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Scriptmarket Terms and Conditions

Open to ANYONE, ANYWHERE in the World, who has purchased a four day ticket for SWF 2009.
Scripts/Synopses/Taglines MUST be in English.
You MUST purchase a four day ticket to the festival before you can enter.
If you register for the Scriptmarket, there is no refund if you purchase a ticket and are not chosen, or are unable to attend the market.
The script must be submitted in .PDF format only. Please do not send us the scripts in Final Draft, Screenwriter or any other scriptwriting software. They will not be accepted.
You MUST only send entry material through the registration process on our website – sending separately by email will not be accepted as entries need to be related to your registration.
Only ONE script entry per Delegate.
Only THIRTY scripts/projects will be chosen from all of the entries.
If a script has two writers, or a writer and a producer, or a producer and a director, and they both want to be present if the script is one of the chosen, they both need to purchase a ticket - although one person can initially submit the entry.
Entries can be a feature length script, a one-off TV drama, a series/sit-com proposal/pilot, internet/web based films.
No short films/experimental films/commercials/music videos..
Scripts should be no longer than 2 hours (120 pages) or shorter than 30 minutes (30 pages), except for online dramas which should be shorter than 10 minutes (10 pages)
All thirty finalists will receive a FREE Script Report and the opportunity to attend a FREE one day Market Ready workshop in London in June 2009.
If you are applying from outside of the UK we will arrange a phone call on the workshop day between one of the panelists and yourself.
IMPORTANT – YOU MUST TELL US WHEN YOU ENTER IF THE SCRIPT IS OPTIONED, OR BEING CONSIDERED FOR OPTION, OR IF YOU HAVE ENTERED IT INTO ANY OTHER SCRIPTWRITING SCHEMES. Any company who has an option on the project must be made aware by you of the entry to Scriptmarket.
The Festival will do it’s best to facilitate meetings within the category the entrant favours but subject to the panels advice. Your choice cannot be guaranteed.
A meeting does not constitute a deal, funding or any agreement.
If there is a deal, funding or any kind of agreement emerging from a meeting it does not involve SWF and will be between the entrant and the person/organisation.
The closing date for all scripts is Thursday 30th April at 17.00 (GMT).
The Selection Panel will meet week beginning 4th May and the 30 finalists will be notified by Friday 8th May at 17.00 (GMT).
The Workshop will be in London in June 2009, exact date and venue TBC.
The free Script Report will be based on their initial script entered and not on any subsequent re-writes/drafts/amendments.
The thirty Scriptmarket meetings will be scheduled sometime during the four Festival days, 26th to 29th October, and we will not guarantee a particular time and may not be able to confirm until closer to the festival.
Entering Scriptmarket gives SWF the right to publicise any of the thirty finalists and their projects and entrants will cooperate with any reasonable requests for interviews or photos required to promote the Festival.
Whatever happens at your meeting is out of our hands, we get you in the seat, the rest is up to you- good luck.