Anna Barbara Films Script Call

Anna Barbara Films is currently looking for feature-length rom-com screenplays and completed comedy television pilot scripts (any sub-genre of comedy) with the aim of developing, optioning, packaging and pitching to broadcasters (TV) and financiers (Film) both in the UK and US.

The production company has teamed up with BCG Pro to find the right completed scripts for them. They will review all submissions made via our platform, with a view to developing up to ten projects.

Anna Barbara Films is a full-service production company that has produced feature films, television shows, and commercials. Commercial clients include Mozilla Firefox, Transfer Wise, Best Western, BAFTA and O2, to name a few.

Anna Barbara is perhaps most notable for its work producing and directing rom-com feature films. Its first film, Love Possibly, won over 60 awards in festivals worldwide, premiering at the prestigious Raindance Film Festival, and being awarded Best International Feature in Catalina Film Festival. Their latest rom-com, How to Make Her Cheat, is currently in post-production and is due to be released later in 2022, and stars Monty Python veteran John Cleese, British television personality Megan McKenna, and Oscar nominated actor Eric Roberts.

Want to work with the company to develop your project? Then submit your script now, alongside any additional supporting material and a short paragraph that tells them why you want to tell this particular story.

If you have a treatment or story/series bible alongside your script, you are welcome to submit these documents. However, please note, the Anna Barbara Films team cannot accept submissions based purely on an idea or treatment.

If submitting a TV pilot, the team will read all sub-genres of comedy (comedy/drama, rom-com, comedy/horror etc).

If submitting a feature-length screenplay, please ensure it neatly fits into the rom-com genre.

The deadline to enter is 23:59 BST on Sunday 31st July 2022.

Rules and terms of entry

1. This opportunity is open until 23:59 BST on 31st July 2022.
2. All entrants must be active BCG Pro members to enter this opportunity.
3. By entering this opportunity, entrants are confirming they agree to all terms and conditions in full.
4. Each BCG Pro member may submit ONE (1) entry; this can be as an individual or on behalf of a parternship/team. However, you may submit TWO (2) entries if you have both a TV pilot and a feature script.
5. Scripts may be submitted in Adobe PDF (.pdf) or Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx) formats only. The BCG Pro team can offer advice on saving a file in one of these formats if help is required.
6. Anna Barbara Films (the Producer) will aim to identify at least ten entries showing potential for further development, but are under no obligation to do so should not enough/no entries be deemed of high enough quality.
7. No guarantee of script option, commission, or eventual production is made. Likewise though, entrants are not obliged to enter into any deal with Anna Barbara Films unless they feel comfortable doing so. A discussion/meeting would take place before any deal was offered.
8. The entrant hereby warrants and represents that they are the present, exclusive and sole owner of all right, title and interest in relation to their submission and has the unconditional power and right to present the submission to the Producer. This includes that the submission has not been produced, sold or optioned to any third party; and the submission shall not infringe any law or regulation or third party right, including (but not limited to) the law of copyright, defamation or trademarks. Entrants shall indemnify and hold the Producer harmless from and against all damages and liabilities suffered or incurred in connection with, resulting from or arising out of a breach by the entrant of these terms and conditions.
9. By entering this opportunity, entrants acknowledge and agree that the Producer may already be involved in any number of projects bearing similarity to ideas that may be reflected in entries to this contest. The Producer cannot undertake to compensate entrants if material similar to that submitted, received coincidentally from another source, is subsequently commissioned or produced.
10. All entries are covered by British Comedy Guide's privacy policies. By entering this contest you are granting permission for British Comedy Guide to share your contact details and entry with the Producer.
11. British Comedy Guide reserves the right to alter the terms of this contest and/or the duration of any entry window at its discretion.