The Film Pipeline Shorts Competition seeks remarkable directors and diverse, engaging content, awarding $5,000 for best short narrative film.
Next Season Opens: January 1st, 2025
"Fishtank" from filmmaker Wendi Tang wins Best Short @ SXSW Sydney
Releasing in October 2024, from Short Film finalist Michael Felker.
An "unsettlingly effective" debut from writer-director Jo Steinhart.
"A year-round conference in the arts." For writers, filmmakers, and other artists.
The animated film by Kayleigh Gibbons is a heap of emotions.
Crosby Selander's "Bring Me Back" picked up by Legendary Ent.
Written by Michael Bina, the 2020 selection "elevates the conversation about trans rights"
Co-written w/Apoorva Charan, the film carries a "disquieting elegance"
From writer/director Bernardo Duran, currently in pre-production
Spencer Mandel and Dikega Hadnot make waves with short film
Superbly composed drama/thriller captures top prize in 2019
Brittany Clemons' sci-fi/drama placed in the 2018 season
Marina Michelson's short film won at the Brooklyn Film Fest
Drama written and directed by Cate Smierciak praised by execs
Tripper Clancy sold multiple specs to studios and wrote for Netflix series
One of the biggest feature spec sales of all-time
Pipeline's first produced feature praised by Variety
Stars Santino Fontana (Frozen) and Dania Ramirez (Once Upon a Time)
"Killing Season" won the Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition
Zach Galifianakis, Adam Scott headline an ensemble cast
Poppy Montgomery thriller developed by Pipeline
The Film Pipeline Shorts Competition seeks remarkable directors and diverse, engaging content, awarding $5,000 for best short narrative film.
Next Season Opens: January 1st, 2025
The Film Pipeline Short Script Competition awards $5,000 and provides long-term opportunities for writers to get their material developed and financed.
Next Season Opens: January 1st, 2025
Launched in 2018, Film Pipeline searches for extraordinary directors, produced shorts, unproduced scripts, and other content from a growing field of talent worldwide. Filmmakers and writers discovered through Pipeline receive circulation assistance to agencies, managers, and executives on the lookout for the next wave of artists, with a sharp emphasis on diverse storytelling and stylistic originality. Unlike a traditional one-and-done festival, the company champions individual writers and directors, playing a central role in getting projects developed, produced, and promoted.
For 25 years, Pipeline has bridged the gap between up-and-coming writers and the industry through a unique, long-term, hands-on facilitation process. The result thus far has been $8 million in scripts sold to studios and networks since 1999, several authors finding representation with literary agents and securing publishing deals, and hundreds of projects from emerging writers and filmmakers connected to industry. In total, across Film, Book, and Script Pipeline, approximately 25,000 pieces of creative material are reviewed annually, with over 2,000 shorts submitted to Film Pipeline in 2023.
Learn more about Script Pipeline, Pipeline Media, and Pipeline Artists, a platform to educate and inspire creatives.
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