Carnegie Screenwriters Script and Screen Festival

Carnegie Screenwriters is hosting our first short film and short screenplay festival in August of 2017 at the Tull Family Theater in Sewickley, Pa. We are now open to submissions from members and non-members alike. We are looking for the best of the best to be shown and read at our 2 day event. We are open to all genres of films and screenplays that fall within our running time and page count guidelines. Screenplays can also be submitted to receive feedback from our readers. Scripts submitted into this category are automatically entered into the short screenplay contest, please do not submit the same script to both categories.

Winning screenplays will be performed at a seated reading during the opening reception event held on Saturday, August 26th. Winning writers will receive free admission to the opening reception event. All film winners receive live screening of their film on Sunday August 27th. Winning films will receive one free admission to the screening event.

If the submission is accepted into the festival, the entrant grants a non-exclusive, royalty free license for use for theater screening, and to publish excerpts in print or electronic media to promote the event in any and all media. The filmmaker must secure all rights and clearances. Foreign films must be submitted in English or with English subtitles.

Films should have been completed since January 2014 to present and be no longer than 20 mins.

Screenplay submissions must be in English and be 15 pages or fewer. Entrant(s) must hold the right to perform, reproduce, display and distribute their work to enter the competition. The work must not have been previously optioned, sold or produced.

Digital download of all films selected for the Official Selection must be received by August 1, 2017. Any materials submitted will not be returned. All fees are non-refundable.

The Carnegie Screenwriters Script and Screen Festival is not responsible for lost or damaged submissions.

Carnegie Screenwriters Script and Screen Festival proudly accepts entries via FilmFreeway.com, the world’s best online submission platform. FilmFreeway offers free HD online screeners, unlimited video storage, digital press kits, and more. Click to submit with FilmFreeway.

CSW Tshirts for fundraiser

We are selling T-shirts as our very first fundraiser to help host a film festival and short script contest to take place in the Pittsburgh area in August of 2017. All funds raised will go towards the hosting of this event.
Please support Carnegie Screenwriters and get some cool shirts!

Carnegie Screenwriters film wins Best Film at the Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project

The Carnegie Screenwriters team won Best Film at the Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project Festival for our short “Happy Birthday to Me,” directed by Caroline Collins. It also won Best Writing, Best Use of Dialogue (screenplay by Wendy Grube), Best Sound Design and Best Actress (Jill Black)  ‪#‎pgh48hfp‬

“Always a Bridesmaid” kicks off the Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival

“Always a Bridesmaid” kicks off the Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival
 
The delightful romantic comedy “Always a Bridesmaid” opens the festival this Friday night. The film was written and produced by CSW’s own Wendy Grube. It’s directed by our Jim Helfrich. Many CSW members and friends worked on this film. It stars Julianne Avolio as Lizzie and features Nicole Beattie, Samantha Westervelt, April May Ohms, Minda Briley, Mike Buzzelli, Kevin Hejna, Andy Coleman, Johnny Sikma, Charlie Mengine and many other talented local actors.   Please come out to support them and local independent film.

Join us at the opening/award ceremony for the Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival, Friday July 15 at 6:30pm.

The evening will begin with the presentation of awards followed by live music and then what you all will be waiting for, the showing of “Always a Bridesmaid.” Afterwards you will be able to meet the filmmakers in attendance.

Tickets for the evening are $10. The event runs all weekend and tickets can be purchased for 1, 2 or all 3 days if you want to support indie film and check out submissions from around the globe.

Please invite friends. We are hoping to pack the house.

Click the link for a complete schedule and to purchase tickets. 

Hope to see you there. It looks to be a great night.

Here is the link for the tickets

http://pghindie.com/Tickets.html

Here is the complete weekend schedule

http://pghindie.com/2016_Schedule.html

Episode 2 of “Fade In” set to air on PCTV-21

Episode 2 of “Fade In” with guest Ken Heusey, writer, filmmaker, artist & photographer will air on

PCTV: Comcast Ch. 21 & Verizon  Ch. 47 on the following dates.

Episodes can be viewed online at www.pctv21.org

Tuesday 3/8/2016, 12:00 PM, Channel PCTV

Thursday 3/10/2016, 7:30 PM, Channel PCTV

Friday 3/11/2016, 7:30 PM, Channel PCTV

Saturday 3/12/2016, 12:00 AM, Channel PCTV

Tuesday 3/15/2016, 12:00 PM, Channel PCTV

Wednesday 3/16/2016, 10:00 AM, Channel PCTV

Thursday 3/17/2016, 9:00 PM, Channel PCTV

Saturday 3/19/2016, 12:00 AM, Channel PCTV

Tuesday 3/22/2016, 2:00 PM, Channel PCTV

Thursday 3/24/2016, 7:30 PM, Channel PCTV