Want to get your short film script made?

The idea behind the IMDb Script to Screen Award is simple: anyone can submit a script for a short film with a running time of 10 minutes or under. 

Five scripts are shortlisted and performed in June by Bath Spa’s drama students in front of our industry judges and a live audience. Both the judges and the audience vote for the best script and the winner receives £7,000 cash and £1,000 worth of hire kit from Visual Impact (UK filmmakers only) to turn their script into a film. Plus, the winner receives a coveted IMDb Enamel Badge and a prestigious award.  

The IMDb Script to Screen Award final is a wonderful evening with prestigious judges who in previous years have included:

  • Col Needham – CEO of IMDb – always!
  • Sarah Gavron – director, Rocks, Suffragette, Brick Lane etc
  • Gaby Chiappe – screenwriter, Their Finest, Holby City, Eastenders etc
  • Kate Leys – script editor, American Animals, Churchill, Pin Cushion etc
  • Ashley Pharoah – writer, The Living & The Dead, Ashes to Ashes, Life on Mars etc
  • Olivia Hetreed – writer, Girl With The Pearl Earrings, Wuthering Heights etc
  • John Hodge – screenwriter, Trainspotting, Shallow Grave

Read the IMDb Script to Screen Award Rules here.

Deadlines

 

  • Earlybird – 1 April 2024
  • Standard – 1 June 2024
  • IMDb Script to Screen Awards evening – 1 July 2024

Awards Evening – 21st October 2024

 

 

FilmBath Festival’s annual awards evening where we select the winner of the IMDb Script to Screen Award for their short film submission will take place on 21 October at 6.30pm at Komedia, Bath . You can expect remarkable industry judges, tangible excitement and a chance to meet fellow film enthusiasts. 

Tickets will go on sale later in the year

Previous winners

Year Name Film
2012 Simon Wharf Pussy Cat
2013 Jack Cox Trunk
2014 Sean Healy Can You Hear Me?
2015 Rick Limentani Put Down
2016 Amanda Richardson Dig!
2017 Kulvinder Gill Femme Fatal
2018 Theo Watkins Sevice
2019 Carolyn Goodyear Home Wreckers
2020 Katie McNiece Lambing
2021 Gabriela Staniszewska Choose Your Weapon
2022 Miriam Jarvis While Time Is Away
2023 Jamie Benyon Two Minutes

 

Watch our lockdown 2020 IMDb Script to Screen Awards final here with director/writer Amma Asante, screenwriter Andrea Gibb, CEO of IMDb, Col Needham hosted by FilmBath’s Holly Tarquini