5 Short Film Finalists
Play Ball!
Abigail Zealey Bess
Up on the Rope
Paula Froehle
Window
Varda Hardy
Small Change
Dina Mande
Slice
Carmen Marie Milito
About the Short Film Contest
If you have a script or a short film that you want to bring to Hollywood's attention, here is your chance. MORE is partnering with Women In Film, the leading nonprofit for women in the global entertainment industry, to create a landmark screenplay and short film contest for women over 40.Two out of three women in the U.S. are over 40, yet our stories, our loves, preoccupations, and achievements continue to be underrepresented in our nation's most influential art form. Surely, the underemployment of women directors contributes to this regrettable situation. (Of the 250 top-grossing films in 2004, only five percent were directed by women.)
MORE, the largest magazine in the United States for women 40 and over, its exceptional partners Women In Film, the leading nonprofit organization for women in the global entertainment industry, and The Hollywood Reporter, wish to encourage, identify, and promote the work of talented women film directors ages 40 and older so that the rich complexity of women's lives and imaginations can been seen and celebrated.
Women directors who are 40 years old or older by June 1, 2007, are eligible to enter the 2007 MORE Women In Film Short Film Contest by submitting an application along with an original, non-documentary short film (between 10 and 20 minutes long).
Winners of the 2007 MWIF Competition will be announced online at more.com/filmcontests and in press in October 2007.