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Watch Today’s FREE Festival: FEMALE DIRECTORS Shorts Festival

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Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to http://www.wildsound.ca

Watch today’s Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/events/september-female-directors-shorts-festival

Glory Obscured, 13min., USA
Directed by L. Elleseg
When An Angel Walks Into A Bar… Ran By A Demon…

http://www.glory-obscured.com/https://www.instagram.com/charlie.t.savage

Where Is Home?
Directed by Zara Darvish
A young Persian girl leaves everything behind to follow her dream of searching for the meaning of home, and ultimately realizing, that home may not be a place, but something she carries within herself.

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CHOICES, 21min., UK
Directed by Aline Jewell
An actor faces the dilemma of going back to her roots in Austria in pursuit of her vocation and belonging or staying in the UK for love. ‘To be or not to be’ is the question within the question: ‘Is love as important as belonging?’

The Inner Curriculum (Creating Socially Conscious Changemakers), 40min., Canada
Directed by Sangita Iyer
Set in the heart of Bangalore, The Inner Curriculum is an intimate documentary that follows a visionary couple who have dedicated their lives to transforming education and leadership in India. Through their pioneering initiatives, EFIL (Education for Integrating Life) Ltd and EQUBE, a program they have created is redefining how young minds engage with the world, blending emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and social responsibility into the core of learning. The film traces their journey, from personal struggles and insights to the evolution of a unique inner curriculum that empowers students, teachers, and organizations to become conscious change-makers. Through candid interviews, immersive classroom moments, and reflections from those impacted by their work, The Inner Curriculum invites viewers to rethink what education can truly mean in a world that needs heartful leadership more than ever.

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Deadline Today (Sept. 22nd): TRAGEDY STAGE PLAY Writing Contest

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Submit via Submittable: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331403/tragedy-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

Festival contest brough to you by the  Festival for Drama: http://www.festivalfordrama.com

I have to really thank the actors for my reading, nothing short of terrific as they were, nothing short of incredibly smart, attractive, and perceptive as they were. They brought the script to life.  – F. Maffai

FULL FEEDBACK on your stage play from our committee of Professional Playwriters, Production Heads and Story Consultants. Get a best scene of your stage play performed at the writing festival and made into a video for the winner.

Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play to the Festival.

Deadline Today (Sept. 22nd): WOMEN’S FICTION Novel Festival (3 options to submit)

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Submit on the Festival site: https://femalefilmfestival.com/womens-fiction-novel-festival/

Submit your WOMEN’S FICTION Book by the deadline.

Women’s fiction is a broad term for books that center on women’s experiences and are marketed to female readers.

Watch Novel Performance Readings:

Deadline Today (Sept. 22nd): BODY IMAGE Short Story Festival

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Submit via the Festival site: https://storypitches.com/body-image-short-story-festival/

Submit your BODY IMAGE 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.



Accept only stories that fit into the BODY IMAGE genres.

See example of recent reading completed:

Deadline Today (Sept. 22nd): BLACK Screenwriters Festival

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Submit via the Festival site: https://blackfeedbackfilmfestival.com/black-screenwriters-festival/

Submit your screenplay that’s written by a black writer and/or the main character(s) are black, to the festival.

FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your entire script performed at the writing festival.

SUBMIT your FEATURE, TV PILOT or SHORT SCREENPLAY.

Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation. Looking for screenplays from all over the world.

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 the 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 we will promote the winning writer and script./p>

(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.)

You can also take advantage of the Best Scene Screening Video Reading Deal:
https://tvfestival.org/best-scene-screenplay-deal/

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.

Deadline Today: FANTASY/SCI-FI Film & Screenplay Festival

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Deadline Today to Submit via FilmFreeway:

FANTASY and SCI-FI Stories used to be a fringe market. Now they are in the mainstream and forever as movies, television shows, and stories in this genre are a multi-billion dollar market.

This is a HYBRID film festival (NOT an online festival) with live public screenings for the audience feedback video you will receive, plus an optional virtual 2nd showcase to enhance the film’s exposure. Festival also conducts blog and podcast interviews with the filmmaker. We have also started a filmmaker’s WhatsApp group with over 100 joined to date to chat about next project and make contacts etc….

Get your script and story performed by professional actors at the Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival. WINNING reading every single month!

Get your short or feature film showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival and get an audience video. Now a monthly festival taking place in either Chicago, Los Angeles, or Toronto

All festival dates have been updated to private screenings with the same Audience FEEDBACK videos made for the short & feature films, and recorded script readings performed by professional actors for the screenplays. This is our way of showing community over distance so everyone around the world can experience our Audience Feedback videos.

We specialize in showcasing Fantasy/Sci-Fi stories and making sure that when the work is ready, the writer will benefit by at least obtaining a solid agent.