The film fest is officially over, and it’s time to announce the winners. We had a great time this year, and we’re thrilled so many of you participated with so many great short films.
The Winner of the First Annual United Hollywood Short Film Festival is:
The Creature from the Black Casket
by David Twohy
Our Second Place winner is “West Guild Story”, by Michael Arkof and Rob Schow
And our Third Place winner is “Scab Writer” by Keith Rivers
We’ve got in all your submissions, I’ve updated the entries page, and now it’s up to the judges. Thank you for your support of our first short film fest, and best of luck to all of our participants.
Projects for the First Annual United Hollywood Short Film Fest are due at the end of the day today — 11:59 pm Pacific Time.
The strike is over, but the United Hollywood First Annual Short Film Fest continues, and our deadline is fast approaching. Please remember to submit your short film by February 2oth.
Our entries page has been updated with all the recent submissions. I’m sorry I fell behind on getting some of them up.
Keep ‘em coming.
Recently, United Hollywood announced the FairDeal4Writeres video contest. Response has been great, but so much has happened in the last several weeks that we’ve decided to make it an annual event.
United Hollywood is proud to announce that the FairDeal4Writers contest has become the first Annual United Hollywood Short Film Contest.
We’re still looking for videos on how to get the Moguls to make a fair deal, but we’ve expanded the scope of the contest. You can now choose to make a film on any WGA contract issues that inspires you. If you’re not sure what the issues are check out our blog spot www.unitedhollywood.com. Be innovative and find an aspect of the negotiations that strikes you.
Keep in mind that we’re not looking for you to talk to the camera and tell us how you would end the strike. Videos should be cinematically creative. Our theme for this years’ contest is still a FairDeal4Writers.
Videos can be no longer than four minutes. They can be any genre (comedy, drama, mockumaentary, commercial, whatever!). All videos must contain the phrase “fighting for the future,” and the last line of the video must be “We’re all on the same page.”
The grand prize winner of the contest will receive an authentic WGA strike poster with over 175 signatures by writers, actors, actresses and directors who autographed it while on the picket line and a copy of FINAL DRAFT. 1st and 2nd place runner ups will also recieve a copy of FINAL DRAFT. “You have a story to tell. Use Final Draft to write it.”
To enter the contest just upload your video to YouTube then drop us a line at videos@FairDeal4Writers.com. The contest ends February 20th, the winner will be announced on the 28th.
We want you to have enough time to put together the perfect video, so we’ve decided to extend the deadline one month.
Videos will now be due on February 20th, with the winner announced on the 28th.
Good luck, and happy New Year.
Paul Haggis
Marti Noxon
Callie Khouri
Welcome to United Hollywood's 1st Annual Short Film contest. We’re still looking for videos on how to get the Moguls to make a fair deal, but we’ve expanded the scope of the contest.
The winner of the contest will receive an authentic WGA strike poster with over 175 signatures by writers, actors, actresses and directors who autographed it while on the picket line and a copy of FINAL DRAFT.
