With the Contribution of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Thematic Screenplay Competition Conditions of Participation This is the category in which short film scripts based on the 7 Turkish greats given as the theme and based on the lives, parables, works, advice of these 7 great personalities and their contemporary counterparts or periods will compete.

-Screenplays in the fiction branch can participate in the short film script competition.

-Contestants can apply with more than one work.

-The works that have won the short film script competition can be turned into a movie by Ehli Sanat Cinema and Culture Association. 

-The winners of the screenplay competition declare and undertake to transfer all rights arising from the ownership of the work to the Ehli Sanat Cinema and Culture Association.

-Works that are fictionalized and written in a way not to exceed 15 minutes in duration can apply to the script competition

-In the scenario competition, works outside the determined themes will not be accepted.

-In the script competition, scripts with each personality will be evaluated within their own theme, one winner will be selected for each theme, and a total of 7 best scripts will be awarded.

-In the script competition, submissions in different languages and from different countries must be sent in their original language with a copy translated into Turkish.

-If there is a work from which the script is adapted in the selected scripts, a certificate of transfer of rights (copyright certificate) will be requested.

-Authors are required to fill in the online application form on the festival website (www.7shortfilms.com) in full.

-Participants are required to send a copy of their screenplay (from the owners of the selected first prize winning screenplay) and a wet signed consent form to the festival center.

-After the announcement of the scripts selected for the competition, the authors cannot withdraw their works from the festival. Each applicant is deemed to have accepted this article.

-The scripts that are evaluated by the selection committee and awarded will be announced on the official website of the festival and through social media. The owners of the works that are not selected for the competition will not be informed through any communication.

-Only 1 (one) representative from the creative team of the awarded works will be invited to the award night of the festival. The dates of participation in the festival will be announced by the festival management.

- The festival management reserves the right to make any changes to the regulations without prior notice. 

-The deadline for submissions in this category is May 1, 2025, and participants must have completed their online application before the specified date.