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Louisville's International Festival of Film
Louisville's International Festival of Film Screenplay Competition
2019
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About

The 11th Annual Louisville’s International Festival of Film (LIFF) welcomes filmmakers, screenwriters film lovers from around the world to the historic city of Louisville, Kentucky. Home to the great Kentucky Derby, Louisville Slugger baseball bat company, and beloved boxer Muhammad Ali, Louisville's festival offers three days of screenings, educational workshops, and open dialogue between filmmakers and savvy audiences in a gorgeous setting.

This year we're thrilled to include a Screenwriting Competition as a part of the festival! The inaugural screenwriting competition is open to feature film and TV screenplays. One winner will be chosen. 

Louisville’s International Festival of Film debuted in 2008 with tremendous support from the city. Our partnerships with Louisville’s Sister Cities program lead to a great diversity of international films. Our marketing firm reported that we reached over one million people with news about our festival. Over the years we have built on that success and we partnered with distribution companies who review all of our accepted films. We are excited to announce that many of our past feature films have obtained various distribution deals.

Benefits

The Grand Prize for TV or Feature Film Winner:

- Hotel stay for 2 nights in Louisville

- Lunch with festival founder Conrad Bachmann to discuss Pitching Your Project to Hollywood (Conrad was Governor of The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Performers Branch for 12 years and taught "Pitching your Project to Hollywood") for several years.

- 2 VIP Passes to the Festival for all screenings and events

- Personal Tour of Angels Envy Distillery for a bourbon tasting (depending on schedules)

- Louisville Slugger personalized bat ( must be in attendance)

- VIP tour Louisville Slugger Bat Company

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2019 Finalists on Coverfly

It's a Christmas Miracle, Charlie Brown
Private
Feature  · Family  · 104 Pages
A down-on-his-luck documentarian, a colorful animation director, and the most influential cartoonist of all time create "A Charlie Brown Christmas" against grueling time constraints, commercialism, and doubt.
by Tom Radovich 5 Accolades
Tom Radovich
Los Angeles, California
Tom Radovich loves creating popcorn entertainment like his influences Mel Brooks, Sam Raimi, and Shane Black. A veteran of working the front lines of video stores, Tom graduated Loyola Marymount University with an MFA in Writing for the Screen and worked as an Office PA for Blumhouse Productions. He made a proof of concept short “The Graveyard Shif...
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The Nature of It
Feature  · Family  · 103 Pages
A teenage girl, reeling from her brother’s tragic death, embarks on a journey to uncover the mystery of his final day.
by Kate Kelsen 6 Accolades Other
Kate Kelsen
Merion, PA
Kate was a professional fundraiser when she became passionate about screenwriting and filmmaking. In addition to her feature/tv scripts, Kate wrote and directed three award winning short films. She is particularly attracted to telling stories that explore relationships and how people travel through life. Highlighting small moments continue to fasc...
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Scuppernongs
Feature  · Drama  · 99 Pages
Coming-of-age brother/sister twins ache to escape their small-minded town with its hushed whispers about their mysterious mother, but when they both fall for a handsome drifter, it unearths a haunting family secret.
by Lynne Ashe 20 Accolades Other
Lynne Ashe
Atlanta, GA
Lynne Ashe is a stage and screen actress, known for films such as The Suicide Squad, I, Tonya, Office Christmas Party, Wild Oats, and One of These Days. Television includes Stargirl, The Outsider, Stranger Things, Doom Patrol, Claws, and Brockmire. Although she has won awards for poetry, essays, and short stories, she is new to writing for the scree...
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Announcements

Aug 10th
Semifinalists
Aug 25th
Finalists
Aug 31st
Winners

Rules

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Louisville Screenplay Competition Terms of Service: 

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