Bord Scannan na hEireann / the Irish Film Board (IFB) and the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival have announced details for the return of their unique UNTITLED public Screenwriting event, which has received an overwhelming response since its launch in 2011.

The event will be held during the festival with shortlisted winners invited to a public presentation of their screenplay proposal, where a panel of high profile industry professionals  will decide on the winner, who will receive a prize of up to €16,000.

Writers are invited to submit a one page summary for a feature film within the genre of Family Films.These will be narrowed down to a shortlist of five entries and the shortlisted writers will then be asked to write a few sample scenes of the script. Each shortlisted candidate will present their project to an independent panel of high profile international industry professionals in front of a public audience. Deadline for submissions is the 30th November.

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO ENTER

To be in with a chance of being the UNTITLED winner:
1. ENTRY: Submit a one-page summary of your film along with a completed entry form (available from https://www.irishfilmboard.ie/ or https://www.jdiff.com/) and your CV to [email protected] by FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30th 2012.

2. SCRIPT: Five shortlisted projects will be announced on THURSDAY DECEMBER 20th 2012. The successful applicants will be invited to write the first scenes of their screenplay (up to 25 pages in final draft format) before the opening night of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival on THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14th 2013. The five shortlisted projects will be selected by the IFB and Festival representatives along with an independent assessor.

3. INTERVIEW: The five shortlisted writers (or writers teams) will take part in a public interview with an independent panel of industry professionals (date TBA) during the festival. After a presentation and question and answer session, the panel will select the winner. The winner will be announced at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival Closing Night

For more information please visit https://www.irishfilmboard.ie/ and https://www.jdiff.com/.