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Matthew Papadopoulos

Matthew Papadopoulos

Screenwriter

Melbourne, Australia

Member Since:
March 2019
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About Matthew

I'm an Australian screenwriter (Australian Writers' Guild).

My first spec script – The Real Thing – is a Romantic Comedy/Sci-Fi/Coming-of-Age feature with themes about the now and near future that will be hotly debated... and as an added bonus landed me a terrific literary manager.

In a past life, I studied Philosophy (my M.A. thesis - The Ontological Status of Space - is listed by the National Library of Australia).

A former Time Out critic in his competition feedback had this to say:

"The Real Thing is a classic screwball comedy. Like Bringing Up Baby, a nerdy protagonist is brought under the spell of an assertive love interest. Its whip-smart dialogue crackles like Hepburn and Grant. But there’s a modern twist updating this classic form".

And in the New Media Film Festival 2020 award ceremony, Chelsea Lo Pinto (Director of HBO Program Strategy & Planning) states that the winner of Best Script, The Real Thing, "exemplifies these qualities [innovation and vitality] and, most importantly, adds something to the genre that is unexpected and new".

If this sounds like an unabashed advertisement for my screenplay, it's because it is...

*****

Awards & Selections

From June 2019:

46 Winner, 38 Finalist, 23 Semi-Finalist, 15 Quarter-Finalist, 2 Other, 14 Official Selection

*****

POSTSCRIPT: TRT has been optioned

FOR ALL INQUIRIES:
ELENI LARCHANIDOU, LL.M.
Literary & Talent Manager | Executive Producer
(for email contact see my IMDbPro, LinkedIn or Film Freeway profile links below)
P: +1 310 696 3656

Unique traits: Too numerous to mention...

Gender:
Male
Height:
5' 9"
Body type:
Average
Hair:
Medium
Hair color:
Brown
Eyes:
Blue
Ethnicity:
Caucasian

Badges

Photos

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The Real Thing - Winner: Honorable Mention - Movie: Comedy, Screenplay Festival (2020). 17 years running and "one of the highest rated screenwriting competitions online, Screenplay Festival offers writers an honest opportunity to get their work the recognition it deserves"... so thank you for this special honor! #screenplayfestival⁣ ⁣⁣https://screenplayfestival.com/2020-winners/ ⁣⁣https://www.facebook.com/originalscreenplayfestival #the_real_thing_screenplay #filmfreeway
The Real Thing - Winner: Best Script, New Media Film Festival (2020). Chelsea Lo Pinto (Director of HBO Program Strategy & Planning) states that the winner of Best Script “exemplifies these qualities [innovation and vitality] and, most importantly, adds something to the genre that is unexpected and new”. https://Youtu.be/96JJ3xnijzk #newmediafilmfestival https://newmediafilmfestival.com/schedule.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMflPG8MtOQ @newmediafilmfestival https://www.instagram.com/newmediafilmfestival/ https://www.facebook.com/NewMediaFilmFestival/ https://www.facebook.com/NewMediaFilmFestival/videos/752562322242152 #matthewpapadopoulos #the_real_thing_screenplay #filmfreeway
The Real Thing - Winner: Best Script, New Media Film Festival (2020). Chelsea Lo Pinto (Director of HBO Program Strategy & Planning) states that the winner of Best Script “exemplifies these qualities [innovation and vitality] and, most importantly, adds something to the genre that is unexpected and...

Videos

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New Media Film Festival 2020 award ceremony - Best Script.mp4

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Credits

Awards

  • Winner: Best Comedy Screenplay — Hollywood Screenplay Awards / USA
    (2023)

  • Winner: Best Australian Screenplay — Hollywood Screenplay Awards / USA
    (2023)

  • Winner: 1st Place Rom-Com Feature Script — The Indie Gathering International Film Festival / USA
    (2022)

  • Winner: Screenplay — Venus Community Awards / TUR
    (2022)

  • The Red List - Comedy Genre/Format — Coverfly / USA
    (2022)

  • Winner: Jury Award - Comedy Feature Film — OTB | Only The Best Film Awards / USA
    (2022)

  • Winner: Best Australian Screenplay — Best Script Awards - London / GBR
    (2022)

  • Semi-Finalist: ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship / USA
    (2022)

