Exclusive: The Writers Lab has set Shari Albert (Fishtown), Stephanie Bast (FrankenFamily), Kelly Campbell (Pyramid Scheme), Shari Lynette Carpenter (Translate), Nic Cohen (Artemis One), Rebecca Dreyfus (Men), Gwen Goodkin (The Plant), Tamara Maloney & Maeve McQuillan (Darkened Room), Arianna Ortiz, Zuri Rice (Green Hill), Roses Urquhart (This Is My Body) and Robin Shanea Williams (Adrienne Is Always Single) as the participants and projects for its eighth annual lab, supporting women screenwriters over the age of 40.
Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman have renewed their support for The Writers Lab, which will return to its in-person format for script development in 2022. The Lab has re-doubled its efforts to amplify the voices of women writers, calling for greater inclusion of their stories in film and television, in response to growing threats to women’s rights, with genre scripts (particularly comedies) and historical stories about pioneering women being seen most...
Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman have renewed their support for The Writers Lab, which will return to its in-person format for script development in 2022. The Lab has re-doubled its efforts to amplify the voices of women writers, calling for greater inclusion of their stories in film and television, in response to growing threats to women’s rights, with genre scripts (particularly comedies) and historical stories about pioneering women being seen most...
- 9/20/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Slamdance has awarded its grand prize for screenwriting to Jessica Sinyard for her television pilot “The Peak.”
The prize was presented Thursday night during a ceremony hosted by Writers Guild of America West at the WGA Theatre. About 3,000 submissions were received for this year’s contest, and more than $16,000 was awarded to 2018 winners across all categories.
“The Peak” is a psychological survival thriller that follows a team of eight overachievers in their attempt to climb Mount Everest. When a team member goes missing on the peak, paranoia and altitude sickness corrode the reliability of survivor accounts. With a dual narrative that interweaves both the team’s ascent and descent, “The Peak” explores the choices people make when they believe no one is watching.
“This year’s competition proved that wherever you come from in this world our judges are waiting to discover and honor great new writing talent, especially if...
The prize was presented Thursday night during a ceremony hosted by Writers Guild of America West at the WGA Theatre. About 3,000 submissions were received for this year’s contest, and more than $16,000 was awarded to 2018 winners across all categories.
“The Peak” is a psychological survival thriller that follows a team of eight overachievers in their attempt to climb Mount Everest. When a team member goes missing on the peak, paranoia and altitude sickness corrode the reliability of survivor accounts. With a dual narrative that interweaves both the team’s ascent and descent, “The Peak” explores the choices people make when they believe no one is watching.
“This year’s competition proved that wherever you come from in this world our judges are waiting to discover and honor great new writing talent, especially if...
- 10/12/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Power to the Pixel’s annual Pixel Lab event will feature 32 participants.
A total of 32 international media professionals working with interactive and cross-media approaches have been selected to take part in Power to the Pixel’s annual Pixel Lab event (June 28 - July 4), taking place in Inverness, Scotland in June.
Now in its sixth year, The Pixel Lab is Power to the Pixel’s development course designed to explore how interactivity and new media tools can add value to film, TV or new media projects and engage new audiences.
Spanning 20 countries, the selected participants will take part in a training week, to develop skills and exchange ideas to create, produce and finance cross-platform properties.
Some 16 international producers will develop projects that incorporate a range of film, interactive, live event, mobile, gaming, TV, publishing or online, partnered with 16 cross-media professionals that include producers, writers, commissioning editors, financiers, story architects, games and interactive developers and designers.
This residential...
A total of 32 international media professionals working with interactive and cross-media approaches have been selected to take part in Power to the Pixel’s annual Pixel Lab event (June 28 - July 4), taking place in Inverness, Scotland in June.
Now in its sixth year, The Pixel Lab is Power to the Pixel’s development course designed to explore how interactivity and new media tools can add value to film, TV or new media projects and engage new audiences.
Spanning 20 countries, the selected participants will take part in a training week, to develop skills and exchange ideas to create, produce and finance cross-platform properties.
Some 16 international producers will develop projects that incorporate a range of film, interactive, live event, mobile, gaming, TV, publishing or online, partnered with 16 cross-media professionals that include producers, writers, commissioning editors, financiers, story architects, games and interactive developers and designers.
This residential...
- 5/27/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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