Face Painters has proudly been accepted in 241 screenplay competitions from around the globe, garnering 112 awards and nominations. Screenwriter, Giovanni Sanseviero, extends his warmest gratitude to everyone who took the time to review his work.

Face Painters, let’s put story back into storytelling!

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Quarter Finalist

7th NY Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition

Official Entry

11th Hidden Film Festival Worldwide (London)

Best Feature Screenplay

6th Great Message Intl. Film Festival

Best Feature Writer /Best Screenplay

5th MELECH Tel-Aviv Intl. Film Festival, 2023

235. Official Entry

9th An. Eurovision Palermo Film Festival

Honorable Mention

Toronto Film Awards (Richmond Hill)

Best Feature Screenplay Group #2

7th Brazil Intl. Film Festival

Official Entry

(EIFA) 7th European Independent Film Awards

Honorable Mention

Toronto Film Awards (Richmond Hill)

230. Honorable Mention

Markham (Canada) Intl. Film Festival (𝐌𝐂𝐈𝐅𝐅)

Official Screenplay Entry

9th London International Film Festival

Screenplay Official Entry

Kyiv Film Festival, Ukraine

Award Winner, Feature Script

Canada Independent Film Festival #7

Best Unproduced Screenplay Nomination

5th North Europe Intl. Film Festival London

225. Finalist

16th Annual Manhattan Film Festival, 6-22

Screenplay Top-40 Long-List

9th UK Film Festival, London

Best Screenplay Award

8th Madrid Art Film Festival

Official Entry

7th White Nights Film Festival

Official Entry

9th UK Film Festival, London

220. Screenplay Entry

5th Atlanta-Qualifying Film Festival

Finalist

5th Euro Fest Intl. Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

China Film Festival

1st Place Screenplay Winner

10th Massachusetts Ind. Film Festival

1st Place Feature Screenplay Winner

Yellowstone Intl. Film Festival

215. Screenplay Entry

Australia Film Festival (Sidney)

Screenplay Jury Award Winner

6th Canada Ind. Film Festival, Toronto

Finalist

Eurasia International Film Festival

Best Screenplay

World Film Fair, NY, CA, IL, TX, PA

Best Unproduced Screenplay, Group 1

10th An. Nice Intl. Film Festival, 7-22

210. Screenplay Entry

7th Annual Sochi Film Festival

1st Place Feature Screenplay Winner

Hamburg Film Awards

Screenplay Winner, Best Dialogue

Global India Intl. Film Festival

Best Feature Screenplay

Miami National Film Festival 

205. Best Feature Script Nomination

The North Film Festival

Semi Finalist

6th Chambal International Film Festival

Quarter Finalist

6th New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition 

Screenplay Entry

2022 Paris International Film Festival #4

2022 Screenplay Entry

14th Annual Jaipur International Film Festival

Gold Award, Original Feature Screenplay

Latitude Film Awards

200. Best Screenplay Winner

6th Annual Buddha Intl. Film Festival

Best Screenplay, Week 30

52 Weeks Film Festival

Jury Award Winner, Feature Script

6th Berlin Intl. Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

Hollywood Hills Film Awards

Official Entry

Toronto Film and Script Awards

195. Best Screenplay

Cinema Los Angeles

1st Place Screenplay Winner

Intl. Film Festival of Sriganganagar

Screenplay Entry

COVID POSTPONEMENT

Unitaly International Film Festival

Finalist

Mile High International Film Festival

2022 Grand Prix Best Feature Script

Brno Film Festival

190. Screenplay Entry

13th An. International Film Festival of Wales

Official Entry

We Script Competition 

Official Entry

LA Independent Film Channel Festival 

Quarter Finalist

15th StoryPros Intl. Screenplay Contest

Best Feature Screenplay

8th NewBorn Short Film Festival, Berlin

185. Script Award Winner 03-22

9th Film Fest International London

Screenplay Acceptance

8th Annual Culver City Film Festival

Official Entry

Out Of The Can Intl. Film Festival 

Feature Screenplay Jury Award

9th Film Fest International London

Honorable Mention

​Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes

180. Official Entry

Austria Intl. Film Festival

Nominated: Best Feature Screenplay Nov. 2021

The Fantasy Film Festival 

Honorable Mention

9th LA Neo Noir Novel, Film & Script Festival

Best Feature Screenplay

Portugal International Film Festival

Feature Script Jury Award

Spain International Film Festival

175. Official Entry

Silver State Film Festival

Finalist

United States Film Festival Awards 

Best Feature Screenplay

Moody Crab Film Fest.

