Book To
Screen
Book To
Screen
Eligibility and Selection Criteria
- The applicant may be the original copyright owner of the submitted material, or may be authorised to act on behalf of the copyright owner of the submitted material.
- Projects must either have an author of South Asian origin or the book should have a South Asian backdrop and/or characters.
- For SAFM.Global 2022 MENA Chapter, we are honoured to open entries for book projects with either an author of MENA origin or with MENA region backdrop and/or characters.
- The books must be published or contract must be signed and publication date should be within the next one year.
- The decision of SAFM.Global will be final & binding on all applicants
Rules & Regulations
- All applications must be submitted in English regardless of the original language of the book.
- Projects must either have an author of South Asian origin or the book should have a South Asian backdrop and/or characters.
- For SAFM.Global 2022 MENA Chapter, we are honoured to open entries for book projects with either an author of MENA origin or with MENA region backdrop and / or characters.
- Applicant(s) can submit multiple projects.
- Once the project is selected, publisher or agent or the author must be present in person at the SAFM Global venue.
- SAFM Global will provide handholding, capacity building and mentoring to the final selected participants to create a compelling pitch presentation.
- The selected film makers will be given 15 min in total to present their project during the market. 5 Minutes (of the total 15 min) will be allotted for pitching & the remaining 10 min will be kept for Q & A session.
- The information on the application form cannot be edited once submitted.
- The decision of SAFM.Global will be final & binding on all applicants.
- SAFM.Global will choose the final and maximum 5 books to be pitched by each publisher.
Eligibility and Selection Criteria
- The applicant may be the original copyright owner of the submitted material, or may be authorised to act on behalf of the copyright owner of the submitted material.
- Projects must either have an author of South Asian origin or the book should have a South Asian backdrop and/or characters.
- For SAFM.Global 2022 MENA Chapter, we are honoured to open entries for book projects with either an author of MENA origin or with MENA region backdrop and/or characters.
- The books must be published or contract must be signed and publication date should be within the next one year.
- The decision of SAFM.Global will be final & binding on all applicants
Rules & Regulations
- All applications must be submitted in English regardless of the original language of the book.
- Projects must either have an author of South Asian origin or the book should have a South Asian backdrop and/or characters.
- For SAFM.Global 2022 MENA Chapter, we are honoured to open entries for book projects with either an author of MENA origin or with MENA region backdrop and / or characters.
- Applicant(s) can submit multiple projects.
- Once the project is selected, publisher or agent or the author must be present in person at the SAFM Global venue.
- SAFM Global will provide handholding, capacity building and mentoring to the final selected participants to create a compelling pitch presentation.
- The selected film makers will be given 15 min in total to present their project during the market. 5 Minutes (of the total 15 min) will be allotted for pitching & the remaining 10 min will be kept for Q & A session.
- The information on the application form cannot be edited once submitted.
- The decision of SAFM.Global will be final & binding on all applicants.
- SAFM.Global will choose the final and maximum 5 books to be pitched by each publisher.
required Documents
- Log line
- Theme
- Genre
- Story Synopsis (minimum 5 pages) with beginning, middle and end of season one
- World and / or treatment
- Visual References
- Character sketches
- Episodic synopsis of season one
- First episode screenplay of season one
- Story for the next two seasons (2-3 pages)