Face Painters has proudly been accepted in over 230 screenplay competitions from around the globe, garnering 107 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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Official Selection

Lift-Off Global Network, Amsterdam

Finalist

DaVinci International Film Festival

Finalist

Canadian Cinematography Awards (CaCA)

Finalist

The Monthly Film Festival (TMFF)

5. Finalist

Rome Independent Prisma Awards

Quarter Finalist

Finish Line Script Competition

Official Selection

Mediterranean
Film Festival

Semi Finalist

Indie Fest USA Intl. Film Festival

Finalist

The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival

10. Honorable Mention

12th Los Angeles Film and Script Festival

Grand Prize Winner

London Independent Film Award

Official Selection

Golden State Film Festival

Quarter Finalist

Chicago Screenplay Awards

Nominated, Best Dramatic Screenplay

Northern Virginia Intl. Film & Music Festival

15. Finalist

7th Florence FilmCorti Festival

Semi Finalist

Toronto Independent Film Awards

Best Feature Screenplay

Roma Film Awards

Honorable Mention

11th Los Angeles Reel Film Festival

Official Selection

StoryPros Intl. Screenplay Contest

20. Final Round Finalist

Worldfest Houston

Best Unproduced Screenplay

Dreamanila Intl. Film Festival

Silver Award (Dialogue) Feature Script

Queen Palm Intl. Film Festival

Official Selection

CINEMAFEST Distribution Awards

Quarter Finalist

Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards

25. Semi Finalist

Long Island Intl. Film Expo (LIIFE)

Semi Finalist

Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase

Honorable Mention

Indie Gathering Intl. Film Festival

Official Selection

7th Annual Imaginarium Convention

Finalist

24th Flickers’ Rhode Island Intl. Film Festival

30. Finalist

2020 Screen Power Film Festival

Nominated, Best Unproduced Screenplay

Bergen Intl. Film Festival of NJ

Best Unproduced Screenplay

8th Annual Northeast Film Festival

Bronze Award Winner

KinoDrome: Intl. Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival

Finalist

SWN (SCREENWRITER’S NETWORK)

35. Finalist

Indie Film Salon Film Festival (IFSFF)

Official Entry

Austin Spotlight Film Festival 

Honorable Mention

Los Angeles Movie Awards

Official Entry

San Pedro Intl. Film Festival

First Place Winner

12th Annual Williamsburg Intl. Film & Music Competition

40. Best Screenplay (Long-Form) Finalist

11th Annual SoCal Film Awards

Nominated, Best Screenplay

Lonely Wolf: London Intl. Film Festival

Official Entry

Austin Under the Stars Film Festival

Official Entry

Out of the Can Intl. Film Festival, UK

Best Feature Screenplay, 2020

Moondance Intl. Film Festival

45. Best Unproduced Script

World Cinema, Milan

Official Selection

Austria Intl. Film Festival

Best Screenplay Dialogue

Thinking Hat Fiction Challenge

Official Entry

Amsterdam World Intl. Film Festival

Official Entry

Malta Film Festival

50. Honorable Mention

8th Metropolitan Film Festival of NYC-LA

Critics’ Choice Award

World Film Carnival Singapore

Best Dramatic Script

Gold Star Movie Awards

Best Feature Script

Prague Intl. Monthly Film Festival

Official Entry

MICMX Itinerant Film Exhibition

55. Honorable Mention

Bridge Fest.

Honorable Mention

Sage Screenwriting Contest

Best Historical Feature Script

American Filmatic Arts Awards

Best Original Script

Rome Intl. Movie Awards

Recipient 2021

Nostos Screenwriting Workshop

60. James Hill Award, Best Feature Script

Birmingham Film & Television Festival

Nominated, Best Feature Screenplay

New Delhi Film Festival

Finalist

Austin After Dark Film Festival

Honorable Mention

Film Boxe Intl. Monthly Film Festival

Quarter Finalist

Atlanta Screenplay Awards

2021 - January Screenplay Competition KIMFF Best Dramatic Screenplay

65. Best Dramatic Script, Best Feature Screenplay

Kosice Intl. Film Festival

Official Entry

Montreal Independent Film Festival

Honorable Mention

Niagara Canada Intl. Film Festival

Honorable Mention

Screen Power Film Festival

Best Original Concept

Silver Mask Live Festival

70. Finalist

FunMill Film Festival

Feature Semi Finalist

6th New York Intl. Screenplay Awards

Official Entry

26th Sacramento Intl. Screenplay Challenge

Quarter Finalist

Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship

Gold List Recipient

British Independent Film Festival

75. Best Feature Screenplay

Golden Wheat Awards

Best Screenplay, 2021

Chhatrapati Shivaji Intl. Film Fest.

