Author: Robert Scott

CSW 48 Hour Film

The Carnegie Screenwriters film for the 2023 Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Festival is a comedy entitled “I Wet My Plants” written by Jenna Potts and directed by Caroline Collins.

It stars Samantha Ainsworth, Cynthia Dallas and Samantha Fitschen along with Larsen Briley, Reidun Briley, Cami DiPasquale, Joel Rosenthal and Aaron Sutch.

 

Our film will screen on Friday, May 19 @ 9:00 pm at the Oaks Theater in Oakmont. We are in Group B.

The full list of screenings and the link to tickets are at:

https://www.48hourfilm.com/pittsburgh

 

https://pittsburgh48.ticketbud.com/2023-group-b-pittsburgh-48-hour-film-project-screening-2500e2c7-5dcad339060e

 

 

Events

  1. Premiere Screenings

Group A: Fri, May 19, 2023 6:30 PM Tickets

Group B: Fri, May 19, 2023 9:00 PM Tickets

Group C: Sat, May 20, 2023 6:00 PM Tickets

Group D: Sat, May 20, 2023 8:30 PM Tickets

The Oaks Theater310 Allegheny River Blvd, Oakmont, PA 15139, USA

  1. Best Of Screening / Award show

Group A: Sat, May 27, 2023 6:30 PM Tickets

The Oaks Theater310 Allegheny River Blvd, Oakmont, PA 15139, USA

 

CSW Meeting – May 20, 2023

The next CSW meeting will be on Saturday, May 20, 2023.
10:00 am to 12:30 pm
Mt. Lebanon Library
 
Folks are welcome to pitch your projects or bring pages to read – please keep it to a few pages and bring enough copies for each speaking character and a narrator.
(Pitching and pages are not required)
Mt. Lebanon Library
16 Castle Shannon Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15228
 
 
 
 
 

Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project

The Carnegie Screenwriters will once again compete in the Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project.  July 9-11. 48 hours to write, shoot, edit and score a short film. Let the madness begin! Good luck to all of the teams.

https://www.48hourfilm.com/en/pittsburgh-pa

 

CSW Meetings Suspended

During this time of pandemic and social distancing the Carnegie Screenwriters have suspended our monthly meetings. We will resume when life returns to normal and restrictions are eased. Until then please stay in, stay safe and keep writing. 

Screenwriting Book Signing and Release Party

April 29, 2019 from 7:00 – 9:00 PM. CCAC South Campus in West Mifflin, PA

Join us for an evening of networking and learning at CCAC with author and script consultant, Jim Mercurio. Jim will be leading a lecture on screenwriting called “Breaking the Rules with Style.” His new book “The Craft of Scene Writing” will be available for purchase and there will be a raffle for his 10-hr screenwriting DVD set with all proceeds going to Carnegie Screenwriters. Light snacks and beverages will be provided.

Event is free but registration on Eventbrite is required.

Please see our Events page for details.

CSW Script & Screen Festival

Carnegie Screenwriters 2nd Annual Script & Screen Festival

August 25-26
Tull Family Theater
418 Walnut Street
Sewickley, PA 15143

CSW Script & Screen Festival Filmmaker Reception

August 25 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

$22.00

CSW Script & Screen Festival Filmmaker Reception

Join us on Saturday, August 25th for our second annual Carnegie Screenwriters Script & Screen Festival filmmaker reception and seated readings.

We will have seated readings of our selected scripts read by local actors.  Scripts to be presented are:

Cardboard Box by Bernhard Riedhammer (U.K.)
Be Not Far From Me by Thomas Zak (U.S.)
&
Friend by Ali Abdolvahabi (Iran)

Readers include Marianne Bayard, Christopher Collier, Patrick Conner, Cindy Dallas, Lonnie Jantsch, Bob Scott & Tyson Sears.

Cocktail hour will begin at 6:00 PM with savory treats from Philomena’s  Catering.  Come out and meet the screenwriters and filmmakers whose works will be highlighted during our annual event.  Seating is limited and ticket sales will end 48 hours before the event or when sold out, whichever comes first.

