Media Decoder Blog: Beijing International Screenwriting Competition Announced for U.S. Writers

New York Times Sunday 3rd March, 2013

trade deficit with China ?Screenplays.On Sunday, the Cultural Assets Office of the Beijing municipal government announced the Beijing International Screenwriting Competition. Screenwriters who live in the United States are invited to submit feature film proposals or completed short film scripts in a contest that aims, ultimately, to get movies made from some of them.The only condition: All of the stories must be about Beijing.

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