Election season is upon us in some parts of the world, but no matter where you live, those who represent us as leaders should ideally inspire trust, hope and a vision for the future. Write a scene/sequence about a candidate or leader who encounters an unexpected human moment that will transform the way she/he thinks about an important issue affecting the people she/he wants to represent or lead.
Election season is upon us in some parts of the world, but no matter where you live, those who represent us as leaders should ideally inspire trust, hope and a vision for the future. Write a scene/sequence about a candidate or leader who encounters an unexpected human moment that will transform the way she/he thinks about an important issue affecting the people she/he wants to represent or lead. If it's a candidate, she/he can be running for any office, anywhere in the world. Also feel free to tailor your submission toward what leadership looks like in your area, including community leadership and activism. You'll want to introduce the candidate or leader, and write the scene where everything changes -- addressing how the main character will rise to meet the challenge that sets the course for transformation. We encourage you to be thoughtful about what local issues are personally impacting you that could be the foundation for the story. Please keep your submission to no more than 10 pages.
SUBMISSION LIMITS
Your written work cannot exceed 10 pages.
Deadline to submit: October 30, 2020 at 2PM PT.
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 Sundance judges.
Only those submissions that meet the criteria outlined in the submission guidelines can be selected as the winner.
The challenge closes on October 30, 2020 at 2PM PT.
If you have questions regarding the challenge, please email collab@sundance.org. Please do not contact members of the jury directly.
PRIZES
Winner will receive:
- The winner will have their work featured on Sundance Co//ab
- One-on-one mentorship session with a Sundance Advisor
- Sundance Co//ab Annual Membership (12 months) which includes:
- Invitation to monthly Member-only Advisor Q&A Live webinar
- Opportunity to receive feedback from a Sundance Advisor on work-in-progress you post to Share Your Work
- Eligible to participate in online Writing Groups (coming soon)
- Final Draft screenwriting software (12-month license)
Runners-up (two will be selected) - Sundance Co//ab Annual Membership (12 months)
Jurors
Tara Gadomski
Juror
Tara Gadomski is a Sundance Institute Knight Fellow and participant in the Philadelphia Screenwriters' Intensive. She is an actor, filmmaker and BBC radio producer. She’s helped cover votes around the world for the BBC, including the 1999 independence referendum in East Timor. She’s produced dozens of broadcast interviews with presidents and prime ministers, and she presented a radio documentary for the BBC World Service at President Obama’s first inauguration. As a fiction writer/director/producer, projects include: I SEE YOU NOW (winner, Spirit of Brighton Award, Brighton Rocks Film Festival) a short entirely created during the 2020 lockdown, and SIGNS OF AGING a short film which challenges ageism. She also co-wrote and produced the radio drama podcast, GESTE. Her short play THE OFFERING won Best Play at the Network One-Act festival in New York. As an actor, credits include: ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK; EMERGENCE and THE BLACKLIST. Tara has been supported by Pennsylvania Council on the Arts to bring improv theatre program to rural schools in PA, where there is little access to performing arts. She also teaches with Philly Improv Theatre and The Unscripted Project.