THE JURY
Our FIVE Oscar WINNING Judges will decide this year’s Grand Prize Winner. These are all creators who have the experience of bringing compelling shorts from concept to script to the finished film — and they all WON the HIGHEST AWARD in the industry for their produced short films.
Top scripts are considered by our unprecedented Oscar-Winning jury of short film writers, directors and producers. Our jury includes:
Chris Overton - Academy Award® Winner for his short film ‘The Silent Child’
Chris Overton is an Academy Award® winning director, producer and a member of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Chris has been working professionally in the industry for over 20 years.
Chris is the CEO of Slick Films - an Academy Award® winning independent production company who won The Oscar® for Best Live Action Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards. Slick Films’ highly experienced roster of writers, directors and producers are constantly pushing the boundaries of filmmaking in pursuit of starting important conversations and making films with a social conscience. Slick Films tell stories. Stories with heart, stories that entertain and stories that are driven by equality, diversity and change.
Meghan Ross - Head of Creator Success, Seed&Spark
Meghan Ross is the Head of Creator Success at Seed&Spark and previously worked for VICELAND and SundanceTV. She’s also an Austin-based writer/director/comedian who was selected for 2022 Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellowship and Sundance Episodic Lab 2021-2022 for her comedy Here to Make Friends (also her personal tagline). Her shorts made The New Yorker’s Best Shouts of 2020 list and she was nominated for The Webby Awards for If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear to God I’ll Let Her Navigate Her Own Emotional Growth, featuring narration by Jon Hamm. Her writing has appeared in Reductress, VICE's Broadly, TV Without Pity, The Toast, and other defunct but beloved sites. She hosted the late night show That Time of the Month for 5 years and the Instagram Live show No One Asked For This for 2 pandemic years. Most importantly, Meghan’s an aspiring stage mom to her rescue pit-lab, Dreidel.
Shawn Christensen - Academy Award® Winner for his short film ‘Curfew’
Shawn Christensen graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Illustration and Graphic Design. After graduating, he formed indie rock band Stellastarr* and, while on tour, wrote and sold many screenplays, including Sidney Hall (Fox Searchlight) and Karma Coalition (Warner Bros.). Stellastarr* released two albums on RCA Records and a third album, independently. In 2011, Christensen's short film, Brink, was an Official Selection of the Tribeca Film Festival and won "Best Festival Film of the Year" by ShortOfTheWeek.com. In 2012, his short film, Curfew, won over 40 awards in Film Festivals before winning the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film at the 85th Academy Awards.
(This Charming Man, 2002)
Martin Strange-Hansen - Academy Award® Winner for his short film ‘This Charming Man’ and Academy Award® Nominee for his short film ‘On My Mind’
Graduated from the Danish Filmschool in 2001, with the Student Academy Award® winning graduation film FEEDING DESIRE. His next short film THIS CHARMING MAN won an Oscar® in the Short Live Action category in 2003. Creator of the first Danish webisode in 2008 the Webby Awards-Honoree PINLY & FLAU. His previous short film JENSEN LIVES HERE gained a nomination nod by annual Robert awards by The Danish Film Academy.
His latest short film “ON MY MIND” nodded an Academy Award® nomination in the Live Action Short-Film category earlier this year.
Chairman for the Danish Filmdirectors Association in 2010-2013, subsequently Vice-chairman 2013-2015. As an avid short film lover, he has acted as head of program at OFF Odense International Filmfestival in 2012, and jury member at numerous short film festivals including the Clermont-Ferrand & Interfilm Berlin.
Martin Strange-Hansen has a long track record of nurturing and developing new talent as Commissioning Editor at Filmworkshop Copenhagen, Filmworkshop Odense and Filmworkshop Aarhus, as well as a mentor for young filmmakers at most Danish Filmschools.
A voting member of AMPAS® as well as The Danish Filmacademy.
Besides writing and directing his own projects Martin Strange-Hansen also acts as a script-writer for fellow directors.
