The Nantucket Film Festival focuses on the role of screenwriters in the film/video production process. The result of this unique angle is four days jam-packed with viewing, panels, activities & parties.
This year the NFF will be held between June 19th and 22nd, 2003. If it's anything like the past years, the island will be positively swamped. If you're planning to attend, get your travel plans in gear, because it's already late enough in the game that you may have trouble finding accommodations.
The NFF is sponsored primarily by Showtime Networks and NBC. (In fact, the NFF web site is powered by Showtime.) Both Showtime and NBC offer prestigious awards for the festival.
The NBC award is the "Screenwriter's Tribute", and this year it goes to female screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, a native of Germany who's penned a dozen novels, many short stories and, of course, screenplays!
The award from Showtime Networks is decided prior to the festival. Screenplays are scrutinized and eliminated in several rounds of competition, until one winner is chosen from a number of finalists. That lucky winner is given the Tony Cox Award, the aim of which is to promote new talent in the industry. The winner is also given a cash prize and an all-expenses paid retreat to the Writers Colony on Nantucket.
The NFF also features four other awards that all films/participants in the festival are screened to win. One is the NFF Writer/Director award, and another the Best Screenplay award. They are judged by a formidable panel of industry professionals. The audience also gets a vote with the Audience Award. And a panel of Nantucket High School students are given the honour of judging films for the Teen-Eye on NFF Award.
Clearly there's much for the film writers, directors, producers & many other contributors to anticipate at the NFF. But it's more than just awards!
Over 30 films from all genres of both domestic and international origin are shown. This includes feature-length films and short films, as well as documentaries. Because the focus of the festival is screenwriters, all films are screened with the quality of storytelling in mind.
Discussions with featured offer industry professionals a chance to learn from their peers, and offer the general public a chance to get a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes work of film making. Discussions this year will include topics such as adaptation, and conversations with Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, James Ivory, and Ismail Merchant.
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