Stonestreet Studios is accepting submissions by independent writers for COMEDY MICROMOVIES, DRAMA MICROMOVIES, and DRAMEDY MICROMOVIES. Our goal is to create a platform for emerging screenwriters to produce their writing with Stonestreet Studios and provide screening opportunities through our distribution arms, which includes access to our partnership with international platforms.
Stonestreet is a multi-functional production company with a decades long track record of producing high quality independent work covering a wide range of genres, formats, and thematic material. The purpose of submitting your work to Stonestreet is to see it produced by a team of proven professionals and brought to life featuring some of the most exciting young talent of today and tomorrow.
We invest a significant amount of time and money into our productions via the best equipment, crews, locations and actors, including follow-up public relations; festival submissions and /or delivery of projects for distribution. That being said, if we make any money on distribution, it goes toward helping us recoup our investment, and if there’s a profit on any of our MicroMovies, the funds go back into producing more new, relevant and exciting work. If you are looking to partner for a monetary benefit, Stonestreet MicroMovie scripting may not be right for you. However, if you’re looking to produce your work in a collaborative, knowledgeable environment with a diverse team of proven professionals, then we are excited to read your work if it meets the parameters set forth below. Writers maintain copyright to their scripts, while Stonestreet owns the copyright to the film produced based on it.
A MICROMOVIE, a short film structure crafted at Stonestreet Studios, is a short film less than 10 minutes in length, filmed in one location and focusing on realistic, timely stories of the human condition.
Specific breakdowns for each category:
Comedy MicroMovie
Between 3-6 pages that involve 2-3 characters that carry equal weight.
Drama MicroMovie
Between 3-6 pages that involve 2-3 characters that carry equal weight.
Dramedy MicroMovie
Between 3-6 pages that involve 2-3 characters that carry equal weight.
Open casting and inclusivity is encouraged, but a script that requires a specific race or gender should then be clarified and justified for all roles.
GENERAL RULES
Submitting your work for consideration is not a guarantee that Stonestreet will produce your writing.
Stonestreet Studios will own the copyright to the film. Winners will own the copyright to the written material.
TERMS and CONDITIONS
If more than one (1) party signs this agreement as submitter, then reference to “I”, “me”, “my” throughout this agreement shall apply to each party; jointly and separately.
My ENTRY has not been optioned, produced or purchased. If it does become optioned or produced or sold during the judging period then the ENTRY will be disqualified and the entry fee will be forfeited. It is my obligation to let the production company know that it has been optioned, sold or produced.
I understand creative revisions may be required prior to setting up meetings and therefore agree to the process. I also understand that if my script is chosen, it is a requirement to sign a release formin order to receive any prizes. I understand and accept without reservation that I am an independent contractor and that Stonestreet is not responsible for withholding any taxes or payments to any government agency, at any level, be it state, local or federal.
I grant Stonestreet permission to give a copy of my screenplay to industry members if requested. Industry includes but is not limited to network executives, agents, managers, casting directors and others that can aid in securing future work or funding to make my screenplay into a film or TV show.
I/We own and am/are the only authors of the material submitted with application and are the only people that can lay claim to this work. I further claim that the submitted material is not adapted from the work of any other author.
I understand that it is my sole responsibility to register Script with the U.S. Copyright Office or with the Writer’s Guild of America or the appropriate agency in my country.
I warrant that the use of the rights granted here and of any material supplied by me will not violate the rights of any third party. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Stonestreet, its officers, agencies, employees, and sponsors from any claims by third parties alleging that our content or material infringes on any third party’s rights. This Release and Hold Harmless Agreement shall bind my assigns and any representative.
This contract is the entire agreement between the parties hereto, and replaces and supersedes any prior agreement or understanding, verbal or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof. No amendment, addendum, modification or waiver of this contract or any portion hereof shall be valid unless contained in a writing signed by both parties hereto.
Any signed contract shall be deemed to be entered into in New York, NY, and shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements entered into and carried out entirely within California. I agree that any and all disputes or controversies arising under this contract or any of its terms shall be resolved under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association, under its Commercial Arbitration Rules, through its New York, NY office; provided, however that I agree that my remedies for any breach of this contract by Stonestreet Studios, its officers, agencies, employees, and sponsors will be limited to damages to an action at law to recover and in no event will I be entitled to rescind or terminate this agreement or to seek injunctive or any other equitable relief.
I hereby certify that I am over eighteen years of age and competent to contract in my own name.
