REOPENS 2025 in 15-01-2025

SHORT FILM FUND ENTER OUR FILM FUND

January 15th

SFF1 OPENS

FEB 28th

EARLY DEADLINE

APRIL 2nd

REGULAR DEADLINE

MAY 2nd

FINAL DEADLINE

MAY 28th

SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

JUNE 9th

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

JUNE 23rd

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

SHORT FILM FUND - REOPENS 2025!

Turn your calling card script into an attention-grabbing short film with our $15,000 cash production grant!

As much as we love to read scripts, too many excellent shorts never progress beyond the written word, which is why we established the Short Film Fund to help take those compelling stories off the page and onto the screen. We will help finance and produce two short films in 2024.

Previous winners have gone on to gain representation, sold screenplays, and been staffed on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, & BBC shows as a direct result of winning and producing their shorts with us.

New this season! We are excited to offer a 2nd Place cash grant of $2,500 specifically for finishing funds submissions. As filmmakers, we know it can be challenging to get a short over the finish line, and a little extra support toward post-production and/or distribution can go a long way.

VIEW OUR PRODUCED FILMS READ MORE ON OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ARRI Get Your Script Funded GRAND PRIZE
$15,000 Cash Production Grant


We accept scripts for narrative short films (live-action & animation), web series pilots, half-hour TV pilots, and proof-of-concept shorts for TV series and features. We also accept submissions from produced shorts seeking finishing funds.
Free ARRI Rental Equipment Our sponsor ARRI Rental will provide free camera equipment rental for the duration of production for our Grand Prize Winner.

This is worth tens of thousands of dollars!
Track Record of Success Many of our previous 19 funded short films have played at some of the top film festivals in the world, including Sundance, Tribeca, BFI London, Austin, Cannes, Encounters, and Palm Springs. They’ve even won a BAFTA! VIEW OUR FILM FUND SUCCESSES

MENTORSHIP & FESTIVAL STRATEGY

Free ARRI Rental Camera Equipment “We had every bit of kit we needed to tell the story that we wanted, in the way we wanted. They believed in our project from the beginning and were nothing but fully supportive.” Ben Gutteridge | Film Fund Alumni

“ARRI Rental has always been a huge supporter of emerging filmmakers. Shore Scripts’ mission is the same and this makes our partnership successful at all levels”Dana Harrison | Chief Operating Officer at ARRI Rental.
Two-Time Oscar Nominated Mentor Producer Maria Gracia Turgeon will connect with both our Grand Prize & 2nd Place Winners for development, production, & career guidance.

"Grants like Shore’s Short Film Fund are so important for filmmakers!" Read more about the mentorship with Maria


Festival Strategy by Tribeca Programmer Programmer, filmmaker, & Academy member Kimberley Browning will design a film festival strategy package for our Grand Prize Winner.

"Shore Scripts is an essential resource...we are consistently introduced to extremely talented screenwriters."


GUARANTEED MEETINGS

NATALIE GERGELY / VICE PRESIDENT, SCRIPTED Natalie will choose one of the top-placed US scripts and get on
a call with the writer to discuss their project and impart career advice.
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Launched in 2016, G&S is a fast-growing independent studio
that has released 40+ feature films and series in partnership
with HBO, Hulu, Netflix, HBO, Showtime, Epix, and others.

KIRSTIE MACDONALD | CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF TV Kirstie will choose one of the top-placed European scripts and get on
a call with the writer to discuss their project and impart career advice.
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FilmNation is an Oscar and multi-award-winning leading
independent entertainment company.

