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Prizes Go to Writers from Six Continents
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— Kristin Overn, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, October 16, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards appear its 2017 winners today, and the account includes writers from Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan, Sweden and the U. S.
This year’s $25,000 Grand Prize was awarded to Kendell Courtney Klein for her biopic "Jane," the adventure of the adolescent Jane Goodall. Klein is an AFI alum and is represented by WME and Plattform. In addition, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Prizes were presented to writers in anniversary of the contest’s 10 brand categories.
A almanac aerial of 6,364 scripts were submitted to the PAGE Awards challenge this year, and over the advance of bristles circuit of competition, the scripts were advised by a absolute of 94 industry professionals. This year’s board included producers, arcane representatives, calligraphy consultants, and assembly admiral from such companies as Fuzzy Door Productions, Infinitum Nihil, BET, Good Fear, Zero Gravity, UTA, Peck Entertainment, Bellevue Productions, Echo Lake, Madhouse, UP TV, Lee Stobby Entertainment, Unofficially Unlimited, Beach Pictures, and abounding others.
Jason Clark, admiral of Fuzzy Door Productions, which produces projects for Seth MacFarlane said, "This was the aboriginal time we apprehend for PAGE, and we were afflicted by the able autograph and acute stories." Margaret French Isaacs of Infinitum Nihil, the aggregation headed by amateur Johnny Depp, remarked "All of the scripts were acutely well-executed and awful bartering ideas." "The boldness and assortment of the belief actuality told by these writers from all over the apple is abundantly impressive," said Julie Pacino of Unofficially Unlimited.
Founded in 2003, the PAGE Awards consistently ranks as one of the top screenwriting contests in the apple and is recommended by HuffPost, The AFW and Calligraphy Reader Pro, amid others. Unlike best added contests, entrants can accept amid 10 genres and their scripts are not advised adjoin entries in altered categories.
Kristin Overn, architect and controlling administrator of the PAGE Awards, said about the 2017 competition, "It’s acutely agitative to see entries from over 80 adopted countries and winners from six continents this year authoritative the 'international' allotment of our name actual accurate. There is so abundant aptitude out there cat-and-mouse to affix with Hollywood gatekeepers, and we’re actual appreciative to advice accomplish that appear for so abounding writers."
PAGE has helped abounding of its acceptable writers barrage acknowledged screenwriting careers. From its accomplished winners, 142 scripts accept been optioned, 97 projects produced, and 104 writers accept been assassin for agents positions and accessible autograph assignments so far. Accomplished winners accept gone to address films and TV shows such as "The Accountant," "Maggie," "The Judge," "Mayhem," "The Walking Dead" (AMC), "Bates Motel" (A&E), "The Flash" (CW), and "Ozark" (Netflix). Submissions for the 2018 antagonism accessible December 1, 2017 at www.pageawards.com.
Here is a complete account of the 2017 winners of the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards:
GRAND PRIZE
JANEKendell Courtney KleinToluca Lake, California
ACTION/ADVENTURE
Gold PrizeWHITE TIGERJasmer TownerLondon, England
Silver PrizeINTERSTATEKevin JonesOlympia, Washington
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Bronze PrizeA FEW GOOD FELONSJoel StrunkUnion, Maine
COMEDY
Gold PrizeHOMER'S ODYSSEYAlex DrummondLos Angeles, California
Silver PrizeTHE BEGINNING OF THE END AND THE ENDDavid LambertsonFountain Valley, California
Bronze PrizeTHIRD WHEELMaggie Behrens & Berlyn LeePortland, Oregon
DRAMA
Gold PrizeMALCOLM X & JFKClifford YostAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Silver PrizeTHE ORTONSJune EscalanteNorwalk, California
Bronze PrizeSOPHIE & VALENTINALucy LunaMorelia, Michoacan, Mexico
FAMILY FILM
Gold PrizeBURAQMaazin KamalKarachi, Pakistan
Silver PrizeROBOMUTTA.T. SchultzValley Stream, New York
Bronze PrizeCHRISTMAS FOREVER HOMEJody ThompsonVancouver, BC, Canada
HISTORICAL FILM
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Gold PrizeRUNNING A THOUSAND MILESJennifer GrandWest Hollywood, California
Silver PrizeWYLERMichael MoskowitzHuntington Beach, California
Bronze PrizeHIDDENJon Smith & Ian MastersNairobi, Kenya
SCIENCE FICTION
Gold PrizeTHE CAVALIERChris DennisPleasant View, Tennessee
Silver PrizeTOWER 9Ryan LeeLos Angeles, California
Bronze PrizePINOCCHIO WARSDamian Knoll, Ryan Oyler & Jay MurphreeWinter Garden, Florida
THRILLER/HORROR
Gold PrizeTHE DEAD FARANGBrian AskewPasadena, California
Silver PrizeSTAGE FOURJerome VelinskySydney, NSW, Australia
Bronze PrizeKILL OR CURECharlotte CameronLondon, England
SHORT FILM
Gold PrizeTHE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESSHuelah LanderVancouver, BC, Canada
Silver PrizeFOUNDEduardo Hanson de MouraRio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Bronze PrizeSURVIVAL OF THE FITTESTDimitri NeosArlington, Virginia
TV DRAMA PILOT
Gold PrizeTHE GOLDEN CAGEOskar NordmarkStockholm, Sweden
Silver PrizeDAYS OF RAGENathan WilcoxenGurnee, Illinois
Bronze PrizeTHRUSTJill HoppePasadena, California
TV COMEDY PILOT
Gold PrizeDISORDERMiley TunnecliffeFootscray, Victoria, Australia
Silver PrizeKILLING ITJoanne LeeLos Angeles, California
Bronze PrizePROVOCATEURRoss Maloney & Jay CalhounLos Angeles, California
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