(On My Mind, 2021)
Mat Kirkby - Academy Award® Winner for his short film ‘The Phone Call’
Mat Kirkby is an Oscar winning writer/director, directing over 100 commercials & music videos out of Ridley Scott Associates in London, with videos for Adele, Muse, Basement Jaxx and Fatboy Slim, over 500 million hits on Youtube, and ads for Nike and Playstation. In 2015, he won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for directing The Phone Call, a short drama film starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent. Kirkby wrote the film with his colleague James Lucas who both had family who worked on helplines. The short had its world premiere at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, where it also won Best Short Film.
(The Phone Call, 2013)
Kristóf Deák - Academy Award® Winner for his short film ‘Sing’
Kristóf Deák is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, film producer and editor who is best known for his work on Sing, which earned him critical appraisal and recognition including the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards.
ABOUT
Accepting Features, TV Pilots, Shorts, Web Series, Short Documentaries, Short Stories, and In Production Films
Getting your Short Script written and produced is the quickest way into the industry. Many famous writer/directors have started with short films like Damien Chazelle with “Whiplash”, Wes Anderson with “Bottle Rocket”, Taika Waititi with “Two Cars, One Night”, Christopher Nolan with “Doodlebug” and Martin Scorsese with “The Big Shave”
With this competition, we want the same success for you.
That is why our Grand Prize is your Short Screenplay PRODUCED for a GUARANTEED budget of $10,000.
That is why we have chosen the jury who have all written a short screenplay, produced and directed a short film and WON an ACADEMY AWARD for it.
Our Short Film competition Jury and their Short films together won more than 120 Awards and gathered more than 170 nominations including 5 OSCAR WINS and won all major short festivals from Toronto, Tribeca, HollyShorts, Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs, Aspen, SXSW to Sundance!
PRIZES
Grand Prize:
Your Short Screenplay PRODUCED for a GUARANTEED budget of $10,000.
The winning Short Screenplay will be PRODUCED in co-production with an Academy-award winning production company Slick Films and crowdfunded with a filmmaker friendly crowdfunding platform Seed&Spark, with the minimum budget of $10,000 guaranteed by Outstanding Screenplays!
We're happy to be partnerned up with SLICK FILMS - an Academy Award® winning independent production company. Slick Films specializes in Short Films and their highly experienced roster of writers, directors and producers are constantly pushing the boundaries of filmmaking.
We're also pleased to announce that we have a new partnership with SEED&SPARK, a crowdfunding resource with no platform fees, the highest campaign success rate in the world (88%), and a track record of setting filmmakers on a path to success.
MENTORSHIP:
One of the 15 finalists will receive a MENTORSHIP from Academy Award® Winner CHRIS OVERTON!
Finalists:
The top 15 Finalists will receive:
* Each of the 15 finalists will receive an EXCLUSIVE one page written feedback report from one of our 5 OSCAR-WINNING judges!
* Each of the 15 finalists will receive 1:1 mentoring with Seed&Spark’s crowdfunding specialists! Seed&Spark is a crowdfunding resource with no platform fees, the highest campaign success rate in the world (88%), and a track record of setting filmmakers on a path to success.
Semi-Finalists & Quarter-Finalists:
* All quartefinalists, semifinalist, finalists and winners will be published on our Instagram and all our other social media accounts. We currently have more than 1.3 MILLION followers combined and this will be an important exposure for you and will create more opportunities for your screenplay and your writing career.
Check out our Instagram here.
* Your script will be sent to our Judges & specially chosen members of our industry contacts. You don’t need to be one of our finalists to have your script sent out. If we notice an interesting script that we know a certain producer, agent, or manager will be interested to read, we'll contact you and ask if we can send it to a certain industry contact.
All Entrants:
LIVE WORSKSHOP - CROWDFUNDING TO BUILD INDEPENDENCE
Thinking about making a movie, show, or web series? Great! We wanna watch it.
But first, how are you going to fund it? And when you’re finished, who’s going to watch it? We've got answers!
Most people think of crowdfunding as ‘friends and family’ fundraising for a project. But we're going to show you how crowdfunding can not only get your project off the ground — it can help you build a sustainable film career through a direct connection with your audience.
