16th Annual Austin Film Festival Screenplay and Teleplay Competitions
As one of the most well respected contests of its kind, AFF’s Screenplay and Teleplay competitions continue to encourage and advocate the work for new, talented writers.
Screenplay categories: Drama (Historical, Western, Drama, Family, Romance, Horror, Thriller, etc.) and/or Comedy (Dark, Satirical, Slapstick, and more).
This year there are TWO additional categories:
*Latitude Production Award (www.latitudeproductions.com) and the SCI-FI Award (fantasy, horror, science fiction, etc). To be considered for these additional awards you must have your screenplay entered in either the Drama or Comedy Category.
The Teleplay Competition is open to any spec scripts for currently airing network or cable programs.
Screenplay Postmarked Deadline: May 15
Teleplay/Late Screenplay Deadline: June 1
Teleplay categories: Drama, Sitcom
***NEW FOR 2009: This year we will be providing our Readers Notes to all scripts that reach the Second Round (top 10%) or higher in the competition at no extra charge!
Semifinalist and finalist scripts are judged by production company representatives, who have in the past included representatives from The Donners’ Company, Village Roadshow Pictures, Saturn Films, Whitelight Entertainment, Fortis Films, Liveplanet, Protozoa Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Focus Features, Fox Broadcasting, and WB.
For a list of success stories check out austinfilmfestival.com/new/success_stories.
For more information, please visit our website at www.austinfilmfestival.com or email Alex at alex@austinfilmfestival.com.
2009 Film Competition
Film Categories: Narrative Feature, Narrative Short, Student Short, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short and Animated Short
For more information about the 2009 Film Competition visit www.austinfilmfestival.com or email them at programming@austinfilmfestival.com.