Festival Details
Curated by Windmill Arts Production
Festival Director, Jonna Leanne Patel
Festival Dates: April 2025
In the spirit of Windmill Arts’ effort to create and advance new work, Windmill Arts Production is sponsoring a
Short Play & Film Festival in April 2025!
The festival is open to any new, unproduced short plays & films.
Beginner to seasoned writers are welcome to submit their plays for production consideration.
Short films should be a completed film ready for screening.
Windmill Arts Production will provide a producer, director, actor(s) and technical support for all selected short plays.
Short films will be screened at Windmill Arts during the festival run.
There is no entry fee for this opportunity. Additionally, there is no compensation if your play or short film is selected.
Submission Deadline: September 30, 2024 at 11:59pm EST
Submission Guidelines
Play/film should be original, unpublished and it should not have been performed or screened in the Atlanta area as of the day of submission.
Play/film should have a running time of no more than 15 minutes. Ideally, short plays will have a small cast and single set environment.
Play may have multiple writers, but you will have to pick a single representative for your team and use their information in all correspondence with us.
Play should be in English, although some parts may be in another language.
Please make sure a translation of such parts is offered within the body of the play.Submissions containing copyrighted material that does not belong to you cannot be accepted.
Musicals are not accepted currently.
Submission Requirements
Submission Deadline: September 30, 2024 at 11:59pm EST
Submit your script and/or film to submissions@windmillarts.org
Include the full name and email address of representative we should correspond with.
Submissions are limited to two (2) per individual.
Script submittals should be sent in PDF format.
Please, ensure your play is properly formatted. Click here for Writer’s Guild format guidelines.Short film submittals should be in .mov or .mp4 format.
Written feedback will only be provided to those plays/films that are accepted to the festival.