Screenplay Entry

West Europe International Film Festival 

Official Entry

8th Montelupo Fiorentino Intl. Film Festival

170. Official Screenplay Entry

Open Gate International Film Festival

Screenplay Special Jury Award

Germany Intl. Film Festival

Best Feature Screenplay

6th European Intl. Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

International Cinema Gala

Screenplay Entry

Festival International du Film de Cannes

165. Screenplay Entry

East Europe International Film Festival, Poland

Screenplay Entry

South Europe International Film Festival, Spain

Official Selection

Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards

Best Feature Screenplay

India Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

French Independent Film Festival

160. Nominated, Best Screenplay

Birmingham Film Festival

Semi Finalist

18th Annual Screenplay Festival

Best Feat. Script; Best Feat. Writer

Vegas Movie Awards

Finalist

Tokyo Intl. Short Film Festival

155. Finalist

CARE Awards

Gold, Silver, Bronze Multi-Award Winner

Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival

Screenplay Entry

Silicon Beach Film Festival Hollywood

Best Narrative

5th Moscow Intl. Film Festival

Finalist

The International Moving Film Festival

150. Screenplay Entry

Boston Independent Film Awards

Screenplay Entry

Vesuvius International Film Festival

Best Writer, Giovanni Sanseviero

The Script Awards Los Angeles

Screenplay Entry

Euro Film Festival Geneva

Screenplay Entry

Best Script Awards

145. Jury Award (Feature Screenplay)

London Intl. Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

WE Film Festival 2021

Honorable Mention

London Reel Film Festival (LRFF)

Best Feature Writer: Giovanni Sanseviero

1st Monthly Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

Berlin Intl. Art Film Festival

140. Semi Finalist

Screenwriting Master Contest

Finalist

London Film & Television Festival (LFTF)

Best Feature Screenplay

‘LEGACY’ The Film Club Toronto

Semi Finalist

Poe Film Festival 

Finalist

Bright Intl. Film Festival

135. Screenplay Entry

Washington Film Festival

Best Feature Screenplay

Watch Out Intl. Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

Rocky Mountain Intl. Film Festival

Nominated, Hemingway Award

LA Live Film Festival

Honorable Mention

France International Film Festival

130. Screenplay Entry

New York True Venture Film Festival

Honorable Mention

Toronto Tamil Intl. Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

Sydney Intl. Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

Open Window Intl. Film Challenge

Honorable Mention

Robinson Film Awards

125. Screenplay Entry

Beyond Earth Film Festival

Official Entry

Vegas Cinefest Intl. Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

Toronto Film Magazine Fest.

Official Entry

Chicago Indie Film Awards 

Finalist

Golden Harvest Film Festival

120. Semi
Finalist

Ojai Film Festival

Semi
Finalist

Flickers’ Rhode Island Intl. Film Festival

Best Screen writer Award, Giovanni Sanseviero

Dreamz Catcher Intl. Film Festival

Best US Screenplay 2021

Channel Islands Intl. Film Awards

Official Screenplay Selection

10th Annual Marina del Rey Film Festival 

115. Honorable Mention

Macoproject Film Festival

Best Unproduced Screenplay

New York Independent Cinema Awards

Best US Screenplay

Pacific Beach Intl. Film Festival, CA

Best Screenplay

Cinema New York City

Official Entry

LA Indies Festival

110. Long Form Screenplay Winner

12th Annual INFLUX Film Awards

Best Feature Screenplay

Eurasia Intl. Monthly Film Festival, May 2021

Finalist

Beyond the Curve Intl. Film Festival

Official Entry

Like It Film Fest. presented by Rizzle

Official Entry

11th Annual Social World Film Festival

105. Best Unproduced Screenplay

Indo-French Intl. Film Festival

Outstanding Achievement Award

Tagore Intl. Film Festival

Official Entry

LA Sun Film Fest.

Official Entry

Crown Wood Intl. Film Festival

Official Selection

France Intl. Film festival 2021

100. Best Treatment Award

World Film Carnival, Singapore

Best Script

San Francisco Film Festival

Best Script (Festival Director’s Award)

Cannes Independent Film Festival

Best Screenplay

The Oaks Intl. Film Festival

Best Screenplay / TV Script

Golden Nugget Intl. Film Festival

95. Outstanding Achievement Award

Virgin Spring Cinefest

Nominated, Best Unproduced Screenplay

West Euro Intl. Film Festival: Brussels Edition

Outstanding Achievement Award

Druk Intl. Film Festival

Best Script Winner

* Jean-Luc Godard Award Nominee

Cult Critic Movie Awards

3rd Place, Dramatic Feature

1st Monthly Film Festival

90. Finalist

Cooper Awards

Official Selection

Cannes Film Awards

Official Entry

Rome Independent Prisma Awards

Official Entry

Mediterranean Film Festival (MedFF)

Finalist

Roma Short Film Festival

85. Official Selection

6th Carolina Screenwriting Showcase

Best Feature Script

Script Art Film Awards

Screenplay Entry

Short-filmz

Official Entry

Onyko Film Awards

Official Entry

Global Indie Film Fest.

