Call for 2008 Screenplay Entries to the Rhode Island International Film Festival

Screenplay Application PDF for 2008 • Rules and Regulations for 2008

photo by Mary Hanley

This e-mail was received from a writer who won a First Prize Award with RIIFF:

 

"Speaking of great meetings--I met with Renegade Effects Studio
in North Hollywood last week and sold them "Princess & the Pirate"
with a financial contigency of thirty days. They were taking the
project to their financial backers this past weekend and will have
an answer to me in two weeks.Fingers crossed! Anyway, it was nice
to hear the sounds of gushing over my writing...even if there are a
few minor edits to be taken care of should the money men come
through for us. If the money comes through (they're anticpating
about a $43 million production budget) the project will be greenlit
immediately. I'll let you know when I get the final word.I can't thank you
and the festival enough for the help in getting my
script the exposure it so needed.Chat soon, Dana"

2008 RIIFF Call for Screenplay Entries

is now open... apply today!

Our main deadline is July 5th.

The Rhode Island International Film Festival is a founding partner of The International Film Festival Submission System (BrigitFest) – on the Web at Withoutabox.com and prefers paperless entries. Withoutabox provides cost-saving, online entry to major film festivals throughout the U.S. and in Europe with one master entry form, allowing you and us to enter your film more quickly and with greater accuracy. This method is free and easy. Withoutabox users enjoy the advantages of Extended Deadlines and Online Press Kit submissions and filmmakers with an upgraded project on Withoutabox receive $5.00 off their Entry Fees.

Please note that our official deadline is July 5 , 2008, our late deadline is July 15, 2008. Winners will be notified on Columbus Day Weekend (Approx. October 13th, 2008)

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The Rhode Island International Film Festival is calling for Screenplay Entries for its 12th annual festival, which takes place August 5-10, 2008 in historic Providence, Rhode Island.

The Festival is accepting screenplays in all genres. Screenplays must have been written after 2005.

Screenplays entered into the competition will be adjudicated by a distinguished panel of industry professionals, educators, peers and film fans. The Grand Prize winner may have segments of the work produced during Take 1-2-3: Filmmaking with the Pros, RIIFF's annual Master Class on Production which features the participation of a noted director or as a central focus during ScriptBiz™ the screenplay pitch forum. The Grand Prize winner will also receive prizes valued at over $15,000. This includes travel, accommodations, Final Draft software and screenplay promotions. Since the contest winners are announced following the main Festival, the Grand Prize winner’s work will be a focal point for RIIFF 2009.

Screenplays will be judged on creativity, innovation, vision, originality and the use of language. The key element is that of communication and how it complements and is transformed by the language of film.

The deadline for 2008 screenplay submissions is July 5, 2008. Winners will be announced by October 13, 2008 (over Columbus Day Weekend) ) following the main Festival.

Guidelines for Submission and an Entry Form can be downloaded below:

For the first time, the Festival is also taking electronic submissions through WithoutaBox (linked above at the top of the page)

• Screenplay Application PDF for 2008

 

• Screenplay Rules and General Information for 2008

For hard copy Guidelines for Submission and an entry form, please contact:

RIIFF Screenplay Competition

c/o Rhode Island International Film Festival™
P.O. Box 162
Newport, RI 02840 USA
Phone: 401/861-4445 Fax: 401/490-6735
Email

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RIIFF ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS FOR ITS 2007 SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

The top prize in the 2007 Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) Screenplay Competition will go to a scriptwriter with local roots.  Cranston, RI  native Joel Davis, along with his writing partner David C. Matthew, have won the Grand Prize in the contest for the screenplay “Last Flight of the Valkyrie." To read more and see the list of winners, click here.

Archived News:

• RIIFF ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS FOR ITS 2006 SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

As part of the awards for the RIIFF Screenplay Competition, top winning contestants will receive from Ink Tip™ (Writers' Script Network):

1) An e-mail announcement about your winning screenplay to about 6,500 industry professionals.
2) Placement of at least your logline and synopsis on our password protected web site. You may also place the treatment and/or script.
3) Placement of a second script on the site.
4) Include a logline (pitch) for your winning screenplay in our printed publication, which is snail-mailed to about 5,000 Industry Professionals. http://www.inktip.com/

 

Also, as part of the awards for the 2008 RIIFF Screenplay Competition, two top winners will receive a full service story analysis package from Silver Wing Script Services.

• The packages are valued at $165 each and include 4-6 pages of typewritten
analysis on everything from dialogue to structure to characterization and
theme, as well as proofreading and editing notes on the screenplay itself.
More info can be seen at www.silverwingscripts.com.