BSSC Latest News

BSSC Final Deadline Midnight Tonight!

Monday, July 5th, 2010
The final deadline for the British Short Screenplay Competition 2010 is midnight 5th July. You may submit your screenplay until the submission form is removed from the website. It will be another year before you have this opportunity again. Make your submission online now!

BSSC Final Deadline Midnight tonight!

Monday, June 7th, 2010
The final deadline for the British Short Screenplay Competition 2010 is midnight 5th July. You may submit your screenplay until the submission form is removed. It will be another year before you have this opportunity again. Make your submission online now!

BSSC Early Deadline today!

Monday, May 31st, 2010
The British Short Screenplay Competition early deadline expires midnight tonight. Enter your screenplay now and take advantage of the lower submission fee.

BSSC 2010 Accepting Submissions now.

Saturday, May 1st, 2010
Kaos Films are delighted to announce that the BSSC is now accepting submissions online for the 2010 competition. The early deadline is Monday 31st May and the final deadline Monday 5th July.

BSSC 2009 Winners

Monday, March 8th, 2010

The winner of BSSC 2009 is:

The Hired Hand by Aixa Jansen

First runner-up

Journeyman by Miguel Herrera

BSSC 2009 Runners up

Easy Money by Dawn Coxwell

Fading Numbers by Sean Ryan

Swimming From Australia by Ian Winter

Visitors by Mike Lynch

Hlf pSt nInE by Douglas Stark

The Nelson Touch by James Walker

Time To Go by Patrick Leo Nash

The Film Maker by Otono Azemhobo Lawrence

Sigurnost by Isa Marinov

BSSC Finalists Announced

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

The readers the judges and the sponsors of the BSSC would like to congratulate the writers of all the following screenplays which have made it through to the final round.

  • Easy Money
  • Fading Numbers
  • Hlf pSt nInE
  • Journeyman
  • Meet Mister Successful
  • Passing
  • Persecution
  • Sigurnost
  • Swimming from Australia
  • The Department Of Lost Hours
  • The Filmmaker
  • The Hired Hand
  • The Nelson Touch
  • Time to go
  • Visitors
  • What St. George Did

BSSC Semi-Finalists

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Our congratulations go to the writers of all the following screenplays which have made it through to the fourth round of judging.

  • A Fish Tale
  • Abracadabra
  • Blind Date 2.0
  • Dancing With Ghosts
  • DOP
  • Easy Money
  • Fading Numbers
  • Forgotten
  • Happiest Day
  • Haunted
  • Hlf pSt nInE
  • Journeyman
  • Meet Mister Successful
  • Over the Rainbow
  • Passing
  • Persecution
  • Sigurnost
  • Swimming from Australia
  • The Best Days of Your Life, Right?
  • The Centre of Attention
  • The Department Of Lost Hours
  • The Filmmaker
  • The Gift
  • The Hired Hand
  • The Hitman
  • The Nelson Touch
  • The Regent of the North
  • Time to go
  • Twelve Full Moons
  • Visitors
  • What St. George Did
  • Wringing Off

BSSC 3rd Round Qualifiers Announced

Friday, December 11th, 2009
The following screenplays have qualified to the third round of the BSSC 2009. Congratulations to everyone who entered the competition and once again our sincere apologies for the delay in making this announcement. We hope to announce the semi finalists very soon.

  • A Fish Tale
  • Abracadabra
  • Angels and Devils
  • Anna and Polly
  • Big Issue
  • Blind Date 2.0
  • Controlled by Choice
  • Dancing With Ghosts
  • DOP
  • Dream Battle
  • Easy Money
  • Exit, by Jamie K Jones
  • Fading Numbers
  • Forgotten
  • Getting it Down
  • Graveyard of Dreams
  • Happiest Day
  • Haunted
  • Hedone
  • Hlf pSt nInE
  • Journeyman
  • Last of the Long Ears
  • Leaving Baby
  • Lost Objects
  • Magic Movie Ticket
  • Many Happy Returns
  • May Feign
  • Meet Mister Successful
  • Note to Self
  • One Long Photograph, one tall story
  • Over the Rainbow
  • Passing
  • Persecution
  • Poly-Anna
  • Que Sera Sera
  • Sayonara, Baby
  • Sigurnost
  • Somewhere near you
  • Swimming from Australia
  • The Best Days of Your Life, Right?
  • The Centre of Attention
  • The Cloud Machine
  • The Department Of Lost Hours
  • The Existentialism of Lucifer
  • The Filmmaker
  • The Gift
  • The Hired Hand
  • The Hitman
  • The Journey
  • The Look of Love
  • The Mortality of Photographs
  • The Nelson Touch
  • The Regent of the North
  • This is not really happening
  • Time to go
  • Tubby’s Car Project
  • Turbulence
  • Twelve Full Moons
  • Valuable Lives
  • Visitors
  • What St. George Did
  • Who’s Been Sleeping In My Bed
  • Wringing Off
  • Your Grandad’s Horse
  • BSSC 2nd Round Qualifiers Announced

    Sunday, October 25th, 2009
    The following screenplays have qualified to the second round of the BSSC 2009. Congratulations to everyone who entered the competition and our sincere apologies for the delay in making this announcement.
       
