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Director, Editor, and Writer in Los Angeles, California
The contest came about for a simple reason: writers want to sell their scripts and buyers that cut the check are the hardest people to get in front of- period.
While taking pitches at Cannes from writers around the world and then in Los Angeles at The 2014 Great American Pitchfest (photo insert) for a new film fund, writers commented to us that they were thrilled to be pitching to the actual money people, rather than agents, managers and producers. Often the biggest challenge for a writer is to get a script in front of the people who have the cash to buy it. All too often, scripts get passed through managers or agents, producers, actors, etc., all of whom must, in turn, pitch to the financiers that actually fund the major studio and independent films.
So, with the encouragement of writers actually pitching to us on the other side of the table, this “contest” was born. One pitchfest attendee added, “Writers would sell their kidneys for a chance to enter a contest like that.”
Well, keep the kidneys; but give the absolute best script you have. The contest is looking for exceptional, entertaining scripts in any genre that appeal to a worldwide audience.
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