  • Semi-Finalist — StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest / USA
    (2022)

  • Winner: Special Award - Comedy Feature Film — OTB | Only The Best Film Awards / USA
    (2022)

  • Semi-Finalist: Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Contest! / USA
    (2022)

  • Quarter-Finalist: Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship / USA
    (2022)

  • Quarter-Finalist: 1st Annual Romantic Comedy Screenwriting Contest / USA
    (2022)

  • Quarter-Finalist: Hot Springs Screenplay Competition / USA
    (2022)

  • The Red List - Comedy Genre/Format — Coverfly / USA
    (2021)

  • Winner: Honorable Mention - Screenplay — Circus Road Screenplay Contest / USA
    (2021)

  • Winner: Honorable Mention - Feature Screenplay — American Filmatic Arts Awards / USA
    (2021)

  • Winner: Best Student Feature Screenplay (Annual Competition) — Bridge Fest / CAN
    (2021)

  • Winner: Best Screenplay/Script (Produced and Unproduced) — Fullshot Cine Mag Fest / USA
    (2021)

  • Winner: Judges' Choice Screenplay — Australasia's Film Festival of Time: Sci-Fi / AUS
    (2021)

  • Award Nominee: Feature Screenplay — Siren Screenwriting Festival / AUS
    (2021)

  • Finalist: Feature Screenplay — The Great American Script Contest / USA
    (2021)

  • Award Nominee: Best Genre Script — The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards / GBR
    (2021)

  • Finalist: Best Unproduced script for feature film — Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift / CAN
    (2021)

  • Semi-Finalist — WeScreenplay Feature Contest / USA
    (2021)

  • Semi-Finalist — StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest / USA
    (2021)

  • Semi-Finalist (17th Place) — STORYLINE DaVinci International Film Festival / USA
    (2021)

  • Semi-Finalist — Scriptation Showcase / USA
    (2021)

  • Semi-Finalist: Feature Screenplay — Lonely Wolf International Film Festival / GBR
    (2021)

  • Semi-Finalist (15th Place) — Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards / USA
    (2021)

  • Quarter-Finalist — The Script Lab Free Screenplay Contest / USA
    (2021)

  • Quarter-Finalist — San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition / USA
    (2021)

  • Quarter-Finalist: Feature Script - First 15 — Page Turner Screenplays / USA
    (2021)

  • Official Selection: Global Script Challenge — Oaxaca FilmFest / MEX
    (2021)

  • Official Selection: Best Screenplay — Toronto Film Magazine Fest / CAN
    (2021)

  • Winner: Best Script — New Media Film Festival / USA
    (2020)

  • Winner: Honorable Mention - Movie: Comedy — Screenplay Festival / USA
    (2020)

  • Winner: Odysseus Award - Best Feature Screenplay — London Greek Film Festival / GBR
    (2020)

  • Winner: 1st Place (Gold) Screenplay — Depth of Field International Film Festival (Winter) / USA
    (2020)

  • Winner: Best Script — Metropolitan Film Festival of NYC / USA
    (2020)

  • Winner: Honorable Mention — WriteMovies Romance and Comedy Award / USA
    (2020)

  • Winner: 2nd Place - Feature Comedy Screenplay — Lit Laughs International Comedy Film Festival / GBR
    (2020)

  • Winner: Pearl Screenplay Award — Florida Comedy Film Festival / USA
    (2020)

  • Winner: 2nd Place Best Screenplay (Feature) — Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards / USA
    (2020)

  • Winner: Screenplays — 'FILM LOT' The Film Club Australia / AUS
    (2020)

  • Winner: Best Screenplay — European Cinematography AWARDS (ECA) / NLD
    (2020)

  • Winner: Best Screenplay — Los Angeles Cinematography AWARDS (LACA) / USA
    (2020)

  • Winner: Best Screenplay — Canadian Cinematography Awards (CaCA) / CAN
    (2020)

  • Winner: Award of Excellence - Best 1st Time Screenwriter — Vegas Movie Awards / USA
    (2020)

  • Winner: Honorable Mention - Best Feature Script — Vegas Movie Awards / USA
    (2020)

  • Winner: Best Feature Script — Venice Film Awards - Monthly Competition / ITA
    (2020)

