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what to send:
Complete MS
looking for:
Screenplay
About This Market
The HUMANITAS Prize was founded by Father Ellwood Kieser, C.S.P. who wanted to make a difference in the quality of entertainment. “People aren’t born fulfilled human beings,” said Kieser, “they become fulfilled through a long humanizing process.” He believed that film and television significantly contributed to this humanizing process by communicating values, forming consciences and motivating human behavior.
HUMANITAS believes in honoring stories which affirm the dignity of human beings while also exploring the complexity and meaning of life.
To qualify, a teleplay must have been written and produced in the English language for U.S. television. News and documentaries are not eligible. Material adapted from another medium may be eligible if, in the opinion of the judges, the adaptation is extensive. Such a program must have had a national telecast.
To qualify, a screenplay for an English language feature film becomes eligible in the year in which it receives a national release.
In the Sundance Feature Film Category an English language screenplay becomes eligible in the year in which the film is screened at the Sundance Film Festival. A feature length screenplay accepted into the Sundance Filmmakers Lab becomes eligible the year that the film is produced as a feature film.
There is no entry fee or limit to the number of submissions. Send application, five copies of script, 1 brief paragraph storyline, and a DVD of the final film.
Prizes: Feature Film $ 25,000 Prime Time 90 minute $ 25,000 Prime Time 60 minute $ 15,000 Prime Time 30 minute $ 10,000 Children's Live Action $ 25,000 Children's Animation $ 25,000 Sundance Feature Film $ 10,000
