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Today’s Writing Festival Deadline: FAMILY Screenplay Contest
Today’s Writing Festival Deadline: FAMILY Screenplay Contest
Submit via Submittable:
https://manager.submittable.com/opportunities/discover/296311
FAMILY FESTIVAL takes place every single month. At least 2-4 winning screenplays. Winners get their script performed by professional actors and then made into a promotional best scene video.
This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what, all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work.)
1st Tier: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay (all submissions)
2nd Tier: Accepted scripts (25% on average of submitted entries) get a best scene of their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.
3rd Tier: We will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film.
4th Tier: Then we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we will promote the winning writer and script.
(BONUS: 5th Tier. A winning screenwriter’s WhatsApp group has just been formed. Over 50 writers to date. Great way to share ideas and contacts with people in the industry.)
What this festival does is give the writer exposure. With our best scene video reading, plus the 2 interviews, this festival simply makes the screenwriter’s name and script searchable and out there to the world. Plus, submissions receive full feedback on their script no matter what.
Upcoming Writing Festival Contests:
May 16th – X Story Contest (everyone wins) – Submit your 140 or 280 character story and have it performed by a professional actor. All entries win.
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May 17th – 1 Page Screenplay Contest (everyone wins) – Submit a one page screenplay and have it performed and made into a video by professional actors.
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May 19th – Short Story Performance Reading – Submit your Short Story to the Festival here and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.
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June 10th – 1st Chapter Novel Contest – Get full feedback on your 1st chapter. Winners get their first chapter performed by a professional actors and made into a promotional video.
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June 11th – BODY IMAGE Poetry Contest – All submissions get their poem posted on the WILDsound network. Winning BODY IMAGE Poem gets made into a movie.
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June 12th – ROMANCE Short Story Contest (All submissions win!) – Get full feedback on your short stoory. Winner gets their short story made into a movie.
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June 13th – STAGE PLAY Writng Contest – Full feedback on your original stage play. Winners get their play performed by professional actors and made into a video.
June 14th – 1 Page Short Story contest – (All submissions win!) – Submit a short story that is only 1 page long (maximum 400 words) and have it performed at the Writing Festival by a professional actor and made into a video.
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June 15th – FULL NOVEL Contest – Full feedback on your entire novel entry. Winners get a transcript of their novel performed by professional actors and made into a video.
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WILDsound Podcast EP. 1216 – Filmmaker Graham Northrup (GIFT)
GIFT, 19min,. USA
Directed by Graham Northrup
A young man escapes through the woods with his barely-conscious sister. Pursued by a warlord and his ruthless tracker, he must prevent her from falling into their hands again. But they will stop at nothing to control her unique gift – the ability heal others with touch.
http://www.northrupstudios.com/
https://facebook.com/northrupstudios
https://instagram.com/northupstudios
Get to know the filmmaker:
I love sci-fi and its ability to ask probing questions of humanity while couching them in a future or alternate reality. Although I have written and directed dramas, comedies, thrillers and more, sci-fi is my preferred genre, and I wanted to do a complete project, from script to screen. I knew I had a gap between productions, so I wrote a short that could be accomplished in that window, and possibly open up more opportunities once it was developed.
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Today’s FilmFreeway Deadline: ACTION/ADVENTURE Film & Screenplay Festival
A showcase of the best Action/Adventure Films and Screenplays from around the world.
Submit on FilmFreeway:
Festival takes place every single month online.
Film Festival will be showcased at the monthly virtual film festival.
Screenplay submissions offers writers at all levels the fantastic opportunity to hear their stories read aloud using professional actors. Full feedback on all submissions as well by our team of professional screenwriters.
We have created a hybrid festival with 4 tiers to enhance your film and your festival experience. All accepted films receive all four tier options:
Tier #1 – Your film plays at a private festival event where the audience will record their comments/reactions to your film on their camera or phone, then we edit them and send you a promotional video. No matter what you will receive a promotional video of your film of people commenting on your film.
Tier #2 (optional) – Your film plays on the Film Festival streaming service for 30 hours and invite a select industry audience to watch it. With this system, some films have already received a distribution deal as many platforms are looking for solid feature and short documentaries. We can not guarantee anything of course but this has been very helpful to many in the past. (see testimonials below)
Then (Tier #3) we will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film. Then after that (Tier #4) we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we chat with you about the process of how the film was made.
Today’s Film Festival: Best of WILDsound Shorts Festival – May 16/17 event
Go to the Daily Film Festival Platform http://www.wildsound.ca and sign up for the free 7 day trial to watch a new and original festival every single day.
Go to the festival page directly and watch dozens of films:
https://www.wildsound.ca/todays-film-festival/
Watch FILM: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/may-16-wildsound-shorts
See the Full Lineup of Films:
BENEATH THE SOIL, 4min., Australia
Directed by Peter Edward Hartwig
A deeply introspective experimental film, delving into the psyche of an eclectic artist on a quest to complete his most important art. In 4 minutes, we journey through the artist’s emotional landscape as he unveils a haunting collage of paintings that depict the darkest chapters of his life.
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/beneath-the-soil-audience-feedback
DISMISSING THE ENVELOPE, 10min., USA
Directed by Steven Wright Clarkson
A young girl enters the painting world of four prominent artists
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/dismissing-the-envelope-audience-feedback-final
THE SWEATER, 9min., Canada
Directed by Maziyar Khatam
Pressured into giving away his clothes, an emasculated young man obsessively attempts to reclaim his cherished sweater before it vanishes into the donation abyss.
https://www.instagram.com/funnybonepictures/
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-sweater-audience-feedback
LEI, 12min., Canada
Directed by Huiru Shi
Our story follows S, a seamstress tormented by her dreams of a moth Yokai, as she navigates a literal and symbolic maze to confront the creature and free herself from the psychological labyrinth that mirrors her inner struggles. It’s a symbolic journey that represents the complex struggle many face when dealing with mental health issues, providing a fresh, metaphoric perspective on self-doubt and existential fear.
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.instagram.com/shortfilmlei/
STEEL LIBIDO, 15min., USA
Directed by Bronwyn Cornelius
Spurred by her tween daughter’s assessment of her sex life (or lack thereof), a single mom goes on a journey to rediscover her own sexuality.
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/steel-libido-audience-feedback
PEGASUS HIGHWAY, 15min., Australia
Directed by Ethan Grahek
Two Bronies (Adult male fans of small, collectable Pony toys) are out to buy weed for their first time. Unbeknown to them, it is also their dealers first deal. What should have been a simple transaction quickly devolves, forcing one of the Bronies to chauffeur the eccentric drug dealer on a psychotic road trip. But there is more to these Bronies than the dealer could ever fathom.
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/festival-audience-feedback-videos/videos/pegasus-highway-review
