The 46th edition of the festival kicked off Thursday, September 9, and runs for 10 days. COVID-19 protocols meant a first-of-its-kind hybrid year for the fest, including parts in-person, online and digital, which means more options for filmgoers to c...

"At the risk of sounding like a Hallmark card or some platitude, the breakthrough for me as a writer was being as personal as I possibly could be," says filmmaker David Gutnik. "Working from that place, not censoring, and being as truthful and honest...

For Monuments writer-director Jack C. Newell, it was sticking to the script and dialogue exactly as it was written for his film, leaving zero room for improv, which proved to be a challenge.

Screenwriter Brook Driver might be relatively new to the industry, but he's already a winner. The U.K. native won the Final Draft Screenwriters Award at 2021's SXSW® festival — along with co-writers Matthew White and Nick Gillespie — for Paul Dood's ...

Writer-director-producer Nancy Mejía (Vida, The L Word: Generation Q) knows firsthand how important a mentorship can be in Hollywood.

When Julio Salgado, co-founder of The Disruptors Fellowship, reached out to showrunner Linda Yvette Chávez ( Gentefied) and asked her to take part as a speaker, she says, " I jumped right on it." The inaugural fellowship, which is for emerging televi...

Palmer screenwriter Cheryl Guerriero knows something about patience when it comes to getting a movie made. She got the idea for Palmer's script back in 2007, but it would take 12 years for the film to finally see the light of day.

Writer-producer Jenniffer Gómez ( Vida, Sacred Lies) broke into Hollywood without any personal contacts. She knows just how challenging navigating the industry can be without any guidance.