Short Close-Up (shortcloseup.com) is an international, independent magazine offering a unique perspective on the best, new and established talent across all short film culture: narrative, animation, documentary, music video, experimental, fashion, commercial, mobile or series.
We are publishing weekly articles on Short Close-Up online magazine. More than that, once per year we publish a print magazine (year book).
As you know, Short Close-Up Magazine’s goal is to promote filmmakers. But it doesn’t mean that we focus only on finished products. We want to give a chance to writers as well. Without writers there would be no industry. So this is why we created the screenplay contest. We want to dedicate a significant part from our print magazine to the creators of the short film stories.
Short Close-Up: Screenplay Contest is divided in 3 sections:
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13 MINUTES (OR LESS) SHORT FILM SCRIPT
Are you confident your screenplay would sell if it was given a chance? Would you like to have your screenplay published in our print magazine alongside an interview with the writer? The only thing you have to do is to submit your 13 minutes/pages (or less) screenplay to Short Close-Up: Screenplay Contest.
Up to 10 winners will be selected each season. All awarded scripts will be published in our print magazine. The script will be accompanied by an interview with the writer.
13 minutes (or less) Short Film Screenplays must be the original work of the writer(s). They must be within 1-13 pages in length. Screenplays must be submitted in English. We accept any and all genres.
Short Close-Up: Screenplay Contest accepts both produced and non-produced scripts for the 13 minutes (or less) screenplay category.
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3 MINUTES SHORT FILM SCRIPT
Are you confident your screenplay would become a short film if it was given a chance? Would you like to have your screenplay produced, filmed and sent to short film festivals across the world? The only thing you have to do is to submit your 3 minutes screenplay to Short Close-Up: Screenplay Contest.
Each season we will choose up to 10 finalists in this category. At the end of the season we will award one short film script. The winner screenplay will be produced and filmed by our company at the end of the year. We will fund at least 20 festival submission fees for the short film. The budget of the short film production and distribution will be around 4500$.
3 Minutes Short Film Screenplays must be the original work of the writer(s). They must be within 1-3 pages in length. Screenplays must be submitted in English. We accept any and all genres.
Short Close-Up: Screenplay Contest accepts only non-produced scripts for the 3 minutes screenplay category.
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SHORT FILMS (VIDEO CONTEST)
We are not screening the submitted films. We are watching the films behind the scenes and we are analyzing them as a whole but we focus especially on screenplay. Each season we are choosing up to 5 'best screenplay' winners. All awarded screenplays will be published in our print magazine. The screenplay will be accompanied by an interview with the writer or director.
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Please read all Rules and Terms before submitting. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us by email here: ShortCloseUp@gmail.com.
13 MINUTES (OR LESS) SHORT FILM SCRIPT
Up to 10 winners will be selected each season. Each winner will get:
- One published screenplay in Short Close-Up print magazine
- One published interview with the writer in Short Close-Up print magazine
- One copy of the Short Close-Up print magazine (delivered at your address)
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3 MINUTES SHORT FILM SCRIPT
Each season we will choose up to 10 finalists in this category. At the end of the season we will award one short film script. The winner will get:
- Short Film Production (Professional Crew, Professional equipment, Location rental, Professional Actors, Costumes, Props, Production Design, Professional Make-up artists etc)
- Short Film Post Production (Edit, Color Correction, Music, Sound Design, Sound Mixing, Credits etc)
- Short Film Marketing (Synopsis, Poster, Covers, Facebook+Instagram pages, IMDb page etc)
- Worldwide Festival Distribution (at least 20 festival submissions)
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SHORT FILMS (VIDEO CONTEST)
Up to 5 winners will be selected each season. Each winner will get:
- One published screenplay in Short Close-Up print magazine
- One published interview with the writer in Short Close-Up print magazine
- One copy of the Short Close-Up print magazine (delivered at your address)