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2025 Short Script Contest

Early Deadline: June 5, 2025

The Film Pipeline Short Script Contest awards $5,000 and provides long-term opportunities for writers to get their material developed and financed.

Short Script Development

As one of the longest-running notes services for film and TV writers, the Script Pipeline Workshop is rooted in three goals: fundamentally help writers improve their craft, connect them with higher-level representation, and push more scripts closer to production. All screenplay and pilot submissions are considered for industry circulation to our manager, producer, and agency contacts.

Beyond the Tunnel by Anthony Alvas

2024 Short Script Contest - Winner

Anthony Alves is a self-taught writer from Brazil. All his narratives are character-driven stories with a little touch of genre-bending. He loves to write dramas with sprinkles of thriller, horror, and comedy in-between, often revolving around taboo subjects. Along with being a Film Pipeline Finalist, his most recent recognitions include: Screenwriting Pipeline Screenwriting Finalist (2022), […]

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2025 Short Film Contest

Early Deadline: June 5, 2025

The Film Pipeline Short Film Contest seeks remarkable directors and diverse, engaging content, awarding $5,000 for best short narrative film.

2025 Short Script Contest

Early Deadline: June 5, 2025

The Film Pipeline Short Script Contest awards $5,000 and provides long-term opportunities for writers to get their material developed and financed.

Film Pipeline connects filmmakers and writers with agencies and executives, focusing on diverse storytelling and playing an active role in developing and promoting projects, reviewing thousands of submissions annually since its launch in 2018.
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