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CineStory Foundation Feature Retreat and Fellowship
Cinestory Feature
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Los Angeles, CA 90066
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info@cinestory.org
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Objective
CineStory is a national non-profit dedicated to nurturing emerging screenwriters through mentorship programs. Winners of our competition have gone on to pen films such as IRON MAN, CAKE, THE CHILDREN OF MEN, BALLAST, KING OF CALIFORNIA and 11:14.
One of the main goals of the CineStory Feature Retreat is to select up-and-coming screenwriters for our four-day intensive program held in the Fall.
THE CINESTORY FEATURE RETREAT
CineStory's Retreat is dedicated to the advancement of great new voices in screenwriting. Retreat attendees are chosen from the top writers of our annual competition, the CineStory Screenwriting Awards. For four days, writers enjoy direct access to working Hollywood professionals.
Past retreat mentors include: Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby (IRON MAN, CHILDREN OF MEN), writer/director Joe Forte (FIREWALL, OUT), producer Nana Greenwald (SEVEN), producer Michelle Sy (FINDING NEVERLAND), producer and former head of Jodie's Foster prod co MEG LEFAUVE (THE DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTAR BOYS), writer Philip Eisner (EVENT HORIZON, MUTANT CHRONICLES) and writer/director Keith Gordon (DEXTER, WAKING THE DEAD). Show More
Deadline/Entry Fees
| Deadline | Date Days till: |
Entry Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Early | February 19, 2024 | $50 |
| Regular | March 24, 2024 | $69 |
| Late | April 21, 2024 2 |
$81 |
| Extended | May 19, 2024 30 |
$88 |
Notification: Quarterfinalists – late June; Semifinalists/Invitees – Late July; Finalists – Mid August; Fellow – Early September.
Rules
Please visit http://www.cinestory.org/rules-and-guidelines/ for all rules and guidelines.Awards
GRAND PRIZE: THE CINESTORY FELLOWSHIP
Valued at over $17,000 this prize includes a $10,000 cash award, free meals, board and tuition at the exclusive CineStory Writers Retreat as well as a 12-month mentorship program with two Hollywood professionals hand picked for the winner. The CineStory Fellowship gives writers direct access to Hollywood professionals and has a long track record of success. Prior fellows have optioned material, gained representation and secured writing assignments with the guidance of their mentors. Also included: one-year Script Pipeline Writers Database membership; three-year subscription to Creative Screenwriting; iScript screenplay audio recording; and one-year Scripped PRO subscription.
SECOND PLACE:
Over $1500 in cash and prizes, including $1000 cash.
THIRD PLACE:
Over $1000 in cash and prizes, including $500 cash.
FINALISTS RECEIVE:
Discount on Retreat tuition.
ALL SEMIFINALISTS RECEIVE:
An invitation to the exclusive CineStory Retreat including: Three 90-minute one-on-one sessions with working Hollywood agents, managers, producers, development executives and other pros to discuss the writer's work and career strategy Open access to 15+ hours of small group sessions covering a wide rage of creative and business topics Free film screenings and other events.
Cinestory Feature
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Los Angeles, CA 90066
Web:
http://cinestory.org
Email:
info@cinestory.org
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CineStory Foundation Feature Retreat and Fellowship
Contact
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Web:
http://cinestory.org
Email:
info@cinestory.org
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CineStory Announces Finalists
Eight screenplays have been selected for the Finals round of the 2006 CineStory Screenwriting Awards, in its eleventh year. Top producers and creative executives at a round table meeting on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 will choose at least one and no more than three winners from this list. Winner or winners will receive a $2000 cash prize, free attendance at the CineStory Retreat in late April, and a year-long mentorship with two of the professionals attending that Retreat.
Past winners and finalists of the CineStory Screenwriting Awards include Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby (2006 Oscar nominees for CHILDREN OF MEN, and FIRST SNOW directed by Fergus with Guy Pearce, to be released Feb. ’07); Greg Marcks (wrier/director, 11:14 with Hilary Swank and Patrick Swayze); and Gaston Biraben, writer/director of CAUTIVA (CAPTIVE), which has won major film festival awards from all over the world. The Awards originated as a national contest at CineStory’s original headquarters in Chicago in 1996 and have provided winners and finalists with over $80,000 worth of prizes, consultations and mentorships.
All eight finalists and the eight semifinalists, from this competition are invited to attend the 2007 CineStory Retreat, a private, three-day gathering in the mountain arts village of Idyllwild, California. Ten professional producers, writers, managers and agents establish relationships with these unproduced writers as they work intensively with them on an individual basis to raise the level of their writing and prepare them for the practical and pragmatic professional life of a screenwriter in the film industry.
EMILIANO DE LA GARZA & THE GENIE
Marc Calderwood
Albuquerque NM
RUNNING
Kevin Caruso
Matewan NJ
THE RUT
Kevin Caruso
Matewan NJ
THE LOW ROAD
Clea Frost
Los Angeles CA
C-VILLE
M. Charles McBee
Ruckersville VA
SMILERS
Mike McGeever
Lombard IL
THE DEAD END
Yun Jong Suh
San Francisco CA
FOR THE LOVE OF JADE
Michael J. Yurinko
Easton PA
Updated: 01/25/2007
CineStory Foundation Feature Retreat and Fellowship
Contact
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Web:
http://cinestory.org
Email:
info@cinestory.org
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