Tongal, Lionsgate, Women In Film, Facebook, and Volvo announce the Top 6 ‘Twilight Storytellers’ screenplay finalists and begin ‘The Storytellers: New Voices of the Twilights Series Drive to Dream Sweepstakes’ where fans can enter to win a new VOLVO XC60 CROSSOVER.
Fellow TwiFans, as promised, yesterday the screenplay finalists for the “Twilight Storytellers –New Creative Voices of The Twilight Saga” campaign were announced! Originally the panel of judges were only planning on picking five, but due to the high quality of all of the submissions, the ended up selected six finalists (which were revealed exclusively via Entertainment Weekly). Check them out below:
- “Sunrise” by Alanna Smith tells Benjamin’s story.
- “The Mary Alice Brandon File” by Kailey and Sam Spear focuses on Alice’s human life before she became a vampire.
- “We’ve Met Before” by Thea Green is all about Alice and Jasper’s first meeting.
- “The Groundskeeper” by Sarah Turi Boshear follows Alice and the events that led to her becoming a vampire.
- “Turncoats” by Lindsey Hancock Williamson is about Garrett and Carlisle during the Revolutionary War.
- “Consumed” by Cullyn Doerfler & Megan L. Reese tells Jane and Alec’s story.
CONGRATS to the finalists! All six of these stories sound so compelling. And if you click on the name of each story above, you can download and read the full screenplays too.
The campaign has entered the fourth phase and is requesting director’s pitches from female directors. From now until February 20, film makers can select one of the six screenplays and submit a pitch to the judges panel convincing them why they should be selected to execute the short film. Even though six final screenplays have been selected, there will still only be five directors/shorts in the final stages.
Did any of your favorite screenplay ideas/characters make the cut? Will you be submitting a director’s pitch? Share your thoughts in comments!
And in the mean time, Volvo just announced “The Storytellers: New Voices of the Twilight Series Drive to Dream Sweepstakes,” where fans can enter to win a Volvo XC60 Crossover:
As a proud partner, Volvo Cars is presenting the winning filmmaker with the all new VOLVO XC90 HYBRID SUV and launching the Volvo Cars “The Storytellers: New Voices of the Twilight Series Drive to Dream Sweepstakes,” where by voting in the contest, fans can enter to win a new VOLVO XC60 CROSSOVER.
Additionally, up to thirteen (13) monthly prize winners will have a chance to receive a Twilight swag bag and Harman Kardon Soho Wireless Headphones or Soundsticks Wireless Home Speakers.
How exciting! Head over to www.VolvoDrivetoDreamSweepstakes.brandmovers.co for more details and to enter now!
