3 MINUTE (OR LESS) SCRIPT COMPETITION 2013.

Mission and Objective – The UK Film Festival is passionate about finding writers from all over the world with the ability to tell an effective story in a very short time. We hope we can help launch the careers of new writers and sustain the more established writers’ inspiration for their craft.

The Prize -The winning script will be produced by the UK Film Festival and our Associates and screened as part of the Festival. The top 5 Scripts will be read by Susie Wright for Channel 4′s Creative Diversity. The very best film or films from the festival may be considered for potential inclusion in an episode of Channel 4’s Shooting Gallery.

All scripts are read by current film directors and producers. In 2012 the top two scripts – “The Confessional” by Andrea Frankel and “Mike” by A. J. Riley were selected to be produced and are currently in pre-production. Another three of the scripts are still in consideration.

Scoll down for a list of last years winners.

Submissions – Go to www.withoutabox.com find UK Film Festival and upload a pdf or word document of your script pay the relevant fee and they will forward it to us.

Any entries sent by post (for British scripts this is a good option) should contain a cheque or banker’s draft for the relevant amount (in British Pounds) and should be sent to:

UK Film Festival

3 Minute Script Competition

35 Harrington Gardens

Kensington

London SW7 4JU

Deadlines and Fees

Regular Deadline entries must be postmarked or received electronically on or before 6th August.  Fee – 15 UK pounds per screenplay. (10 UK pounds for full time students)

 Final Deadline entries must be postmarked or received electronically on or before 21st October. Fee – 20 UK pounds. (Full time students 15 UK pounds.)

Extended Deadline – cannot be accessed via withoutabox but postal entries will be accepted till December 21st as long as they contain a cheque or banker’s draft for 20 UK pounds.

The announcement of the winners will be posted on UKFF website on December 31st 2013.

Terms and Conditions: Before submitting your screenplay, please be sure it meets the following requirements and that you accept the conditions:

1) All entries should be in English and be between 1 and 3 pages in length in the industry standard format. This does not include the title page. (If you are new to film writing and do not know the format there are many free script writing programs on line including Celtx)

2) If submitted online the file should be named as Title and Author. (e.g. Zoom by John Adams)

3) All scripts must be original screenplays, for which the applicant(s) hold the copyright. Where the screenplay is based on another piece of work it is the responsibility of the screenplay writer to obtain written permission/copyright clearances from the original author or publisher.

4) The winning screenwriter may be asked to work in partnership (online if need be) with the producer, script editor and/or director with regard to possible changes if the script is selected to be produced.

The two winning scripts from 2012 were…

1) “THE CONFESSIONAL” by Andrea Frankel

 2) “MIKE” by A. Riley

Runners up are “THE PICASSO” by Fred Wood,  “TURN THAT FROWN UPSIDE DOWN”  by Christopher Lang and “CHANGING RUTH” by Alfred Allen

Many thanks to all the screen writers who sent in such a high standard of short scripts.

On the Shortlist were…

The Island by Brian MacEvilly

Scar  by Carol Younghusband

Quicksand by David Kelleher

Free by Liz John

Sick by Scout Stuart and Francesca Sophia

The High Jump by Alex Jones

Could You be the One? by Katy Segrove

Bike by Nick Harrison

I Do by Alison Wilkie

Eros by Joshua Woods

The Last Goodbye by Andrew Tucker

Guilt by Richard Elson

Today by Beth Morgan-Smith

Crosswords by Steve Simmonds