Faith and Family
Screenwriting Awards
⭐️ Win a Professional Table Read ⭐️
(a $1000 Value)
Do you want to make an impact in the Faith and Family film market but don't know how to get noticed?
Faith and Family Screenwriting Awards gives you opportunities to have your short, pilot and feature screenplays judged by readers who work in your genre, win awards, and have your scripts read and seen by industry professionals.
Let’s celebrate great storytelling! Faith & Family Filmmakers Association wants to find the best of the best of unproduced scripts in the faith based and family friendly genres.
What is "Family Friendly?"
Here at Family Friendly Filmmakers Association, "Family Friendly" doesn't necessarily mean it needs to be for kids, or even a movie that the whole family would want to watch together. It might be written for adults and deal with some gritty realities of life, but a good writer can portray this without profanity, nudity and sexual content. For us, "Family Friendly" is related to traditional family values and decency - sometimes, but not necessarily, including elements of faith.
Winners Announced
Summer 2023 Festival
Tamara Lee Green
The Friends and Family Plan
Congratulations to all our winners!
There is a growing demand for Faith and Family films. The market is crying out for more conservative, yet still compelling content. Faith and Family Filmmakers Association believes that when writers see growth both in their level of writing, and in the opportunities available to them, they’re able to provide the content that the market is begging for.
FESTIVAL GOAL: To find and showcase quality writing; to raise the standard of scriptwriting in the Faith and Family Friendly film market, and help launch and advance screenwriting careers.
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Submit Today on FilmFreeway. It's simple to enter - with an option to add reasonably priced Profes-sional Feedback
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Win Laurels . . . available in 20 categories. Best Screenplay gets a professionally produced table read; recorded and edited, ready for pitching.
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Get Recognition . . . and attract more attention for your scripts from producers, development executives, and agents.
Two Seasons Per Year
Less waiting when you have a new script to submit
Tickets for the Summer 2025 Online Festival Event
Faith and Family Screenwriting Bootcamp and Awards Presentations
Will be Available for Purchase HERE starting February 1, 2025
(You can currently register for the January 26, Winter 2025 event)
Awards and Prizes
Best Screenplay Award
★ One Winner will get a PROFESSIONAL TABLE READ of their screenplay cast by Jean Wenger of Treasure Coast Talent. This virtual table read will be cast with professional actors, and organized shortly after the end of the Screenwriting Awards Contest. It is a great opportunity to invite potential producers, directors and/or investors to the live event - and you can use the recording for the same purposes after the event (a $1000 value).
Laurels are Available in
in the Following 20 Categories
★ Best Screenplay
● Best Short Screenplay
● Best Pilot Screenplay
● Best Adventure Feature Screenplay
● Best Comedy Feature Screenplay
● Best Action Feature Screenplay
● Best Mystery Feature Screenplay
● Best Thriller Feature Screenplay
● Best Sci-Fi Feature Screenplay
● Best Musical Feature Screenplay
● Best Faith Based Feature Screenplay
● Best Drama Feature Screenplay
● Best Historical Feature Screenplay
● Best Based on a True Story Feature Screenplay
● Best Romantic Comedy Feature Screenplay
● Best Four Quadrant Feature Screenplay
● Best Children's Feature Screenplay
● Best Teen Audience Feature Screenplay
● Best Family Feature Screenplay
● Best Christmas Feature Screenplay
Add Professional Feedback
● You can add professional feedback (1.5 - 2 pages) to your submission for $125
● or you can order a FULL script analysis or script notes Here
Rules and Terms
● All entrants must be 18 years of age or older.
● Profanity, nudity, or sexual content will exclude the script from advancing.
● Scripts must not exceed page limits: FEATURES -125 pages. SHORTS - 45 pages. Pilots - 70 pages.
● Submissions must be in English (The script may contain minimal dialogue in other languages, but must have the English translation written in the script.)
● This festival accepts UNPRODUCED SCRIPTS ONLY
● Previously submitted scripts are eligible (excluding winners).
● Multiple entries are accepted (submitted separately with their applicable fees)
● All entries must be an original work for which the entrant owns the rights.
● It is recommended that your original material be copyrighted.
● FFSA does not claim any ownership or rights to your scripts.
● Award Winners give permission to FFSA and its sponsors to use their Name, Script Title, and images (if provided) for promotional purposes.
● Screenplay submissions must be formatted in the industry standard screenplay format, and submitted as a digital PDF.
● Scripts must include a title page WITHOUT writers name(s) or contact information.
● It may not be possible to update or change your file after the final deadline. Please proofread your script, and double check your PDF before uploading.
● Promotional discounts (if any) must be applied at the time of submission, and no refunds will be issued after submission and payment.
● FFSA reserves the right to increase or decrease fees at any time; and extend or change closing dates, announcement dates or event dates as necessary, at its sole discretion.
● The Festival will communicate with participants via the email address provided. The participant is responsible to provide a correctly spelled email address, and maintain an active email account. Your email address will be added to the Family Friendly Screenwriters database for festival and bootcamp updates, future contest promotions, discount codes, and other notifications. You will have the option to unsubscribe at any time.
● The decisions and judgements of FFSA are final and cannot be disputed.
● FFSA reserves the right to amend or add to the rules at any time, and to rule on situations and concerns not foreseen by these terms, at its sole discretion.
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