You are not submitting a film. You are submitting a screenplay.
The EvokeStory.ai International Screenplay Fund is an international screenplay competition built on one idea: a writer should not have to write in a borrowed language to be read.
Most international competitions ask for English. That single requirement filters out thousands of writers before a page is read, not for the quality of their story but for the cost of a translation. We removed that filter.
WRITE IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE
Entries are accepted in seven languages, each competing on equal footing: Turkish, English, Arabic, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese. Your screenplay is read and judged in the language you wrote it in, against entries in that same language only. Arabic is read in its own right-to-left screenplay format.
FOUR FINALISTS FROM EVERY LANGUAGE
Two short and two feature screenplays are selected in each of the seven languages, for a total of 28 finalists. Every finalist receives a one-year EvokeStory Pro plan, worth 359 USD, whether or not their project goes on to be funded.
TRANSLATION IS ASKED OF FINALISTS ONLY
You do not pay for a translation to enter. An English version of the screenplay is requested only once you are a finalist, together with your project file, so that the main jury can read all 28 finalists in a shared language.
TEN PROJECTS ARE FUNDED
From the 28 finalists, the main jury selects five features and five shorts. Each selected feature receives 10,000 USD and each selected short receives 5,000 USD: 75,000 USD in total, and more than 85,000 USD in total prize value once the finalist plans are counted. Finalists are announced on October 15, 2027 and the funded projects on November 20, 2027.
NO GENRE RESTRICTION, RIGHTS STAY WITH THE WRITER
We take no option, no percentage and no credit on your work. The award is a development grant. The Fund exists to move a screenplay one step closer to being made, not to acquire it.
OPENING WINDOW
Screenplays submitted between September 10 and October 1, 2026 carry no entry fee. Festhome applies its own submission fee, which is shown at checkout.
The Fund is run by EvokeStory.ai, a screenplay and story development platform available in the same seven languages, founded by film director, producer and screenwriter Burak Varlık, who also founded Beşiktaş Senaryo Ajansı, a screenwriting agency in Istanbul, and has worked with hundreds of writers in its workshops. Writing your screenplay on the platform is not required and gives no advantage in judging.
Evoke Your Next Story
www.evokestory.ai/film-fund
