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BlueCat Screenplay Competition

BlueCat Screenplay

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Hollywood , CA 90078
(323) 785-2338 (voice)

Web:
https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/
Email:
info@bluecatscreenplay.com

Contact: Gordy Hoffman, Founder
MovieBytes Interview: Gordy Hoffman

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Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Report Cards: 200    
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Objective

The BlueCat Screenplay Competition, now in its 25th year, is accepting submissions for its 2024 competition.

Founded in 1998 by award-winning writer Gordy Hoffman, BlueCat has supported thousands of screenwriters through written analysis provided to all entrants, many of whom have gone on to successful careers in the film and television industry. BlueCat's Alumni include:

Aaron Guzikowski (Verve/Madhouse) wrote PRISONERS, the remake of PAPILLON, and Ridley Scott's RAISED BY WOLVES.

Fergal Rock wrote DEPARTURES starring Nina Dobrev and Maisie Williams.

Ana Lily Amirpour (CAA), won Special Jury Prize at the 2016 Venice Film Festival for THE BAD BATCH, directed by Lyle Vincent (DREAMLAND) and starring Jason Momoa, Jim Carrey and Keanu Reeves. Show More

Deadline/Entry Fees

Expired. Previous Deadline: 12/10/2023

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Notification: Quarter-Finalists for each category will be announced on March 26th, 2024. Semi-Finalists for each category will be announced on April 9th, 2024. Finalists will be announced on April 30th, 2024. Winners will be announced on May 14th, 2024.

Rules

We accept features, pilots and shorts - visit our website for more info.

Awards

  • Every script submission will receive a complimentary written analysis.
  • The Grand Prize Winner will receive $7500. All scripts submitted (Features, Pilots and Shorts) are eligible.
  • The Feature Screenplay Winner will receive $3,000.
  • The Pilot Script Winner will receive $3,000.
  • The Short Script Winner will receive $3,000.
  • The Fellini Award will be awarded to the Best Screenplay from any category (Feature, Pilots or Short) of the 2024 Competition written by a screenwriter residing outside the USA and will receive $2000.
  • All cash prizes will be disbursed 30 days after the winners are announced.

BlueCat Screenplay

Contact

Hollywood , CA 90078
(323) 785-2338 (voice)

Web:
https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/
Email:
info@bluecatscreenplay.com

Contact: Gordy Hoffman, Founder
MovieBytes Interview: Gordy Hoffman

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Report Cards: 200    
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BlueCat Screenplay Competition

Contact

Hollywood , CA 90078
(323) 785-2338 (voice)

Web:
https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/
Email:
info@bluecatscreenplay.com

Contact: Gordy Hoffman, Founder
MovieBytes Interview: Gordy Hoffman

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Report Cards: 200    
Have you entered?
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Contest News

Bluecat Announces Semifinalists

BlueCat has announced their 2022 Feature, TV Pilot, and Short Screenplay semifinalists. Finalists will announced May 10th.

Features

There are 71 feature semi-finalists out of a total of 2779.

A Boy is a Boy is a Bomb by Søren Bredberg
A Safe Place For Shelter by George Wilson
About Tonight by Azan Kung
American Butterfly by Oliver Charles Silver
Ask Already by Sandra Lince
Before The Others by Meko Winbush
Berry Pickers by Agnes Karlsson
Blood and Ash by Kenneth Sanabria
Bo by Roland Paul Greedy
Bunny by Heidi Hayward
Buying Drugs Near the White House by Arik Cohen
Carville by Jonah Tapper
Charlie's Spot by George O'Connor
Chimera by Andrew Kaberline
Clams by Sijia Cao
Cloak by Eric Bodge
Cocol by Jeremy Pope
Delby's Merry Chaos by Dan & Azuure Joffre
Dom and Felix by Bridget Flanery
Donna And Samir Do A Kidnapping by Paul M. Horan
El Recuerdo by Andres Borda González
Everbrook by Aaron Morgan & Eric Vespe
Everybody's Happy by Andrew Hiss
Fermat's [not quite] Last Theorem by Brent Pollard
Fine Print by Domenica Hoyes
Fish Go Deep by Lex Sidon
FMK by David Jacks & Jeff Grimm
Frankie by Bishrel Mashbat
Hacking the Mob by Jason Riou
Halmoni's Pot (Grandma's Pot) by A. L. Lee
Happy Little Trees by Patrick Franklin
Hard Rain Falling by Lawton Browning
Henry and Gino by Danielle Reid
Is That you, Cecelia? by Erica Scandariato
Keslare Moon by Julie Merrick
Lexi & Annie by Teagan Trace
Lou & Linda by Richell Morrissey
Neon Kites by Alan Sim
Nor Gloom of Night by Stuart J Forrest
Old Man Young Man Snake by Bradley Hathaway
Once Upon a Time in Tokyo by A.Jay.U.
Romi's Theorem by Rachelle Zalter
Sasha and Pancho by Dave MacLean
Say Boo by Francis M. Abbey
Separation Anxiety by Aidan J. Stebbins
Slo Burn by Andres Rovira & Kelly Esparza
Swimming with Pigs by Bernhard Schilling
The 4th Wall by Eric Lehning & Billy Senese
The Ampersand Inn by C.J. Arellano
The Chaperone by Jonathan Todd Ross
The Dream Cake by Anthea Jones
The Eden by Gonçalo Eugénio Pereira de Oliveira
The Faerie Rings by Zina Brown
The Feelers by Laurie Jones
The Fly that Doesn't Listen Follows the Corpse into the Grave by Lu Asfaha
The Idiots: A Tale From The Ryft by Trey Kalb
The Lost Cause Chatelains by Chris March
The Man Doctrine by Christopher Prince
The Night Witches by Steven John Prowse
The Sequel by Daron Weiss
The unNatural Order by Becca E. Davis
Those Women by Nikki Williams
300 Sacrifices Of Children by Devon Villacampa
Thunderstorm by Maria Mathis
Treading Lava by Paul Frank
Trigger Happy Abbey by Zach McCartney
Trokita by Bernardo Duran Jr.
Ubiquitous by Lexis Hooton
Untitled (Elle and Leah) by Tia Matza
XOVA7 by Quanah Jay Hicks
Youth In Asia by Katie Crone

