Euroscript Screen Writing Competition
HOMOPHOBIA IN THE BOXING RING AND DRAMA AT THE KABUL GRAND TAKE TOP SPOTS IN EUROSCRIPT'S SCREEN STORY COMPETITION
London, 23 June 2011: The 18th Euroscript Screen Story Competition has been won by a gritty London feature written by Chris Brown in which a boy competes in the macho world of boxing and fights to come to terms with his homosexuality.
In second place is Ella Saltmarshe who has taken the Kabul Grand Hotel as the setting for her social drama. Three runners up receive Euroscript Bullet Point Reports on any script of their choice. They are: Douglas McDowall with 'The Road Home', Rhona Pool with 'Wilderness' and Kefi Chadwick with 'Tiger Heist'.
2011 SHORLIST ANNOUNCED
Friday 27 May 2011-- We had an extremely high standard of entries this year. Well done to all of you that made the shortlist. We'll be announcing the winners at our next free event on 23 June.
Rachel Macaulay - Maggie and the Double Dare | Kefi Chadwick - Tiger Heist | Abi Bown - Ballad of Johnny Biro | Sophia Branson - Get me to the church on time | Joanne Haslam - Ace High | Shirley Whiting - Hearing the Truth | Adrian Spence - Carnival Prince | Beewan Athwal - Gated | Ella Saltmarshe - The Kabul Grand | Tony Oldham - The Catalyst | Oliver Reichardt - Beyond Doubt | Gemma McGrath - City of Scars | Candice Marro - Seeing | Afsaneh Gray - Amora Gone | Chris Brown - Knock Out | Mark Mason - Nana | Marilena Stracke - Made in Germany | Rhona Pool - Wilderness | Douglas McDowall - The Road Home | Christian Thorne - The White Line | Jessica Armani - The Phone Call | Meg Warren - Burial Grounds | Helen Sykes - The Fitter | Helen Sykes - The Book of Dark Matter | Matthew Redmond - Reputation
2010
TIME-TRAVEL ROMCOM, STAG WEEKEND HORROR AND INUIT EPIC TOP 2010'S EUROSCRIPT SCREEN STORY COMPETITION WINNERS.
The 17th Euroscript Screen Story Competition was won by Sonya Desai with her romantic comedy 'Mean Time' in which a girl has to fight her future self to win back the man she loves. In joint second place were Jason Parry with 'Stag' about a stag weekend that goes terrifyingly wrong and Géraldine Vessière's 'Two Old Women', an epic Alaskan tale based on Inuit myth. Two further writers came joint fourth - Margaret Folarin with 'White Wedding' and Hari Patience with 'The Fixer'.
Winner 2010 Sonya Desai - Mean Time
Runners up 2010 Philip Grant - The Hotter it Gets | Rachel Macaulay - The Wedding | Matthew Redmond - Regret | Caroline Clark Gebbie - Daddy Won’t Kill You | Tylie Cox -To Edith | Tom Murphy - Foot Soldiers | Mark Conway - Henry | Dries Coomans - Man Hunt | James Walker - When Tigers Sleep | Matthew Houghton - As the World Can Show | Ery Nzaramba Dambudzo - The Troubled One
Winner 2009 Carla Grauls - Superstition
Runners up 2009 Mark Conway - The Devil's Doctor | Will Jewell - The Accident Club | Paul Valnay - This is Not My Beautiful Wife | Ian Masters - Rouge Noir
Winner 2008 Jessica Davidson - This Other Eden
Winner 2007 Alexis Roberts - The Lost and Found
Winner 2006 Paul Sellars - The Judas Boy
Winner 2005 Mike Barnes - Dead Red
Winner 2004 Faisal-Azam Qureshi - Bright Darkness
Winner 2003 Brendan Foley - Island Wedding
Winner 2002 Marcella Forster - Dark Rosaleen (In development with 4Way Films and Independent Artists)
Winner 2001 David Baboulene -Love Life
Winner 2000 Philippa Goslett - Little Ashes
A Spanish-British movie which examines the fraught relationships between Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso, is now on release, having premiered at Raindance in 2008. Screenwriter Philippa Goslett developed the script with Euroscript, having won Euroscript's 2000 Screen Story competition. It's directed by the acclaimed director Paul Morrison who also shot the superb Wondrous Oblivion; and stars, among others, Robert Pattinson, who caused such a stir in Twilight.
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