Greetings Final Draughters!

Thanks so much to all of you for coming out for the start of the 2009/2010 season of Final Draught.

A change in ownership at Tatlow's Bar and Grill has left us without a venue and therefore Final Draught will be taking a wee hiatus for the remainder of 2009.

We'll be back in a new location after the Olympics.  In the meantime watch for updates about our new location and plans for 2010!

And if you've had that killer idea for a television series, screenplay or stage play - now is the time to write, write, write, so that we can consider it for reading in the New Year.

Thanks again to the fabulous community of Final Draughters – the audience, actors, panelists and of course – the writers!

Yours truly,

The Final Draught Script Reading Series Team

Thank you to our sponsors:
Biz Books  -  Final Draft  -  Left Right Minds  -  Videomatica

For more info & updates check out our website: www.finaldraught.com or join our Facebook Group
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Writers! Interested in submitting your work to Final Draught?  Writing is hard but submitting is easy -
Stage, screen and animation scripts may be submitted for consideration to: submissions@finaldraught.com (PDF, Word or Final Draft formats are preferred) 
 
The Final Draught Script Reading Series Team:
Jason Broadfoot, Maryth Gilroy, Tariq Leslie, John Prowse and Bronwen Smith

**SEASON #8 (the 2009/2010 Season)

STARTS Monday Oct. 26th,2009**

**OUR NEW LOCATION....OUR NEW HOME:**
TATLOW'S Bar & Grill - 2741 West 4th Ave.
(Great Food, Drinks, Come Early, Stay Late, Comfortable & Friendly)

This popular script-reading series aims to provide writers at every level of experience with an opportunity to hear their plays, screenplays, and other written work come alive, being read by some of Vancouver’s finest actors.

Casting starts at 7:10 p.m., Readings start at 8 p.m.

Admission by Donation.

The SCRIPTS WE READ:

An excerpt from an episode of "Mayners"

- a TV series by Scott Garrioch
and
An excerpt from "Incident At Echo Lake"

- a feature by Robert Holbrook

Panel was: CAM LABINE & ZACH LIPOVSKY

Hi Everyone

FINAL DRAUGHT Reading Series has wrapped up SEASON #7 & is now on SUMMER VACATION.

We had a FANTASTIC Season # 7 - 08/09  and would like to thank Everyone who sent in Scripts, Read, or was on our panel.  We want to Thank Our SPONSORS - please chack out our SPONSORS PAGE & then go shop at their stores, see their productions or use their producets (We LOVE our Sponsors)

THANKS TO "THE OTHER SPACE" - we loved you as our HOME.  *Final Draught will be MOVING for Season #8.  If you have a GREAT IDEA for a NEW HOME for FINAL DRAUGHT - please feel free to email it to us at info@finaldraught.com.

THANKS AGAIN - Final Draught's SEASON #8 will start again in OCT. 2009.

(But you can submit anytime - are you Submitting now?....now?)

THE NEXT FINAL DRAUGHT IS MONDAY March 23rd, 2009
THEATRE NIGHT (also the last FD of this season).

Theatre Night is in Celebration of World Theatre Day & is part of the activities being brought to you by G.V.P.T.A.

THIS IS THE FINAL Final Draught Reading Left in Season 7

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 The Scripts we are reading on Monday are:

Artie Lavie - Live On Stage by Angelo Renai

Darla Would Never Say That by John R Taylor

Tremor [every shade] by Claire McCague

The PANEL will be Colin Thomas & Andy Thompson 

Doors open at 6:30 pm (Doors & Bar & THE KITCHEN IS BACK WITH GREAT FOOD!) 
 

Casting starts at 7:10 p.m., (Casting on the Spot People - if you want to Read - SIGN IN at Casting between 7:10 & 7:30)
Readings start at 8 p.m.

THAT'S RIGHT PEOPLE - THE KITCHEN IS BACK!!!
So come early - Have a Bite!

Where: The Other Space - (formerly "The Restaurant at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre") at the corner of Georgia & Cambie (above the Media Club).

** COME ON OUT & HELP FINAL DRAUGHT SAY "GOOD BYE" TO THE OTHER SPACE.  This is the LAST Final Draught at THE OTHER SPACE - as we will move to a new location in the Fall of 2009.  We want to say THANK YOU to Hoarse Raven Theatre for being FANTASTIC HOSTS & Great Friends.  Thanks M & T!