Pilots

There are 42 pilot semi-finalists out of a total of 1185.

A Good...Mensch? by Matt Seiiji Ketai
Affaire Classée by Jenna Lafferty
Becoming French by Ashley Serrao
Bedlam by Michael G. Cooney
Booked Up by Dani Gomez
Ch*nk in the Armor by Andy M. Jiang
Dueling Signs by Jodi Dennithorne
Esperanza's World: (AKA I don't have time to be no stinkin' hero) by Sergio Cervantes
Free Spirits by Katharine Densmore
Gemstone Heroes by John Vogel
Girl in a Box by Megan McKenzie
Good People by Katie Anthony
Grain of Salt by Ligia Maria Storrs Rojas & Justin Storrs
HONK! by M. Emmanuel Zammit
Jane by Niva Dorell
Logos by Alexander Blum
Meet the Bloomfelds by Lexi Savoy
Merryweather Gulch by Fergus Sweeney & Manfred Kuegel
#nofilter by Jesse Klein
One Step at a Time by Victoria Livingstone
Poor Old Bobby Witherspoon by Luke Canavan
Saving Sid by Tony Green
Scarlem by Tony Faria
Star Student by Chadd Alciati
State of Vigilance by Tom Holowach
The 99 Club by Michael Caggiano
The Beer House by Kate Mellors
The Conquest by Sarah Zeiser
The Eighth Wonder by Denise Devoy & Di Larowska
The Feed by Thu-Huong Ha
The Last Nerve by Aashka Pandya
The Long Game by Jeremy Bradford
The Off-Seasoners by Olivia Haller
The Palace by David Oliver Avruch
The Partisan by Jessica Romagnoli
The Weight by Dylan James
The White Room by Abhi Kumar
Theme Park Earth – Blue Sky by Anastasia Warmuth
Uncle Bike by Joslyn C. Jensen
Worse Than Terrible by Ralph Waine Hoy
Yemma by Nicole Ballivian
Young Country by Ariana Keswani McGinn

Shorts

There are 25 short semi-finalists out of a total of 734.

Asuncion by Francisco Mendez & Antonio Asencio
Blink by Ira Livingston, IV
Chalonot by Emma Starer Gross & D.A. Stern
Cottage Grove by George Ellzey Jr.
Coupled Unconsciousness by Stephanie Mathews
Disembodied Voice with a Familiar Face by Chris Desiderio
Fence Sitter by Liz Galalis
Forget Me Not by Kiriakos Kanellos
Happy Laundry by Kahyun Kim
May Tomorrow Never Come by Fernando Hart
Mr Perfect by Desi Lyon
Room by Laura Quigley
A Short Story About Toughness by Sara Relli
Silence by Isiah Hale
Sketches Beyond Paper by Rishaad Mollah
Surrender Dorothy by Cristine Chambers
Tamarin by Pollyanna Stevens
The Corner Plot by Ezra Lerner
The End of Us by Lorena Chiles
The Jetty by Kevin Mack
The Very Best of the Voices in My Head by Bobbi Broome
Thin Walls by Robert Armanyous
Through the Hole by Mel Sangyi Zhao
Waverly by Peter Andrews
Welcome To The Stage... by Kyle Casey Chu & Roisin Isner

Updated: 04/12/2022

BlueCat Screenplay Competition

Contact

Hollywood , CA 90078
(323) 785-2338 (voice)

Web:
https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/
Email:
info@bluecatscreenplay.com

Contact: Gordy Hoffman, Founder
MovieBytes Interview: Gordy Hoffman

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.7/5.0)
Signficance: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.0/5.0)
Report Cards: 200    
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Submit a Report card

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