New Media Film Festival
New Media Film Festival
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Active Since 2009
An innovative and award-winning festival created in 2009, Honoring Stories Worth Telling. "Festivals Worth The Entry Fee".-MovieMakerMagazine All Nominees receive perks including All Access Badge, VIP Soiree, Red Carpet your script title is screened in the theater, Q&A and more. Full Details at www.newmediafilmfestival.com/submit
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CALL FOR SCRIPTSwww.NewMediaFilmFestival.com

New Media Film Festival® the film festival you’ll want to enter.  Pushing the envelope is a big deal in the film industry but telling the same old stories will not get your name out there. You have to innovate and tell a new story. If this sounds like you, then the New Media Film Festival® is the perfect place to showcase your script. HBO has requested meetings with writers who have submitted to our festival.

More About the FestivalHonoring stories worth telling in Los Angeles CA.  The rationale behind the festival is clear. New Media Film Festival® continues to show its lasting power and potential to evolve - there is scope for truly groundbreaking and compelling work in the world of storytelling. The festival is designed to both discover and cultivate highly creative work from emerging and seasoned content creators.  Your innovation will not go unnoticed. In fact, it will be seen by judges from Marvel, PBS, HBO, BBC, Rolling Stone, the Television Academy and more.

Call for Scripts! All types and lengths considered in Script Category.

AnimationBook - Children’sComedyDramaDocumentaryEpisodic - Long Form - New MediaNovelPilotPlayScreenplay - Scripted RealitySeriesTelevisionVideogame - Web Series and more.

Benefits

Festival Awards/Perks:

·          In competition for

Grand Prize - $45,000 in Awards

Meetings with HBO, Marvel

Studio time in Los Angeles CA

Post Production re IDC Studio

Casting & Production Services – Select Services Films Inc.

·        Best Script &Top 3 Scripts get $1500.00 + in Writing Industry Perks

Filmustage.com one year subscription ($588.00)

IPitch.tv one year membership ($189.00 value)

InkTip.com listing ($390.00 value)

Scriptwritersnetwork.org free membership ($219.00 value)

Scriptreaderpro.com coverage ($169.00 value)

       Even if you win Top 3 Scripts and/or Best Script, you are still considered for Grand Prize Award $45,000.00

·         Script nominees are listed on screen during programming

·         And you are part of the Q & A in that session.

·         Walk the Red Carpet for Press Interviews

·         Be part of the VIP Soiree, honoring the nominees.

·         Highlighted in Press

International Press Releases

Mentions in our social media (20M reach over all platforms combined)

To 80,000 monthly newsletter subscribers include a global audience of industry people with the power to get a script into serious consideration for production. 

Previous Script Winners.

2022 - Best Script Forgotten Christmas (book) by Ash Gilpin

2021 – Best Script Peach Blossom by Cheng Yang

2020 – Best Script – The Real Thing by Matthew Papadopoulos

2019 - Best Script – Poughkeepsie by Joe Kelly

2018 Best Script – Rust by Justin Moran

2017 – Best Script Render by Kirill Kiselev

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16 Official Selections on Coverfly

Top 8%
TV Script  · Animated  · 36 Pages
A young, Christian fundamentalist vampire adjusts to school in the real world as his sect prepares for Armageddon.
Burnaby, British Columbia, CA
No bio available.
Top 4%
Stage Play  · Drama  · 107 Pages
After getting a 24-hour eviction notice from the bank, two brothers help their mother pack up their childhood home in Central Florida. Problem is, their mother is a hoarder and the house is an indoor trash heap. As their 24-hour deadline closes in, the brothers dig through the filth and garbage with memories, past trauma, and unspoken hurt rising to...
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New York, NY
Born in Scotland, raised in Florida, and currently surviving in New York City. Mix that with a love for stand-up, comic books, and TV binge-watching, Matt is a playwright with eyes on TV, film, and comics. He is interested in grounded narratives in unexpected situations, character driven stories, and finding universal themes we can all identify wit...
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Top 6%
TV Script  · Fantasy  · 53 Pages
After taking on a dangerous quest to retrieve stolen Amulets of Power, a ragtag band of outlaw adventurers find themselves caught between the forces of a tyrant king and the most powerful sorceress in the realm. A-Team/Mission:Impossible meets D&D/Xena
Grande Prairie, Alberta, CA
With nearly 30 years experience in and around the filmmaking industry, Leon is looking to make the move, from set and production office work, into the world of professional screenwriting. Having worked crew on such feature films as Shanghai Noon, Paycheck, Blade 3, Butterfly Effect, Elf, Fresh, and more, has given Leon a unique perspective on pract...
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