![[Austin]](/images/ads/AFF2024a.png)
CineStory Foundation Feature Retreat and Fellowship
Cinestory Feature
Contact
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Web:
http://cinestory.org
Email:
info@cinestory.org
Report Card |
||
| Overall: |
  |
(4.6/5.0) |
| Professionalism: |
|
(4.3/5.0) |
| Feedback: |
|
(4.5/5.0) |
| Signficance: |
|
(4.5/5.0) |
| Report Cards: |
|
|
|
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card
|
||
Related Contests
Categories
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 3 |
$81 |
| Extended | May 19, 2024 31 |
$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
Contact
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Web:
http://cinestory.org
Email:
info@cinestory.org
Report Card |
||
| Overall: |
|
(4.6/5.0) |
| Professionalism: |
|
(4.3/5.0) |
| Feedback: |
|
(4.5/5.0) |
| Signficance: |
|
(4.5/5.0) |
| Report Cards: |
|
|
|
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card
|
||
Related Contests
Categories
Contest Comments
You must login to post a comment.
First-time user? Register now to receive FREE email contest updates, news, results, deadline reminders and more. Rest assured, information submitted here is held in strict confidence. MovieBytes never sells or in any way distributes email names or addresses. We promise!
CineStory Foundation Feature Retreat and Fellowship
Contact
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Web:
http://cinestory.org
Email:
info@cinestory.org
Report Card |
||
| Overall: |
|
(4.6/5.0) |
| Professionalism: |
|
(4.3/5.0) |
| Feedback: |
|
(4.5/5.0) |
| Signficance: |
|
(4.5/5.0) |
| Report Cards: |
|
|
|
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card
|
||
Related Contests
Categories
Contest News
CineStory Names TV Contest Quarterfinalists
CineStory has announced their Original Drama, Comedy, and Sci-Fi/Fantasy division quarterfinalists for the 2023 TV Retreat & Fellowship Contest. Quarterfinalists advance to the semifinalist round, after which there will be another round of judging to determine finalists and division winners. Division winners advance to another judging round to determine the 2023 TV Fellow. [Updated: 01/14/2023]
CineStory Names Feature Contest Semifinalists
CineStory has announced the 28 semifinalists who will be invited to attend this year's CineStory Retreat. Attendees receive three 90-minute one-on-one sessions with CineStory mentors. Attendees also participate in informal rooms run by mentors that cover topics ranging from pitching like a pro to the state of filmmaking in the digital age. [Updated: 08/25/2022]
CineStory Names Fellowship Winners
CineStory has named Laila Ujayli and Zaina Ujayli as their 2021 joint Feature Fellowship winners. Their Fellowship-winning script, FOUR FLOORS IN RAQQA, based on a true story, is about a headstrong woman who braves bombs and execution in ISIS-occupied Raqqa to protect her neighborhood and the home she built with her siblings. [Updated: 09/16/2021]
CineStory Names Contest Finalists
Finalists have been announces for the 2021 CineStory Retreat and Fellowship. Each of the finalists will be considered for this year’s Fellowship, which is valued at $20,000 and includes, among other prizes, $10,000 and a year long mentorship with two entertainment industry professionals. [Updated: 08/18/2021]
Interview with Author/Screenwriter Michael Weinreb
Michael Weinreb studied journalism at Penn State, and creative writing at Boston University, and published a book of short stories and several books of non-fiction before trying his hand at screenwriting with The Big D, a sports drama based loosely on the SMU football scandal of the 1980s.
