HollyShorts Film Festival (HSFF) is an annual short film festival showcasing the best and brightest short films and short screenplays from around the globe. The festival showcases the top short films produced 40 minutes or less and is looking for the best short screenplays 30 pages or less.
Best Short Screenplay
The first place winning short screenplay will get produced by our production company sponsor Seattle Film Summit to be completed and screen at the HollyShorts Film Festival in 2022.
Sponsor: Seattle Film Summit
Cash Award Value: 15,000 U.S. Dollar
Value of Goods/Services: 15,000 U.S. Dollar
Film Augusta prize
$10,000 value in production to make the winning screenplay in Augusta, GA.
2nd Place
Final Draft Software
Sponsor: Final Draft
Value of Goods/Services: 300 U.S. Dollar
3rd Place
Final Draft software prize
Sponsor: Final Draft
Value of Goods/Services: 300 U.S. Dollar
Honorable Mention
Script Pipeline free subscription prize.
Sponsor: Script Pipeline
Value of Goods/Services: 200 U.S. Dollar
Semi Finalists
All semi finalists get invite to attend the festival, all access pass.
Value of Goods/Services: 600 U.S. Dollar
Best TV pilot
Quarter and Semi Finalists
All Quarter and Semi finalists get invite to attend the festival, all access pass and option from 88th Street Productions for the winner of Best TV Pilot
Value of Goods/Services: 1000 U.S. Dollar
Best Female Screenplay
All Quarter and Semi finalists get invite to attend the festival, all access pass and option from 88th Street Productions to make the film. $1000 cash for the shoot and Becine providing rental camera gear for the shot for the winner of Best Female Screenplay
Value of Goods/Services: 2000 U.S. Dollar
All entries submitted are eligible to win the top prizes.
Employees (and their immediate families (parent, spouse, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in their same households, whether or not related) of HollyShorts and any of their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies or festival sponsors, are not eligible to win. There is no limit on the number of short screenplays you can submit; however, each short screenplay submitted by you must be original and different from any other short screenplay submitted by you, submitted separately and accompanied by its own completed submission form and participant agreement. Short screenplays may be a maximum of 30 pages, must be in English and must be submitted in proper script format. HollyShorts reserves the right to reject any short screenplay that it determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, contains prohibited content or is offensive, inappropriate or otherwise unacceptable. All eligible entries received by HollyShorts will be judged by the HollyShorts selection committee and the production company sponsoring the contest.
By submitting your script for consideration for the HollyShorts Screenplay Contest, you agree for HollyShorts and its contest sponsor to produce your short screenplay if selected as the overall winner. The completed film will premiere at the HollyShorts Film Festival.
**subject to change**
We will provide one page of feedback notes from our jury/review team. Short Screenplays 30 pages or less of all genres ie Action, Comedy, TV, Horror, Short Narrative, Drama, Thriller, Spec TV, Web Series, etc.
All entries submitted are eligible to win the top prizes.
Employees (and their immediate families (parent, spouse, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in their same households, whether or not related) of HollyShorts and any of their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies or festival sponsors, are not eligible to win. There is no limit on the number of short screenplays you can submit; however, each short screenplay submitted by you must be original and different from any other short screenplay submitted by you, submitted separately and accompanied by its own completed submission form and participant agreement. Short screenplays may be a maximum of 30 pages, must be in English and must be submitted in proper script format. HollyShorts reserves the right to reject any short screenplay that it determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, contains prohibited content or is offensive, inappropriate or otherwise unacceptable. All eligible entries received by HollyShorts will be judged by the HollyShorts selection committee and the production company sponsoring the contest.
By submitting your script for consideration for the HollyShorts Screenplay Contest, you agree for HollyShorts and its contest sponsor to produce your short screenplay if selected as the overall winner. The completed film will premiere at the HollyShorts Film Festival.
**subject to change**
(If you have posted a Writing Gig, please click the red GIG REQUESTS button to view your submissions. If you are a writer and want to be considered for the TOP 25, you must be an ISAConnect Member)
