Congrats to Charles Hall, whose short film script, CIGAR STORE INDIAN, my buddy Maarten Kroonenburg just finished.
Maarten is looking for a new short film script, 4-6 pages. If you've got one, and you are Canadian, please contact his assistant, Patrick Greatbatch, at greatbatchmtl@gmail.com.
Thanks!
At last on the small screen, my 2007 short "12 Ways to Say I'm Sorry," in which we examine what Canadians mean by the expression, "I'm sorry."
Guess what it doesn't mean?
My d.p. buddy Maarten Kroonenburg wants to direct a second short film. He's an accomplished d.p. with his own equipment company, and we're working together on a feature film, so there is a very good likelihood he'll shoot one early next year. Maybe yours.
The script should be no more than 7 pages long -- the film needs to be no more than 6 minutes long with credits. Small cast (two is ideal), no more than a few locations. Minimal special effects. Funny is good but not a requirement. The writer must be Canadian.
Check out a bunch of Bravo!FACT shorts for inspiration.
If you've got a script you'd like to see get made, email it to his intern, Patrick.
If you happen to be in Fredericton, NB tonight, my short film, YOU ARE SO UNDEAD is playing at the midnight (well, 11:45 pm) screening of shorts -- "B Movies, Bad Behavior and Blood" at Tilley Hall on the UNB campus.
If you're a student in the UK, the National Student Film Association, would like you to submit your short film script (up to 5 pages) to the National Student Screenwriting Competition. The competition is free. Deadline is the 7th November 2010.
I've juried short films, and the one thing they had in common is they were all too long. Five pages is just about perfect. Who doesn't have five minutes to watch a short?
