$15,000 CASH PRODUCTION GRANT
THE 2024 FALL SEASON SHORT FILM FUND IS NOW OPEN!
Turn your calling card script into an attention-grabbing short film with our $15,000 cash production grant!
As a new writer, getting a script produced is a transformative career milestone that can lead to new opportunities and help you pitch your stories to producers, managers, and agents. Our Short Film Fund was established to commission production projects from emerging screenwriters and create another avenue for you to get your work seen by the industry.
Many of our previous 20 funded short films have played at some of the top film festivals in the world, including Sundance, Tribeca, BFI London, Austin, Cannes, Encounters, and Palm Springs. They’ve even won a BAFTA! Those writers have gone on to gain representation, sold screenplays, and been staffed on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, & BBC shows as a direct result of winning and producing their shorts with us.
THE 2024 FALL SEASON SHORT FILM FUND IS NOW OPEN!
Turn your calling card script into an attention-grabbing short film with our $15,000 cash production grant!
As a new writer, getting a script produced is a transformative career milestone that can lead to new opportunities and help you pitch your stories to producers, managers, and agents. Our Short Film Fund was established to commission production projects from emerging screenwriters and create another avenue for you to get your work seen by the industry.
Many of our previous 20 funded short films have played at some of the top film festivals in the world, including Sundance, Tribeca, BFI London, Austin, Cannes, Encounters, and Palm Springs. They’ve even won a BAFTA! Those writers have gone on to gain representation, sold screenplays, and been staffed on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, & BBC shows as a direct result of winning and producing their shorts with us.
- Grand Prize Winner – A Cash Grant of $15,000 and support from Shore Scripts to take your screenplay through pre-production, production, post, and distribution. Plus, free camera equipment rental from ARRI Rental for the duration of production in any country they operate. On top of that, our winner will receive a Film Festival Strategy Package with Tribeca programmer, filmmaker, and Academy member, KIMBERLEY BROWNING.
- Grand Prize & Second Place Winners – will connect with two-time Oscar-nominated producer MARIA GRACIA TURGEON for development, production, and career guidance. Both Winners will also have the opportunity to have their scripts circulated to select members of our Industry Roster and Directors, and will receive a free 30-minute consultation from our new partner Seed & Spark.
- Top 5 Finalists – will receive feedback on their scripts from one of our esteemed Judges. And, new this year, one US-based writer will get on a call with NATALIE GERGELY (VP, Scripted at Gunpowder & Sky) and one European-based writer will get on a call with KIRSTIE MACDONALD (Creative Director of TV at FilmNation) to discuss their projects and receive career advice.
- Top 15 Finalists – will have the opportunity to have their scripts circulated to select members of our Industry Roster and Directors.
The Fund accepts scripts for narrative short films (live-action & animation), web series pilots, half-hour TV pilots, and proof-of-concept shorts for TV series and features. We also accept submissions from produced shorts seeking finishing funds. We welcome entries from all over the world. Submitted scripts must be written in English, however, produced films can be shot in any language as long as English subtitles will be provided.
Plus, every writer who enters receives a FREE 18-page booklet on HOW TO GET YOUR SCREENPLAY PRODUCED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO SUBMIT YOUR SCRIPT: https://www.shorescripts.com/shortfilmfund/
Plus, every writer who enters receives a FREE 18-page booklet on HOW TO GET YOUR SCREENPLAY PRODUCED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO SUBMIT YOUR SCRIPT: https://www.shorescripts.com/shortfilmfund/