“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
2021 VITRUVIAN SELECTIONS
OFFICIAL SELECTION AND IN COMPETITION FOR DIFF’S LEO AWARD
Feature Film Screenplay
THE MINEFIELD
Written by Quinn Redeker, Jason Skorski
Stage Play
THE NAME OF THE GAME
Written by Vaughn Roste
Short Screenplay
GLASSES
Written by Jasmine Wu
TV Spec Script
KILLING EVE
Written by Michele Dagle
FINALISTS
THE MORON
Written by Kevin J. Howard
PERSUASION
Written by Ruth Finnegan
WAVERLY
Written by Peter Andrews
WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT IN GEORGIA
Written by Louise Schwarz
TRIBE
Written by Laila Abdo
MOTHER IN THE MIST
Written by Kay Niuyue Zhang
THE LAST DAY OF PARADISE
Written by Kiki Denis
SEMI-FINALISTS
PARASOMNIAC
Written by Devi Bhaduri
THE OMORI HOUSE
Written by Kevin J. Howard
MAVENMOON
Written by Matt Lewis
REPTILE LOGIC
Written by Matthew Paul Wexler
LUNATIC FRINGE
Written by Ken White
THE REAL THING
Written by Matthew Papadopoulos
COLD SERVICE
Written by Peter Strupp
FLAME
Written by Derek McDaniel
THE GAN GET DIVERSE
Written by Jordan Champagne
LOOK ME IN THE EYES
Written by Christa Cusack O’Neill
OPERATION FIREFLY
Written by Liane Young
GOOD LUCK CHUCK
Written by Peter Pastuszek
UNISON KISMET: THE TWIN SAMARITAN
Written by Francesco Capussela
GHOST WRITER
Written by Courtney Hull
ENDS
Written by Timothy Paul Coderre
THE ALIENIST
Written by Tali Zingman
GREENWICH VILLAGE DAYS
Written by Michael Volpe, Andrew M Volpe
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