Tickets are available at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3584022

Portions of the evening will be filmed for an upcoming episode of our TV show Fade In

Hope to see you there!

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CSW Script & Screen Festival Film Screenings

August 26 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

$15.00

CSW Script & Screen Festival Film Screenings

Join us for our second annual Carnegie Screenwriters Script and Screen Festival.  This International festival will feature short films from the Pittsburgh and surrounding areas in addition to selections from across the globe.  This screening event will take place at the Tull Family Theater in Sewickley, PA on Sunday August 26, 2018.

Attendees will have access to the full day of short film screenings of our selected films.  Tickets will not be sold for individual films or blocks of films.  Films will run from 11:00 AM until approximately 4:00 PM at which time filmmakers in attendance will receive their Official Selection certificates.  Doors will open at 10:00 AM.  Please arrive early as films will start promptly at 11:00 AM.

Tickets are available at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3584016

Come out and meet local filmmakers and support independent filmmaking around the world.

Thanks to Final Draft for sponsoring the CSW Script & Screen Festival and donating a copy of Final Draft screenwriting software for our 3rd on 3rd Fundraiser on Sunday, July 15.

Many thanks to Final Draft for sponsoring the Carnegie Screenwriters Script and Screen Festival and donating a copy of Final Draft screenwriting software for our 3rd on 3rd Fundraiser on Sunday, July 15.

On Sunday, July 15 we will host our seated reading and lucky draw raffle to raise funds for this year’s Carnegie Screenwriters Script and Screen Festival. Folks attending will be treated to a reading of one of last year’s winning scripts, “Dig”, by local writer Robert Brian Taylor as well as have the opportunity to win fantastic prizes in our lucky draw raffle event.
All proceeds will go towards our festival which will be held at the Tull Family theater in Sewickley on August 25th and 26th.
 
CSW Seated Reading and Fundraiser
July 15
6:00-9:00 pm
3rd Street Gallery
220 3rd St., Carnegie 15106

Indiegogo campaign for CSW film

We’ve launched this Indiegogo campaign to raise funds to produce a short script “Room with a View” written and directed by Bob Scott.  It’s a psychological thriller inspired by “The Twilight Zone,” “Night Gallery” and other series providing chills and thrills. This is a Carnegie Screenwriters production. Please contribute if you can and what you can. Any little bit helps. Please help spread the word. Thank you!

2nd Annual CSW Script & Screen Festival

Carnegie Screenwriters will host our second annual short film and short screenplay festival August 25-26, 2018 at the Tull Family Theater in Sewickley, Pa.

We are now open to submissions from members and non-members alike. We are looking for the best of the best to be shown and read at our 2 day event. We are open to all genres of films and screenplays that fall within our running time and page count guidelines. Screenplays can also be submitted to receive feedback from our readers. Scripts submitted into this category are automatically entered into the short screenplay contest, please do not submit the same script to both categories.

The Greater Pittsburgh region offers a very supportive and collaborative film environment. We’d love to see and share your works with our community.

For information and guidelines please go to:  https://filmfreeway.com/CarnegieScreenwritersScriptandScreenFestival

 

Carnegie Screenwriters is a Pittsburgh based non-profit group comprised of writers, filmmakers, actors, teachers and students.

Our local CSW members meet in the Pittsburgh area, our national and international members connect through social media. Our mission is to provide an active, supportive community for scriptwriters of all ages, backgrounds and levels of experience. We work together in an environment of mutual respect and fellowship to share resources, provide encouragement, motivation and constructive feedback on members’ scripts, concepts and works-in-progress. We network and partner with filmmakers and film organizations to produce quality scripts, films, videos and television.

The Tull Family Theater is a film-based arts organization created to strengthen cultural, educational and entertainment experiences in the region northwest of Pittsburgh.

 

Awards & Prizes

Winning screenplays will be performed at a seated reading during the opening reception event held on Saturday, August 25th. Winning writers will receive free admission to the opening reception event. All film winners receive live screening of their film on Sunday August 26th. Winning films will receive one free admission to the screening event.
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