The Austin Film Festival 16th Annual Screenplay and Teleplay Competition Early
Deadline May 15!

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 to enter:
*Latitude Production Award (www.latitudeproductions.com) and the SCI-FI Award
(fantasy, horror, science fiction, surrealism, myth/legend and fantastical
storytelling).  To be considered for either Latitude Productions or Sci-Fi
awards you must have your screenplay entered in either the Drama or Comedy
Category.

Screenplay Postmarked Deadline: MAY 15th  Entry Fee: $40
				        JUNE 1st Entry Fee: $50

Teleplay categories: Drama, Sitcom

This competition is open to spec scripts for any network or cable television
show that is currently in production.

Teleplay Postmarked Deadline: JUNE 1st Entry Fee: $30

Semifinalist and finalist scripts are judged by production company
representatives, who have in the past included representatives from The Donners'
Company, Village Roadshow Pictures, Sony Pictures, Laura Ziskin Productions,
Saturn Films, Whitelight Entertainment, Fortis Films, Liveplanet, Protozoa
Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Focus Features, Fox Broadcasting, and WB.

Winners will be announced at the 2009 Austin Film Festival and Screenwriters
Conference held October 22-29, 2009.

For more information, please visit our website at www.austinfilmfestival.com or
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2009 Film Competition
Film Categories: Narrative Feature, Narrative Short, Student Short, Documentary
Feature, Documentary Short and Animated Short
Submission Deadlines:
JUNE 3rd  Entry Fee: $40
JULY 3rd  Entry Fee: $50
JULY 15th Entry Fee: $60

More information on both competitions at www.austinfilmfestival.com

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In 2009, he anticipates writing a script for 2006 Oscar/Golden Globe
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*Four finalists receive $1500

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Entry fee $65


FINAL DEADLINE MAY 1


Quarter-finalists will be announced on June 15th
Semi-Finalists will be announced on July 15th
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Happy Spring!
 
As always, my best to you,
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I've been reading a lot of scripts lately with MONTAGES (trend, maybe?) and it
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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@....
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
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In a pivotal scene during the wedding sequence at the beginning of the film The
Godfather, Michael Corleone, wearing a soldier's uniform, tells Kay a story
about his father making someone "an offer they couldn't refuse."  He concludes
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Taking this conflict of whether or not a character should join the family
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Let's borrow from Actor's Craft here and accept that if we don't know what we
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You’re an Idiot: Making Value from Reaction to your Screenwriting
By Gordy Hoffman



If you’re like me, if someone doesn’t like something about my screenplay, my
very first reaction is always the same.

You’re not as smart as me. If you knew what I knew, you would understand what
I wrote. And you don’t understand what I wrote, because you don’t know as
much as I do. About everything, in general. In short, life. You know, people.
Planet Earth.

If you really don’t understand what I’m doing in my script, my first feeling
is I don’t respect you. I have contempt for you. I feel attacked personally,
and with my feelings hurt, I want to denigrate your position, and while I
won’t call you an idiot, basically the foundation of my exchange with you in
the wake of you reading my script is you are, in fact, some kind of idiot.

Someone once told me I can be right or I can be happy. Or you can be right, or
you can get your screenplay produced into a motion picture. I have had this
happen twice, and I can tell you if I had committed myself to being right about
everything during the development of the screenplay, they would still be living
as files in my hard drive. Any produced screenwriter will attest to this.

Whenever a reader doesn’t get information from my screenplay, facts crucial to
the function of the story, stuff I feel is so obvious that the only reason they
could’ve missed it all is carelessness, I know I am responsible for the
breakdown. Writers over and over complain about this, appalled that someone
could miss something so blatant in the script. Two ways you can take this note.
One, reader read poorly. Two, you have clarity problems. What is the
constructive reaction? You have a clarity problem.

You might get a note saying they don’t believe a character would do or say
something, particularly dialogue or actions of a certain time period or
profession, such as a cop, or a farmer from the 18th century in Russia. The
writer defends the charge by citing historical facts, or stating they have seven
relatives in law enforcement, or they grew up in Canada, and they do, indeed,
talk like that. Well, it doesn’t matter. If your audience is distracted by
your authenticity rubbing them as cliché or improbable, you need to revise.
Screenwriting is compression and art. It’s truth, not a transcription. Where
do clichés come from anyway?

I recently got a reaction from an audience member to a movie I wrote that I had
never heard from anyone EVER. My first instinct was to say to myself, well, um,
that’s stupid, because EVERYBODY else thinks differently. This is another
reaction I’ve run into quite a bit with writers. “Everybody else thinks
it’s funny or realistic or a perfect movie or…”
Who is your “everybody else”? Consider your sources, and keep your mind
open. In the end, “everybody else” doesn’t exist.

