August
Monday, August 26th Contact all school representatives; send information, flyers, and posters.
Monday, August 26th – SCREENWRITING Open call for submissions
September
Wednesday, September 18th – FILMMAKING Open Call for submissions
October
Friday, October 4th – SCREENWRITING deadline to submit samples to school representatives.
Friday, October 11th – SCREENWRITING deadline for samples submitted to SBIFF
Friday, October 18th – SCREENWRITING Finalists announced via e-mail
Saturday, October 26th – SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP
November
Friday, November 1st – FILMMAKING deadline to submit samples to school
Monday, November 11th – FILMMAKING deadline to submit samples to SBIFF
Saturday, November 23rd – SCREENWRITING deadline to submit first draft to mentor
Monday, November 25th – FILMMAKING Finalists announced via e-mail
December
Saturday, December 7th – SCREENWRITING deadline for revised draft and table reading
10 scripts
10 readings
5 hours
With lunch
Saturday, December 7th – FILMMAKING WORKSHOP
10 filmmakers
FILMMAKERS and SCREENWRITERS will be paired up
Thursday, December 12th – SCREENWRITING deadline for 2nd draft scripts submitted to SBIFF & FILMMAKERS
Thursday, December 12th to Thursday, January 16th – Ed Kaplan can hold workshops
January
Thursday, January 16th – SCREENWRITING deadline for final scripts submitted to SBIFF
Screenwriter can turn in their strongest draft (the one they wrote themselves or the one they collaborated on with the filmmaker) Scripts are judged separately from the film
Tuesday, January 28th – PRESS RECEPTION at TBD
We will introduce the teams
February
Friday, February 7th – FILMMAKING Films submitted at festival hub by 10am
Sunday, February 9th – SCREENING AND AWARDS at Lobero at 1pm
Sunday, February 9th – WINNING FILMS SCREENED at closing night ceremony