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Our mission is to recognize and reward the next generation of great writers and artists by creating a screenwriting competition designed to find them. We believe that we have created a vehicle that will infuse new energy into filmmaking while also creating unique opportunities for emerging new talent.

We are passionate about filmmaking and about nurturing, developing, and supporting the next generation of filmmakers and screenwriters from Toronto and around the world. 

Toronto has a long history of nurturing and showcasing the most talented filmmakers in the entertainment industry. We are an independent screenwriting competition that wants to inspire, support, and develop writers at all levels to make great films that leave others touched, moved and inspired. And we love all kinds of scripts and stories from studio blockbusters to art house fare. No two paths are the same and no two stories are either. We accept scripts from all over the world not just the US and Canada and from artists of all shapes and sizes from anywhere in the world as well.

The Toronto Metropolitan Int'l Screenwriting Competition is an independent contest. Toronto is home to several prestigious film festivals. We, however, are an independent festival. We are not affiliated with any other film festival, production company, conference, awards ceremony, or government organization located in our city. The Toronto Metropolitan Int'l Screenwriting Competition is a Cinema Public House production. We are a US based independent festival company that produces festivals all over the world.

The bottom line is that we support the arts, not only locally, but around the world. Our aim is to create a screenwriting festival that will inspire generations of aspiring writers and filmmakers in all genres to tell great stories in the US, Canada, and abroad.

Our aim is to open doors for aspiring screenwriters.