Notes on your screenplay are not a personal attack. They might feel like that.
You have made an investment of self, and you love what you have created. It is
you. But someone’s reaction to your writing is not a reaction to you. It is a
reaction of the person who read your screenplay. Same screenplay, different
people, different reactions. So the reactions are personal to the readers.
Detach from the notes to the degree to which you can improve your screenplay.
Their reactions are formed primarily from their lives, not your words. Which
leads me to this.

Do not embrace the extremes. Listen to the ends of the spectrum of opinions, but
do not wallow there. If someone thinks your script is the worst attempt at
screenwriting on record, take what you can, but do not stay with this, toss it
off as something off and wild. If someone thinks your script is so awesomely
perfect and beautiful that there’s really nothing to be changed, take what you
can, but do not stay with this, toss it off as something off and wild.

Let’s say you’ve offended someone. They think your choices about language or
characterization or action are patently offensive, maybe immoral, bigoted,
racist, or sexist, disturbing to the point of quit. Do you need to change
something? Perhaps. It’s up to you. Know that you’ve offended someone. I
have written disturbing material and I didn’t change it. But I’ve learned to
sincerely respect that reaction and allow it to help strengthen my creative
positions.

Do not listen to hysterical advice about formatting, but if people say they
found typos, that means you don’t respect your movie and you need look at your
attitude to your work on story.

Don’t ever question the credentials of your reader. We can seek the
experienced and the professional, but in the end, to discredit notes because the
reader is “not a screenwriter” or “some punk in a mailroom” or “the
assistant fresh out of blah blah”, I put this to you. Where exactly do you
think the studios come from? Do you know where the executives started? Do you
know how Hollywood began? Who is sitting in the movie seats every Friday night
across the planet? Screenplay consultants? No. Your audience.

Seek their reaction. They are the flashlight that works. You can gleam the most
incredible insights from any one who reads your screenplay, if you put aside
your fight and remember the goal of production. We can’t wait for the
“qualified” to tell us what’s wrong. We don’t have to.

I don’t remember what the newspapers wrote about the movies I’ve written,
but I do remember what the audiences said. The hell with right. I want to make
movies, and I strive for that direction.



About the Author
Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival for
LOVE LIZA, Gordy Hoffman has written and directed three digital shorts for Fox
Searchlight. He made his feature directorial debut with his script, A COAT OF
SNOW, which world premiered at the 2005 Locarno Intl Film Festival. He is the
founder of the BlueCat Screenplay Competition. Dedicated to develop and
celebrate the undiscovered screenwriter, BlueCat provides written script
analysis on every script entered. In addition, Gordy acts as a script consultant
for screenwriters, offering personalized feedback on their scripts through his
consultation service, www.screenplaynotes.com.

For more articles by Gordy on screenwriting, visit
www.bluecatscreenplay.com/news/advice.php.

If you would like to publish these articles, please email:
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Howdy,
 
Thought this might be of interest to someone you know. . . .
 
Happy Valentine's Day!
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Peg Long
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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not
ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's
indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”  Elie
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DC SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2009
Final Deadline: May 10
DC Shorts gives all entries feedback from the judges— a point which impressed
MovieMaker Magazine to name us as "one of 20 festivals worth an entry
fee," and "one of the leading film festivals." DC Shorts turns
the spotlight on truly independent short films, created by new and established
filmmakers in an era when the art of filmmaking is opening to all. Films are
selected from every genre for our competition screenings. After each screening,
filmmakers have the opportunity to speak to the audience as part of a moderated
panel. HURRY AND SUBMIT TODAY -- LIMITED TO FIRST 1,000 ENTRIES.  For more
information, visit http://www.dcshorts.com

EURO-ASIA SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
Final Deadline: March 31
EuroAsia Shorts: Short Films from Europe, Asia and the United States showcases
short films from various countries, comparing them according to different
themes. The festival committee invites filmmakers from China/Taiwan, India,
Japan, Korea, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, and the United States to submit
short films for consideration in our Washington, DC-based Showcase June 1 - 6,
2009. The film must fit one of the themes: Generations/Getting Older,
Cities/Urban Environment, Humor, Fears and Phobias, and Beauty.  The films serve
as a springboard to discussion of the themes and how they are addressed in
different countries, particularly through the medium of film.  Each evening will
focus on comparing Asian, European and US cultures in regards to particular
themes. REFER A FOREIGN FILMMAKER, RECEIVE A FEE WAIVER!  For more information,
and the submission form, visit http://euroasiashorts.com

CINESLAM: Vermont’s Pride Short Film Festival
Final Deadline: April 30
Short films of GLBT interest: Acceptance includes a filmmaker retreat
The CineSlam Festival is Vermont's GLBT film festival. Held in a country
retreat, this incredible experience is a must for all GLBT filmmakers. In
addition to money prizes, the winner will present their winning film on the
Pride of the Ocean GLBT Film Cruise (expenses paid).  All participating
filmmakers can also apply to be part of the Kopkind Colony’s “Filmmakers
Retreat” in which 8 filmmakers will be accommodated for the 3 days before the
festival begins to participate in film slams in the barn and a special seminar
with Karen Everett, owner of New Doc Editing.  For more information, visit
http://www.cineslam.com