Join Seed&Spark for this can't-miss Crowdfunding to Build Independence workshop to learn:
-
Why audience building is essential for a film career (and crowdfunding)
-
How to define, find, talk to and grow your audience
-
How to prepare for a successful crowdfunding campaign (including goal, incentives, and communication plan)
-
Why staged financing might be right for you
OUR 2022 COMPETITION
ABOUT
Getting your Short Script written and produced is the quickest way into the industry. Many famous writer/directors have started with short films like Damien Chazelle with “Whiplash”, Wes Anderson with “Bottle Rocket”, Taika Waititi with “Two Cars, One Night”, Christopher Nolan with “Doodlebug” and Martin Scorsese with “The Big Shave”
With this competition, we want the same success for you.
That is why our Grand Prize is your Short Screenplay PRODUCED for a budget of up to $10.000.
That is why we have chosen the jury who have all written a short screenplay and produced a short film AND got an Oscar nomination or Oscar win for it.
Our Short Film competition Jury and their Short films together won more than 110 Awards and gathered more than 160 nominations including 3 Oscar wins, 6 Oscar nominations, 1 Bafta win, 1 Palme d'Or Nomination and won all major short festivals from Toronto, HollyShorts, Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs, Aspen, SXSW to Sundance!
BENEFITS
Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition offers you an opportunity to have your short film script produced for a guaranteed budget of $10,000.
Our 8 Oscar-Winning/Nominated Judges will decide this year’s Grand Prize Winner. Our jury includes 3 Oscar Winners and 4 Oscar Nominees. These are all creators who have the experience of bringing compelling shorts from concept to script to the finished film — and they won the highest awards in the industry for their produced short films.
JURY
Top scripts are considered by our unprecedented Oscar-Winning/nominated jury of short film writers, directors and producers. Our jury includes:
Chris Overton - Academy Award® Winner for his short film ‘The Silent Child’
Chris Overton is an Academy Award® winning director, producer and a member of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Chris has been working professionally in the industry for over 20 years.
Chris is the founder and CEO of Slick Films - an Academy Award® winning independent production company who won The Oscar® for Best Live Action Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards. Slick Films’ highly experienced roster of writers, directors and producers are constantly pushing the boundaries of filmmaking in pursuit of starting important conversations and making films with a social conscience. Slick Films tell stories. Stories with heart, stories that entertain and stories that are driven by equality, diversity and change.
(The Silent Child, 2017)
Meghan Ross - Head of Creator Success, Seed&Spark
Meghan Ross is the Head of Creator Success at Seed&Spark and previously worked for VICELAND and SundanceTV. She’s also an Austin-based writer/director/comedian who was selected for 2022 Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellowship and Sundance Episodic Lab 2021-2022 for her comedy Here to Make Friends (also her personal tagline). Her shorts made The New Yorker’s Best Shouts of 2020 list and she was nominated for The Webby Awards for If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear to God I’ll Let Her Navigate Her Own Emotional Growth, featuring narration by Jon Hamm. Her writing has appeared in Reductress, VICE's Broadly, TV Without Pity, The Toast, and other defunct but beloved sites. She hosted the late night show That Time of the Month for 5 years and the Instagram Live show No One Asked For This for 2 pandemic years. Most importantly, Meghan’s an aspiring stage mom to her rescue pit-lab, Dreidel.
(This Charming Man, 2002)
Martin Strange-Hansen - Academy Award® Winner for his short film ‘This Charming Man’ and Academy Award® Nominee for his short film ‘On My Mind’
Graduated from the Danish Filmschool in 2001, with the Student Academy Award® winning graduation film FEEDING DESIRE. His next short film THIS CHARMING MAN won an Oscar® in the Short Live Action category in 2003. Creator of the first Danish webisode in 2008 the Webby Awards-Honoree PINLY & FLAU. His previous short film JENSEN LIVES HERE gained a nomination nod by annual Robert awards by The Danish Film Academy.