  • Winner: Silver Award - Feature Script — Hollywood Gold Awards /USA
    (2020)

  • Winner: Bronze Award - Best Concept Feature Script — Queen Palm International Film Festival / USA
    (2020)

  • Award Nominee: Feature Screenplay — Austin Revolution Film Festival / USA
    (2020)

  • Winner: Best Original Screenplay — Hollywood Blood Horror Festival / USA
    (2020)

  • Winner: Best Screenplay — Bridge Fest / CAN
    (2020)

  • Winner: Best Romantic Script — Redwood Shorts and Scripts / USA
    (2020)

  • Winner: Top WILDsound Festival Screenplays of 2019, WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival
    (2020)

  • Winner: Feature Script — Tagore International Film Festival / IND
    (2020)

  • Winner: Honorable Mention - Best Feature Script — Košice International Monthly Film Festival / SVK
    (2020)

  • Honorable Mention: Best Original Script — Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival / GRC
    (2020)

  • Finalist: Best Student Screenplay — Student Los Angeles Film Awards / USA
    (2020)

  • Finalist: Feature Comedy Screenplay — Script Summit / USA
    (2020)

  • Finalist: Screenplay — SoCal Film Awards / USA
    (2020)

  • Award Nominee: Screenplay Feature — Austin Spotlight Film Festival / USA
    (2020)

  • Finalist [TBD] — Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards / USA
    (2020)

  • Finalist: Screenplay [TBD] — SOMEDAY… Screenwriting Competition / USA
    (2020)

  • Finalist — Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship / USA
    (2020)

  • Finalist: Screenplay (Feature) — Red Flight Pictures Screenplay Awards / USA
    (2020)

  • Finalist — SWN Screenplay Competition / GBR
    (2020)

  • Finalist: Best Screenplay — New York Cinematography AWARDS (NYCA) / USA
    (2020)

  • Finalist: Feature Script — Florence Film Awards – Monthly Competition / ITA
    (2020)

  • Finalist: Best Feature Script — Accord Cine Fest / IND
    (2020)

  • Semi-Finalist — StoryPros International Screenplay Contest / USA
    (2020)

  • Semi-Finalist — StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest / USA
    (2020)

  • Semi-Finalist: Feature Screenplay — The Golden Script Competition / GBR
    (2020)

  • Semi-Finalist: Screenplay Competition — Rhode Island International Film Festival / USA
    (2020)

  • Semi-Finalist: Best Screenplay — Near Nazareth Festival (NNF) / ISR
    (2020)

  • Semi-Finalist — WriteMovies Winter Screenwriting Contest / USA
    (2020)

  • Semi-Finalist: Feature Script — Miami Screenplay Awards / USA
    (2020)

  • Semi-Finalist: Student Screenplay — Red Flight Pictures Screenplay Awards / USA
    (2020)

  • Semi-Finalist: Best Screenwriter (Best 6) — Vegas Movie Awards / USA
    (2020)

  • Quarter-Finalist — Creative World Awards Screenwriting Competition / USA
    (2020)

  • Quarter-Finalist — ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest / USA
    (2020)

  • Quarter-Finalist: Feature Screenplay — Screenwriting Master Contest / USA
    (2020)

  • Quarter-Finalist: Feature Script — Austin Screenplay Awards / USA
    (2020)

  • Official Selection: Student Screenplay — Austin Revolution Film Festival / USA
    (2020)

  • Official Selection: Silicon Beach FF Screenplay Submissions — Silicon Beach Film Festival / USA
    (2020)

  • Official Selection: International Screenplay Competition — Jaipur International Film Festival / IND
    (2020)

  • Official Selection: Best Screenplay — After Hour Film Festival / USA
    (2020)

  • Official Selection: Best Feature Script — Prix Royal - Monthly Screenplay Awards / FRA
    (2020)

  • Winner: Best Script — Los Angeles Movie Awards / USA
    (2019)

  • Winner: Best Script — Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood / USA
    (2019)

  • Winner: Best Screenplay - International — Marina del Rey Film Festival / USA
    (2019)

  • Winner: Best International Feature Screenplay Award — Atlanta Comedy Film Festival / USA
    (2019)

