FFTG Awards is a simple and fair online competition which helps you to get more eyes on your work. Winning is everyone's right - our different award categories allow different kinds of filmmakers to participate and get a chance to win in different categories. The Best Film of the Festival is an Audience Choice Award & will be picked by the number of votes a film gets during the competition week regardless of its length & category. The filmmaker who will get the maximum number of votes, likes, and comments during the competition week - will win the competition for the best film of the festival. We also have an award category where all the participant filmmakers will vote for the best film in the competition & based on their votes, the highest voted film will receive the “FFTG Spirit Award”. 

Each film will be watched by at least two different jury members. Our jury consists of professionals including Architect,  filmmakers, artists, and entrepreneurs from various facets. Their diverse life experiences and outlook brings the right blend towards judging of a movie.  

If a film gets two or more recommendations after the first round of watches, it will be watched by more programmers and discussed at deliberations sessions.

1. Deliberating programmers determine a festival selection through discussion and voting. 

2.  If a film gets two or more recommendations after the first round of watches, it will be watched by more programmers and discussed at deliberations sessions.

3. Each participating programmer has an equal vote and no festival selections are made outside of this process.

4. We generally don't share programming feedback with entrants.

5. The FFTG Awards programmers/Selection Committee decisions are final. Only the Festival Director has the authority to overrule any decisions.

Welcome to FFTG Awards Screenplay Competition 2020.

We're so excited to invite screenwriters to participate in the FFTG Awards Film Festival 2020 and we'll be promoting them right alongside our films.

Why submit to FFTG Awards Screenwriting Competition 2020?

• Screenplay competitions get your script read. Even better, many of the writers who win these screenwriting competitions end up signing a development deal or selling their winning script to one of the judges.

• While the movie business competition is tough - as it is for all around the world in every country, screenwriting contests and competitions can be worthy investments for kick starting a writing career. That's the whole reason you wrote the script in the first place. Isn’t it? Next to getting it made. 

• Another possibility is that, you may not win at all, but maybe a judge will earmark your script and kept you in mind regardless of the results. All because you made an effort to submit a well-written script. There is also a possibility one of the judges may hire or recommend you to the industry professionals to develop their projects. 

• There may be hundreds of reasons to not enter screenplay competitions, but there’s one reason to do it that beats them all:  Opportunities. In an industry as cryptic, nebulous and insular as entertainment, opportunities are something that should never to be passed up.

Submission Guidelines for Screenplay: 

• Feature screenplays longer than 125 pages will not be eligible Includes Students and writers age 18 & below. 
• Short screenplay between 1 and 40 pages in length Includes for Students and writers age 18 & below. 
• Submit the story along with your screenplay in not more than 500 words. 
• Entry fee for Features & Short screenplay $10. Entry for Students and age 18 & below is free.  Please read Students and age 18 & below iD’s information before submitting.  Festival reserves the right to disqualify any entry at its discretion, which do not comply with the rules with no refunds. 
• FFTG Awards Film Festival accepts only original scripts, in English or Hindi, unpublished.
• FFTG Awards Screenplay Competition only accepts screenplays in PDF format. Under no circumstances should you submit anything other than a PDF. Anything other format than PDF will be disqualified with no refunds. If the formatting elements are incorrect including if “Scene Heading” being written as an “Action” in the right format, etc, the entry would be disqualified without any refunds. 
• Submissions of new drafts or corrected pages will not be accepted.
• Screenplay titles cannot be changed upon resubmission under any circumstances
• Please proofread your script very carefully before submitting.

FFTG Awards Film Festival Screenplay Competition Awards: 

First and Second Place Jury Choice Award winners in both Shorts and Features:

• Receive FFTG Awards Official Laurel.
• Receive FFTG Awards Signed Certificate.
• Are eligible to receive the FFTG Awards Screenplay Competition 2020 statuette at a nominal price with the Screenplay and the Writer’s name engraved on it. For more details please email at info@fftgawards.com with FFTG Awards Screenplay Competition Statuette in the subject line.

  Ø Will be lead in a meaningful discussion about their process in a (up to) 5 min video that would be broadcast on the official FFTG Awards site www.fftgawards.com, You Tube Channel and other Social Media platforms during the entire duration of the festival.

  Ø Social Platform support & project branding: FFTG Awards will support nominated and winning Script Writer by constantly sharing about them on our social media platforms, throwing hash tags to enable us to reach the right audience, and by branding the project. We ensure that the right people reach you, through hash tags, comments, advertisements, shares, and social platforms.

  Ø Possible collaboration with FFTG (Film Festivals To Go) to market your scripts to industry producers, production houses.