10th LET'S MAKE IT! Screenwriting Contest

1) All submitted material must be original, and the sole property of the applicant(s) at the time of submitting.
2) Adaptations are ineligible unless the underlying rights are owned, or the work is in the public domain.
3) Entries must be received on or before the deadlines and payment made in full at time of the submission.
4) All ages are eligible, from any country of the world and there is no limit to the number of materials you may submit.
5) All entries must be in English or Romanian.
6) All entries must be uploaded in PDF format and written in the industry standard format (Courier 12 pt font).
7) It is recommended that original material be registered with the WGA or The Library of Congress before submitting to any competition.
8) Screenplays submitted to regular categories will not be receiving any letters of feedback.
9) Will we be sending all the feedback files before December 31st, 2026.
10) There will be selected 9 CATEGORY WINNERS, one for every category.
11) There will be cash prizes in the total of $1000 for the 9 Category Winners, as mentioned in the Awards & Prizes section.
12) The 9 Category Winners will receive two pages of written analysis from at least two of our readers, before December 31st, 2026.
13) The Let’s Make It! GRAND WINNER, selected from the 9 Category Winners, will be offered to have their screenplay produced by the MC PATRAT FILM production company.
14) At no point will MC PATRAT FILM own the rights to the screenplay. It will forever remain the propriery of the writer(s) submitting it. To allow us to make it, they will sign a release form, giving us the legal rights to make the film before December 31st, 2031.
15) The winner of the production award must sign a release form with MC PATRAT FILM S.R.L., during the first two weeks after being sent the release form, which allows MC PATRAT FILM S.R.L. to produce the film, under no direct financial obligations, with no remuneration due for the acquisition of the screenplay, but with a 5% share of the film profit, in case the film made from the script returns profit.
16) If, for reasons above our control (earthquake, wildfires, global pandemic, injury, death etc.), we can't make the film during the initial three years, the Grand Winner will have the choice to allow us yearly extentions, until we produce the film, or will be offered an additional prize of $1000 and be released from any contractual obligations with MC PATRAT FILM.
17) The Let’s Make It! Grand Winner will also receive two pages of written analysis from at least three of our readers, before December 31st, 2026.
18) If the Golden Grand Winner screenplay is not available for production, the Silver Grand Winner will inherit the main prize and we will produce the Silver Grand Winner screenplay.
19) If the Silver Grand Winner screenplay is not available for production, the Bronze Grand Winner will inherit the main prize and we will produce the Bronze Grand Winner screenplay.
20) If none of the Golden, Silver and Bronze Grand Winners are available for production, we will select one of the other category winners for production.
21) In case the Grand Winner is a pilot for a series, besides handling the production of the pilot episode, MC PATRAT FILM S.R.L. will also receive the rights to further develop the series in case TV networks or other companies are interested in funding at least one entire season of the project. In such case, the writer will receive a payment equal with 5% of the sale price, and will continue to be credited as creator for the entire series. We will also negotiate for the writer to be part of the writing team for the entire series, but depending on numerous factors, that might not be possible.
22) Feature films will only be produced directly if they have a low budget. Otherwise, co-producers, grants, or additional funding will be sought before production begins.
23) All films or series will be produced in Romanian. If the winning screenplay is in English, the organizers will handle the adaptation and rewrite to ensure a smooth transition into the Romanian language and cultural context.
24) Competition judges, readers and employees of the Let’s Make It! Screenwriting Contest or mc² film production company, past and present, and their immediate families, are not eligible to enter.

An event organized by:
MC PATRAT FILM S.R.L.
EUID: ROONRCJ40/13245/2020
Bucharest, Romania