CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Send us your stories of saving lives through organ and tissue donation!
2-20 Minute – Scripted or Documentary
$2,000 cash for best short/video; $1,000 for 2nd and 3rd place
- 5-7 Minutes Preferred
- Stories about the recipients of organs
- Stories about the donation/transplant process
- Stories about living or deceased organ donors
- Longer films edited down to under 20 minutes
20-120 Minutes – Scripted or Documentary
No cash prizes but consideration for Inspire Award
Feature Film Screenplays on Donation – Original Drama or Comedy
$1,000 cash for the best screenplay
The Donate Life Film Festival and
Donate Life Hollywood Inspire Awards
Saturday, June 12, 2010
The Paley Center for Media
Beverly Hills, California
Deadline for Submissions, April 15, 2010.
Film links or screenplays e-mailed to csariego@onelegacy.org
Screenplays or DVDs mailed to Chris Sariego, 221 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90012. For submission forms and more info: www.donatelifehollywood.org
We are here to help!
Contact Donate Life Film Festival coordinator Chris Sariego with questions or to help identify donation/transplant stories and people to interview at (213) 356-5242
Here are some story ideas:
- Discuss donation with teens to see whether to they plan to register as donors at the Department of Motor Vehicles upon getting their license
- Talk to Organ Procurement Organizations, nurses, and doctors about how they save lives through donation
- Find out how law enforcement and coroners preserve evidence while facilitating organ donation
- Script a drama about a family losing a loved one and organ donation professionals approaching them about donating their loved ones’ organs to save other’s lives
- Explain “What is Donate Life?”
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