JAMES RIVER FILM FESTIVAL
Final Deadline: February 27
The 16th James River Film Festival April 13-19 is accepting entries for its
juried invitational of short films through Friday, Feb. 27,2009. Admissions must
be under 30 mins. in duration, in any genre --narrative, animation, documentary,
experimental -- and must not have been previously submitted for the competition.
The jury is comprised of filmmakers, educators and professionals in the Central
Virginia area. Entry forms and guidelines can be found at our website:
http://www.rmicweb.org. A screening of the competition winners will be held
Friday, April 17, 7:30 pm at the Firehouse Theatre, Richmond, Virginia. Since
1994 the James River Film Festival has awarded $26,000 to independent filmmakers
in Virginia and nationwide. The James River Film Festival is presented by the
Richmond Moving Image Co-op, a nonprofit organization supports independent media
arts.

HERITAGE FILM FESTIVAL
Final Deadline: March 6
The Heritage Film Festival announces March 6, 2009 as the submission deadline
for its 4th Annual film festival.  The Heritage Film Festival seeks
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Thought this might be of interest.  Peg Long, Screenwriter

Maui Writers Conference in August 2009
 
Maui Writers Retreat - Fri Aug 28, 2009 to Thur Sep 3, 2009
Maui Writers Conference - Fri Sep 4, 2009 to Mon Sep 7, 2009 (Labor Day weekend)
 
Last year's keynote speaker was Ron Howard.
 
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A member of the Austin Screenwriters Group wrote:
Maui Writers Conference (which has famous writers, screenwriters, producers,
editors and agents).  I met one of the screenwriting
instructors last August in Cape Cod -- Diane Lake, nominated for an Oscar for
FRIDA.  She pressed me to do Maui, so I'm planning now.
Despite its name, the event is no longer held on Maui but in Honolulu, Oahu, on
Waikiki Beach. This year the retreat part is at
the Outrigger Reef Hotel. They haven't announced yet where the conference will
be, but I assume at or near the same place.
Supposedly they get very deep hotel discounts for the participants, too...
 
Another Member of the Austin Screenwriters Group wrote:
Visit http://www.austinscreenwriters.org for info
Outrigger Reef Hotel is my FAVORITE accommodations in Oahu!  The hotel is RIGHT
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Lew Hunter's Superior Summer Screenwriting Colony 2009
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Do you dream of being a screenwriter? Have you envisioned your name stretched
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prepared to put your fingers to the keyboard for hours and days on end to
complete and figure out all of those nuances of a story idea that you have
banging around in your head? Oh, the pained labor and glory of finding the right
words and breathing life into your characters. You know deep inside you could do
it.
Not everyone has seen The Bucket List with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman,
but most are aware of the premise: live your life to the fullest before you die.
Take the idea one step further, and I say seize your dreams now while you’re
still alive and vibrant and here. Don’t wait for the last moments to ponder the
“what ifs…”!
If you truly have that aching need to give your vision a shot, to write a
screenplay from start to finish so you can say, “I did it!,” you’ve arrived at
the place to start.
Lew Hunter’s Superior Summer Screenwriting Colony, this coming June 13-27,
immerses you into that nurturing, fulltime screenwriting experience you desire.
learn more >>
This coming summer from June 13th to the 26th, Lew Hunter hosts his Superior
Summer Screenwriting Colony. This is an intense program for serious writers of
all levels. You will learn the facts of the Hollywood business, the fundamentals
of writing screenplays and be given the foundation to grow as scribes.
The 14-day schedule will immerse you in the writing process where you will be
encouraged to progress from story idea, to treatment, to step-outline and
finally to complete the First Act of the Screenplay (30 pages). It is not
unusual for participants to finish their entire first draft.
Lew Hunter has been commended as “an enabler” and a superb teacher in this
craft, and his Screenwriting Colonies supply a nurturing environment where
screenwriters flourish and take a hold of their dreams. Lew will facilitate the
best writing by creating an atmosphere of constructive feedback for all
participants.
The Superior Summer Screenwriting Colony fills rapidly and it is strongly
suggested that you submit an application at your earliest opportunity to ensure
acceptance and availability.
All skill levels of writing experience are encouraged to apply and to
participate. We can easily accommodate the most basic beginner to the most
experienced professional. All writers will be respected, honored and supported
through the writing process.
Don’t ever look back on your life with regret. If screenwriting is something
that you have hungered to try – and succeed – the Superior Summer Colony is the
push-off point for you. To find out more, click here.



































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