(Tempe, AZ) - Call
for Entries - Free to Enter Work - Free to Attend!
14th Annual Arizona State
University Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival
Deadline for Entering Work
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010
Brief history of the festival,
guidelines for entry, a complete list of the works that have been screened
at past festivals and a few success stories can be found online at the
following address: http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/filmfest.
Festival is scheduled to
take place SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2010 - 8:00pm
The festival is free for
artists to enter their work and free to attend.
ASU Art Museum Short Film
and Video Festival is an ASU Art Museum Moving Targets initiative. http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/movingtargets.
We look forward to having
you join us!
All the very best,
Arizona State University
Art Museum
Mill Avenue @ 10th St.,
Tempe, AZ 85287-2911. Tel: 480.965.2787; Fax: 480.965.5254; Email: asuartmuseum@asu.edu.
Website: http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu.
(Posted: January 5, 2010).
(Los Angeles, CA) – Scriptapalooza
Celebrates Twelve Years of Helping Screenwriters Break into “The Biz”
The Scriptapalooza
Screenplay Competition is celebrating its twelfth year. Growing consistently
year after year since its inception in 1998, Scriptapalooza has helped
participating writers option over 40 scripts, get representation and move
their careers in the right direction.
Supported by both the Writers
Guild of America west Registry and the Writers Guild of Canada, script
submissions for the reputable competition are currently read by over 90
top production companies and literary agencies. The first place winner,
chosen by Scriptapalooza, receives a $10,000 grand prize. In addition,
the Scriptapalooza staff will promote the semifinalists and finalists for
a full year after the winners are announced.
With the participation of
production companies such as Disney, Miramax, Big Light, Lawrence Mark
and Bender-Spink, among others, Scriptapalooza offers what even the largest
grand prize could never buy: a guarantee that an “unsolicited” script will
be read by leading Hollywood decision-makers.
“Now in our twelfth year,
the Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition has become an unstoppable force
with over 90 producers, managers and agents reading all the entries,” says
Mark Andrushko, president and co-founder of Scriptapalooza. “We have cemented
our place in the industry as a way for writers all across the world to
get their scripts into the hands of the people that can make a difference.”
Scriptapalooza has shared
in celebrating the many accomplishments of its participating writers over
the years.
Highlights include:
• 2009 Winner John Todd options
script to Alan Ladd Productions
• 2007 Finalist John Muscarnero
shoots his film, Dark Woods
• 2005 Winner Patrick Andrew
O’Connor sells movie at Cannes
• 2005 Finalist Craig Clyde
film, The Holidays airs on LifeTime
• 2006 Semi-Finalist Eric
D. Howell shoots his documentary, Ana’s Playground
• 2004 Finalist Robert Gelber
sells script to Level 1 Entertainment
• 2003 Semi-Finalist Rodney
Johnson Queen Sized airs on LifeTime
• 2003 TV Winner Barbara
Schwartz wins EMMY for Rugrats
Media attention has also
grown along with the scope of the competition.
Scriptapalooza has been
featured in BusinessWeek, Hollywood Reporter, Daily Variety, CNN and Entertainment
Weekly.
Please visit http://www.scriptapalooza.com
for an application and additional submission details.
early bird deadline is January
5, 2010 (application fee $40)
About Scriptapalooza, Inc.
The Scriptapalooza Screenplay
Competition was founded in 1998 with the goal of discovering promising
writers and creating opportunities for them in the fiercely competitive
entertainment industry. Each year, dozens of production companies and literary
representatives sign on to read the participating scripts, resulting in
many being optioned or bought outright. The first place winner receives
$10,000, and Scriptapalooza promotes the semifinalists and finalists for
a full year. Scriptapalooza, Inc., along with its divisions, is widely
regarded by writers, producers and agents alike as the most influential
and successful competition company of its kind. Divisions include Scriptapalooza
Television Writing Competition and Scriptapalooza Coverage Professional
Script Analysis. For more information, please visit http://www.scriptapalooza.com.
(Posted: December 28, 2009)
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