Thousand Films Scriptwriting Competition
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Thousand Films is a production company dedicated to finding unrepresented writers & launching their careers.
United Kingdom
Joined February 2019
#Extraordinary wins Best Scripted comedy at the #RTSAwards Selecting the winning show, the judges called it “confident in tone and heavy on the funny – a thrilling piece of work”. Yep.
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Nearly 3,000 scripts submitted! Huge thanks to all those writers who have let us read their brilliant work. It's been a pleasure and privilege. Sadly if you haven't heard from us, you won't have made our final shortlist, but please KEEP WRITING, and see you next time! Thank you!
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clang clang clang my personal favourite TV show Extraordinary (no reason) is now on @ITVX which means you could watch it right ruddy now https://t.co/FdQJ73KLOS
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Just over two hours until our deadline. Don't miss it. Spread the word! Please!
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Disney+ Shows ‘Extraordinary,’ ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ Heading to U.K. Streamer ITVX https://t.co/EXwLtVFpM4 via @variety
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Disney+ has struck a deal with U.K. streaming service ITVX for 'Extraordinary' and 'Under the Banner of Heaven.'
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One Tweet. Two schemes for new writers! Thousand Films: https://t.co/RGkm3CSQ2O And the BBC's open call: https://t.co/4iocLMEfLZ
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Open Call is our system for receiving unsolicited original scripts.
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Please Retweet! WE WANT SCRIPTS! Drama and comedy pilot scripts by unrepresented writers in the UK and Ireland. We will take our favourites onto a funded development slate. Deadline is only a few weeks away! https://t.co/WOp5QjOZxH
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New scheme with Grey Seal Media sees Thousand Films expand into funded development, with Katie Langridge to spearhead development drive
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Thousand Films is going into development with a slate for unrepresented TV writers from the UK and Ireland. Submit at https://t.co/RGkm3CSQ2O
https://t.co/KQzBK850QX
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The program that founded Disney+'s 'Extraordinary' has had development slate launched by Thousand Films and Grey Seal Media.
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Our superpower is watching trailers, marking release dates in our calendars and then watching the glorious Extraordinary on Disney+ #Extraordinary - a new Original series streaming 25th January, only on @DisneyPlusUK
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Two years ago the script 'Extraordinary' won Thousand Films' first competition. This week it went into production for Disney+. Congratulations @MoranEmma and @sidgentlefilms and @disneyplus. https://t.co/gJOGt03pyT
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The 'Belfast' actor will play a young woman who lives in a world where everyone has a superpower - except her.
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DEADLINE! Today is the last day for submissions for Netflix, Sky and Bisha K Ali's Screenwriters' Fellowship for Black, Asian and other ethnically under-represented writers. Submit before midnight!
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A Thousand Stories competition winner announced. Writing contest run jointly between @BBCStudios ScriptWorks and Charles Dawson’s @ThousandFilmsTV, announces London-based screenwriter, Hettie Tetteh, as its competition winner. https://t.co/2TR7imicwg
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Writing contest run jointly between BBC Studios ScriptWorks and Charles Dawson’s Thousand Films, announces London-based screenwriter, Hettie Tetteh, as its competition winner.
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We have just sent emails to the writers of over 500 scripts submitted to A Thousand Stories. Please check your inboxes (or spam folders). Apologies to those that didn’t make the longlist this time, and thanks to everyone for sharing such brilliant work with us.
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SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED! Due to demand we are extending our submission window, which will now close at 23:59 on Friday 18th December. Our website will be updated accordingly to reflect this change. Good luck!
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Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic writers - please send us your TV pilot scripts by Tuesday 15th December. Go to https://t.co/BlfQ0liNZc and spread the word!
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More details in this Article and on https://t.co/BlfQ0liNZc
https://t.co/qecIBVZZ59
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BBC Studios ScriptWorks has teamed up with Charles Dawson, founder of Thousand Films, to launch the A Thousand Stories writing competition, which will reward a talented new writer aiming to build a...
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