pitching award at the galway film fleadh

The rules for entry are simple. Applicants write and submit a 500-word story idea for screen, all received applications are read by a panel selected from the Irish film industry - and the best five are shortlisted. The five writers are contacted and invited to present their pitch to a panel of judges. This takes place in front of an audience during the Galway Film Fleadh. The Galway Film Fleadh presents the winner with a cheque for €3,000. But the true successes of this venture are multifarious.

The invitation to write your idea in 500 words inspires so many people, many with no experience of the film industry who have long harbored an ambition to sit and write their idea down. For many writers, it has afforded them an opportunity to practice the craft of pitching. For those selected, it is a golden opportunity: to communicate their story, to bolster their confidence and their first opportunity to win the crowd. And for the winner, the winnings can afford them the time to sit down and expand their pitch into a full feature film script.

So get writing………….!

Read what 2008 winner, Barbara Deignan has to say about the award. Click here to view...
Read what 2007 winner, William Collins has to say about the award. Click here to view...
Read what 2006 winner, Mark Wale has to say about the award. Click here to view...
Read what 2005 winner, Keith Bogue has to say about the award. Click here to view...