    • A Birthday Present
    • A Dream We Once Promised Ourselves
    • A Fish Tale
    • A Mug’s Game
    • A Thorn in the Side
    • Abracadabra
    • Agatha Shadow
    • Amigo
    • An Ill Wind
    • Angels and Devils
    • Anna and Polly
    • Be Careful What You Wish For
    • Big Issue
    • Blind Date 2.0
    • Blood like drug
    • Blurry
    • Burnt Toast
    • Callum, Aged 5
    • Close your eyes
    • Controlled by Choice
    • Cuckoo Conspiracy
    • Cupid
    • Dancing With Ghosts
    • Dial Tone
    • Dig
    • Divination
    • Doin’ a Ting
    • DOP
    • Dream Battle
    • Easy Money
    • Exhausted
    • Exit
    • Exit
    • Fading Numbers
    • Fatherhood
    • Flowerage
    • For as long as you both shall live
    • Forgotten
    • From the former Republica of Czechoslovakia with Love
    • Getting it Down
    • Graveyard of Dreams
    • Happiest Day
    • Hardcore
    • Haunted
    • Hedone
    • Hell Square! Or Blood, Sweat and Canvas
    • Hlf pSt nInE
    • I wish I could sing
    • In The Red
    • Jell-o
    • Jeremy, Darling
    • Journeyman
    • Katie the Great
    • Kit Girl
    • Kitten
    • Kwobo’s Watch
    • Last of the Long Ears
    • Leaving Baby
    • Let Them Eat Cake
    • Life and Death in Mashad
    • Lifesaver
    • Looking Back
    • Lost in Time
    • Lost Objects
    • Magic Movie Ticke
    • Many Happy Returns
    • May Feign
    • Meet Mister Successful
    • Mum
    • My Brother The Dentist
    • Nigh Perfect, or …
    • Note to Self
    • Old Love Never Fades
    • One
    • One Long Photograph, one tall story
    • One Summer
    • Over the Rainbow
    • Passenger
    • Passing
    • Persecution
    • Poly-Anna
    • Que Sera Sera
    • Real Doll
    • Rebekka
    • Sayonara, Baby
    • Scars
    • Sea Man
    • Sex Lies and Shoes
    • Shiny Happy People
    • Sigurnost
    • Somewhere near you
    • Soulja
    • Suspicious Package
    • Swimming from Australia
    • Table for One
    • Tantamount Square
    • Terror
    • The Best Days of Your Life, Right?
    • The Captain And The Beauty
    • The Cat who said wong
    • The Centre of Attention
    • The Cloud Machine
    • The Dance
    • The Department Of Lost Hours
    • The Dog Pompano
    • The Existentialism of Lucifer
    • The Filmmaker
    • The Gift
    • The Hitman
    • The Hired Hand
    • The Interview
    • The Journey
    • The Look of Love
    • The Lucky Penny
    • The Magic Finch
    • The man with no name
    • The Mortality of Photographs
    • The Nelson Touch
    • The Portrait Of Ginny McGuffy
    • The Regent of the North
    • The Silencer
    • The Silent Olympian
    • The Stranger’s Room
    • The Weather Girl
    • There was a Boy
    • This is not really happening
    • Time to go
    • Tubby’s Car Project
    • Turbulence
    • Twelve Full Moons
    • Unnatural Selection
    • Valuable Lives
    • Visitors
    • Warren
    • What St. George Did
    • Who’s Been Sleeping In My Bed
    • Wringing Off
    • Wyrd
    • Your Grandad’s Horse

    BSSC 2nd Qualifiers Announcement

    Saturday, October 10th, 2009
    We would like to thank everyone who entered the 2009 BSSC and your patience. As you know due to technical problems beyond our control we were unable to publish first round qualifiers on the website. This was done in our newsletter. We hope to be able to publish round two qualifiers on the site soon. Once again our thanks for your patience. For more information and an entry form see the BSSC rules page. Good luck!