Slated
Slated Film Accelerator
Summer 2022
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Active Since 2022
Provides Executive Producer Support and guaranteed distribution to feature projects with a great script and talented director.
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Ready to give your film a major boost? Slated is the #1 film finance platform that finances and distributes a new movie every month! Our Executive Producer Team is on the lookout for 3 talented writer/directors or writer-director teams with a great script and compelling directing samples.


Winners of this competition will receive ongoing support from Slated's Executive Producer team to help develop, package, finance, and produce your feature film. Winners also receive FREE script and financial analysis to present to Slated's 2,000 investors and 30,000 producers. Most importantly, winners will earn guaranteed distribution through one of Slated's output deals or other trusted sales companies or distributors (https://variety.com/2022/film/news/bleecker-street-slated-strategic-partnership-output-deal-1235295042/).


So far in 2022, Slated has financed films like AS THEY MADE US starring Dustin Hoffman and Candice Bergen and directed by Mayim Bialik; THE LAST VICTIM starring Ron Perlman and Ali Larter and acquired by Neon/Bleecker's Decal; THOSE WHO WALK AWAY (Booboo Stewart); MID-CENTURY (Bruce Dern, Shane West); and the upcoming Universal Pictures film OUR SON starring Billy Porter and Luke Evans. (https://variety.com/2022/film/news/billy-porter-luke-evans-our-son-1235283579/)


Slated is always on the lookout for talented writer/directors and writer-director teams! Submit for just $25 (early bird pricing) and let us add fuel to your fire and get your project in front of producers, casting directors, investors and distributors who can make a difference. 


We are looking forward to reviewing your materials!

Benefits

  • Prizes - Each Winner Receives:

FREE Script Analysis from Slated (normally $395). 

  • FREE Unlimited Financial Projections (normally $995).
  • FREE Executive Producer Zoom consultation w/ Slated EP team
  • FREE Ongoing Executive Producer Support and guidance with development, packaging and financing. 
  • Eligible matching with Slated investor community when the project is ready.
  • GUARANTEED Distribution through one of Slated's output deals or other distribution relationships when the film is made
  • FREE Zoom consultation with either a Slated-approved Casting Director or Slated-approved Producer
  • FREE development support from the Coverfly Teamvrn22yeybimr05jkiz2sq.gif
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Summer 2022 Winners on Coverfly

Top 4%
Feature  · Drama  · 114 Pages
After his father's death, a twentysomething uses his dad's season tickets to attend every home Dodgers game, building new relationships at the park while straining those at home.
Long Beach, CA
David is a writer who adds humor to everything he does. He worked for 8 years at WME, including as a Story Analyst, where he saw first-hand that even bad scripts can make it onto agents’ desks, giving him hope for the future. His script, MUDVILLE, was a Nicholl Fellowship Quarterfinalist, a Screencraft Fellowship Quarterfinalist, and a winner of th...
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Cinder
Private
Feature  · Thriller  · 99 Pages
After rescuing a young girl from the trunk of a car, a barber is hunted by the girl's kidnapper who has a sinister reason to recapture her before an impending solar eclipse.
Dubai, AE
A Dubai-based Pakistani independent filmmaker and screenwriter with a number of award-winning short films under his belt. With a knack for compelling horror and thriller stories, he's currently developing three feature film projects and a number of screenplays.
Top 10%
Feature  · Thriller  · 95 Pages
A young software engineer must unravel the mysterious disappearance of her childhood best friend, navigating a web of secrets and confronting her own past, while standing at a crossroads in her career and personal life.
Los Angeles, CA
Produced 2021 horror film The Djinn, distributed by IFC Films/IFC Midnight, released theatrically and is currently streaming on Showtime. Her comedy-thriller The Influencer holds an 83% on Rotten Tomatoes. Directed her second feature, Healed, which was awarded the coveted ReFrame Stamp from Sundance Institute this year. Currently in financing for h...
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Announcements

Nov 15th
Finalists
Dec 15th
Winners

Rules

At the program's request, Coverfly will automatically remove your title page for you if you include one when submitting to this program.


Required Submission Materials

  • - Feature-length script
  • - Directing samples (e.g. short film, directing reel, or past feature)
  • - Director's statement (1 page max) detailing your vision for the film and how you'd like to make it, as well as any other information we should know. Please clarify if you are the writer/writer (1 person) or a writing-directing team (2 people). If you are a writing-directing team, we require that both individuals write and sign the letter. 
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