San Francisco IndieFest Screenplay Competition

San Francisco IndieFest

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http://sfindie.com
Email:
jeff@sfindie.com

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Objective

For 25 years the San Francisco Independent Film Festival has developed a great reputation for filling theaters, getting press, and throwing great parties. Films at our fest regularly get Variety reviews, picked up at other fests, and find rabid groupies following the makers around town demanded autographs and buying them drinks.

This is our third year hosting a screenplay contest with the goal of expanding our filmmaker reach. We're so excited to invite screenwriters to participate in the festival and we'll be promoting them right alongside our films. Participants will enjoy live reads, parties, panels, film screenings and more!

Some feedback from competition participants:

"I believe you have identified my weaknesses that I have a difficult time seeing on my own,,, you did a nice job!" - Russel J

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Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline	Date Days till:	Entry Fee
Early Bird	April 1, 2025	$45 (feature); $35 (short)
Regular	November 16, 2025 121	$55 (feature); $45 (short)
Extended	December 10, 2025 145	$65 (feature); $55 (short)
Final	December 31, 2025 166	$75 (feature); $65 (short)

Coverage is also available.

Notification: January 20th, 2025

Eligibility

All submitted material must be original, and all rights must be wholly owned by the writer(s).

Rules

All submitted material must be original, and all rights must be wholly owned by the writer(s).
Material must be submitted by the writer. Material written by writing teams must be submitted by one of the writers, with consent of the other(s).
Substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entered material are not allowed. Please proofread your script very carefully before submitting.
All ownership and rights to the scripts submitted to this contest remains with the original rights holders.

Awards

Winning Short and Feature length writers receive:

Cash Prize: $1000 for top feature, $500 for top short
Delegate Badge to the Festival
Invitation to participate at the festival's Screenwriter Panel
Print and media coverage
Name inclusion in Festival program materials as a competition finalist