The Feature and TV Script Competitions*
*Feature Screenplay or a TV pilot/Stand-alone Episode/or One Off TV piece up to 60 minutes.
Please refer to Filmfreeway (button below) for deadlines and fees. The next Final Deadline will be 28 February 2027.
Unlike other script competitions UKFF doesn’t just give awards or money as a prize but aims to get their winning scripts into production. In fact, we are well known for successfully connecting scriptwriters to the film industry and getting the films made. With 6 of our winners’ scripts made in to films (2 of which went on to win Crystal Bears at the Berlin Film Festival); There is one in post-production, one in preproduction; and a further 4 optioned – our record speaks for itself.
A recent winner script winner Joadie Jurgova says –
“Entering The UK Film Festival’s screenplay competition was the best chance I have ever taken. It took my script and breathed new life into it, attaching an award-winning director and placing it with a prestigious international production company in less than a year. The support since winning has been phenomenal, respectful and generous. If you are looking for a script competition that you can place your trust in, this is it.“
Joadie Jurgova (2018 winner – The Canadian)
We continue to place scripts with well-known production companies as happened with THE CANADIAN by Joadie Jurgova (quoted above) with the producers of RUSH and BLACK BOOK, Egoli Tossell with a twice Berlinale winning director, Petros Silvestros, as well as UNMANNED by Mat Schramm on which we are currently working with Verve TV. Another of our successful feature script winners is “THE MARS ROVER (With no Ambition)” which is now in pre-production.
Deadline for submissions for this year is 28 February 2026. The administration and reading fee varies depending on each new deadline. To find out the current deadline information or to submit – please click on the Filmfreeway button below.
Winners will receive immediate marketing to the industry, winner’s laurels and the associated publicity. Winners in each category will also receive the latest version of Final Draft 13 (value $250) as well as receiving a 4-month InkTip Pro Membership. As an InkTip Pro Member, thousands of filmmakers can find and read your scripts, and you’ll be able to pitch directly to production companies every week. With over 3,000 options and 400 movies made, InkTip is the place for independent film.
To enter please submit the following…
- The Script
- You may also send (but this is not obligatory) any Treatment /Outline you wish to include for example – a brief synopsis and a more expanded breakdown of Acts and Scenes or story events; the world of the story; and the major character profiles but only up to 6 pages in total. This may be sent to murray@ukfilmfestival.com
Our preferred submission method is via FilmFreeway. If you are having difficulty submitting, email murray@ukfilmfestival.com
There is an administration and reading fee which can be viewed by clicking the Filmfreeway button above.
It is best to submit to THE UK FILM FESTIVAL SCRIPT COMPETITION site, using the Filmfreeway link above.
Terms & Conditions:
- All entries should be in English.
- If submitted online (i.e. through filmfreeway.com or by email) the file should be named as the title of your film.
- All scripts must be original screenplays, for which the applicant(s) holds the copyright. Where the screenplay is based on another piece of work it is the responsibility of the screenplay writer to obtain written permission/copyright clearances from the original author or publisher.
- The judges reserve the right not to enter into any correspondence after the announcement of the winner.
For further details about email submissions or other online submissions and payments please email murray@ukfilmfestival.com
