVD. Contest Every year, in May, Short to the point organizes a short film contest, wich takes place online and is recomended especially to amateurs. The participant films are made within the sistem low/no budget and can be made even with the mobile phone. Education Short to the point has launched the first film school for kids in Romania. The classes take place periodly,as a workshop in wich young people can experiment with video techniques,montage, directing or scenografy, sound and film, makeup etc.

 “Porto7” – Oporto’s International Short-Film Festival, is an event that will take place from 13th to 17th June 2012 in Portugal.

Porto7 is a Festival dedicated to Short-Films. Its target is to promote the production and exhibition of short-films and to act as an intermediary among cultures and nationalities that participate in the Festival.
It’s a cultural event open to producers, directors, students, enthusiastic and people that enjoy the 7th art.
This Festival it’s an exchanging place between artists, directors, audiovisual business companies and audience where different promotional activities will take place. (Films screening, Parties, Ceremonies, Parties, Music bands, Products presentations, etc.).

Call for entries

Entry free

Entry deadline: 15/03/2012

Festival E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.porto7.com

Oporto – Portugal

Thriller! Chiller! is Michigan's premier film festival celebrating the genre movie. We screen the best in world cinema in the genres of sci-fi, action, suspense, and horror. We want to discover those filmmakers who are inspired to tell us a story. And we promise our audience a really good time. We didn't invent going to the movies, we just made going to the movies fun again. So send us your best shot. We're listening.

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Terror Film Festival is a bad-azz, blood chilling, alien probing international horror, fantasy, sci-fi film festival, founded for the purpose of offering filmmakers, screenwriters and fans more. TFF is like no other film festival in the world because it's designed to help promote YOU, the creative artist. The festival runs every October in Philadelphia and we offer prizes, exposure, a world-class Screenwriting Competition, and the coveted Claw Awards. And it's all presented by the genre diva fashionista herself, Princess Horror!

Terror Film Festival is all about horror, fantasy, sci-fi, thriller, dark drama and screenplay.  Our call for entries for this worldwide film festival is focused on getting as many filmmakers and screenwriters involved with the festival as possible to help promote them and their careers.  And as one of the top film festivals celebrating independent film, TFF is a Halloween event that brings the best films to an eager audience.

Terror Film Festival has been called “an incredible theatrical event”, “an honorable company”, and “one of the most professional film festivals around”. And it’s true, because we work very hard on making those things happen.

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Dooint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival is one of the biggest documentary film festivals in the Nordic countries. In Finland, it is the only one dedicated fully to documentary films. Each year, in January, it offers both a national and an international selection of the best, brand new documentary films, celebrated classics, and a special selection of documentaries for children and youth. In 2010, Dooint expanded to Tallinn, making it the world's only festival happening in two cities at the same time.