“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 DaVinci’s Vitruvian Selection™. These writers go on to compete at DIFF’s annual event for their shot at The Leo — the festival’s most prized commendation.
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 no circumstances will substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entry 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 submitted in PDF format at FilmFreeway. Scripts will not be returned.
- Competition judges, readers and employees of STORYLINE or the DaVinci Intl Film Festival screenplay competition, past and present, and their immediate friends and families, are not eligible to enter
- Previous winners of the STORYLINE competition are not eligible
- Scripts submitted under a pen name will be immediately disqualified
- Script title or file cannot be changed after submission
*Original Works means that the script is wholly based on the writer’s own, unique imagination and is not adapted from outside material. The ONLY EXCEPTION at DIFF Storyline is if the writer currently holds exclusive rights/Option to the source material.
AWARDS
“Once you crack the script, everything else flows.”
– Ridley Scott
LEO AWARD WINNER
SOMEDAY
Feature Screenplay
Written by Monica Scott
FINALISTS
Affliction (FEATURE)
Written by Mark J. Harris, Monica B. Harris
Ziggy and Rachel (FEATURE)
Written by Michael Rispoli, Gregg Greenberg
Another 5 Minutes (FEATURE)
Written by Nilesh Yagnik
Control + Alt + Kill (TV SPEC)
Written by James Moon
The Gang Get Diverse (TV SPEC)
Written by Jordan Campagne
In the Blood of Kings (TV SPEC)
Written by Reid Patrick Brooks
Doctor Dose (TV SPEC)
Written by Erik Long
Once a Homecoming Queen (FEATURE)
Written by Joan Moran
Rick And Morty – Taking a Rickation (TV SPEC)
Written by Jordan Campagne
Rockabye Baby (SHORT)
Written by Neil Miller
Someday (FEATURE) LEO WINNER
Written by Monica Scott
Stage Right Please (STAGE PLAY)
Written by Jeremiah Lederman, Mica Robertson
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Late Deadline July 5 2022