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American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest

American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest

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San Francisco, CA 94133
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415-989-7910 (fax)

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Email: contests@zoetrope.com

Contact: Krista Halverson

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Objective

The purpose of this contest is to give new screenwriters industry exposure. In its first thirty years, American Zoetrope has produced some of the most important films in American cinema--films that have been recognized with fifteen Academy Awards and sixty-eight nominations. At the core of this success is a steadfast dedication to storytelling. In the words of founding director Francis Ford Coppola, who won his first Oscar for the screenplay of Patton, "the story is the foundation upon which all else is built."

Deadline/Entry Fees

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Rules

Feature length screenplays only. You may submit online only. Please visit website for Official Rules.

Awards

The Grand Prize-Winner will receive $5,000. The winner and top-ten finalists will be considered for representation by UTA, Paradigm, William Morris Independent, The Gersh Agency, CAA, Exile Entertainment, ICM, The Schiff Company, The Radmin Company, Energy Entertainment, Dontanville/Frattaroli, and The Firm.

Their scripts will be considered for film option and development by leading production companies, including: American Zoetrope, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, IFC Entertainment, Paramount Classics, Lionsgate, Icon Pictures, Working Title, Dimension Films, Antidote Films, Plum Pictures, Frelaine, Greenestreet Films, Michael London Productions, Number 9 Films, Pretty Pictures, This Is That, Roserock Films, Benderspink, Astrakan Films, Industry Entertainment, Nine Yards Entertainment, Anonymous Content, Jim Wedaa Productions, Robert Evans Company, Fortis Films, Jean Doumanian Productions, FX, and Ziskin Productions.

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News: American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest

America Zoetrope Announces Contest Winners

From 2,500 entries, judge Gus Van Sant and the America Zoetrope staff honored the following screenplays:

Grand Prize-Winner

MIDLAND by KELLY PATRICK STEPHENSON

Top Ten Finalists

Stumblebum by John Charles Chase
Original Cyn by Robert W. Hazel
A Gentleman's Game by Mandel Holland
Salamanca by Arzhang Kamarei
The Last Marine by Paul Ian Johnson
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by Dane Edward McCauley
Princip by Aleksandar Pajcin
The Machine by Mark Alan Patton
Temporary, Instead by Jason Michael Vetrano
Whistler's Ridge by Cynthia Webb


The Grand Prize-Winner receives $5,000 and his screenplay, along with those of the Top Ten Finalists, will be considered for film option and development by American Zoetrope, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, IFC Entertainment, Paramount Classics, Icon Pictures, Working Title, Antidote Films, Bull's Eye Entertainment, C/W Productions, Exile Entertainment, Film Colony, The Film Department, First Look, Fortis Film, Frelaine, Greenestreet Films, Hart Sharp Entertainment, Matinee Pictures, Michael London Productions, Number 9 Films, Phoenix Pictures, Pretty Pictures, The Schiff Company, This Is That, Roserock Films, Benderspink, Room 9 Entertainment, and Ziskin Productions.

Those writers will be considered for representation by ICM, UTA, Paradigm, William Morris Independent, The Gersh Agency, CAA, and The Firm.

Updated: 02/02/2007
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