CineStory Names 2020 Quarterfinalists
CineStory has named 128 quarterfinalists from almost 600 submissions to this year Feature Retreat and Fellowship Competition. Quarterfinalists will be offered any open spots to this year's retreat after the semifinalists, finalists, and winners are invited to attend. Attendees receive three 90-minute one-on-one sessions with CineStory mentors. Attendees also participate in informal rooms run by mentors that cover topics ranging from pitching like a pro to the state of filmmaking in the digital age. [Updated: 06/22/2020]
CineStory Names Fellowship Winner
Kerry Kolbe has been named the Winner of the 2019 CineStory Fellowship Competition on the basis of her script Swallow, about a 17-year-old girl who is desperate to study particle physics at Cambridge, like her hero Stephen Hawking. Unfortunately, she's trapped playing parent to her dysfunctional family of twitchers (a/k/a bird watchers), who drag her on a wild chase of her late mother's "spirit animal," a rare albino swallow. [Updated: 09/09/2019]
CineStory Names Finalists
Finalists have been annonced for the 2019 CineStory Feature Fellowship. [Updated: 08/19/2019]
CineStory Names 2019 Fellowship Semifinalists
CineStroy has announced 26 semifinalists for their 2019 Feature Fellowship Competition. Semifinalists will be invited to attend this year's feature retreat, which takes place on October 19th – October 22nd. Attendees receive three 90-minute one-on-one sessions with CineStory mentors. Attendees also participate in mentor-run informal rooms on topics ranging from "Pitching Like a Pro" to "The State of Filmmaking in the Digital Age." [Updated: 07/20/2019]
Interview with 2018 CineStory Second Place Winner Avishai Weinberger
CineStory Co-Executive Director Carlo Martinelli catches up with the 2018 CineStory Fellowship second place winner, Avishai Weinberger. [Updated: 03/05/2019]
CineStory Names Feature Fellowship Winner
Travis Opgenorth has been named the winner of the 2018 CineStory Feature Fellowship for his script, The Poacher. [Updated: 08/30/2018]
CineStory Names Semifinalists
CineStory has announced the semifinalists for the 2018 CineStory Feature Retreat & Fellowship competition. [Updated: 07/18/2018]
CineStory Annouces Quarterfinalists
CineStory has announced quarterfinalists for their 2018 Feature Retreat and Fellowship competition. [Updated: 06/21/2018]
Meet the 2017 CineStory Winners
Meet the 2017 CineStory Fellowship Winner Angelina Karpovich, and Second Place Finishers Mark Price and James Walker. [Updated: 09/16/2017]
CineStory Names Fellowship Winner
CineStory has named Angelina Karpovich as their 2017 Feature Fellowship Winner for her screenplay, Eggshells. [Updated: 09/09/2017]
CineStory Names Fellowship Finalists
Finalists have been announced for the 2017 CineStory Feature Fellowship. [Updated: 08/22/2017]
CineStory Names 2017 Feature Semifinalists
CineStory has announced their 2017 Feature Retreat and Fellowship semifinalists. [Updated: 07/27/2017]
CineStory Names Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2017 CineStory Features Retreat. [Updated: 06/14/2017]
CineStory Names 2016 Finalists
Finalists have been announced for the 2016 CineStory Fellowship. [Updated: 07/26/2016]
CineStory Names 2016 Semifinalists
Semifinalists have been announced for the 2016 CineStory Screenwriting Fellowship. Each semifinalist is in the running for the grand prize of the CineStory Fellowship, and is invited to the CineStory Retreat taking place in Idyllwild, CA, from October 15th-October 18th, 2016. [Updated: 07/01/2016]
CineStory Names 2016 Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2016 CineStory Screenwriting Awards. [Updated: 05/27/2016]
CineStory Names First TV/Digital Fellowship Winner
L.M. Harter has been named the first-ever Cinestory TV/Digital Fellowship winner. [Updated: 03/15/2016]
Advice from 2015 CineStory Fellow Matt Fantaci
Last year I submitted my script to the Cinestory Foundation's 2015 Screenwriting Contest at the last minute, on the last day of their Extended Late Deadline. A friend/mentor of mine gave me just the nudge I needed. After reading up on CineStory I did a quick polish of my script and sent it off. A few months later I found out that I had won. [Updated: 02/16/2016]
CineStory Names Fellowship Winner
Matthew Fantaci of Los Angeles, CA has been named the winner of the 2015 CineStory Fellowship for his screenplay, Scandalous. [Updated: 07/07/2015]
CineStory Names Finalists
CineStory has named their Contest Finalists for 2015. [Updated: 06/16/2015]
CineStory Names Semifinalists
