OUR GOAL:

The purpose of Big Vision Empty Wallet’s National Film Pitch Competition is to find the next great feature film and GET IT MADE!  Our Grand Prize, valued over $100,000 is designed to help our winner collect all of the tools necessary to make their proposed feature.   VIEW ALL PRIZE INFORMATION HERE!

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

THE TOP 10 SEMIFINALISTS HAVE BEEN POSTED AND AS THE JUDGES ARE CHOOSING THE FINALISTS, YOUR VOTES WILL SELECT THE ONLINE VIEWER’S CHOICE FOR BEST PITCH VIDEO!  VOTING WILL BE OPEN THROUGH APRIL 1ST!

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Battle submitted by Elizabeth Dell	Burning Down submitted by Christopher Stadulis
The Children of Fleeting Light submitted by C.A. Chester	The Etiquette of Sexting submitted by Avery Pearson, Adam Risbridger, and Kyle Welton
Eventually Yours submitted by Anthony Marinelli	Legalize Me submitted by Michael Martinez
Sidewalk Traffic submitted by Anthony Fisher	Stranger Comes submitted by Morgan Faust
Styrofoam Soul submitted by Marty Snyder	Tiny Dancer submitted by Jayce and Tiffany Bartok

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Battle submitted by Elizabeth Dell
Burning Down submitted by Christopher Stadulis
The Children of Fleeting Light submitted by C.A. Chester
The Etiquette of Sexting submitted by Avery Pearson/Adam Risbridger/Kyle Welton
Eventually Yours submitted by Anthony Marinelli
Legalize Me submitted by Michael Martinez
Sidewalk Traffic submitted by Anthony Fisher
Stranger Comes submitted by Morgan Faust
Styrofoam Soul submitted by Marty Snyder
Tiny Dancer submitted by Jayce and Tiffany Bartok

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HOW IT WORKS:

THE SEMI-FINALISTS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED!

Our esteemed panel of judges will give each semi-finalist a score based on originality, style, professionalism, marketability, and quality of work.  The Top 3 Finalists will be announced on March 1, 2012 and will have from March 1st – April 1st to submit the completed screenplay for their proposed film.  The judging committee will then choose the Grand Prize Winner, which will be announced on May 1, 2012, along with the Viewer’s Choice Winner for the Best Pitch Video as selected by online voting.

JUDGES:

Russell Carpenter – Academy Award-Winning Cinematographer, Titanic; Maureen Ryan – Producer, Academy Award-Winning Documentary Man on Wire, Project Nim; Heather Matarazzo – Actress, Welcome to the Dollhouse (Independent Spirit Award); Rik Cordero – Award Winning Commercial, Film and Music Video Director; Alexander Buono -  Academy Award Nominated Producer and Cinematographer, 10-year veteran Saturday Night Live; June Diane Raphael – writer and star of upcoming feature Ass Backwards, writer Bride Wars.

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