The competition aimed to encourage students interested in screenwriting to publish their work on an international platform and present their skill through a short film script. One of the targets of the ISFO is the connection of the student- and professional film sector and the competition gave students the chance to have their work judged by experienced screenwriters and industry professionals.
All scripts were forwarded to a jury of industry professionals, who gave their verdict between the 27th June and 10th July. The jury included distinguished judges such as Catherine Shoard (The Guardian film journalist), Phillip Barron (Screenwriter), Taghi Amirani (Documentary Film Maker), Jenna Bors (Academy Award winning student film maker), Andy Baker (head of MOFILM), Jez Freedman (Screenwriter) and Wendy Mitchell (Head of News of Screen International).
The winner received a free copy of the Mariner Writers' Suite 7. As a runner up prize, Pauline Kiernan kindly sponsored her book 'Screenwriting They Can't Resist'. All scripts also received comments from our distinguished jury.
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We are proud to announce the winners of this year's competition!
A huge 'well done' to everyone who submitted scripts! We have had over 60 excellent submissions from all over the world and here are our two winners and three runner ups:
1. Hit and Run (Melanie Pennant)
2. This Weather (Adam Hughes)
Imogen's New Best Friend (Martin Appleby)
Duvet Fortresses And Tequila (Emma Aveston)
Gomarian Idol (Ben Leonard)
Congratulations! Our two winners are going to be awarded a professional screenwriting package and the book 'Screenwriting they can't resist'.
Everyone who submitted a script which conformed to the rules of the competition has the choice to receive written feedback.
Host:
ISFO and Circalit
Prizes:
First prize: The Mariner Writers Suite is a bundle of Mariner's best, award-winning Mac writing software. Included in the Mariner Writers Suite are the following apps:
screenwriting app - Montage
journaling and blogging app - MacJournal
novel writing app - StoryMill
word processing app - Mariner Write
story development app - Contour
text to speech app - Narrator
and our magnetic poetry app - Desktop Poet
Second prize: Screenwriting They Cant Resist' offers a radically new and provocative approach for creating screenplays that are wholly original with solid market potential. Out go outdated formulas that lead only to existential despair. Instead, the focus is on orchestrating all the elements of a script around the central imperative of all storytelling: emotional pull. With intensive, practical workouts, brainstorming prompts and weblinks to movie clips, scripts and interviews.
Rules:
- You must be a student to enter (university confirmation might be required as proof from the winners)
- You must be a member of the ISFO (eg have signed up for our free newsletter)
- All screenplays must be between three and five pages long
- The story should be freestanding
- The screenplay can be of any genre
- All work must be original
- The deadline is the 19th June 2011