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FIRST
ROUND WINNERS!
Marza is pleased to announce that we have short-listed
ten writers and stories in the first round of this year's Story Circus
competition. We received over 300 stories from all over the world and
have chosen the ten most suitable for development by Marza.
We will announce the names of the winners shortly. If you have not been
notified directly it means that your story was not shortlisted this
time, but this does not necessarily mean that your story was not good.
This year the level was much higher than in the first year of the competition
and it was very difficult to make the first selection.
To complicate matters we received some really excellent stories, but
if there was a similar story in development in another animation company
or if we felt it was too close to an already existing property we were
not able to short-list the stories.
We hope that writers who were not short-listed will not be discouraged
and will continue to submit their stories in future.
The ten selected writers will receive feedback on their stories, to
develop them into slightly longer synopses, and from these we will select
and option one story.
Once again, thanks to all the writers who submitted their stories.
Bite Me - - - Karim Iskander Flint
The Great Bun - - - Simon Littlefield
The Sled Cats of the Yukon - - - Katrina Nicholson
Ms. Christmas - - - Si G.Stratton
Snottleflobber Memory Jam - - - Tracy Ann Baines
Monster Truck - - - Alan Gilbey
Bella - - - Bill Adams
The Good Goblin - - - Andrew Fawn
The Fourteenth Duke of Plimsoll - - - Steve Connolly
The Horrid Tale of Franken Santa - - - Kevin Hill
ＭＡＲＺＡ™ (CEO: Koichi Fukazawa), the new film production arm of Sega Sammy group, and 100 Meter Films (CEO: John Williams) are pleased to announce the 2nd MARZA “Story Circus” competition.
The Marza Story Circus Competition is a global search for original high-concept stories, to be developed into animated feature films for family audiences.
The stories must have fascinating characters, strong emotional resonance, universal themes and be conceptually surprising.
The second Marza Story Circus competition is now open for entries. The deadline is November 15th 2011.
Writers should submit or complete the following:
All the entries will be judged anonymously at the first stage, by a team consisting of Marza Producers, Directors and Story Analysts.
Short-listed writers will be asked to write a longer treatment of their story, of no more than 2,000 words.
Marza is offering a single cash prize of 1,000,000 Yen in the form of an Option on the story.
MARZA’s company vision is to produce: “Delightful stories for children all over the world!”
MARZA aims to produce feature-length CGI animated films, based on original stories, for global distribution. We are looking for original and entertaining stories for children and families with contemporary themes and positive messages, set in any culture or period.
Download Application Form
Synopsis Format:
Microsoft Word format
A4 sized paper (Maximum 1,000 words)
Size 12 font
All submissions should be sent by e-mail to the following address.storycircus@100meterfilms.com Please write; "Story Circus Submission "in the subject line.
Notes:Please read the terms of agreement carefully before submitting your work.
Submissions must be written. No illustrations or character designs will be accepted.
Submissions must be in either English or Japanese.
Please retain a copy of your file as it will not be returned to you.
Please do not bring your application directly to the office.
All submissions must be made by e-mail.
September 15th to November 15th 2011 (Materials must arrive by November 15th)
Announcement of the Results of the first round: End of November 2011
Writers whose stories are selected in the first round will be notified by e-mail
Selected stories will be developed for adaptation into films. (This does not however guarantee that the film will be made.)