Film Strategy

The good people at  Script Reader Pro  have just made your life easier.  Why is that you say?  Because they've made your filmmaking life easier to manage this year with their  calendar of  all the major upcoming screenwriting contests  (orange) , awards   (blue) , festivals  (green) , fellowships and labs  (yellow)  in 2016. Like Yogi Berra says, “If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.”  Thursday, June 30   Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest Deadline(TBC)   The Sitcom Mission - Comedy Writing Competition Deadline (TBC) Friday, July 1   Screencraft - Horror Screenplay Contest Deadline (TBC) Sunday, July 24   AFI Film Festival Submissions Deadline (TBC) Sunday, July 31   Shore Scripts Competition Regular Deadline (Feature, Short, TV Pilot)

The good people at  Script Reader Pro  have just made your life easier.  Why is that you say?  Because they've made your filmmaking life easier to manage this year with their  calendar of  all the major upcoming screenwriting contests  (orange) , awards   (blue) , festivals  (green) , fellowships and labs  (yellow)  in 2016. Like Yogi Berra says, “If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.”  Friday, April 1   Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Submissions Deadline Tuesday, April 5   CineStory Feature Retreat Deadline Wednesday, April 6   Screencraft - Short Screenplay Contest Deadline (TBC) Friday, April 8   HollyShorts Film Festival Deadline Monday, April 11   Screencraft - Comedy Screenplay Contest Deadline (TBC) Wednesday, April 13   Tribeca Film Festival   Kansas City FilmFest Thursday, April 14   Tribeca Film Festival   Kansas City

The good people at Script Reader Pro have just made your life easier.  Why is that you say?  Because they've made your filmmaking life easier to manage this year with their  calendar of  all the major upcoming screenwriting contests  (orange) , awards   (blue) , festivals  (green) , fellowships and labs  (yellow)  in 2016. Like Yogi Berra says, “If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.”  Friday, March 4   HBO Access Writing Fellowship Submission Period Opens (TBC) Thursday, March 10   American Black Film Festival Screenplay Competition Deadline   Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition Deadline Friday, March 11   South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) Saturday, March 12   South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) Sunday, March 13   South by Southwest Festival (SXSW)   Canadian Screen Awards Monday, March 14   South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) Tuesday, March

The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the  world  and has become  Central and Eastern Europe’s  leading film event.  Here are 2015's winners: Crystal Globe Winner (Grand Prix) Bob and the Trees  (USA, France) – director, Diego Ongaro Bob and the Trees  is a 2015 verite drama film that won the  Crystal Globe  at the  Karlovy Vary International Film Festival .  Shot in  The Berkshires ,  Bob and the Trees  follows farmer and logger Bob Tarasuk (played by himself), his son and business partner Matt (Matthew Gallagher), and Bob's wife Polly (Polly MacIntyre) as they work to earn money during winter.   The film, Diego Ongaro's feature-length directorial debut, premiered in the noncompetitive Next  section of the  2015 Sundance Film Festival  in January 2015, where it was met with warm critical reception. According to the website, "Bob and the Trees is proud to be one of the first feature films shot on the Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera." No

The  68th annual  Cannes Film Festival  was held from 13 to 24 May 2015.   Joel  and  Ethan Coen  were announced as the Presidents of the Jury for the main competition.  It was the first time that two people chaired the jury.   Since the Coen brothers each received a separate vote, they were joined by seven other jurors to form the customary nine-juror panel.  The  Palme d'Or  was awarded to the French film  Dheepan  directed by  Jacques Audiard .  French film director  Agnès Varda  was presented with the honorary Palme d'Or at the festival's closing ceremony. She is also the first female filmmaker to ever receive the award. THE CATEGORIES Main Competition The selections for the jury were the following: English title Original title Director(s) Production country Dheepan   Dheepan Jacques Audiard France The Measure of a Man La Loi du marché Stéphane Brizé France Marguerite & Julien Marguerite et Julien Valérie Donzelli France Chronic Chronic Michel Franco