A Different Screenplay Contest
Congratulations to the 2024 Winners at Universal and Warner
2025 Competition now open.
Due to popular demand we are now adding internal CVR’s direct to writers. And you get a free feature film Budget template too.
CVR’s – We are adding something new, you have been asking so often we will now allow direct access to CVR’s (Commercial Viability Ratings). Internally many investor groups, studios, film funds and private equity groups use their own “in-house” system to gauge how they think a project will do in the marketplace and ultimately what likelihood of profit/loss the firm/studio will encounter.
There is no standard format besides being confidential as these reports are similar to documents any business creates when hedging a bet on a new product, stock investment, buying out another business, etc. A CVR report is not coverage, it is a deep business analysis of your proposed film project.
With many entries we are asked by the writers: Is my script commercial?
Is it worth it for me to submit to your contest and be seen by investors? And since we began this project as a way for writers to get in front of multiple investors regardless of contest placement, we again thought how to help get writers what they were asking for.
The answer is that at any time before or after entering the Capital Fund Screenplay Competition you may now submit your script for a private CVR. It is not mandatory you submit to the competition.
Just some of the things you can do with CVR in hand:
- Rework the script to make it more commercial.
- Make better decisions of when and what contests to enter.
- Use it as leverage as you try to get talent, funds, crew attached to your project.
- Include it in your package with project one-sheet at markets and festivals.
- And more, be creative, it is yours to do with as you please.
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- The only screenplay contest that connects writers to Industry financiers.
- Your script can get an offer anytime after you enter even if you don’t win a placement prize.
- Offers can be script purchase, option, or production funding for producers.
- Haven’t entered screenplay contests? That’s okay, our film financiers are looking for new, fresh voices and experienced writers.
- Earn Film Industry Recognition or Repeat Recognition on the “Hot 100” List.
- Win an in-person table read on a major studio lot.
- Gain visibility beyond the reach of your agents.
Directly access studio-level film fund and private equity managers.
My thanks for creating the Capital Fund Screenplay Competition and giving us writers a way to get our work directly into the hands of those who love movies and also have the means to fund them. I feel this is one of the best run and most significant of any of the newer screenwriting competitions that have come along in recent years. Lee Tidball
Why are we truly unique? Watch this quick video.
The 11th Annual Capital Fund Screenplay Competition
A unique opportunity among popular screenplay contests.
Now Open For Screenplay Contest Submissions
See more of our past winners here!
The Capital Fund Screenplay Competition, now in its 11th year, where your scripts are read direct by investors that buy projects and fund films at the studio level domestically and abroad.
*Ranked in the Top 20 screenplay contests next to Page International, Script Pipeline, Scriptapalooza, and Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios, we are proud to be bringing this one of a kind opportunity to writers found in no other competition. We think of it less of a screenplay contest and instead as a direct look at your material by active finance groups you simply cannot reach on your own.
Screenwriters: Have you wondered…
- How can I write screenplays that sell?
- Is my finished screenplay or synopsis commercial?
- How do I get a screenplay table read at a major studio?
- Is it possible to get movie financing without an agent?
- I don’t have an agent but I have a great story – what comes next?
The Capital Fund Screenplay Competition offers you the answers.
Our Los Angeles based screenwriting contest teams up writers with film investment companies in the US and from around the world.
Enter now and win money, prestige and exposure. But most importantly, we connect you with movie investors in Los Angeles, and international film finance companies overseas, that provide the funding for movies. Alcon, Endgame, EuropaCorp, Relativity, Wanda, etc. are all searching for great scripts in the markets we are at meeting investor partners ready to buy. Whether you’re new to the business of screenwriting or an experienced veteran, our screenwriting contest is the best place to get your script read. We are actively buying scripts and want to read yours.
The Capital Fund Screenplay Competition does offer money, prestige, and industry exposure. But the object is to get your movie made and make investors happy, and that brings you money and launches a real full time screenwriting career with agents finally flocking to you.
Bypass the networking, the query letters, the wondering whether your script is getting read or just sitting at the bottom of a pile. With Capital Fund Screenplay Competition you can go straight to an option (and prize money), sponsored by film industry investors who are actively looking for scripts to green-light.
We are open year round to submit for investor reviews and major market exposure. There is never a break in that schedule of getting your work in front of buyers. The contest cycle is also year round with each season ending and starting in June. Sign up below to get notified of deadlines as they approach so you don’t miss out.
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