Finalist

4TH Dimension Intl. Film Fest.

Official Selection

San Diego Movie Awards

Semi Finalist

Intl. Symbolic Art Film Fest (ISAFF)

80. Quarter Finalist

Circus Road Screenplay Contest

Official Entry

Global Indie Film Fest.

Official Entry

Onyko Film Awards

Screenplay Entry

Short-filmz

Best Feature Script

Script Art Film Awards

85. Official Selection

6th Carolina Screenwriting Showcase

Finalist

Roma Short Film Festival

Official Entry

Mediterranean Film Festival (MedFF)

Official Entry

Rome Independent Prisma Awards

Official Selection

Cannes Film Awards

90. Finalist

Cooper Awards

3rd Place, Dramatic Feature

1st Monthly Film Festival

Best Feature Script

Cult Critic Movie Awards

Outstanding Achievement Award

Druk Intl. Film Festival

Nominated, Best Unproduced Screenplay

West Euro Intl. Film Festival: Brussels Edition

95. Outstanding Achievement Award

Virgin Spring Cinefest

Best Screenplay / TV Script

Golden Nugget Intl. Film Festival

Best Screenplay

The Oaks Intl. Film Festival

Best Script (Festival Director’s Award)

Cannes Independent Film Festival

Best Script

San Francisco Film Festival

100. Best Treatment Award

World Film Carnival, Singapore

Official Selection

France Intl. Film festival 2021

Official Entry

Crown Wood Intl. Film Festival

Official Entry

LA Sun Film Fest.

Outstanding Achievement Award

Tagore Intl. Film Festival

105. Best Unproduced Screenplay

Indo-French Intl. Film Festival

Official Entry

11th Annual Social World Film Festival

Official Entry

Like It Film Fest. presented by Rizzle

Finalist

Beyond the Curve Intl. Film Festival

Best Feature Screenplay

Eurasia Intl. Monthly Film Festival, May 2021

110. Long Form Screenplay Winner

12th Annual INFLUX Film Awards

Official Entry

LA Indies Festival

Best Screenplay

Cinema New York City

Best US Screenplay

Pacific Beach Intl. Film Festival, CA

Best Unproduced Screenplay

New York Independent Cinema Awards

115. Honorable Mention

Macoproject Film Festival

Official Screenplay Selection

10th Annual Marina del Rey Film Festival 

Best US Screenplay 2021

Channel Islands Intl. Film Awards

Best Screen writer Award, Giovanni Sanseviero

Dreamz Catcher Intl. Film Festival

Semi
Finalist

Flickers’ Rhode Island Intl. Film Festival

120. Semi
Finalist

Ojai Film Festival

Finalist

Golden Harvest Film Festival

Official Entry

Chicago Indie Film Awards 

Screenplay Entry

Toronto Film Magazine Fest.

Official Entry

Vegas Cinefest Intl. Film Festival

125. Screenplay Entry

Beyond Earth Film Festival

Honorable Mention

Robinson Film Awards

Screenplay Entry

Open Window Intl. Film Challenge

Screenplay Entry

Sydney Intl. Film Festival

Honorable Mention

Toronto Tamil Intl. Film Festival

130. Screenplay Entry

New York True Venture Film Festival

Honorable Mention

France International Film Festival

Nominated, Hemingway Award

LA Live Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

Rocky Mountain Intl. Film Festival

Best Feature Screenplay

Watch Out Intl. Film Festival

135. Screenplay Entry

Washington Film Festival

Finalist

Bright Intl. Film Festival

Semi Finalist

Poe Film Festival 

Best Feature Screenplay

‘LEGACY’ The Film Club Toronto

Finalist

London Film & Television Festival (LFTF)

140. Semi Finalist

Screenwriting Master Contest

Screenplay Entry

Berlin Intl. Art Film Festival

Best Feature Writer: Giovanni Sanseviero

1st Monthly Film Festival

Honorable Mention

London Reel Film Festival (LRFF)

