Festival season is around the corner and we’re delighted to announce that Helmann’s 1-hour pilot, THE DISAPPEARED ONES, is a semi-finalist while his second script, CREEMORE VILLAGE, has placed as a quarter-finalist at the 52nd annual Nashville Film Festival. Founded in 1969, the Nashville Film Festival will be held this year on September 30th – October 6th. For a complete list of all the quarter-finalists, please visit: https://nashvillefilmfestival.org/.
We’ve just received word that two of Helmann’s scripts have placed at the 27th annual Austin Film Festival. His original 1-hour dramatic pilot, THE DISAPPEARED ONES, was selected as a Second Rounder while his spec for SUCCESSION (“Human Piñata”) placed as a semi-finalist, making it the top 2% out of 13,000 submissions. This is the second year one of Helmann’s scripts have placed at the Oscar-qualifying festival, which is going virtual this year. For more information on speakers and badges, have a look here: https://austinfilmfestival.com/
Great news! Helmann’s pilot, THE DISAPPEARED ONES, is a quarter-finalist at the Atlanta Film Festival (2020). The script was chosen out of 1300 submissions for the feature, pilot, and short categories. Now in its 44th year, the Atlanta Film Festival is an Academy Award qualifying festival that will take place April 30 to May 10, 2020.