His latest short film “ON MY MIND” nodded an Academy Award® nomination in the Live Action Short-Film category earlier this year.
Chairman for the Danish Filmdirectors Association in 2010-2013, subsequently Vice-chairman 2013-2015. As an avid short film lover, he has acted as head of program at OFF Odense International Filmfestival in 2012, and jury member at numerous short film festivals including the Clermont-Ferrand & Interfilm Berlin.
Martin Strange-Hansen has a long track record of nurturing and developing new talent as Commissioning Editor at Filmworkshop Copenhagen, Filmworkshop Odense and Filmworkshop Aarhus, as well as a mentor for young filmmakers at most Danish Filmschools.
A voting member of AMPAS® as well as The Danish Filmacademy.
Besides writing and directing his own projects Martin Strange-Hansen also acts as a script-writer for fellow directors.
(On My Mind, 2021)
Roberta Munroe - Former Sundance programmer, author and award-winning writer/producer/director of over 40 award-winning short form projects.
Roberta Marie Munroe is a founder and CEO of Captivated Artist Inc., a production services company based in Los Angeles that specializes in budgets $500k and above. She has produced and/or written & directed over 40 award-winning short form and long form projects with budgets ranging from $30K to $1.2M including films, and television pilots, independently, and for companies such as Fox Searchlight, AT&T and the United Nations (UNFPA). Roberta’s work has enjoyed massive success at festivals worldwide, (Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, Venice, and Tokyo Short Film Festival), won many “Best Of” awards, and/or enjoyed a theatrical release and television broadcast (MTV, Netflix, CBC).
She is currently the creator of, DETOX, is a half-hour dramedy about toxic masculinity that was selected for the 2020 Canadian Creative Acceleration Program, “Searching For The Next Schitt’s Creek”.
Roberta Munroe is also the author of How Not To Make A Short Film: Secrets From A Sundance Programmer. She wrote the book after screening short film submissions at Sundance for five years. Her latest book, How Not To Sign A Film Contract: Know What You’re Saying Yes To, provides indie filmmakers with an overview of film industry contractual law.
Ms. Munroe has an exceptional eye for story, casting, post-production and target audiences. As is evidenced by her work at the Sundance Film Festival, where Roberta launched the careers of hundreds of filmmakers including, Aurora Guerrero (Queen Sugar), Cary Fukunaga (True Detective, Beast Of No Nation), the Duplass Brothers (Togetherness, Room 104), Tiffany Shlain (The Tribe, Connected, 24Six Life), Seith Mann (The Wire, The Walking Dead, Homeland) and Taika Waititi (Jo Jo Rabbit, Hunt For The Wilderbeast, Thor).
Mat Kirkby - Academy Award® Winner for his short film ‘The Phone Call’
Mat Kirkby is an Oscar winning writer/director, directing over 100 commercials & music videos out of Ridley Scott Associates in London, with videos for Adele, Muse, Basement Jaxx and Fatboy Slim, over 500 million hits on Youtube, and ads for Nike and Playstation. In 2015, he won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for directing The Phone Call, a short drama film starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent. Kirkby wrote the film with his colleague James Lucas who both had family who worked on helplines. The short had its world premiere at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, where it also won Best Short Film.
(The Phone Call, 2013)
Basil Khalil - Academy Award® Nominee for his short film ‘Ave Maria’
Basil Khalil is an Academy Award & Palme d'Or nominated writer and director of British-Irish-Palestinian heritage. In 2011 Basil was featured by Screen International Magazine as one of "top 10 Arab filmmakers to watch". Basil's short film Ave Maria (2015) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in official selection and was described by the New York Times as; "The Middle Eastern answer to 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'." Basil is a member of AMPAS and sits on committees that nominate short films and feature animation for the Oscars. His debut feature, A GAZA WEEKEND (2022), starring Stephen Mangan premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2022.
