Received an email from the fine folks who run the Donate Life Film Festival. They have a unique screenplay competition (see below):
Donate Life Film Festival June 12, 2010
at the Paley Center for Media, formally known as the
Museum of TV & Radio, Beverly Hills, California
2-20 Minute – Scripted or Documentary Film/Video
$2,000 cash for best short/video; $1,000 for 2nd and 3rd place
- 5 Minutes Preferred
- Stories about the recipients of organs
- Stories about the donation/transplant process
- Stories about living or deceased organ donors
- Longer films edited down to under 20 minutes
20-120 Minutes – Scripted or Documentary Films/Videos
No cash prizes but consideration for Inspire Award
Feature Film Screenplays on Donation – Original Drama or Comedy
$1,000 cash for the best screenplay
The Donate Life Film Festival and Donate Life Hollywood Inspire Awards are held on
Saturday, June 12, 2010 at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, California
Deadline for Submissions, April 15, 2010.
Film links or screenplays e-mailed to csariego@onelegacy.org
Screenplays or DVDs mailed to Chris Sariego, 221 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90012. For more info: www.donatelifehollywood.org
We are here to help!
Contact Donate Life Film Festival coordinator Chris Sariego with questions
or to help identify donation/transplant stories and people to interview for your films or videos at (213) 356-5242 Here are some story ideas:
- Discuss donation with teens to see whether to they plan to register as donors at the Department of Motor Vehicles upon getting their license
- Talk to Organ Procurement Organizations, nurses, and doctors about how they save lives through donation
- Find out how law enforcement and coroners preserve evidence while facilitating organ donation
- Script a drama about a family losing a loved one and organ donation professionals approaching them about donating their loved ones’ organs to save other’s lives
- Explain “What is Donate Life?”
Organ transplants save thousands of lives each year. Here is a unique chance to tell a story that helps to spread a worthy message.
I'm writing a script in which one of the characters gets an organ transplant! Too bad it isn't finished