“To make a great film you need three things — the script, the script, and the script.”
– Alfred Hitchcock
WHAT'S YOUR STORY?
Everyone has a story ... what's yours?
Screenwriting is where it’s at, or should we say … where it begins. At DIFF, we believe that every great picture starts with a great screenplay, and so we set out to HONOR writers who are committed to the craft — those who work tirelessly to create new worlds, rich characters, compelling conflict, and stories that forever change us.
STORYLINE awards quarterly winners with DIFF’s Vitruvian Award™. These writers will automatically be entered into the annual competition for their shot at The Leo — DIFF’s most prized commendation. In addition to The Leo, our winner will receive an award package from festival sponsors.
Rules & Eligibility
- Submitted scripts must be original, and the sole property of the applicant(s).
- Feature and Short scripts must be in Master Scene Format.
- All entries must be in English.
- Feature screenplays must be between 80-120 pages in length.
- Short screenplays must be under 40 pages in length.
- There is no limit to the number of entries you may submit.
- You may not submit the same script more than once.
- Under absolutely no circumstances will substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entry script(s) be accepted.
- If a submitted script becomes optioned, produced or purchased between the time of submission and the end of the judging period, that script will no longer be eligible.
- All entries must be uploaded in PDF format. Scripts will not be returned.
- Competition judges, readers and employees of STORYLINE or the DaVinci International Film Festival (DIFF) Screenplay Competition, past and present, and their immediate friends and families, are not eligible to enter.
- Previous winners of the STORYLINE Screenplay Competition are not eligible
- Scripts submitted under a pen name will be immediately disqualified.
- Script title cannot be changed after submission under any circumstances.
AWARDS
“Once you crack the script, everything else flows.”
– Ridley Scott
FIRST QUARTER
MISMATCH
Written by
Bernhard Riedhammer
SECOND QUARTER
RED CELL
Written by
Ethan Fenn
THIRD QUARTER
PROTECTOR OF EMERALD CITY
Written by
Kevin J. Howard
FOURTH QUARTER
MARS IS OURS
Written by
Clifford David Paris
2020 FINALISTS
38 DAYS
Feature Screenplay
Caroline Rovello
SHRIMP
Feature Screenplay
Nicole Jones
THE OOPSY-DAISY GIRL/BLACK MOON LILTH
Feature Screenplay
Jennifer Rubin
HAPPY MEDIUM
Feature Screenplay
Aaron Lieben
THE LAST CHAPTER
Stage Play
Jan Miller Corran
NOVA
TV Pilot
David McAbee
HEAVY FLOW
Short Screenplay
Paige Wood
THE POSTCARD
Feature Screenplay
Mike Sorrinni
A MOST PERFECT GENTLEMAN
Stage Play
Mark J Boden
NOT A CREATURE WAS STIRRING
Short Screenplay
Michael Hogan
BREAKING & ENTERING
Short Screenplay
Michael Hogan
DR. HEART
TV Pilot
Caroline Rovello
CONCERTMISTRESS
Feature Screenplay
Caroline Rovello
NO FALL MYHAND
Stage Play
Amy Losi
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY – MILLENNIUM BUGS
TV Pilot
Anna Koukouli Born & Rodrigo Afonso Dornelles
LOVE BITES
Stage Play
Kevin Glover
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
Feature Screenplay
Samuel Taylor
MACHIAVELLI
Feature Screenplay
Santi Esposito-Rose
HEARD
Feature Screenplay
Maureen Chappell Sasscer
WILDFLOWERS
Feature Screenplay
Corey Lee Wilson
OPEN CARRY
Feature Screenplay
Marc Ketchem
GOLDEN POTS
TV Pilot
Pedro Canais
GEORGIE AND THE CHRONONAUTS
Feature Screenplay
Eduardo Soto-Falcon
LAST THURSDAY
Short Screenplay
Kevin Machate
INVERSION
Feature Screenplay
Suzy Stein & Fernando Perez
TOURIST TRAP
SUPERBUG
Short Screenplay
Gio Forlenza
VISCERAL FATHERLAND
Feature Screenplay
LeLe Park
JACKIE RAE
Feature Screenplay
Kip Pearson
MODERN ART
Feature Screenplay
Laurence Fuller
THE PEOPLE vs. FRANKENSTEIN
Stage Play
Kevin Glover & Nicola Cuti
WAR AND PEACE 2044
Feature Screenplay
Lucia Braccalenti
LAB PARTNERS
PREPARE THE WAY
Short Screenplay
Tommy Britt
FLYING BIRD’S DIARY
Stage Play
Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
A BEAUTIFUL DAY
Short Screenplay
J. Logan Alexander
EDDIE
Stage Play
David Robinette
HOLDING ON
Short Screenplay
Frances Jin
FAITHFUL SHADOW
THE SEEDLING
Feature Screenplay
Kevin J. Howard
RIDING SHOTGUN
Feature Screenplay
Nafi Ayvaci
EI8HTY-EI8HT
Short Screenplay
Doug Maguire
THE SON RISES
Short Screenplay
Alexander G. Seyum
THE ROAD OF ROSE
Feature Screenplay
Annette Roding
CALL FOR ENTRIES
2020 VITRUVIAN AWARDS CLOSED FOR ENTRIES
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