Short Film Fund Submission Page - Unsolicited Scripts

Short Film Fund Submission

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Name(Required)

This should be the submitter's name.

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Email(Required)

This should be the submitter's email.

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Phone(Required)

We may use this number to connect with you if we need more information about your application.
Please make sure the number follows this format: "+440000000000" or "+10000000000"
Please not add any spaces, brackets or other characters.

Country(Required)

Country the submitter is based, no matter where the film will be shot.

Submitter's role(Required)

Writer

Director

Producer

Submission type(Required)

Screenplay

Rough cut

Writer's full name(Required)

If more than one writer, please include the full list of names separated by commas. E.g. "Rachel White, John White".

Producer's full name

Please leave blank if no producer is attached. A producer is not required to apply.

Project Title(Required)

Length(Required)

For screenplays: number of pages excluding title page.
For rough cuts: running time excluding credits.

Screenplay File(Required)

Please attach your screenplay as a PDF file named "Title_Writer_DraftDate(YYYY.MM.DD).pdf"
E.g. "TheHunt_JohnSmith_2022.12.01.pdf"

Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 10 MB.

Link to rough cut(Required)

Trailers and tasters are not allowed. If you don't have a rough cut, please submit a screenplay instead.

Password

If applicable

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Format(Required)

Feature Film

TV Pilot (one-hour)

TV Pilot (half-hour)

Short Film

Genre(Required)

Action

Adventure

Animation

Biographical

Black Comedy

Comedy

Crime

Documentary

Drama

Family

Fantasy

Historical

Horror

Mystery

Mockumentary

Musical

Parody

Political

Romantic Comedy

Romance

Science Fiction

Sitcom

Soap

Teen

Thriller

Western

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Genre list

Logline(Required)

Please summarize your story in one / two sentences.
Example: "A young man is transported to the past, where he must reunite his parents before he and his future cease to exist."

Creator's statement

(Optional) Please highlight why you want to tell this story and what is your connection to it. This can be written either by the writer or the director. Max 200 words.

Budget

(Optional) Only for projects with a producer attached, or self produced films:
How much do you think the full film would cost to produce? How much has been raised already? How would you go about raising additional finance if our fund doesn't cover all the costs?
If you don't know how to respond just leave this empty.

Bio & portfolio

(Optional) Please include the bio for writer, director, and producer (if applicable). Make sure to include information about where each team member is based. No more than 200 words per team member. You can also include links to previous work if you wish.

Links to additional documents

(Optional) Feel free to link any additional document you wish to share with us (E.g. pitch deck, moodboard, budget). Please make sure the links are active until 1st August 2026 and are readable by 'anyone with the link'. Any links submitted that are not accessible at the time of the submission review may be ignored.

Anything you'd like us to know?

(Optional) Example: Would your script benefit from a reader with sensitivity towards a certain topic (e.g. culture, disability, LGBTQIA+)? Have you submitted this script to us before? Have you got other sources of funding already in place?

Which of the following would you like to be awarded?(Required)

Please select everything you are interested in receiving.

Cash grant (up to £7,000)

Colour grading by Giulia Cavina

Post Sound by Daniel Bodsworth

Festival Strategy by Film Festival Doctor

Career Advice Meeting with Libby Gervais

UK Tax Credit Support

Post-production dates(Required)

When do you hope to go into post-production? No need to be exact. E.g. November 2026.

Share the news discount

(optional) We offer a £5 discount to anyone who posts about this initiative on social media. Please paste a link to the social media post or to your social media profile featuring the post here. The post must contain a link to our submission page https://unsolicitedscripts.com/sff/

Would you like to receive feedback?(Required)

Submission Evaluation: A paragraph summarising our thoughts on your submission. Delivered when the winner(s) are announced. Read a sample here.
Feedback Report: A feedback report with at least one page of actionable notes highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the project to improve your script. Delivered in about one week. You will then be able to submit an improved draft for free. Read a sample here.

Submission Evaluation (£10)

Feedback Report + free resubmission (£50)

No feedback

Did you join a Q&A webinar?(Required)

Yes

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Submission Evaluation Fee(Required)

Price:

Feedback Report Fee(Required)

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Entry Fee(Required)

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Share the news discount

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Extra length Fee(Required)

There is a £1 fee per extra-page / extra-minute if your project is longer than 20 pages / minutes.

Price: £ 0.00

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Consent(Required)

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Where did you hear about this initiative?(Required)

Unsolicited Scripts website / newsletter

Instagram / Facebook

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The Developing Room

Kollab

Shorts2Features

Other

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Short Film Fund Submission quantity