Awards

The 2013 Beijing International Screenwriting Competition winners were previously named in May. To view highlights from their journeys to Beijing as well as the Award Ceremony held in their honor, please view the videos below.

2013 BISC: Award-Winning Trip to Beijing.

2013 BISC: Award Ceremony

Mark Harris’s Interview

Photo Gallery: Awards Show at Beverly Hilton

Photo Gallery: Trip to Beijing

Announcement of winners

FEATURE FILM WINNERS

In the Feature Film category, five First Prize winners received $1,000 each, complimentary Final Draft software, plus a 7-day/6-night all-expense paid trip to Beijing. On September 20th, one Grand Prize winner will be chosen from the First Prize winners, and will receive an additional prize of $15,000.

The five Feature Film First Prize winners are:

  • TUSK by Joshua Banta
  • Million Dollar Wedding Club by Johnny Ma
  • The Panjiayuan Diary by Tim Plaehn
  • Legend of Gong Shun Hui by Gary Shockley
  • The Monkey King by Galen Tong

In addition, five Second Prize winners received complimentary Final Draft software. The five Feature Film Second Prize winners are:

  • Snake Years by Elizabeth Farr
  • Momo and Dodo’s Day Out by Namina Forna
  • Bell-Bottoms and Mao Jackets by Bernard Nicolas
  • Pacific Rim by Nihar Patel
  • Sword Point by Brian Trenchard-Smith

 

SHORT FILM WINNERS

In the Short Film category (open to US-based students only), seven Grand Prize winners received $1,000 each, complimentary Final Draft software, plus a 10-day/9-night all-expense paid trip to Beijing films. While they were in Beijing, their short films were produced with a production budget of $10,000 or more each. The seven Short Film Grand Prize winners, along with their school affiliations, are:

  • Plight of the Honey Bee by Anita Gou (New York University/Tisch School of the Arts)
  • Morning Song by Pamela K. Johnson (American Film Institute)
  • You and Me by J.S. Mayank (Loyola Marymount University)
  • Patchwork Dreams by Lee Quarrie (Arizona State University)
  • 701 by Maya Rudolph (Columbia University)
  • You, Me, Beijing? by Crosby Selander (Carnegie Mellon University)
  • City Music by Cameron White (Princeton University)

Three First Prize winners received $1,000 each, plus a 7-day/6-nights all-expense-paid trip to Beijing. The three Short Film First Prize winners, along with their school affiliations, are:

  • The Final Test by Ben Li (Harvard University)
  • Dumplings by Cody Marion (University of Southern California)
  • Duck and Cover by Michael Thai (University of Southern California)

Ten Second Prize winners were selected to receive complimentary Final Draft software.  The selected winners, along with their school affiliations, are:

    • Beijing Noon by Eric Bergemann (University of Southern California)
  • What are we waiting for? by Peter Corina (Ithaca College Park School of Communications)
  • The Mountain and I by Neha Hirve (New York University/Tisch School of the Arts)
  • Let the Shadows Follow Me by Cindy Hu (Columbia University)
  • Canvas by Rolando Rodriguez (Valencia College)
  • The Way Home by Ting Song (New York University/Tisch School of the Arts)
  • Terracotta Army by Peng Wan (Temple University)
  • The Movie Star of their Dreams by Jessica Wu (New York University/Tisch School of the Arts)
  • Mei’s Bag by Juliana Zapata (Miami Dade College)
  • Mrs. Li’s Day by Xu Zhang (University of Southern California)

In addition, Early Bird Prizes of one $100 gift card for each winner, were offered by AMC Theaters, a sponsor of our Competition, to the authors of the best 100 submissions received by March 29, 2013.

Press Coverage

Bloomberg businessweek

10/02/2013

2013 Beijing International Screenwriting Competition To Announce Feature Film Grand Prize Winner On October 19th.

See press coverage from Bloomberg:

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/markets…

China daily

American screenwriters taken on the challenge of capturing the real China in an international competition. Selander is one of the participants of the just-finished 2013 Beijing International Screenwriting Competition. The 29-year-old is among seven winners in the short-film category who will be financed to make their scripts into movies in Beijing.

See press coverage from China daily:

More on www.chinadaily.com.cn…

Capturing Beijing through the viewfinder

LA Times

10/18/2013
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-beijing-film-award-20131018,0,4494180.story

5/20/2013
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-china-beijing-international-screenwriting-competition-20130519,0,6861961.story

Variety

10/20/2013
http://variety.com/2013/film/news/chinese-box-office-set-for-more-explosive-growth-1200743549/

10/18/2013
http://variety.com/2013/film/news/monkey-kings-galen-tong-wins-beijing-screenwriting-competition-1200738772/

5/20/2013
http://variety.com/2013/film/news/beijing-screenplay-winners-unveiled-1200484169/

The Hollywood Reporter

10/18/2013
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/galen-tong-wins-beijing-screenwriting-649459

5/21/2013
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/beijing-international-screenwriting-competition-announces-525903

Chicago Tribune

5/20/2013
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-201305201224reedbusivarietyn1200484169-20130520,0,7361329.story

Boston.com

10/2/2013
http://finance.boston.com/boston/news/read/25272573/2013_beijing_international_screenwriting_competition_to_announce_feature_film_grand_prize_winner_on_october_19th

Deadline Hollywood

10/20/2013
http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/china-hollywood-beijing-film-production/