CineStory has named their semifinalists for 2015. As well as being in the running for the grand prize of the CineStory Fellowship, each semifinalist is invited to the CineStory Retreat taking place in Idyllwild, CA, from September 26th-September 29th. [Updated: 06/10/2015]
CineStory Names 2015 Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2015 CineStory Retreat. [Updated: 05/15/2015]
CineStory Announces Finalists
CineStory has announced their 2014 Contest Finalists. [Updated: 06/24/2014]
CineStory Announces Semifinalists
CineStory has announced the semifinalists of the 2014 CineStory Screenwriting Awards. As well as being in the running for the grand prize, the CineStory Fellowship, each semifinalist is invited to the CineStory Retreat taking place in Idyllwild, CA, from September 26th-September 30th. [Updated: 06/11/2014]
CineStory Announces Quarterfinalists
CineStory has announced their 2014 quarterfinalists. [Updated: 05/08/2014]
CineStory Announces 2013 Contest Winner
Patrick Tobin of Long Beach, CA has been named the 2013 CineStory Fellow for his screenplay, Cake. [Updated: 07/09/2013]
CineStory Announces Finalists
CineStory has announced their eight finalists for 2013. [Updated: 06/29/2013]
CSA Announces Semifinalists
CineStory has announced their semifinalists for 2013. Each semifinalist has earned an invitation to the 2013 CineStory Retreat and is in the running for the CineStory Fellowship. [Updated: 06/12/2013]
CineStory Announces Quarterfinalists
Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2013 CineStory Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 05/08/2013]
CineStory Announces Grand Prize Winner
Lukas Hassel has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2012 CineStory Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 07/24/2012]
CineStory Announces Finalists
CineStory has selected their finalists for 2012. [Updated: 07/10/2012]
CineStory Announces Semifinalists
CineStory has announced their 2012 Semifinalists, each of whom is invited to the 2012 CineStory Writers Retreat in Inyllwild, California. [Updated: 06/18/2012]
CineStory Announces Quarterfinalists
CineStory has announced their quarterfinalists for 2012. [Updated: 05/10/2012]
Interview with CineStory Fellow Louis B. Rosenberg
As the 2009 grand prize winner of CineStory's annual screenwriting competition, Louis Rosenberg found himself seated at the organization's annual retreat with all of the volunteer industry professionals and mentors at once. In one large, private session, Rosenberg received numerous tips and advice about his writing and screenwriting career.
[Updated: 12/01/2011]
Interview with Cléa Frost: An Inside Look at the CineStory Screenplay Competition
Executive Director of CineStory, Cléa Frost is a native of Australia. She attended one of its leading film schools housed at the Victorian College of the Arts. Since graduating, she has worked as a director's assistant, writer's assistant, creative executive, story analyst and script consultant, as well as a writer-for-hire for on both feature film and new media projects.
[Updated: 11/22/2011]
Interview with Cléa Frost: An Inside Look at the CineStory Screenplay Competition
[Updated: 11/22/2011]
CineStory Announces 2011 Grand Prize Winner
Celeste's Wolfe's Spotnik has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2011 CineStory Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 08/09/2011]
CineStory Announces Finalists
CineStory has announced their eight finalists for 2011. [Updated: 07/08/2011]
CineStory Announces Semifinalists
CineStory has announced their 2011 semifinalists. [Updated: 06/18/2011]
CineStory Announces Quarterfinalists
CineStory has announced their 2011 quarterfinalists. [Updated: 05/11/2011]
CineStory Interview with Screenwriter Mark Grisar
In 2009, Mark Grisar participated in one of CineStory's "fly-on-the-wall" sessions at their annual screenwriting retreat. He sat in a chair and pitched a movie idea to a group of producers, a story about a rapper who switches to "easy listening" music after a failed publicity stunt turns into a near-death experience, and then pretended to leave the room, allowing the producers to discuss his film and pitch candidly as if he wasn't there. During the conversation, one of the producers said, "I think I can set that up." [Updated: 02/01/2011]
CineStory Interview with Writer/Director Daniel Barnz
When Daniel Barnz heard his name announced as the grand-prize winner of CineStory's annual screenwriting awards for his screenplay Phoebe in Wonderland in 1996, he was thrilled.
