CASCADIA Now Accepting Submissions For Popular Script Studio
BELLINGHAM, WA, November 19, 2019—CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival is now open for submissions for its popular Script Studio workshop during its 2020 film festival.
The festival, scheduled for April 16-19 in Bellingham, WA, showcases exceptional films directed or co-directed by women from around the world. The Script Studio is an educational workshop designed to provide scriptwriters with discussions and evaluations of their work. It is open for short film scripts written by women from anywhere in the world.
The Script Studio, scheduled for Sunday, April 19, is open to the public. It includes a live reading of the scripts by actors followed by a panel discussion by film industry professionals. Panels in previous years have included film producers, directors, actors and casting directors. It is preferable that writers attend the presentation for direct participation in the discussions but alternatives like Skype have also been used.
Scripts should be in screenplay form and no longer than 25 pages. All narrative genres and film formats are acceptable including animation. Submissions should be sent to [email protected] by January 3, 2020. Writers will be notified of acceptance by January 21, 2020.
ABOUT CASCADIA
CASCADIA is a non-profit film festival solely dedicated to showcasing and celebrating exceptional films directed by women. It just completed a third successful multi-day festival in April 2019 with 37 films representing 15 countries.
Now entering its fourth year, CASCADIA showcases and celebrates exceptional films directed by women. It is only one of five film festivals in the U.S. currently dedicated to this purpose.
Directors from the U.S. and abroad attended. Programs included narrative features, documentaries, animated and live-action short films, works by students and emerging filmmakers and films by Indigenous women filmmakers. In addition, CASCADIA staged educational panel discussions and a script studio during the four-day festival as well as social and networking events.
Next year is the 100th anniversary of Women's Suffrage in this country. CASCADIA is working locally with the League of Women Voters as they plan activities to celebrate this centennial. For its part, CASCADIA will present a special screening to honor the film “Iron Jawed Angels,”, directed by Katja von Garnier and starring Hilary Swank and Anjelica Huston, as part of the celebration in next year's festival. The festival is scheduled to be April 16-19 with this special screening planned for Friday evening, April 17.
In 2018, CASCADIA Cheryl Boone Isaacs, former President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was honored at the festival for her outstanding career, her significant contributions to the film industry and her dedication to promoting and advocating for women in the industry. The festival chose as its 2019 Honored Guest documentary filmmaker and Academy Award-winning director Freida Mock. Mock attended the festival for a special screening of her film, "Anita: Speaking Truth to Power" with a post-film discussion and a pre-show conversation for our audience with Documentary Magazine editor Tom White.
CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and showcasing the work of women filmmakers, was formed in Bellingham, Washington, in 2015. CASCADIA will host its fourth annual independent film festival in Bellingham April 16-19, 2020. The organization also works year-round to provide film production, exhibition, and distribution education. More information about CASCADIA may be found on their website at www.cascadiafilmfest.org.
More information about CASCADIA may be found on their website at www.cascadiafilmfest.org.