Hello. I'm a scriptwriter\director from Russia and I'm currently participating into one international short film competition. If I'm to make into the second round, I'm supposed to send the judges a “a full written director’s treatment of a script”. For some reason, none of my American friends could explain exactly what it means. Can some of you, guys, tell me?
Thank you!!
Dana.

There’s no way anyone here can definitively answer your question. Treatment is an elusive word. Requirements may vary from one competition to another.

A director’s treatment is essentially the written plan for how a director intends to shoot a movie. It can be a two page synopsis or a shooting script with storyboards.

You need to get clarification from those running the competition.


Breanne

... That's what I thought... Thank you!

You’re welcome. Good luck with the competition.

Dana,
Just as there are several versions of a synopsis for the story-screenplay you are planning to direct and make into a film, there are different versions of the treatment as well.

Generally, there's a synopsis that is just a page long, or three paragraphs long. a quarter page to a half length synopsis which is more like a trailer and not an episodic synopsis. Same with treatment which can be 2 page to 7 long, or 7 pages to 24 pages long. A director's version would be the longer version in all probabilities.