We’re thrilled to announce the inaugural Scholastic Entertainment Fellowship for Kids and Family Content. This is a new category within Austin Film Festival’s Script Competition, open to feature scripts that are kid-friendly or tailored for a family audience. Three Scholastic Entertainment judges will evaluate scripts that reach the final round and select one winner. The winner will get the opportunity to meet with the Scholastic Entertainment team and adapt one of Scholastic’s published books into a screenplay. Finalists of this category will get the opportunity to meet with a Scholastic Entertainment representative. Further details about the meeting arrangement will be announced.
About Scholastic Entertainment:
Scholastic Entertainment, the media division of Scholastic, brings quality, family-oriented content across multiple platforms to audiences across the globe. Among its award-winning productions are the animated series Clifford The Big Red Dog®, The Magic School Bus® and The Magic School Bus®: Rides Again, as well as the Goosebumps® film franchise and live-action series. Its current productions include the rebooted animated preschool series Clifford The Big Red Dog, the live-action Clifford feature film with Paramount, and the live-action TV Movie You’re Bacon Me Crazy with Hallmark. Scholastic Entertainment has several features and tv series in development with partners such as Josephson Entertainment, Amblin, and Imagine Entertainment, and continues to build celebrated children’s brands worldwide.
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*To submit, within the submission form (accessible through the link above), click the Category drop-down and select Family Feature. If you have any questions, please feel free to email Sage Kosiorek, Director of Script Competitions, at sage@austinfilmfestival.com