(Ave Maria, 2015)
Maria Brendle - Academy Award® Nominee for her short film ‘Ala Kachuu - Take and Run’
Maria Brendle is an Academy Award® nominated director and scriptwriter based in Zurich, Switzerland. She received her bachelor’s degree in film from the Zurich University of the Arts and her master’s degree in Cognitive Neuroscience (aon) from the Academy of Neuroscience Cologne. Her short films have been shown and awarded at several international film festivals. She works with a focus on women issues.
(Ala Kachuu - Take and Run, 2020)
Tadeusz Łysiak - Academy Award® Nominee for his short film ‘The Dress’
Tadeusz Łysiak is the graduate of Cultural Studies at the University of Warsaw, student of Directing at the Warsaw Film School. Creator of two award-winning short films in Poland and abroad: "Techno" and "The Dress". Participant of the prestigious program FUTURE FRAMES – Generation NEXT of European Cinema within Eastern Promises at the Karlovy Vary Festival. Winner of the "Discovering Eye" award for young talented filmmaker at the Polish Film Festival in Chicago. “The Dress” which brought its creators - among others, victory at the Atlanta Film Festival and a Bronze Tadpole at the Energa Camerimage - has been nominated for an Oscar® in Live Action Short category. Tadeusz is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is currently working on his feature film debut.
(The Dress, 2020)
PRIZES
Grand Prize:
Your Short Screenplay PRODUCED for a GUARANTEED budget of $10,000.
The winning Short Screenplay will be PRODUCED in co-production with an Academy-award winning production company Slick Films and crowdfunded with a filmmaker friendly crowdfunding platform Seed&Spark, with the minimum budget of $10,000 guaranteed by Outstanding Screenplays!
We're happy to be partnerned up with SLICK FILMS - an Academy Award® winning independent production company. Slick Films specializes in Short Films and their highly experienced roster of writers, directors and producers are constantly pushing the boundaries of filmmaking.
We're also pleased to announce that we have a new partnership with SEED&SPARK, a crowdfunding resource with no platform fees, the highest campaign success rate in the world (88%), and a track record of setting filmmakers on a path to success.
Finalists:
The top 15 Finalists will receive:
* Each of the 15 finalists will receive an EXCLUSIVE one page written feedback report from one of our 8 Oscar-Winning/Nominated judges!
* Each of the 15 finalists will receive 1:1 mentoring with Seed&Spark’s crowdfunding specialists! Seed&Spark is a crowdfunding resource with no platform fees, the highest campaign success rate in the world (88%), and a track record of setting filmmakers on a path to success.
* Each of the 15 finalists will receive a copy of the NEWEST Final Draft 12 - The screenwriting software used by 95% of Hollywood (15 x $217.40 value)
Semi-Finalists:
* Each of the 120 semi-finalists will receive a copy of the Script Hackr: The extensive online step-by-step screenwriting course from Script Reader Pro (120 x $99 value)
Quarter-Finalists:
* All quartefinalists, semifinalist, finalists and winners will be published on our Instagram and all our other social media accounts. We currently have more than 780.000 followers combined and this will be an important exposure for you and will create more opportunities for your screenplay and your writing career.
* Your script will be sent to our Judges & specially chosen members of our industry contacts. You don’t need to be one of our finalists to have your script sent out. If we notice an interesting script that we know a certain producer, agent, or manager will be interested to read, we'll contact you and ask if we can send it to a certain industry contact.
All Entrants:
LIVE WORSKSHOP - CROWDFUNDING TO BUILD INDEPENDENCE
Thinking about making a movie, show, or web series? Great! We wanna watch it.
But first, how are you going to fund it? And when you’re finished, who’s going to watch it? We've got answers!
Most people think of crowdfunding as ‘friends and family’ fundraising for a project. But we're going to show you how crowdfunding can not only get your project off the ground — it can help you build a sustainable film career through a direct connection with your audience.
Join Seed&Spark for this can't-miss Crowdfunding to Build Independence workshop to learn:
- Why audience building is essential for a film career (and crowdfunding)
-
How to define, find, talk to and grow your audience
-
How to prepare for a successful crowdfunding campaign (including goal, incentives, and communication plan)
-
Why staged financing might be right for you
RULES
At the program's request, Coverfly will automatically remove your title page for you if you include one when submitting to this program.
