V05-BRF24 - D:25-07-2024

BAFTA ROCLIFFE COMPETITION 2024

HOW TO ENTER, GUIDELINES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS        

 

Deadlines | Prizes | Applying for a Bursary | The Entry Process | Payment Process | Notifications | Reports | Other Rules about Entry | Eligibility | Submission materials | Judging Criteria & Process | Bursary Qualifying Factors


FILM SCRIPTS:

This competition is open to feature films and short films.

Should the jury decide upon a short film they are limited to a maximum of one short film in the final three.

A minimum of two of the scripts in the showcase will be feature films.

Priority will be given to feature scripts.

Only ten pages are required, not full scripts. 

Please include the genre in the introduction.

 

DEADLINES


PRIZES

SHOWCASED WRITERS OR FINALISTS



The seven SHORTLISTED WRITERS will be announced in the Rocliffe Newsletter and in the BAFTA handout posted on the BAFTA and Rocliffe websites.


APPLYING FOR A BURSARY

(SEE NOTE BELOW**)

If you cannot afford the entry fee you can apply by filling in a bursary form up to 30-Aug-2024, 5pm. If your bursary application is successful, you will be asked to accept within 24 hours and must submit your entry by midday on 06-Sep-2024 - please note that this is earlier than the final deadline. 


If you are successful you will be contacted by 03-Sep-2024: we will only contact you if you have been awarded a BURSARY. Unsuccessful bursary applications will not be informed: we will post on social media when these have been allocated. If you have not heard from us it is safe to assume you have not been successful.


Once you have been awarded a bursary, fill in the online form but you will not need to pay for your application when prompted to do so. Your bursary will be applied by BAFTA and Rocliffe representatives after you have submitted as they have the list of approved bursary entries.


You will need to enter by midday on 06-Sep-2024 which is before the closing date. If you choose not to submit, please let us know as we have a waiting list and this early submission deadline gives them the chance to enter before the general deadline.


THE ENTRY PROCESS


PAYMENT PROCESS


NOTIFICATIONS

You will receive a notification from BAFTA and this is acknowledgement of your entry with your Entry ID.


You will not hear from us again until up to two weeks prior to the showcase date. We inform ALL entrants if they were successful or not. Queries prior to this date will delay the process.


TECHNICAL QUERIES ONLY - contact apply@bafta.org for technical queries if any information is incorrect: we will do our best to accommodate changes but cannot do so after the closing date.


REPORTS

All entries will receive a feedback report from our readers. 


This is sent up until the week before the showcase. The aim is to help the writer to progress to their next draft.


All feedback reports are sent via email up to one week before the showcase event date. Reports will only be available for 3 months after they have been sent.


Do not contact BAFTA regarding reports, as it is not responsible for the content of these reports; they are an independent service organised by Rocliffe. Rocliffe works with readers who have read for leading production companies and industry initiatives.


Please contact office@rocliffe.com after the showcase date if you haven’t received your report.


OTHER RULES ABOUT ENTERING


ELIGIBILITY


SUBMISSION MATERIALS


WE DO NOT REQUIRE THE WHOLE SCRIPT.


NOTES ABOUT THE SUBMISSION MATERIALS


JUDGING CRITERIA & PROCESS


All writers will be notified of the status of their entries and informed whether they were SHORTLISTED ONLY. The three showcased writers or finalists will be informed and their scripts performed at a showcase hosted by BAFTA and Rocliffe.The Jury’s decision is absolute. We cannot provide any feedback to writers beyond their reader reports.


Our readers also remain anonymous so no further feedback can be given beyond the initial feedback report. We also cannot facilitate connecting you with the reader once the competition is over, in order to protect the identities and anonymity of our readers for their services for the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Competition.


This is a competition and showcased writers are referred to as “showcased writers, finalists and winners of the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Initiative ie. “Film - Year”. Showcased writers are part of BAFTA Rocliffe initiative alumni.


No reference should be made to it as an “award” or having “won an award”.  


BURSARY QUALIFYING FACTORS**

Applicants who have dependents, are carers, are in receipt of benefits, are in education, who work less than 16 hours a week, or are on minimum wage can apply for a bursary to cover the cost of entry. We also make allowances for people outside of this scope.


To apply for the bursary fund, please fill in an application form found here - bursary form - before the Bursary Deadline (see DATES AND DEADLINES) and wait to hear from a Rocliffe representative regarding the status of your bursary application before taking any further steps.

Should be successful, you will then need to fill out a competition application form: do not pay for your application when prompted to do so after you have submitted. All information is treated with discretion and respect.


The Bursary Deadline is listed in the DATES AND DEADLINES section.


You must email us with your script ID once you have submitted.  


Failure to do so will mean the opportunity will be passed on to the next person in the waiting list and you will no longer be eligible. 


The recipients are at the discretion of BAFTA and Rocliffe.


BAFTA and Rocliffe’s decision with regards to the bursary recipients will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.


Please let us know before the final deadline if you are unable to take this up. As we then have time to offer it to another candidate.


If your bursary application is not successful you will be contacted and required to submit and pay for an application in order for your application to be considered.

 


HAPPY ENTERING & BEST OF LUCK!

ROCLIFFE & BAFTA

D:05-07-2024