The Boyne Valley International Film Festival (BVIFF) features a Short Film Bursary, inviting screen writers to pitch a short film idea by email, no longer than two pages. Submissions deadline is July 7th at 5pm. Email your entry to [email protected].

Each of the shortlisted filmmakers will be invited to present their short film idea to the panel during the festival and one will be awarded a bursary of €2,500 to write the script.

The panel this year includes last year’s BVIFF Filmmaker in Focus Roisin Kearney, IFTA Winning writer/director Frank Berry and BAFTA nominated director Alex Keyode Kay.

Full details on droichead.com.