Short Scripts should be within 2 - 40 pages.
All scripts must be written in English.
We accept all forms of Short Screenplays: Live Action Shorts, Animations, Documentaries and Proof of Concept Shorts.
We welcome submissions from screenwriters and filmmakers from all countries around the world.
The winning script can be produced in any country.
Material submitted must be written and owned by the person submitting.
There is no age limit. All ages can enter.
There is no limit on the number of scripts a writer may submit. You are allowed to submit as many entries as you like.
Outstanding Screenplays claims no ownership of your work. All ownership and rights to the scripts submitted to this competition remain with the original rights of the person(s) that submitted.
Outstanding Screenplays will act as a Production Company for a Short Film project. Therefore Outstanding Screenplays will have the final call on funding, cast, crew, and edit of the Short Film.
All decisions of Outstanding Screenplays are final. By applying to this competition each participant agrees to hold Outstanding Screenplays, our judges and sponsors immune from any competition disputes, claims, liabilities, and expenses.
Please contact us via info@outstandingscreenplays.com if you have any further questions.
OUR 2021 COMPETITION
JURY
Our Short Film competition Jury and their Short films together won more than 110 Awards and gathered more than 160 nominations including 3 Oscar wins, 6 Oscar nominations, 1 Bafta win and won all major short festivals from Toronto, HollyShorts, Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs, Aspen, SXSW to Sundance!
Guy Nattiv - Academy Award Winner for his short film ‘Skin’
Guy Nattiv is an Academy Award®-winning filmmaker from Israel. His first short film in the United States, SKIN, won the 2019 Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short. It was acquired by FOX Searchlight. The feature version od the short film, also entitled SKIN, stars Jamie Bell, Vera Farmiga and Danielle Macdonald, and premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival to significant acclaim, where it won the Fipresci Critics Prize. It’s distributed globally by A24.
A lover of the short form, Nattiv has been crafting award winning shorts for almost two decades. His first short film, The Flood, won the top prize at Berlin in 2002, his next short Strangers won the Sundance Film Festival in 2006 and was short-listed for the Academy Awards® that year.
Guy Nattiv’s next feature film ‘Golda’ will star Academy Award® winner Helen Mirren! She will portray Israel’s legendary and only female Prime Minister, Golda Meir.
Travon Free - Academy Award Winner for his short film ‘Two Distant Strangers’
Travon Free wrote and co-directed Two Distant Strangers, which won the Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short Film in 2021. Free is a two-time Emmy winning and Peabody winning television writer, actor, and comedian from Compton, California. He is the creator of "Him or Her" executive produced by Issa Rae. Travon most recently wrote on Showtime’s upcoming "Black Monday" and was a writer/producer for Lena Dunham’s new production "Camping" on HBO.
His recent Oscar winning short film Two Distant Strangers is available to watch on Netflix!
Rachel Shenton & Chris Overton - Academy Award Winners for their short film ‘The Silent Child’
Chris Overton is an Academy Award® winning director, producer and a member of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Chris has been working professionally in the industry for over 20 years. He is the CEO of Slick Films an Academy Award-winning independent production company where he continues to direct and produce Short Films.
Rachel Shenton is an Academy Award® winning screenwriter, actress, and activist most known for playing Mitzeee Minniver on the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks and Lily Summers in ABC Family drama Switched at Birth.
The Silent Child, written by Rachel Shenton and directed by Chris Overton, won the Oscar® for Best Live Action Short at the 90th Academy Awards® ceremony.
Their Oscar-winning short film ‘The Silent Child’ is available to watch on YouTube for FREE! You can watch it here
Farah Nabulsi - Academy Award Nominee and Bafta Winner for her short film ‘The Present’
Farah Nabulsi is an Academy Award®-nominated and BAFTA-winning British-Palestinian filmmaker and human rights advocate.
In 2015, she started working in the film industry. She founded a production company through which she writes, produces and directs fiction films, exploring topics that matter to her.