  • Winner: Best Feature Script — New York Movie Awards - Monthly Festival / USA
    (2019)

  • Winner: Screenplay (Feature) — Take it Easy Film Festival / USA
    (2019)

  • Winner: 3rd Place Screenplay (Feature) — Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival / USA
    (2019)

  • Winner: Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature) — Los Angeles Film Awards / USA
    (2019)

  • Winner: Honorable Mention - First Time Screenwriter (Feature) — Festigious International FF / USA
    (2019)

  • Winner: Screenplay (Feature) — WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival / CAN
    (2019)

  • Finalist — StoryPros International Screenplay Contest / USA
    (2019)

  • Finalist — StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest / USA
    (2019)

  • Finalist: Feature Screenplay — Moondance International Film Festival / USA
    (2019)

  • Top 10: Feature Screenplay — Visionfest Screenwriting Competition / USA
    (2019)

  • Finalist — Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards / USA
    (2019)

  • Finalist — Pitch Now Screenplay Competition / USA
    (2019)

  • Finalist: Feature Screenplay — Page Turner Screenplays / USA
    (2019)

  • Finalist: Screenplay — San Pedro International Film Festival / USA
    (2019)

  • Finalist: Best International Feature Screenplay Award — Houston Comedy Film Festival / USA
    (2019)

  • Finalist: Best International Feature Screenplay Award — Austin Comedy Film Festival / USA
    (2019)

  • Finalist: Best International Feature Screenplay Award — Georgia Shorts Film Festival / USA
    (2019)

  • Award Nominee: Screenplay of the Year — Los Angeles Film Awards / USA
    (2019)

  • Finalist: Best Feature Screenplay — Los Angeles Film Awards / USA
    (2019)

  • Finalist: Best Feature Screenplay — Festigious International Film Festival / USA
    (2019)

  • Award Nominee: Best Feature Script — Top Indie Film Awards / JPN
    (2019)

  • 1st Place Nominee: Feature Script — Bloodstained Indie Film Festival: Sci-Fi Horror Action / JPN
    (2019)

  • Finalist: Best Feature Screenplay — Genre Celebration Festival / JPN
    (2019)

  • Finalist: Best Original Screenplay — AFIN International Film Festival / AUS
    (2019)

  • Finalist: Best Feature Screenplay — Changing Face International Film Festival / AUS
    (2019)

  • Finalist: Screenplay — Feel The Reel International Film Festival / GBR
    (2019)

  • Finalist: Screenplay — TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival / GBR
    (2019)

  • Semi-Finalist: Movie: Comedy — Screenplay Festival / USA
    (2019)

  • Semi-Finalist — 24th Annual Fade In Awards First Ten Pages Competition / USA
    (2019)

  • Semi-Finalist: Feature Script — Chicago Screenplay Awards / USA
    (2019)

  • Semi-Finalist — Zed Fest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition / USA
    (2019)

  • Semi-Finalist — Los Angeles CineFest / USA
    (2019)

  • Second Round Finalist — Launch Pad Feature Competition / USA
    (2019)

  • Quarter-Finalist — Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest / USA
    (2019)

  • Quarter-Finalist — Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition / USA
    (2019)

  • Quarter-Finalist — ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest / USA
    (2019)

  • Quarter-Finalist: Feature Script — New York City International Screenplay Awards / USA
    (2019)

  • Quarter-Finalist: Feature Script — Atlanta International Screenplay Awards / USA
    (2019)

  • Preliminary Finalist — Creative World Awards Screenwriting Competition / USA
    (2019)

  • Official Selection: Feature Screenplay — Portland Comedy Film Festival / USA
    (2019)

  • Official Selection — Action on Film MegaFest Annual Film Festival and Writers' Competition / USA
    (2019)

  • Official Selection: Feature Script — Indie Suspense Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival / USA
    (2019)

  • Official Selection: Feature Screenplay — BRIDGES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / GRC
    (2019)

  • Official Selection: Screenplay — CINEMAFEST /USA
    (2019)

  • Official Selection: Best Feature Screenplay — Rome Independent Prisma Awards / ITA
    (2019)

  • Official Selection: Screenplay/Script — CKF International Film Festival / GBR
    (2019)

Education

  • The University of Melbourne

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