PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
Encyclopedia
The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards were founded in 2003 by an alliance of Hollywood
producers
, agents
, and development executive
s to recognize up and coming screenwriter
s from around the world. In October of each year, the PAGE Judges present 31 Awards in ten different genre
categories. As a result, many PAGE Award winners have gone on to build careers in the industry, securing screenwriting
assignments, gaining industry representation, and optioning or producing their winning scripts.
In addition, Gold, Silver and Bronze Prizes are presented in ten different genre categories:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema...
producers
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
, agents
Talent agent
A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds jobs for actors, authors, film directors, musicians, models, producers, professional athletes, writers and other people in various entertainment businesses. Having an agent is not required, but does help the artist in getting jobs...
, and development executive
Development executive
In film production, a development executive is a high-level position generally above a Creative Executive on the Studio Executive totem pole, their duties are tasked with reading scripts and finding source material which can be turned into motion picture content .-References: What A Development...
s to recognize up and coming screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
s from around the world. In October of each year, the PAGE Judges present 31 Awards in ten different genre
Genre
Genre , Greek: genos, γένος) is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture, e.g. music, and in general, any type of discourse, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time...
categories. As a result, many PAGE Award winners have gone on to build careers in the industry, securing screenwriting
Screenwriting
Screenwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is a freelance profession....
assignments, gaining industry representation, and optioning or producing their winning scripts.
Grand Prize Winners
- 2011: Escape by Pat White
- 2010: Supercat! by R. Scott Shields
- 2009: Progeny by Mehul Desai
- 2008: Honor Bound by Mike Amato
- 2007: Solomon’s Whale by John Arends
- 2006: Warmonger, Inc. by Scott LaCagnin
- 2005: X-Mas Files by Larry Postel
- 2004: Monkey River by Laurie Weltz & Jay C. Key
In addition, Gold, Silver and Bronze Prizes are presented in ten different genre categories:
- Action/Adventure
- ComedyComedyComedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
- DramaDramaDrama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
- Family filmFamily filmA family film is a film genre that is designed to appeal to a variety of age groups and, thus, families.In December 2005, Steven Spielberg's 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial came first in a poll of the 100 Greatest Family Films. The genre today generates billions of dollars per annum.Family...
- Historical film
- Science fictionScience fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
- Thriller/HorrorHorror filmHorror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
- Short FilmShort subjectA short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
- TV Drama PilotTelevision pilotA "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an...
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