In 2024 we have partnered with Unsolicited Scripts to award winners of their Short Film Fund competition, equipment for their short film!
We’re very excited to announce we will be apart of this years Unsolicited Scripts competition, it gives us a chance to elevate new names in the industry and help Unsolicited Scripts create opportunities for talented writers across the world.
If your script fits the criteria:
- Worldwide submissions.
- Narrative short films of any genre, in live-action and animation. No music videos, documentaries, video art, interactive or virtual reality projects.
- They also accept projects that have already completed principal photography, as long as post-production hasn’t been completed.
- Scripts should be no longer than 20 pages. Rough cuts should be no longer than 20 minutes.
- The completed film should be in English or include English subtitles.
- All materials submitted to the fund must be in English.
- Screenplays should be professionally formatted.
Then you should absolutely consider entering this year! There are lots of prizes including a £5,000 cash grant!
HOW IT WORKS
Unsolicited Scripts will review all the submissions and select 6 finalists based exclusively on their creative merit.
A jury composed of all the organisations involved in the initiative will assign the awards. They may decide to assign all the awards to a single project or split them among multiple projects.
At the finalist stage, apart from creative merit, US will also evaluate the project’s viability in terms of budget and timeline (a budget and a rough timeline will be requested for the finalists only; if no producer is attached, US will help the writer compile a suitable budget / timeline).
TIMELINES:
- Submissions open: 15th February 2024
- Early deadline: 15th March 2024
- Regular deadline: 15th May 2024
- Final deadline: 15th June 2024
- Longlist announced: 15th July 2024
- Finalists announced: 31st July 2024
- Winner(s) announced: 14th Aug 2024
If you’re interested to know more about the competition head to https://www.unsolicitedscripts.com/sff24/ to find out more!
If you’d like to have a quick window shop to see what you could win with our prize click HERE.
Good Luck!
