FEBRUARY 4,5, & 6th, 2011

1st Fridays Artwalk February Film Expo Seeks Iowa Short Scripts
1st Friday’s Art Walk announces its second annual short script contest. Entries must be 5 minutes or less and use standard film script format. Entries must be PG-13 and be inspired by the theme “The year before 2012.” Scripts will be judged "blind" (without writer's names). Two winning scripts will be produced during the Festival’s Film Production Workshop by experienced directors on 6 February with volunteer actors, crews and an audience. Submission deadline is January 7th, 2010.

Submissions Guidelines
1.         Entries must be 5 pages (5 minutes) or less and use standard film script format.
2.         Submitted screenplays must be unproduced, noptioned wholly original work of the writer(s).
3.         Entries must be PG-13. There may be children in the audience at the production workshop.
4.         The setting should be one interior room with no more than 4 actors. Keep it simple to make it easily doable. Remember the crew will have only two hours in the studio to shoot your script.
5.         Maximum 2 submissions per author. Author must be a resident of Iowa.
6.         Scripts will be judged "blind" (without writer's names). Do not include your name on the script.
7.         Directors will have the freedom to shoot the script according to their vision.
8.         Questions regarding the contest may be submitted to fairfieldfilmfest@gmail.com
9.         Send your submissions to fairfieldfilmfest@gmail.com as an Adobe pdf. or Microsoft Word file. Include your name and contact information in the e-mail.
10.     By submitting a script, writers agree to abide by all contest rules.

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