Screenplay Competition Director, Matt Dy stated «We want to provide an avenue for writers to submit their short scripts to get noticed and get their work produced.
Not exact matches
Competition Jury Golden Bear: Jodaeiye Nader Az Simin (Nader and Simin, A Separation) by Asghar Farhadi Silver Bear The Jury Grand Prize: A Torinoi Lo (The Turin Horse) by Bela Tarr Silver Bear Best
Director: Ulrich Kohler for Schlafkrankheit (Sleeping Sickness) Silver Bear Best Actress: the female ensemble in Nader & Simin Silver Bear Best Actor: the male ensemble in Nader & Simin Silver Bear Best
Screenplay: The Forgiveness of Blood written by Joshua Marston and Andamion Murataj.
The history: On his two previous
Competition appearances, for «All About My Mother» in 1999 and «Volver» in 2006, Almodovar entered the race as the bookies» favourite, only to land the consolation prizes of Best
Director and Best
Screenplay, respectively.
The Chair, which is being submitted in the reality
competition category at this year's Emmys, follows two first - time
directors as they embark on the cinematic journey of creating a feature using the same original
screenplay.
Kore - eda topped the best
screenplay category with 25 % of the vote, while «Burning» only received 10 % of the vote in the category, tying for second place with Lebanese
director Nadine Labaki's Jury Prize - winner «Capernaum» and Turkish
director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's three hour - plus drama «The Wild Pear Tree,» the last film to screen in
competition this year.