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Call for Voices of Color Screenplays
Independent Pictures, presenter of the Ohio Independent Film Festival
& the Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards, is seeking screenplays for
its Best Voice of Color Screenplay Award. The award emphasizes
Independent Pictures' commitment to people of color, their
stories, and getting those stories to the big screen.
"…Too many writers only enter the big contests, in which the
odds are not good for screenplays that don't fit the typical
Hollywood formula. Few, if any, of those contests have a special
category to recognize writers of color or scripts that concern
minorities," says Rich Figel, winner of the 2002 Best Voice of Color
Screenplay Award for his script INUGAMI.
The Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards introduce aspiring writers to
the professionals who can propel real writing careers. 2003 marks
the 7th annual screenplay competition. Since the inception of the
awards, winning screenplays have been produced into full-length
feature films, and other winners have been "optioned" for
future production. Additionally, some winning writers are now well
on their way to professional writing careers.
The Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards boasts a fair and seasoned
judging process. Personal coverage and feedback from the judges will
be available to every screenplay entrant. Finalists and winners are
submitted to various Hollywood and NYC producers, literary agents,
talent management companies and production companies, which can
become a major step to a writing career. In addition, winners
receive cash, magazines, software, professional screenplay reading,
and representation/promotion by WritersScriptNetwork.com.
Deadlines for the 2003 Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards are: JUNE
1. Late entries will be accepted no later than JULY 1. Please call
(216) 651-7315, email OhioIndieFilmFest@juno.com, or visit
www.ohiofilms.com for screenplay entry information.
Updated: 04/03/2003
Additional Contest Info: Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Unknown Black Assailant
As the crack epidemic erupts across 1980s small-city America, a Black rookie detective investigating a string of gang murders in Little Rock, Arkansas uncovers a CIA-backed arms-for-drugs conspiracy—forcing him to choose between protecting his family and exposing a truth that could destroy him.
SETTLING THE BOOKS
A cautious investigator is none the less drawn in, along with four other heirs, by the reading of a billionaire rare book dealer’s will, they’re sealed in an airtight panic room, and with only four hours air, must solve the centuries-old mystery contained in the book ‘The Castilian Cypher’ in order to escape.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an ***AI Bot*** to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of ***Fake***.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their bizarre neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her gorgeous girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class science project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other pathetic souls) after their third offense.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
