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2009 WRITING COMPETITION SPONSORS

 


 2009 FEATURE SCREENPLAY COMPETITION:

Special Award Aponsor UPLOAD FILMS:


In 2006, Todd Williams, John Portnoy and Nick Thurlow founded Upload Films in order to provide a new home for filmmaker-based projects that expand the vocabulary of independent film.  Combining production, finishing funds, and post-production services under one roof, the company develops its own projects and teams up with other producers to bring engaging films with strong visions to the screen.

 

Special "Script Accessible" Award Sponsor LONELY SEAL RELEASING:

 

 

Script Accessible Screenwriting Contest:

A message from Script Accessible founder Hammad Zaidi

Embrace Ability. These two simple words are our bedrock.

The development process of creating “Script Accessible” started forty-one years ago, when an accidental head injury turned my healthy six-month old body into one that would someday house a writer that types with one usable hand.

Since then, I’ve spent my entire life and film career embracing my abilities, rather than my inabilities. It’s with that passion that I now create the inaugural “Script Accessible” screenwriting contest. My mission is to encourage writers with disabilities to make their voice heard, and to inspire all writers to create more stories with disabled characters.

I’m very excited to be bowing “Script Accessible” at The Slamdance Film Festival Screenwriting Contest, as I couldn’t imagine a better platform for something so dear to my heart.

“The globe is our community and we strive to inspire every inch of it”.                                                
                                                                     ----- Hammad Zaidi

Hammad Zaidi is the Founder and CEO of Lonely Seal Releasing a Los Angeles based international film and television distribution company. Hammad is an award-winning writer and producer, who has been a judge/panelist/sponsor at over 50 film festivals worldwide. Zaidi received his Masters of Fine Arts from the UCLA School of Film Producers Program in 1994.

 

 

 

2009 TELEPLAY COMPETITION:

 

  • Unscripted sponsored by THE GREIF COMPANY:

 

Leslie Greif is one of the most prolific writer/director/producers in the business.  He is creator and executive producer of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels, Discovery Channel's Planet Green Series, Battleground Earth: Ludacris Vs. Tommy Lee, and most recently Female Forces, Rookies, and Eddie Griffin: Going for Broke.  Greif executive produced and directed the Emmy nominated documentary Brando, an Official Selection at the Cannes and Tribeca Film Festivals. 

 

  • Scripted sponsored by ACT III PRODUCTIONS:

Act III Productions is headed by Norman Lear.  Mr. Lear has had a distinguished career as a producer, director, comedy writer, screenwriter, political and social activist and philanthropist.   Mr. Lear's numerous television credits include Archie Bunker and All in the Family, Sanford & Son, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, Mary Hartman, Fernwood 2Nite and Palmerstown U.S.A.  His motion picture credits include Cold Turkey, Divorce American Style, Fried Green Tomatoes, Stand By Me, and The Princess Bride.

 

2009 SHORT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION:

 

Sponsored by the Slamdance Film Festival $99 Specials and Video Symphony:

 

 


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