![]() ![]() ![]() Logline: After tricked into contributing to the death of his best friend’s wife, a petty criminal must find the men who set him up before the former, a Detroit internal affairs investigator, uncovers the secret. ![]() specialist is forced to go off the grid to save her own life after she is manipulated into hacking and exploiting a large software company. Logline: While attending a postsecondary program for adults with intellectual disabilities, a young woman with Down syndrome questions her place in the world in the face of impending motherhood. When she chooses animating in the adult comic book world, Yuma is forced to discover a new identity, a purpose in life and embarks on a romance with a mysterious wheelchair taxi driver. Logline: Yuma is a paraplegic comic book artist hidden away from society under her mother’s smothering care. The 2016 Screenwriting Lab participants and their projects are: Additional information and an application form can be found at. For more information on Film Independent Artist Development, please contact Jennifer Kushner, Director of Artist Development, at 310.432.1275. Film Independent Fellows receive year-round support, including access to the Film Independent Forum, Directors Close-Up and the LA Film Festival. Programs include the Filmmaker Labs (Directing, Screenwriting, Producing and Documentary) Fast Track finance market Grants & Awards and our signature diversity program Project Involve, which for 23 years has helped launch the careers of artists from communities underrepresented in film. Sponsors include Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television, National Endowment for the Arts, and The Writer’s Guild of America, West.įilm Independent Artist Development promotes unique independent voices by helping filmmakers create and advance new work. The Film Independent Screenwriting Lab is supported by Artist Development Lead Funder Time Warner Foundation. This year’s Fellowship is being awarded to alumnus Evan Romansky who will be awarded a $10,000 grant to develop his script, Detroitus through the Screenwriting Lab. “We are thrilled to include each of these filmmakers and provide critical creative support and feedback to further develop their unique voices and help realize the full potential of their stories,” said Jennifer Kushner, Director of Artist Development at Film Independent.įor the fifth year, Film Independent will present the Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television Screenwriting Fellowship. Past Screenwriting Lab projects include Andrew Ahn’s Spa Night, which premiered in competition at Sundance and won the Grand Jury prize at Outfest this year Chloé Zhao’s Songs My Brothers Taught Me, which premiered in competition at Sundance and in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes and Robbie Pickering’s SXSW winner Natural Selection. This year’s creative advisors, guest speakers and mentors include Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi ( The Invitation, Ride Along) and Jeff Stockwell ( Bridge to Terabithia, Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys) , Jane Anderson ( Olive Kitteridge, How to Make an American Quilt ), Meg LeFauve ( Inside Out, Captain Marvel), Jessica Sharzer ( Nerve, American Horror Story) and Script Consultant Ruth Atkinson. ![]() During the Lab Fellows participate in individualized story sessions, are advised on the craft and business of screenwriting, and are also introduced to established screenwriters, producers and film professionals who serve as guest speakers and creative advisors. The Screenwriting Lab is an intensive five-week program designed to help writers improve their craft, and take their current scripts to the next level in a nurturing and challenging creative environment. Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards and LA Film Festival, is pleased to announce the screenwriters selected for its 18th annual Screenwriting Lab. ![]()
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