Check out Hoarse Raven Theatre's Website for info on "Tony n' Tina's Wedding (catch it before it closes) & their other Upcoming Productions. (http://hoarseraven.com) 

NEED A MAP: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Cambie+%40+West+Georgia%2C+Vancouver%2C+BC

The Other Space has a Full Bar & KITCHEN with a Limited Menu of GREAT FOOD!...also some snacks available (Chips & Chocolate Bars)

BIZ BOOKS DOOR PRIZE EVERY WEEK

FUN/Readings/Drinks/Comedy/Socializing/ FOOD/Prizes

 *** Now Come On...Submit & Come out this Monday & Let's Pack the place for the FINAL Final Draught of Season #7. (Final Draught's  Season #8 will start in October 2009 - Stay Tuned for Details)

Theme Shorts: The Contest Where You Decide

The WINNERS were: 

1st Place - Brothel For Bozos - by Shane Laporte  ($200 & Final Draft Screenwriting Software http://www.finaldraft.com)

2nd Place - Twenty Ten Triptych - by Michael C Nachoff  ($100 & a $50 Gift Card to BIZ BOOKS http://www.bizbooks.net)

3rd Place - Scattered Ashes - by Audrey Martin  ($50 & One Month of Free DVD's by Mail from VIDEOMATICA http://www.videomatica.ca)

Your Final Draught Producers are:

Jason Broadfoot, John Prowse, Bronwen Smith...& Maryth Gilroy

WHY NOT SUBMIT A SCRIPT FOR SEASON #8 - Starting in October 09
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Only 2 FINAL DRAUGHT READINGS left in Season #7

- March 16th - The FINALISTS of the * THEME SHORTS: THE CONTEST WHERE YOU DECIDE *

- March 23 - The LAST Final Draught of Season #7 - THEATRE NIGHT - in Celebration of World Theatre Day (In association with G.V.P.T.A)

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ON MONDAY MARCH 16th we read the CONTEST FINALISTS.

The Finalists are :

Brothel For Bozos - by Shane Laporte

Scattered Ashes - by Audrey Martin

Twenty Ten Triptych - by Michael C Nachoff

The panel was:

Charles Wilkinson and Mark Leiren-Young

** FINAL DRAUGHT's 2009 CONTEST: **

* THEME SHORTS: THE CONTEST WHERE YOU DECIDE *

There are two Theme Packs to choose from:

1. Olympics (must contain the word “Olympics” and the phrase “short programme”
2. Depression (must contain the word “Depression” and the phrase “selling short”)

**Scripts must me 15 Pages Or LESS ***
The Three Finalist Scripts will be read on Monday, March 16th, 2009

Prizes will include merchandise (including Final Draft Screenwriting Software) & Cash!

$200 for 1st place, $100 for 2nd place, and $50 for 3rd place.

CHECK OUT OUR CONTEST PRIZE SPONSORS:

Final Draft, Inc. educates, advances and celebrates the scriptwriter.

  ALSO REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR PAGE FOR LINKS TO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS

Your Final Draught Producers are:

Jason Broadfoot, John Prowse, Bronwen Smith...& Maryth Gilroy

WHY NOT SUBMIT A SCRIPT FOR SEASON #8 - Starting in October 09
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ANNOUNCEMENTS & STUFF:

The Green Film 

You can help Vancouver's hit eco-comedy, The Green Film, play the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City with the click of a mouse.

The Green Film -- which premiered last year at Crazy 8s in Vancouver -- has been selected by the Tribeca Film Festival to participate in the third annual Fly-In Movies Film Competition. Tribeca has partnered with Delta Air Lines to showcase emerging filmmakers online and on select Delta flights. The Green Film was one of only five Short Film Finalists chosen from thousands of entries.

 From March 1 through April 12, you can view all five short films for free and vote for your favourite: http://www.delta.com/marketing/flyinmovies/index.jsp

 The winning film will be featured in the Tribeca Film Festival’s Short Film Program! So "vote early, vote often."  And please share this link -- and this email.

 Check out The Green Film website for all festival info and updates: http://www.thegreenfilm.com/

and be sure to join our Facebook group http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/The-Green-Film/63667507649?ref=mf

 The Green Film has already been accepted into:

- Filmstock, UK http://www.filmstock.co.uk/home.html – November 2008
- Victoria Film Festival, CA http://victoriafilmfestival.com/ – January 2009
- Tribeca Film Festival, US http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/ – April 2009
- California Independent Film Festival, US http://www.caindiefilmfest.org/ – April 2009
- Dawson City International Short Film Festival, CA www.dawsonfilmfest.com – April 2009

- WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, US http://www.worldfest.org/ – April 2009

- CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, CA http://www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com/index.html – June 16-21, 2009 and has been picked up by Ouat! Media for international distribution.

 Thank you all for making The Green Film a success!

Sincerely,

Andrew Williamson, Director

Scott Renyard, Producer

Mark Leiren-Young, Writer and Co-producer

The Green Chain (Mark’s Movie) opens March 6th at the 5th Avenue Cinemas in Vancouver.

See you there.... http://www.festivalcinemas.ca/index.htm

 March 9th we read: 2 Excerpts from Features about High School Romance...

Romeo & Julian by Hasan Namir

              and

GREEN or An Anthem For Young Love by Nicholas Carella

This weeks Panel: Clare Hodge and Jennifer Little 

 THANKS - for helping us to pack THE OTHER SPACE - to the rafters for Women In Film Night.  Make sure to check out the Women In Film Festival in Vancouver March 4 - 8, 2009