News about the Carnegie Screenwriters and its members.
The Carnegie Screenwriters present a special Halloween edition of the 3rd on 3rd reading series featuring short scripts with thrills and chills.
Refreshments served
3rd Street Gallery
Join us on Saturday, August 26th for our first Carnegie Script & Screen Festival filmmaker reception and seated reading.
We will have seated readings of our selected scripts read by local actors. Scripts to be presented are:
“The Badge, the Gun, and the Hangman’s Noose” by Edward Santiago.
“Dig” by Robert Brian Taylor
&
“Hell to Pay: The Legend of Robert Johnson” by Giancarlo Fusi
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 inaugural event.
Portions of the evening will be filmed for an upcoming episode of WQED’s Filmmakers Corner program to be aired as part of a special Carnegie Screenwriters Script & Screen Festival episode to be shown in the fall.
Hope to see you there!
Join us for our first 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 27, 2017.
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 11AM until approximately 4:15PM at which time filmmakers in attendance will receive their Official Selection certificates. Doors will open at 10AM. Please arrive early as films will start promptly at 11AM
Come out and meet local filmmakers and support independent filmmaking around the world.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3054519
July’s meeting has been changed from the third Saturday, July 15, to this Saturday, July 8. The CSW team will be competing in the 48 Hour Film Project on the 15th.
2nd Annual 3 Rivers Screenwriters Conference at Point Park University, May 19-21.
Don’t miss this incredible event! 3 days of panel discussions, seminars, film screenings, pitch sessions and a cinematic soiree. You can attend one, two or three days, the screening(s), the party or a combo. Student rates. A great event for writers, filmmakers, film lovers, actors and more.
https://www.3rsconference.com/home
Many thanks to Final Draft for sponsoring the Carnegie Screenwriters Script and Screen Festival and donating a copy of Final Draft screenwriting software (a $250 value) for our 3rd on 3rd Fundraiser on Monday, May 15.
Please note that we have changed the dates of the April and May meetings.
April 8 instead of the 15th due to Passover and Easter.
May 13 instead of the 20th due to the 3 Rivers Screenwriting Conference scheduled for May 19-21.
Carnegie Screenwriters is hosting our first short film and short screenplay festival in August of 2017 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.
Winning screenplays will be performed at a seated reading during the opening reception event held on Saturday, August 26th. Winning writers will receive free admission to the opening reception event. All film winners receive live screening of their film on Sunday August 27th. Winning films will receive one free admission to the screening event.
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