[Updated: 12/23/2010]
Academy Award Nominee Mark Fergus Touts Upcoming CineStory Screenwriting Awards
Of all the major screenwriting competitions, CineStory is probably the least publicized, and the least understood. In this exclusive MovieBytes interview by Maureen Fox, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Mark Fergus (Iron Man, Children of Men) discusses his CineStory experience, both as a 1999 Fellowship winner, and as a CineStory retreat "mentor." [Updated: 12/12/2010]
CineStory Announces Grand Prize Winner
April Rouveyrol has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2010 CineStory Screenwriting Competition for her script, American Child. [Updated: 07/29/2010]
CineStory Announces Contest Finalists
CineStory has announced their 2010 Contest Finalists. [Updated: 07/13/2010]
CineStory Announces 2010 Semifinalists
CineStory has announced the Semifinalists for their 2010 Screenwriting Awards. [Updated: 06/16/2010]
CineStory Announces Quarterfinalists
CineStory has announced their 2010 quarterfinalists. [Updated: 05/12/2010]
CineStory Announces 2009 Winners
Upgrade by Louis Rosenberg of Pismo Beach, CA has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2009 CineStory Screenwriting Competition. [Updated: 08/18/2009]
CSA Announces Finalists
CineStory has announced their 2009 finalists. [Updated: 07/14/2009]
CineStory Announces Semifinalists
CineStory has announced their 2009 semifinalists, each of whom is invited to their exclusive Fall Retreat in Idyllwild, CA. In addition, each remains in contention for the top prize, The CineStory Fellowship, worth over $7000 in cash and prizes. [Updated: 06/25/2009]
CineStory Announces Quarterfinalists
CineStory has announced their 2009 quarterfinalists. [Updated: 05/22/2009]
CineStory Announces Grand Prize Winner
CineStory has announced Nino Del Presco as their 2008 Grand Prize Winner for his screenplay, The Third Realm. [Updated: 09/17/2008]
CineStory Finalists Announced
CineStory has announced their 2008 Finalists. [Updated: 07/19/2008]
CineStory Announces 2008 Semifinalists
The CineStory Screenwriting Awards semifinalists have been announced for 2008 [Updated: 06/24/2008]
Cinestory Announces 2008 Quarterfinalists
Cinestory has announced their Screenwriting Award quarterfinalists for 2008: [Updated: 05/23/2008]
CineStory Extends Deadline to March 24th
The deadline for the CineStory screenwrting competition has been extended to March 24, 2008. [Updated: 03/06/2008]
CineStory Retreat Chosen as Top Prize for Final Draft Competition
Boutique screenwriting competition, the CineStory Screenwriting Awards has extended its final postmark deadline until February 28, 2008, as it welcomes its new partner, Final Draft. [Updated: 02/26/2008]
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. [Updated: 01/25/2007]
Cinestory Announces Semifinalists
CineStory, a nonprofit screenwriting organization and retreat center in Idyllwild CA, has announced its semifinalists for the 2006 CineStory Screenwriting Awards. [Updated: 12/07/2006]
CineStory Announces 2005 Finalists
CineStory has announced both their feature and short script finalists for 2005. [Updated: 04/21/2005]
CineStory Announces Short Script Semifinalists
CineStory has announed their 2005 semifinalists in the short script category. [Updated: 03/16/2005]
CineStory Announces Feature Script Semifinalists
CineStory has announed their 2005 semifinalists in the feature script category. [Updated: 03/16/2005]
CineStory Announces Quarterfinalists
Cinestory has announced the 52 feature quarterfinalists and the 20 short script quarterfinalists for the 2005 CineStory Screenwriting Awards. [Updated: 02/08/2005]
Cinestory Announces 2004 Semifinalists
The Cinestory Screenwriting Competition has announced their semifinalists for 2004. [Updated: 04/26/2004]
CineStory Announces Contest Winners
CineStory has announced their three contest winners. [Updated: 07/18/2003]
CineStory Announces 2003 Contest Finalists
CineStory has announced this year Screenwriting Awards finalists. [Updated: 06/19/2003]
CineStory Announces Feature Screenplay Semifinalists
CineStory has the announced the semifinalists of their 2003 feature screenwriting competition. [Updated: 05/20/2003]
CineStory Announces Short Script Semfinalists
CineStory has announced the semifinalists for their 2003 short script screenwriting competition. [Updated: 04/24/2003]
