
Making Up Stories
Squeaky Moore
Creator
Annie and the Intelligencer
Isami McCowan
Creator
Annette
Carolina Brettler
Creator
Trapped
Madison Ledyard-King
Creator
Inmigrante
Susana Orozco
Creator
The Pit
Steph West
Creator
Just Drive
E'an Verdugo
Creator
Mundane Addiction
Daria Feneis
Creator
FINAL DECISION
Elaine Del Valle
Creator
Peasant Ridge
Frank Anthony Polito
Creator
NAME HIM OLIVER
Heather Quinlan
Creator
Rebels
Drew DeSimone
Creator
Goulash
Sue Lange
Creator
The Rite of Holmgang
Stephan
Creator
TIPPING UBER ALICE
Richard Verlaan
Creator
The Season You Were Mine
Sheri Hunter
Creator
Let it Go
Emeka Mbadiwe
Creator
No Further To Fall
Pete Eliot
Creator
The Ingredient
Palmer Williams
Creator
Pass/Fail
Ashley Shelby
Creator
"Make It Last Forever"
rozaimi bin rozali
Creator
effie
Effimia Bersoux
Creator
effie
Effimia Bersoux
Creator
The Deer
Jacey Dean
Creator
Deadly Secret
Bart Vandever
Creator
Futura
Allegra Licci
Creator
T R A N S U N I V E R S E
Jill Marie McMurray
Creator
The Hero
Oscar Sifuentes
Creator
Night Fishing
Hank Isaac
Creator
The Go-Between
Jeongeun Choi
Creator
A Lie
Kors
Creator
Yellow Balloon
Minjae Kang
Creator
Emergency Operation
Lauren Gorski
Creator
Dreamcatcher
Sarah Hamilton
Creator
Assimilation School
Makarand Nalgirkar
Creator
Sweet Dreams
Sallie Hodges
Creator
MANY NAMES
Da Eun Kim
Creator
Training Film #237: Day One in the Life of a Ghost
Kenneth Wajda
Creator
Goodbye Little Mogadishu
Markus Hoeckner
Creator
The Empire
Dusko Dobric
Creator
The Swap
frankwages@gmail.com
Creator
Residue
Charee Devon
Creator
Nice Trick
Emma Bell
Creator
Constantly
Anthony Williams
Creator
No One Owns the Water
Nick
Creator
Cowboy Joe Redux
Jingjing Tian
Creator
Trix
Christopher Bernard
Creator
Earshot
Evanna Meehan White
Creator
This Tiny Earth
Simon Frederick
Creator
The Horror of True Beauty
Aghostas Murfies
Creator
You Don't Have to Be Afraid Anymore
Elizabeth Del Re
Creator
False God
Ana
Creator
MISTAKE
Hugo
Creator
UNKNOWN
Hugo
Creator
Contrapasso
Brian Hanrahan
Creator
Seymour's Flowers
Jordan Hill
Creator
An Acquired Taste
Ryan Larkin
Creator
Fight like a mother
Luma Ohanna Rodrigues de Amorim
Creator
The Insurgent Candidate
Eric Roffman
Creator
reStart
Lisa Roden
Creator
The Uninterrupted Second
Helen Uren
Creator
Greenhorn
KVW
Creator
I, Intervene
Elbert Wyche III
Creator
BAPTIST'S HAND
Synerjoy
Creator
Backwards
Marco Augelli
Creator
Ripples
Mike Heff
Creator
Children Alone in the Dark
Dora Endre
Creator
For Charlie
LCT
Creator
Smart
Domanique
Creator
Fridays for Future
Stephanie Mark
Writer, Director, Actress, Artist, Environmentalist
Winner
RUNNERS-UP
EARSHOT by Evanna Meehan White
SEYMOUR'S FLOWERS by Jordan Hill
As a storyteller, you have the opportunity to imagine the world that you want to live in. Create a short video or write a sequence with a main character who is facing either an internal or external conflict to overcome. In your submission, show how this character rises to take agency, meet the challenge and make the change that will be transformative. This is a scene that would take place in the third act of a script and lead to the resolution.
SUBMISSION LIMITS
Your written work cannot exceed 10 pages and short films should be under 8 minutes.
Deadline to submit: January 31, 2020 at 12PM/Noon PST.
CHALLENGE RULES
Our monthly challenges are open to everyone in the Sundance Co//ab community. One entry per person, per challenge. All submissions will be viewable to the community. All submissions will be given equal consideration and the final winner will be determined by the consensus of the designated jurors.
Only those submissions that meet the criteria outlined in the submission guidelines can be selected as the winner.
The challenge deadline is January 31, 2020 at 12PM/Noon PST.
PRIZES
Winner will receive:
- The winner will have their work featured on the Sundance Co//ab and Humanitas sites and receive:
- One-on-one mentorship session with a Humanitas Advisor
- Sundance Co//ab All Access Co//ab Membership (12 months) which includes:
- Master Classes - One free registration in every monthly Master Class ($900 value)
- Online Courses - Save 50% on first live, online multi-week course and 25% on each subsequent online course (Fees apply)
- Member-only Events - Invitation to monthly Advisor Q&A Live webinar
- Live Events - Priority access to select live Sundance learning events
- One entry fee waived to the Humanitas New Voices screenplay competition
Runners-up (two will be selected) - Sundance Co//ab Annual Membership (12 months)
Submission Guidelines
One entry per person, per monthly challenge. The limits for monthly challenge submissions are the following: scripts – 10 page limit; video – 8 minute limit.
Technical Details
Videos: Accepted video file formats: AVI , FLV, MOV, MP4 or MPEG-2. Note: If you choose to upload a .MOV file make sure that it is not using the Apple ProRes compression. We do not support reading Apple ProRes files or raw camera formats like ARRI and RED at this time.
Scripts: PDF format only, please
Other: If your file format fits outside these formats, please contact us and we will see if we can accommodate it.
(Please do not use copyrighted material without permission as part of this monthly challenge.)