Stavier Films have announced that Anthony Renwick McGill, a writer living in Dublin and co-founder, along with Savio Sequeira, of Stavier Films and The Da Vinci Theatre Company, has won the 2016 FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY AWARD in the New York Short Film and
Screenplay Competition for his screenplay Amazons Inc., a comedy thriller set in 1970's Ireland.
Not exact matches
New
for 2011, films in
competition were also eligible
for Jury Awards
for Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Score / Music, Best
Screenplay (narratives) and Breakthrough Performance (narratives).
Michel Franco, whose «Chronic» won a
screenplay prize in the main
competition two years ago,» received the Certain Regard jury prize
for his latest, the family drama «April's Daughters» («Hijas de Abril»).
It was assumed it would get in here rather easily, but instead, it looks like it's effectively been eliminated from the
competition, and subsequently
for Best Picture (no nomination here equals no chance of winning the Oscar
for Best Original
Screenplay, and nowadays no screenplay Oscar means no Best Pictu
Screenplay, and nowadays no
screenplay Oscar means no Best Pictu
screenplay Oscar means no Best Picture Oscar).
AFF's
Screenplay & Teleplay
Competition is one of the most acclaimed contests within the industry
for launching the careers of up - and - coming writers.
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.
For his part, this is Farhadi's third film in Cannes competition after France's «The Past» (2013), and Iran's «The Salesman» (2016), for which he won Best Screenpl
For his part, this is Farhadi's third film in Cannes
competition after France's «The Past» (2013), and Iran's «The Salesman» (2016),
for which he won Best Screenpl
for which he won Best
Screenplay.
Austin Film Festival (AFF) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting submissions
for the 2015
Screenplay & Teleplay
Competition and Film
Competition.
An unfinished version of the movie was screened in
competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received awards
for Best
Screenplay and Best Actor.
The fest is also hosting
competitions for screenplays and teleplays, digital series (film and script), and youth filmmakers.
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.
«Whiplash,» initially thought to be in
competition for Original
Screenplay was labeled as adapted, «American Sniper» kept building up support and would eventually break box - office records, and the once perceived front - runner «Gone Girl» mysteriously vanished from the field of five.
The four Academy Award nominations it received included two
for Brooks,
for his direction and
screenplay, suggesting that the film was in the thick of the
competition (Jones's score and Hall's cinematography were also nominated).
Happy as Lazzaro premiered in
competition and was awarded Best
Screenplay for Alice Rohrwacher
The streaming giant bought «Happy as Lazzaro,» which premiered in
competition and was awarded Best
Screenplay for Alice Rohrwacher, as well as Lukas Dhont's «Girl,» which won the Camera d'Or
for best first film and best actor
for star Victor Polsterin the Un Certain Regard section.
It premiered in main
competition at Berlinale 2017, where it won the Silver Bear
for best
screenplay and the Teddy Award
for best film with LGBT subject matter.
It was the featherweight favorite in a heavyweight
competition and picked up an Award
for Diablo Cody's original
screenplay, a playfully clever creation filled with askew dialogue, a fantasy of youth slang gone wild that borders on precious and contrived.
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.
Showing loyalty to the Lido, meanwhile, is Italy's adopted son George Clooney, whom we already knew would be kicking off the
Competition with «The Ides of March»; he took the festival's
screenplay prize in 2005
for «Good Night, and Good Luck,» and will be hoping to go at least one better this time.
Plus, you'll find writing advice and free writing classes on how to write a winning
screenplay, so you'll be ready
for all the major screenwriting
competitions and film festivals.