Announcing the Palm Springs Women in Film & Stage 32 Short Film Competition

Stage 32 is proud to present the

Palm Springs Women in Film & Television & Stage 32 Short Script Competition!

Your Short Screenplay PRODUCED for a GUARANTEED budget of $10,000!

Enter Today!

Getting your Short Script produced is the quickest way into the industry. Many famous writer/directors have started with short films like Damien Chazelle with WHIPLASH, Wes Anderson with BOTTLE ROCKET, Taika Waititi with TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT, Christopher Nolan with DOODLEBUG and Martin Scorsese with THE BIG SHAVE and the list goes on... and with this competition, we hope the same success for you.

That is why our Grand Prize is your Short Screenplay PRODUCED for a GUARANTEED budget of $10,000.

In honor of screenwriters everywhere, Palm Springs Women in Film & Television (PSWIFT) has partnered with Stage 32 to launch the first of its kind Short Script Competition open to filmmakers from all countries from around the world.

The winning script will be produced by PSWIFT’s “Filmmakers Lab” (https://www.filmmakerslab.org/) for a guaranteed budget of $10,000. The Filmmakers Lab has produced three short films, two are award-winning and the third is in post production, and a season of a variety talk show, “PS After Dark”, starring Tristan Rogers. The members of the Lab will judge the projects and the winner will be announced August 15. The Project will be produced in the Fall of 2023.

Our Grand Prize Winner will:

• Have your short screenplay produced by Palm Springs Women in Film & Television for a guaranteed budget of $10,000!
• Be mentored by Steve Desmond, the writer of M. Night Shyamalan's new film KNOCK AT THE CABIN and director of MONSTERS, which won the Stage 32's Short Film Program.
• Have your completed project screened alongside the Stage 32 Short Film Program at our partner festival Hollyshorts, the California Independent Film Festival and the Garden State Film Festival!
• Have your completed project streamed on Roku's ZPTV
• Receive a free membership to the Stage 32 Writers’ Room, a private, virtual community of writers from around the world the meet and learn from industry professionals like Meg LeFauve (INSIDE OUT, CAPTAIN MARVEL) and Aimee Riviera, VP of Motion Picture Production at Skydance Media (TOP GUN: MAVERICK), Tripper Clancy (STUBER) and managers & agents from WME, CAA, Gersh, Circle of Confusion, Zero Gravity & more!
• Free access to Stage 32’s educational webinar library, which includes over 2,000 hours of content featuring top industry professionals

Click here for more details on how to enter!

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