2008 Feature Competition Winner Neil McGowan (NUMBERED): “Only two months ago, I was writing blindly, so to speak. I was doing what I loved to do, but doing it primarily for myself with no real hope that anything I happened to be working on would ever really be enjoyed by anyone but myself, and with no actual idea if what I was writing was any good at all. Then I won Slamdance, and in an instant, I attained not only a belief in myself, but also a sudden legitimacy in the profession I want to pursue. In no time, I was making a deal with Upload Films for an option agreement and possible production, and it seems reasonable that literary representation is in the cards. Winning this contest is, in so many words, the beginning of my career." Previous Slamdance Feature Screenplay Competitions successes also include Nicole Kassell and Stephen Fetcher's THE WOODSMAN, Joshua Marston's MARIA FULL OF GRACE, and Nancy Kissam's DROOL, which was a Slamdance 2009 Film Festival Special Screening and recently acquired by Strand Releasing. For all questions about the Feature Competition, please e-mail us or call our offices - 323-466-1786.