October 04, 2005

Top Hollywood executives to read winners of Kairos Prize for spiritually uplifting scripts

Disney's Dick Cook and Dreamworks' Jeffrey Katzenberg to Read Winning Entries of New $50,000 Script Contest

To: National Desk

Contact: Melany Ethridge, 214-912-8934, Melany@alarryross.com

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 /Christian Wire Service/ -- First-time screenwriters with a religious message will have a chance to get their scripts noticed by top Hollywood executives – including Disney's Dick Cook and Dreamworks' Jeffrey Katzenberg – in the First Bi-Annual John Templeton Foundation Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays, as announced by the Templeton Foundation and the Christian Film & Television Commission(TM).

Co-sponsored by the Templeton Foundation and the Christian Film & Television Commission(TM), the top three winners not only will receive prizes totaling $50,000, their names and scripts will also be announced at the 14th Annual Movieguide(R) Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry, attended by more than 200 top executives, filmmakers and celebrities.

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For further details on the contest, see my post of September 22, "Kairos Prize: first-time screenwriters' contest; seeks uplifting scripts acknowledging God."