Author: Wendy Grube

Carnegie Screenwriters will once again participate in this year’s 48 Hour Film Project. If you are interested in being part of our team, please contact us at cscreenwriters@gmail.com .

The Mt. Lebanon Library is now open for in-person meetings and Carnegie Screenwriters will be meeting – for the first time since the start of the pandemic – on Saturday, April 23rd at 10AM. We are excited to return to the basement and we hope to see you there!

As we usher in the new year we welcome Pauline Greenlick to the board.  Pauline will be serving as treasurer for the 2021-2022 term.

We hope that 2021 will bring the opportunity for us to get together.  Until that time, please follow us here and on our FaceBook page for details on any virtual events we may be hosting.

Be well, stay safe, and keep writing!

There is still time to check out the 2020 Fall Festival Script Competition, a partnership between Carnegie Screenwriters and Film Pittsburgh.

There are four wonderful scripts and a bonus film!

Finalists include

Ain’t My Type of Hype by Tanisha Jackson

Bernie by Fred Perry

Hawk Bells by Kristian Mercado Figueroa

Next, Please by Diego Trovarelli

The program is available for purchase now until November 22. Save $1 with code CSW20

https://filmpittsburgh.org/pages/fall-festival-script-competition

Hurry! Don’t miss your chance to see these scripts come to life!

Hooray! The information on the festival has finally been announced!!

The Film Pittsburgh Fall Festival will screen online at filmpittsburgh.org, November 11-22, 2020.

The festival will feature exciting and thought-provoking independent films from the Three Rivers Film Festival and Pittsburgh Shorts, and will include films from ReelAbilities Pittsburgh and the JFilm Festival.

This expansive, virtual, 12-day event will be integrated, inclusive, and fun! The festival includes Pittsburgh Shorts, which features 137 of the best local and international contemporary short films from 37 countries with 47% of the films directed by women (films from past festivals later went on to win Academy Awards!) along with staged readings from a short script competition.

It will also showcase the Three Rivers Film Festival’s curated slate of 30 feature films including dramas, comedies, and documentaries. Woven throughout the 12 days are ReelAbilities Pittsburgh films that explore and celebrate the stories of people living with disabilities and dynamic, Jewish-themed films from the JFilm Festival.

Head on over to filmpittsburgh.org to check out the entire lineup of selected films and scripts and buy your tickets today! Carnegie Screenwriters members and friends use discount code CSW20 to save!

Thanks to all who submitted scripts to this year’s competition. We received a lot of fantastic submissions. Watch for the selections to be announced soon! In the meantime keep up with all of the festival happenings at Film Pittsburgh.

https://filmpittsburgh.org/

We are once again partnering with Film Pittsburgh to bring you the 2020 Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival and Short Script Competition.

The 2019 festival featured 116 films from 34 countries with a lineup that included nine films that went on to be shortlisted, six that became nominees, and one that won an Oscar®.

2019 also brought the first year for the short script competition and seated reading event which was met with great enthusiasm from our audience.

We would love to consider your short film or short script for our 2020 festival!

The hope is to present our fall festival in theaters with in-person Q&As and networking opportunities and we continue to plan for that. However, we are mindful that social distancing restrictions may keep us from doing so. Please know that we are considering our options, which include either an in-person festival that includes some virtual streaming options or a completely virtual festival to be held online. Either way, rest assured the show will go on!

To submit your short film or short script for consideration and to see more information about our festival, including some additional reviews, please visit our FilmFreeway page at:



https://filmfreeway.com/PittsburghShorts