Do you have a dark and dangerous idea inside you, clawing to get out?
MEDIA RELEASE: Script competition to unleash the twisted Tasmanian imagination
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HOBART, Australia - 26 January, 2012
Tasmania will host a film festival with a difference next month, with the inaugural Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival in Hobart from 17-19 February.
An official ‘Women in Horror Recognition Month’ event, the festival will screen dark, subversive and entertaining films by women, from exploitation to art house, gore to ghost stories.
It will also features a unique screenwriting competition…
the 10 BY 10 HORROR SCRIPT CHALLENGE.
Open to anyone (male or female!), the challenge will allow registered participants just 10 days to come up with a bold, brilliant short horror script suitable for production by Tasmanian filmmakers.
It is primarily a Tasmanian competition - however, interstate and international writers are welcome to enter and are eligible for ‘Honourable Mention’ awards. There is no entry free, but only one entry per person is permitted.
The winning script will be given a live reading in front of an audience, feedback from high-profile judges and other prizes.
