SLATES – INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING COMPETITION

SANDSTORM FUND & SHOOT YOUR SCRIPT

Sandstorm Slates is a screenwriting competition where the winning writer gets paid and their winning script gets funded, shot and edited by the Sandstorm team.

ROUND 3 – DETAILS COMING SOON

Keep an eye on this page and follow us on social media as we will be launching the next Slates competition soon.

ROUND 2 – CLOSED 26th APR 2024

Thank you to everyone who submitted their scripts before the deadline. Unfortunately new entries will not be considered for Slates Round 2.

We’ve started the lengthy and exciting process of judging the scripts. Here’s our target timeline of events.

24th of May ’24 – Contact shortlisted writers

21st of June ’24 – Choose the winning script

1st of July ’24 – Start pre-production

Sept – Oct ’24 – Shooting begins

ROUND 1 – CLOSED 31st AUG 2023

ROUND 1 WINNING SCRIPT – STRIKE

ROUND 1 WINNING WRITER – HENDRIK HARMS

Production on Strike is now complete and in post-production.