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By Olivia Trolloppe
Mar 14, 2007, 05:41

The British Short Screenplay Competition (BSSC) is now accepting submissions for their sixth annual competition and it will be the biggest and the best. This year for the first time the BSSC will not produce one winning screenplay but THREE winners will go into production. No other screenwriting competition in the world offers a bigger prize package to one winner let alone three!

The BSSC is often asked what is the budget of the production? Well what we can tell you is that the average budget of the last three films we produced inclusive of all the sponsorship packages was $340,000. This is the biggest prize fund package offered by any screenplay competition in the World. And now we're going to produce THREE! It makes the BSSC not only “the best and the most prestigious” but the best, most prestigious and biggest screenplay competition in the world. AND Movie Magic screenwriting software for TEN runners-up AND all the finalists will be invited to an interview with the panel of the NFTS writing school bypassing preliminary rounds.

The BSSC is the only competitive and international short screenplay competition that undertakes to produce the winning screenplay and is able to boast an unrivalled line-up of judges that includes: Kenneth Branagh, Charles Dance; Directors: Sir Alan Parker, Mehdi Norrowzian and Simon Rumley; producers: Michael Kuhn, Piers Jackson, Nik Powell, Leslee Udwin, Natascha Wharton and Stephen Woolley to name but a few. "I have been involved with this competition from the beginning and I'm very proud of what it is trying to achieve and I'm hugely impressed with the quality of screenplays coming in." Nik Powell. "Every writer's dream is to have their screenplay produced. Our aim is to fulfil that dream" - says producer Arif Hussein.

"The Handyman" winner of the BSSC and produced by Kaos Films is making it's mark around the world. The Film won the Best Film honour at the 50th Sitges International Film Festival, it was selected as best of the festival at Rhode Island International Film Festival and listed as "highly commended" at the TCM Shorts in London.

"The Handyman" is currently being screened in competition at the Fantasporto - Oporto International Film Festival, Portugal. The Film has also been invited in competition at 25th Brussels International Festival and at Young Film Makers Festival Granada, Spain and Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan), Korea.

The British Short Screenplay Competition is now receiving entries for the 2007 competition. The early deadline for entries is Friday 27th April 2007 and the final closing deadline is Friday 22nd June 2007. The BSSC is sponsored by: Kodak, Lee Lighting, Panavision, Pinewood-Shepperton Studios and Screenplay Systems. For rules and entry forms check www.kaosfilms.co.uk



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