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2004
SEMIFINALIST GETS OPTIONED.
THE CONSORT by Patricia Harris
Seeley, a 2004 semifinalist in the American Gem Short
Screenplay Competition, gets optioned and production is due to
commence in March of 2005. Patricia Harris Seeley says
"Entering your short screenplay competition has been
wonderful, and being a semifinalist has been great for my CV. Thank you SO much and
hopefully I'll have ackick-butt sci-fi ready to enter the film festivals that you'll
recognize. Hopefully, this script will be my calling
card for features!.... a producer already picked up my
script and funding has started to come in. I should be
directing it in March... Thanks so much! It was wonderful to
be recognized, I'm sure it's helped with raising the funding
and production of the script!"
DONOR BY BENEDICT R. GORMAN-FANCY GETS OPTIONED
Benedict R
Gorman-Fancy, American Gem 2003 Fifth Place Screenwriting Competition Winner,
for his script DONOR was optioned by Heaven's Gate Films. Benedict R
Gorman-Fancy says "My 5th place in the American Gem this year has gotten
me a lot of script requests which I am extremely happy about. Hopefully
something good will come from one of those requests... I read that you were
promoting the winning scripts as part of your ongoing result promotion and was
intrigued to learn more about your efforts... I have optioned the script
'Donor' to Heaven's Gate Films of Northern Ireland.... another direct
achievement leading on from your competition! The 5th place result definitely
helped the script land into the right hands!!!”
Testimonials
I entered American Gem primarily because of the testimonials on the web-site. It's important to hear what others say, and there are numerous positive statements about the competition and it's affect on careers. Secondly, the prize range in the American Gem competition is one of the best. It has real depth by offering numerous prize levels. Many contests offer a large first place prize then nothing after that. There are some that don't even offer honorable mentions or semi-finalist levels. These things are important as boosts to the soul when one is slugging it out through another 10 page day.
Marc Calderwood
With this being my first experience with any script competitions, I wanted to send my screenplay into one that I could trust. With FOX's name attached to it, there was a great sense of reliability. Also, reading some of the great things that people had to say about the American Gem contest was really encouraging.
John Rhym
My 5th place in the American Gem this year has
gotten me a lot of script requests which I am extremely happy about. Hopefully
something good will come from one of those requests... I read that you were
promoting the winning scripts as part of your ongoing result promotion and was
intrigued to learn more about your efforts... I have optioned the script
'Donor' to Heaven's Gate Films of Northern Ireland.... another direct
achievement leading on from your competition! The 5th place result definitely
helped the script land into the right hands!!!
Benedict R Gorman-Fancy
I want to say that we have been in initial
contact with Fox regarding Frijolito, Go! and would like to thank you very
much for opening that door.
Tony Mosher and Mitch Larson
My script Found Money was only an Honorable
Mention in the first American Gem, but that little bit of credibility helped
get it read by a casting director and then professional NYC actors who
eventually signed on to make the film. Found Money has now screened at four US
film festivals, no small feat since there are now over 3,100 short films being
considered in the circuit.
Charles Valenza
I want to thank all of you for having this
contest! It was such an honor to be in the top 10! This was the first script I
had written, I'm thinking about turning a short story I've just completed into
a short script......we'll see! Thanks again!
Jennifer D. Bandrup
Thank you so much. The contest has been so
exciting for me, and gives me hope in so many ways.
Greg Shih
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