Screenwriting & Teleplay Competitions
In addition to the festival, Slamdance's Screenwriting and Teleplay Competitions have discovered a number of talented screenwriters, including Joshua Marston (Maria Full of Grace) and Nicole Kassell (The Woodsman). In 2008, Slamdance entered into an agreement with Upload Films to develop and produce Drool, the winner of Slamdance's Screenplay Competition. Written and directed by Nancy Kissam, Drool premiered at the 2009 Festival and thereafter was acquired by Strand Releasing. Chad Kinkle's southern horror screenplay Jug Face won the 2011 Grand Prize. During the 2012 Slamdance Festival Modernciné producers Andrew van den Houten and Robert Tonino announced their production of Jug Face in Nashville, TN.
Each year the winning Short screenplay is produced by Slamdance and premieres at the film festival as part of the $99 specials which are paired with a non-competition Special Screening. In 2011, "Dead in the Room", written by Marjory Kaptanoglu (winner of Slamdance's 2010 Short Screenplay Competition) was directed by Academy nominated filmmaker Adam Pertofsky.
As the film festival is to film, the Slamdance Screenwriting and Teleplay Competition is dedicated to discovering and supporting emerging writing talent. Screenplays in every genre, any budget, on any topic, from anywhere in the world are welcome to submit. One unique feature of the competition is providing constructive feedback for every entrant.
The competition consists of four categories (Feature, Short/Webisode, Horror, Teleplay). Awards are given to the top three scripts in each category and there is also one Grand Prize for the best piece of material submitted regardless of category.
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