Nantucket Film Festival & Screenplay Competition

The Nantucket Film Festival is committed to presenting our event during the summer of 2022 and hopes to be able to host an in-person festival. Should public health directives rule out a strictly in-person gathering, we will pursue either a hybrid model of both in-person and online screenings, or an exclusively online model. Films submitted to the Nantucket Film Festival via FilmFreeway will be considered for whatever format is deemed most appropriate, safe, and feasible in these circumstances. We will provide updates as we become aware of any shifts to our planned presentation. Should you have any questions, please contact us at submissions@nantucketfilmfestival.org. ********************** The Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) was founded in 1996 to spotlight screenwriters and the art of screenwriting in cinema. From its conception, NFF has been dedicated to the notion that the screenwriter's contribution is at the core of filmmaking. In June on Nantucket, screenwriting and storytelling are celebrated with over 50 films screened (features and shorts, both fiction and nonfiction) and through our Signature Programs, making NFF one of the most unique destination film festivals in the world. FILM PROGRAMMING: Our feature film program consists of approximately 30 features and includes both fiction and nonfiction. Recent NFF alums include BOYS STATE, JIMMY CARTER: ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT, THE MOLE AGENT, THE FAREWELL, AMERICAN FACTORY, YESTERDAY, FOR SAMA, OFFICIAL SECRETS, and BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON. Our short film program includes approximately 30 films. Nearly all of NFF's programmed short films are submitted through FilmFreeway. Attending short filmmakers have access to NFF's programming, including special Signature Programs. FESTIVAL SIGNATURE PROGRAMS: Our world-class Signature Programs begin with the Screenwriters Tribute, honoring the achievements of a prominent screenwriter with past recipients including the women of SNL, Leslie Dixon, Noah Baumbach, Tom McCarthy, Oliver Stone, Robert Towne, Aaron Sorkin, David O. Russell, Nancy Meyers, Barry Levinson, Judd Apatow, Alexander Payne, and Charlie Kaufman. Other Signature Programs include the always-popular All-Star Comedy Roundtable; Late Night Storytelling, which has featured short stories from Jim Carrey, Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Mos Def, Sarah Silverman, Michael Ian Black, Mike Birbiglia, Lili Taylor, Rosie Perez, and Alan Cumming; In Their Shoes... conversations; Staged Readings of unproduced screenplays; Afternoon Tea Talks with notable guests; and our daily Morning Coffee panel series with attending filmmakers. FESTIVAL PROGRAM PARTNERSHIPS: Our ongoing program partnerships include Screenwriters Colony, Facing History & Ourselves, and others. TONY COX SCREENPLAY COMPETITIONS: The Tony Cox Screenplay Competitions award cash prizes to winners, and include passes to the Nantucket Film Festival. Categories are Feature Screenplay, Short Screenplay, Episodic Screenplay (30 Min) Competition, Episodic Screenplay (60 Min) Competition. Feature Screenplay Competition / Screenwriters Colony Residency: In addition to a $2,000 cash prize, the Feature Screenplay Competition winner is invited to participate in a month-long writer's retreat on Nantucket in October through our sister organization, Screenwriters Colony. Screenwriters Colony is an invite-only retreat for four writers each year, featuring complimentary housing and meals, affording time and space for writers to hone their screenplays under the mentorship of visiting industry professionals. The winner of NFF's Feature Screenplay Competition is the ONLY public means of entry to the Colony. Notable Feature Screenplay Competition winners to have been produced and distributed theatrically include: Debra Granik's DOWN TO THE BONE, Sophie Barthes' COLD SOULS, Jenny Deller's FUTURE WEATHER, Patrick Tobin's CAKE, Stella Meghie's JEAN OF THE JONESES, and Sameh Zoabi's TEL AVIV ON FIRE.