In 2019, Farah co-wrote and directed the short 24-minute film, The Present. Prior to The Present, Farah wrote and produced 3 other shorts, including Today They Took My Son, that premiered at Edmonton International Film Festival.
Her Academy Award®-nominated short film ‘The Present’ is available to watch on Netflix!
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Jeremy Comte - Academy Award Nominee for his short film ‘Fauve’
Jérémy Comte is a Canadian screenwriter and director. Comte is roused by psychological, raw narratives finding meaningful connections through poetic imagery. Playing over 150 festivals and winning over 75 awards, his short film “Fauve” was nominated at the 91st Academy Awards® for Best Live Action Short Film. Fauve also won a Special Jury Prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival
Comte previously directed two documentary short films Rueda and Paths, and the narrative short film Ce qu'il reste (What Remains).
His Oscar-nominated short film ‘Fauve’ is available to watch on Vimeo for FREE! You can watch it here
Tomer Shushan - Academy Award Nominee for his short film ‘White Eye’
Tomer Shushan is an Academy Award® nominated screenwriter and director, known for his Narrative Short Films White Eye (2019) and A Sight (2014).
His Short Film ‘White Eye’ won the Best Narrative Short Jury Award at SXSW 2020 Film Festival. It was also nominated at the recent 93rd Academy Awards® for Best Live Action Short Film.
PRIZES
Grand Prize:
Your Short Screenplay PRODUCED for a budget of up to $10.000.
Finalists:
The top 25 Finalists will receive:
* Each of the 25 finalists will receive an EXCLUSIVE one page written feedback report from one of our 7 Oscar-Winning/Nominated judges!
* Each of the 25 finalists will receive a copy of the NEWEST Final Draft 12 - The screenwriting software used by 95% of Hollywood (25 x $249.99 value)
* Each of the 25 finalists will receive a copy of the Script Hackr: The extensive online step-by-step screenwriting course from Script Reader Pro (25 x $299 value)
* All 25 finalists will be published on our Instagram and all our other social media accounts. We currently have more than 230.000 followers combined and this will be an important exposure for you and will create more opportunities for your screenplay and your writing career.
All Entries:
We’re on a mission to help and support ALL screenwriters who enter our competitions, not just the finalists and winners. If you have written a screenplay and submit to our competition, this shows your intent that you are serious about your screenwriting career. We value that intent. Just with entering you will immediately get on our radar and we will monitor your development from script to script and how your writing is improving.
In addition, EVERYONE who enters will receive:
* An invitation to a private Outstanding Screenplays forum where we’ll discuss ideas and improvements for Short Screenplays and how to get them produced. On the forum, we’ll also share exclusive posts for more advanced screenwriting techniques. (forum will open on 15th May 2021)
* A $15 gift card from us to be redeemed on our Script Coverage services.
* 10% off of ALL subsequent Outstanding Screenplays Competitions (Shorts, Tv Pilot and Feature competitions)
* An extended version of 30 page eBook on how to write and produce a Short Screenplay (eBook will be published on 15th June 2021)
RULES
Short Scripts should be within 2 - 40 pages.
All scripts must be written in English.
We accept all forms of Short Screenplays: Live Action Shorts, Animations, Documentaries and Proof of Concept Shorts.
We welcome submissions from screenwriters and filmmakers from all countries around the world.
Material submitted must be written and owned by the person submitting.
There is no age limit. All ages can enter.
There is no limit on the number of scripts a writer may submit. You are allowed to submit as many entries as you like.
Outstanding Screenplays claims no ownership of your work. All ownership and rights to the scripts submitted to this competition remain with the original rights of the person(s) that submitted.
Outstanding Screenplays will act as a Production Company for a Short Film project. Therefore Outstanding Screenplays will have the final call on funding, cast, crew, and edit of the Short Film.
All decisions of Outstanding Screenplays are final. By applying to this competition each participant agrees to hold Outstanding Screenplays, our judges and sponsors immune from any competition disputes, claims, liabilities, and expenses.
Please contact us via info@outstandingscreenplays.com if you have any further questions.