Burbank International Film Festival 2011 - Animation Judges

"Best Screenplay" Nominees

		To the End of the World Frustrated by the narrow horizons of the British navy, Robert Falcon Scott undertook an all-consuming venture to the last untouched place on earth, the South Pole. He reached it -- just days after his competitor -- but died on his way home. Despite this, his courage and character have made him an enduring British national hero. by Jean-Paul Travers GENRE: Historical / Based on a True Story

		Finishing School A young woman is haunted by a ghost and a legacy that all girls in her family commit suicide on their 18th birthdays. As she attempts to save her own life, she unveils a dark history of lobotomies and mental-health malpractice that puts her in even graver danger. by Jennifer R. Coté GENRE: Thriller

		Imprinted Fourteen-year old Vivien has to spend eight years in space, all alone except for the minds of three brilliant astronauts imprinted on her brain…and the imprint of a psychopath. Adapted by Alison McMahan, who owns the rights to the short story, Rub-a-Dub by Daniel Galouye that inspired this screenplay (Galouye’s novel Simulacron 3 became the film The 13th Floor). McMahan is an optioned and award-winning screenwriter and an independent filmmaker. GENRE: Sci-Fi / Action

		The King's Son A guilt-ridden former gangster gets word that his estranged father (a crime lord known as the King) is on his deathbed. But when he returns to his old neighborhood to make amends, he discovers that his father's last wish is for him to settle an old vendetta as the price of atonement. by uygar AKTAN GENRE: Crime Drama

		Mesmerised Charles Dickens, the world's most famous living author, risks everything, even his life and his sanity, to be with the beautiful and mysterious Isabella. Lane is an award-winning British writer-director and producer who wrote Dickens and Isabella, for which she received a distinction, whilst studying for her MA in Screenwriting under the tutelage of Olivia Hetreed (Girl with a Pearl Earring, Wuthering Heights). Callie's delighted that her first short film, Talk, is also a finalist at this year's Burbank International Film Festival. by Callie Lane (aka Ellie Moriarty) GENRE: Historical Fiction

		Honerable Mentions Details soon.

Our 2011 screenplay finalists are eligible to win the following awards:
	Write Brothers, Inc. One copy of Screenplay Stuido to the winning scriptwriter. In 1994, the Write Brothers were honored with the first (and only) Academy Technical Achievement Award granted to a screenwriting program! Since then, Movie Magic Budgeting and Movie Magic Scheduling/Breakdown, were nominated for Academy Technical Achievement Awards. These program quickly became the industry standard tools for the production of film and television. Over 90% of the films you've seen in the last ten years used software originally developed by The Write Brothers.
	Bella Fe Films/FrameForge Previz/BIFF 2012 Development Scholarship One SCREENPLAY finalist from BIFF 2010 will be awarded: One FrameForge Pre-Viz Core Package A $500 Pre-viz Development Scholarship One finalist will receive one CORE PACKAGE from FrameForge Pre-viz software, and $500 cash from Bella Fe Films via BIFF to develop a Pre-viz'd short to be featured at next year's festival.
	FrameForge Previz Studio Two finalists will win: One Pro package, OR one Core package FrameForge Previz Studio 3 enables you to create a virtual 3D set in your computer with the freedom to place any number of virtual cameras in any placement, angle or height desired. It's more than storyboarding, it's Previz!

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