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How to Submit Your Screenplay
[ UPDATED APRIL 2013]
In the year 2000, Embryo Films began seeking unsolicited screenplays. Within 6 months, we had a stack so high it would be impossible to read everything. Fortunately, we quickly discovered that we could determine if something wasn't viable within the first 5 pages.
As we continued searching, we learned that we could tell if it wasn't suitable for us by looking at nothing more than the logline. We tested this theory by making assessments based solely on the logline, and then reading the screenplay anywa — to see if it matched our initial instinct. It did without fail. Every time. Always.
So we changed our submissions procedure to accept loglines only. Over the past decade, we have received nearly 20,000 submissions. When we found great loglines, we would request the synopsis. If we liked the synopsis, we requested the screenplay. This resulted in reading over 4,000 synopses and 2,000 screenplays. But somewhere along way, projects would always go out of alignment with our needs. We found less than 20 suitable projects in all that time, each of which was optioned elsewhere by the time we found it.
Searching for a better way, Jeff began building FAST Screenplay in November 2009, finally completing it 3.5 years later — March 2013. Effective February 2011, we stopped actively seeking screenplays through this site. We anticipate that our future projects will be generated through the new system.
However, we are constantly searching for projects that are aligned with our goals and objectives, and just because 20,000 others weren't aligned, doesn't mean yours won't be. So we welcome you to submit your project to us through the following pages if you think it's a match for us.
We commend you on your screenwriting efforts. We know the months (and years) of work it takes to write extraordinary work. It's not always an easy road. But we assure you, real producers will always be looking for great material — because the movie doesn't get made until the screenplay gets written. We wish you success, and even if your project is not aligned with our needs, we hope you will continue your search to find the producer with whom your project is aligned.
PLEASE NOTE: If you send a script we haven't requested (by email or post), it will be discarded unread, and will NOT be returned. Please submit EXACTLY as instructed. Thanks!