80. Quarter Finalist

Circus Road Screenplay Contest

Semi Finalist

Intl. Symbolic Art Film Fest (ISAFF)

Official Selection

San Diego Movie Awards

Finalist

4TH Dimension Intl. Film Fest.

Best Screenplay, 2021

Chhatrapati Shivaji Intl. Film Fest.

75. Best Feature Screenplay

Golden Wheat Awards

Gold List Recipient

British Independent Film Festival

Quarter Finalist

Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship

Official Entry

26th Sacramento Intl. Screenplay Challenge

Feature Semi Finalist

6th New York Intl. Screenplay Awards

70. Finalist

FunMill Film Festival

Best Original Concept

Silver Mask Live Festival

Honorable Mention

Screen Power Film Festival

Honorable Mention

Niagara Canada Intl. Film Festival

Official Entry

Montreal Independent Film Festival

2021 - January Screenplay Competition KIMFF Best Dramatic Screenplay

65. Best Dramatic Script, Best Feature Screenplay

Kosice Intl. Film Festival

Quarter Finalist

Atlanta Screenplay Awards

Honorable Mention

Film Boxe Intl. Monthly Film Festival

Finalist

Austin After Dark Film Festival

Nominated, Best Feature Screenplay

New Delhi Film Festival

60. James Hill Award, Best Feature Script

Birmingham Film & Television Festival

Recipient 2021

Nostos Screenwriting Workshop

Best Original Script

Rome Intl. Movie Awards

Best Historical Feature Script

American Filmatic Arts Awards

Honorable Mention

Sage Screenwriting Contest

55. Honorable Mention

Bridge Fest.

Official Entry

MICMX Itinerant Film Exhibition

Best Feature Script

Prague Intl. Monthly Film Festival

Best Dramatic Script

Gold Star Movie Awards

Critics’ Choice Award

World Film Carnival Singapore

50. Honorable Mention

8th Metropolitan Film Festival of NYC-LA

Official Entry

Malta Film Festival

Official Entry

Amsterdam World Intl. Film Festival

Best Screenplay Dialogue

Thinking Hat Fiction Challenge

Official Selection

Austria Intl. Film Festival

45. Best Unproduced Script

World Cinema, Milan

Best Feature Screenplay, 2020

Moondance Intl. Film Festival

Official Entry

Out of the Can Intl. Film Festival, UK

Official Entry

Austin Under the Stars Film Festival

Nominated, Best Screenplay

Lonely Wolf: London Intl. Film Festival

40. Best Screenplay (Long-Form) Finalist

11th Annual SoCal Film Awards

First Place Winner

12th Annual Williamsburg Intl. Film & Music Competition

Official Entry

San Pedro Intl. Film Festival

Honorable Mention

Los Angeles Movie Awards

Official Entry

Austin Spotlight Film Festival 

35. Finalist

Indie Film Salon Film Festival (IFSFF)

Finalist

SWN (SCREENWRITER’S NETWORK)

Bronze Award Winner

KinoDrome: Intl. Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival

Best Unproduced Screenplay

8th Annual Northeast Film Festival

Nominated, Best Unproduced Screenplay

Bergen Intl. Film Festival of NJ

30. Finalist

2020 Screen Power Film Festival

Finalist

24th Flickers’ Rhode Island Intl. Film Festival

Official Selection

7th Annual Imaginarium Convention

Honorable Mention

Indie Gathering Intl. Film Festival

Semi Finalist

Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase

25. Semi Finalist

Long Island Intl. Film Expo (LIIFE)

Quarter Finalist

Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards

Official Selection

CINEMAFEST Distribution Awards

Silver Award (Dialogue) Feature Script

Queen Palm Intl. Film Festival

Best Unproduced Screenplay

Dreamanila Intl. Film Festival

20. Final Round Finalist

Worldfest Houston

Official Selection

StoryPros Intl. Screenplay Contest

Honorable Mention

11th Los Angeles Reel Film Festival

Best Feature Screenplay

Roma Film Awards

Semi Finalist

Toronto Independent Film Awards

15. Finalist

7th Florence FilmCorti Festival

Nominated, Best Dramatic Screenplay

Northern Virginia Intl. Film & Music Festival

Quarter Finalist

Chicago Screenplay Awards

Official Selection

Golden State Film Festival

Grand Prize Winner

London Independent Film Award

10. Honorable Mention

12th Los Angeles Film and Script Festival

Finalist

The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival

Semi Finalist

Indie Fest USA Intl. Film Festival

Official Selection

Mediterranean
Film Festival

Quarter Finalist

Finish Line Script Competition

5. Finalist

Rome Independent Prisma Awards

Finalist

The Monthly Film Festival (TMFF)

Finalist

Canadian Cinematography Awards (CaCA)

Finalist

DaVinci International Film Festival

Official Selection

Lift-Off Global Network, Amsterdam