PRIZES

GRAND PRIZE ☑ $15,000 CASH PRODUCTION GRANT

☑ MENTORSHIP WITH MARIA GRACIA TURGEON
☑ FREE CAMERA EQUIPMENT RENTAL FROM ARRI RENTAL
☑ FILM FESTIVAL STRATEGY PACKAGE WITH KIMBERLEY BROWNING
☑ PRODUCTION SUPPORT & SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT FROM OUR TEAM
☑ COMPLETED FILM SENT TO OUR RELEVANT INDUSTRY ROSTER
☑ FREE ALL-ACCESS PASS TO HOLLYSHORTS 2024
☑ FREE 30-MINUTE CONSULTATION WITH SEED & SPARK
☑ FREE ACCESS TO A STAGE 32 WEBINAR
☑ SHORE SCRIPTS FILM FESTIVAL GUIDEBOOK PDF
2ND PRIZE ☑ $2,500 CASH FINISHING FUNDS GRANT

☑ MENTORSHIP WITH MARIA GRACIA TURGEON
☑ POST-PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT FROM OUR TEAM
☑ COMPLETED FILM SENT TO OUR RELEVANT INDUSTRY ROSTER
☑ FREE 30-MINUTE CONSULTATION WITH SEED & SPARK
☑ FREE ACCESS TO A STAGE 32 WEBINAR
☑ SHORE SCRIPTS FILM FESTIVAL GUIDEBOOK PDF
TOP 5


☑ SCRIPT FEEDBACK FROM ONE OF OUR JUDGES
☑ OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A GUARANTEED MEETING WITH GUNPOWDER & SKY OR FILMNATION
☑ SCRIPTS SENT TO OUR DIRECTORS & RELEVANT INDUSTRY ROSTER
☑ FREE COPY OF '(NOT JUST) ANOTHER BOOK ON THE CRAFT OF SCREENWRITING' BY MAX TIMM & A 6-MONTH ISACONNECT MEMBERSHIP
☑ SHORE SCRIPTS FILM FESTIVAL GUIDEBOOK PDF


TOP 15

☑ SCRIPTS SENT TO OUR DIRECTORS & RELEVANT INDUSTRY ROSTER
☑ SHORE SCRIPTS FILM FESTIVAL GUIDEBOOK PDF


SEMI-FINALISTS


☑ SHORE SCRIPTS FILM FESTIVAL GUIDEBOOK PDF

CASE STUDIES

ALEXANDRA QIN - THIRSTYGIRL Alex's short film THIRSTYGIRL was an Official Selection at Sundance 2024. It has been accepted into two dozen festivals around the world. Alex is now collaborating with distributor Cattive Produzioni in the European market. The short is a proof-of-concept for a feature film and since its release, Alex has landed several meetings with producers and production companies to attach to the feature.

ANTHONY FLOREZ - TWO BEARS Anthony was our Short Film Fund Grand Prize Winner. His winning script TWO BEARS was produced by Annika Dawson (who also produced another of our winners, CHAMP), and shot on an Indian Reservation in Nevada. The crew ensured all Covid protocols were in place during filming. The film has gone on to play at festivals such as Holly Shorts, Palm Springs, NFMLA Veteran’s Spotlight, & San Diego. Since the release of the short Anthony has been writing on the FOX show DEPUTY. He is repped by Buchwald.

NORA KIRKPATRICK - BEST SELLER Nora's winning short, Best Seller, premiered at the Hollyshorts Film Festival, and went on to play at numerous film festivals around the world, as well as being a Vimeo Staff Pick video. Nora has gone onto become a Staff Writer on the Amazon show Daisy Jones & The Six, starring Riley Keough. She's directed an episode of The Goldbergs, and is in Post Production on her debut feature, A Tree Fell in the Woods, starring Alexandra Daddario.

SUCCESS STORIES

Many of our writers wish to direct their own films. For those who do not, Shore Scripts can attach a director and team to their script and take the project through into production.

OUR SHORT FILM FUND JUDGES

INDUSTRY ROSTER

GET COVERAGE

3 or 6-PAGE COVERAGE FOR YOUR SHORT SCRIPT
Coverage Report includes a Logline and feedback on your script's Premise & Theme, Hook & Stakes, Characters, Dialogue & Sound, Structure & Pace, Producibility, and overall Presentation. Plus a Conclusion providing a summary of your script's key strengths and areas for improvement. Includes an Industry Scorecard.

  • Constructive, actionable feedback
  • Scores and Industry Pass/Consider/Recommend
  • Detailed Coverage
  • Additional industry exposure offered to submissions with strong evaluations

GET COVERAGE

2024 3-Page Short Final

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