Timeline

Announcement of Selected Writers:

Early September 2024

Phase One: Online Masterclasses & Pitching Workshops

(September - December 2024)

• Week 1 - Starting Monday 16th September 2024 - Welcome Session and Script Writing Workshop with Margaret Glover (in-person, 6-9pm)

• Week 2: Masterclass with Mo Ali (Director) - The Writer/Director Relationship (online) and Masterclass with Annika Chauhan (SMB) - Knowing your rights as a writer & Option Agreements (online)

• Week 3: Jesse Quinones (Screenwriter & Director) - Writing Action & Thriller (online) and Ronin Traynor (Independent Drama) - Action for Screen, Stunt Coordination, Firearms (in-person)

• Week 4: Sheryl Crown (Producer, Script Editor) - Levels of Conflict Workshop (in-person) and Nathan Adabadze (Media Finance Capital) - Low Budget vs High Budget Action/Thriller Feature Films (online)

• Week 5: Fani Ntavelou-Baum (Anton) - Financing, Production & Sales (online) and Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan, Marlon Smith & ARLO (Screenwriters) - The Lifestyle of a Working Writer (online)

• Week 6: Sky Studios - What they are looking for from the Action genre (online) and Leon Mayne (Writer) & Fiona Lamptey (Juno Studios) - The Writer/Executive Relationship (online)

• Week 7: Verbal Pitch Workshop with Sasha Damjanovski (in-person)

• Week 8: Written Pitch Workshop with Sasha Damjanovski (in-person)

• Week 9: Pitching 121s with Sasha Damjanovski (online)

• Week 10: Pitch to Greenacre Films & Story Compound (online)

Phase Two: Script Development (Online) & Pitching to Industry Executives

(January 25 - March 25)

• Week 1-6: Script Editor 121s over 6 weeks (online)

• Week 7: Prepare for Pitches

• Week 8-10: Pitches to Industry Executives (online)

Showcase: March 2025 (in-person)