Screenplay Entry

WE Film Festival 2021

145. Jury Award (Feature Screenplay)

London Intl. Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

Best Script Awards

Screenplay Entry

Euro Film Festival Geneva

Best Writer, Giovanni Sanseviero

The Script Awards Los Angeles

Screenplay Entry

Vesuvius International Film Festival

150. Screenplay Entry

Boston Independent Film Awards

Finalist

The International Moving Film Festival

Best Narrative

5th Moscow Intl. Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

Silicon Beach Film Festival Hollywood

Gold, Silver, Bronze Multi-Award Winner

Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival

155. Finalist

CARE Awards

Finalist

Tokyo Intl. Short Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

Toronto Film Channel’s Film & Script Awards

Best Feat. Script; Best Feat. Writer

Vegas Movie Awards

Semi Finalist

18th Annual Screenplay Festival

160. Nominated, Best Screenplay

Birmingham Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

French Independent Film Festival

Best Feature Screenplay

India Film Festival

Official Selection

Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards

Screenplay Entry

South Europe International Film Festival, Spain

165. Screenplay Entry

East Europe International Film Festival, Poland

Screenplay Entry

Festival International du Film de Cannes

Screenplay Entry

International Cinema Gala

Best Feature Screenplay

6th European Intl. Film Festival

Screenplay Special Jury Award

Germany Intl. Film Festival

170. Official Screenplay Entry

Open Gate International Film Festival

Official Entry

8th Montelupo Fiorentino Intl. Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

West Europe International Film Festival 

Best Feature Screenplay

Moody Crab Film Fest.

Finalist

United States Film Festival Awards 

175. Official Entry

Silver State Film Festival

Feature Script Jury Award

Spain International Film Festival

Best Feature Screenplay

Portugal International Film Festival

Honorable Mention

9th LA Neo Noir Novel, Film & Script Festival

Nominated: Best Feature Screenplay Nov. 2021

The Fantasy Film Festival 

180. Official Entry

Austria Intl. Film Festival

Honorable Mention

​Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes

Feature Screenplay Jury Award

Italy International Film Festival

Official Entry

Out Of The Can Intl. Film Festival 

Screenplay Acceptance

8th Annual Culver City Film Festival

185. Script Award Winner 03-22

9th Film Fest International London

Best Feature Screenplay

8th NewBorn Short Film Festival, Berlin

Quarter Finalist

15th StoryPros Intl. Screenplay Contest

Official Entry

LA Independent Film Channel Festival 

Official Entry

We Script Competition 

190. Screenplay Entry

13th An. International Film Festival of Wales

2022 Grand Prix Best Feature Script

Brno Film Festival

Finalist

Mile High International Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

COVID POSTPONEMENT

Unitaly International Film Festival

1st Place Screenplay Winner

Intl. Film Festival of Sriganganagar

195. Best Screenplay

Cinema Los Angeles

Official Entry

Toronto Film and Script Awards

Screenplay Entry

Hollywood Hills Film Awards

Jury Award Winner, Feature Script

6th Berlin Intl. Film Festival

Best Screenplay, Week 30

52 Weeks Film Festival

200. Best Screenplay Winner

6th Annual Buddha Intl. Film Festival

Gold Award, Original Feature Screenplay

Latitude Film Awards

2022 Screenplay Entry

14th Annual Jaipur International Film Festival

Screenplay Entry

2022 Paris International Film Festival #4

Quarter Finalist

6th New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition

205. Best Feature Script Nomination

The North Film Festival

Semi Finalist

6th Chambal International Film Festival

Best Feature Screenplay

Miami National Film Festival 

Screenplay Winner, Best Dialogue

Global India Intl. Film Festival

1st Place Feature Screenplay Winner

Hamburg Film Awards

210. Screenplay Entry

7th Annual Sochi Film Festival

Best Unproduced Screenplay, Group 1

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

Best Screenplay

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

Finalist

Eurasia International Film Festival

Screenplay Jury Award Winner

6th Canada Ind. Film Festival, Toronto

215. Screenplay Entry

Australia Film Festival (Sidney)

Screenplay Entry

Yellowstone Intl. Film Festival

1st Place Screenplay Winner

10th Massachusetts Ind. Film Festival

Screenplay Entry – March, ’22

China Film Festival

Finalist

5th Euro Fest Intl. Film Festival

220. Screenplay Entry

5th Atlanta-Qualifying Film Festival

Official Entry

European Cinema Festival

Official Entry

7th White Nights Film Festival

Best Screenplay Award

8th Madrid Art Film Festival

Screenplay Top-40 Long-List

9th UK Film Festival, London

225. Finalist

16th Annual Manhattan Film Festival, 6-22

Best Unproduced Screenplay Nomination

5th North Europe Intl. Film Festival London

Award Winner, Feature Script

Canada Independent Film Festival #7

Screenplay Official Entry

Kyiv Film Festival, Ukraine

God Bless Ukraine

Official Screenplay Entry

9th London International Film Festival

230. Honorable Mention

Markham (Canada) Intl. Film Festival (𝐌𝐂𝐈𝐅𝐅)

Screenwrtr. of the Year

5th Indo-Global Intl. Film Festival, Mumbai

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