CineStory Announces Contest Winners
"11:14", One of 3 Top Features, Begins Production in L.A. [Updated: 08/29/2002]
CineStory Announces Short Script Category Semifinalists
CineStory has announced the semifinalists of their short script screenplay competition. [Updated: 06/13/2002]
CineStory Announces Feature Contest Finalists
CineStory has announced the 16 contest semifinalists who will be eligible for the third annual CineStory Retreat in Lake Arrowhead, California. [Updated: 06/13/2002]
CineStory Announces 2001 Contest Winners
CineStory has announced Willie Hagen, Robert Nelson, and Michael North as winners in their feature film category, and Wes Driver as winner of their short script competition. [Updated: 06/25/2001]
CineStory Announces Contest Finalists
CineStory has announced the finalists in their 2001 screenwriting competition. [Updated: 06/01/2001]
CineStory Announces Semifinalists
CineStory has announced the semifinalists in the feature film category of their 2001 contest. [Updated: 05/16/2001]
Cinestory Announces Quarterfinalists
Cinestory has announced quarterfinalists from among more than 1,000 entries. [Updated: 04/30/2001]
CineStory Benefit Chicago Film Premiere of Lions Gate Film "STEAL THIS MOVIE"
[Updated: 08/18/2000]
CineStory Announces Screenwriting Award Winners
[Updated: 07/20/2000]
CineStory Announces Finalists
[Updated: 06/10/2000]
Cinestory Announces New Short Film Category
[Updated: 05/20/2000]
CineStory Announces Semifinalists
[Updated: 05/20/2000]
CineStory Announces Quarterfinalists
[Updated: 04/03/2000]
CineStory offers Script Reading Workshop
[Updated: 08/18/1999]
CineStory Announces New Deadlines
[Updated: 07/22/1999]
CineStory Announces Winners
[Updated: 06/30/1999]
WANTED: WRITERS READY TO ROLL
[Updated: 05/02/1999]
CineStory’s 4th annual Script Sessions
[Updated: 03/16/1999]
CineStory Kicks of Script Sessions in San Francisco
[Updated: 02/04/1999]
CineStory kicks off its Fall Class Schedule
[Updated: 09/26/1998]
CineStory launches 3rd Annual Reader Training Course
[Updated: 06/26/1998]
The 3rd Annual Cinestory Screenwriting Awards
[Updated: 04/28/1998]
Martin Mull headlines Cinestory Benefit
[Updated: 04/28/1998]
Announcing Biz Sesssions, March 27, at the Union League Club
[Updated: 02/28/1998]
Jane Anderson and Christopher McQuarrie added to Script Sessions Line-up
[Updated: 02/28/1998]
CineStory's 3rd Annual Script Sessions:
March 27-29 at the Union League Club of Chicago
[Updated: 02/02/1998]
CineStory Kicks off Second Annual Screenwriting Awards
[Updated: 08/17/1997]
Interviews
MovieBytes Interview:Screenwriter Chance Muehleck
An interview with screenwriter Chance Muehleck regarding the Cinestory Feature Writing Competition. [Updated: 01/28/2016]
MovieBytes Interview:Screenwriter Lukas Hassel
An interview with screenwriter Lukas Hassel regarding the Cinestory Writing Competition. [Updated: 11/27/2012]
MovieBytes Interview:Screenwriter April Rouveyrol
An interview with screenwriter April Rouveyrol regarding the Cinestory Writing Competition. [Updated: 05/31/2011]
MovieBytes Interview:Screenwriter James Walker
An interview with screenwriter James Walker regarding the Cinestory Writing Competition. [Updated: 11/15/2009]
MovieBytes Interview:Screenwriter L Rosenberg
An interview with screenwriter L Rosenberg regarding the Cinestory Writing Competition. [Updated: 11/11/2009]
MovieBytes Interview:Screenwriter Greg Daubenspeck
An interview with screenwriter Greg Daubenspeck regarding the Cinestory Writing Competition. [Updated: 12/12/2008]
MovieBytes Interview:Screenwriter Nino Del Pesco
An interview with screenwriter Nino Del Pesco regarding the Cinestory Writing Competition. [Updated: 11/16/2008]
CineStory Foundation Feature Retreat and Fellowship
Contact
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Web:
http://cinestory.org
Email:
info@cinestory.org
Report Card |
||
| Overall: |
|
(4.6/5.0) |
| Professionalism: |
|
(4.3/5.0) |
| Feedback: |
|
(4.5/5.0) |
| Signficance: |
|
(4.5/5.0) |
| Report Cards: |
|
|
|
Have you entered?
Submit a Report card
|
||
Related Contests
Categories
Submit Report Card
You must login to read or submit report cards.
First-time user? Register now to receive FREE email contest updates, news, results, deadline reminders and more. Rest assured, information submitted here is held in strict confidence. MovieBytes never sells or in any way distributes email names or addresses. We promise!
