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Weekend Writing Inspiration: 12 Common Mistakes in Setting Screenwriting Goals

December 29, 2018

(Goal Setting for Screenwriters, Part I)

Write On with Jen Grisanti: Refocusing Your Energy for Next Season's Screenwriting Contests and Fellowships

December 14, 2018

Screenwriting consultant and former studio executive Jen Grisanti discusses crafting stories that resonate, finding your voice as a writer and building a network of professional relationships.

What I Did at Austin Film Festival 2018

December 6, 2018

Specificity is what makes story universal.

Nosotros Youth Program

September 20, 2018

What is the future of filmmaking? If the Nosotros Youth Program has any say in it, it will look more like inclusion.

18 Years of the Ghetto Film School

September 19, 2018

The legacy of the Ghetto Film School (GFS) is one that echoes: Inner-city youth graduate, become leaders and feed the rise of the next generation of artists like themselves.

Jeremiah Zagar on his Sundance-Winning Film 'We the Animals'

August 17, 2018

Though Jeremiah Zagar’s adaptation of Justin Torres’ We the Animals made its debut only months ago at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, critics are already praising it.

How screenwriter Noga Landau took her contained sci-fi, "Tau" from film school to Netflix

August 15, 2018

Have you heard the film school fairy tale of a woman who wrote a script for a screenwriting class; attracted top agents overnight, secured Gary Oldman as the voice of her robot, and distributed the film worldwide as a Netflix original?

Sundance Screenwriters Intensive Alumni: A-Ian Holt and Tani Ikeda

July 26, 2018

This spring, writing team A-Ian Holt and Tani Ikeda were among 12 screenwriters chosen as fellows for the Sundance Institute Screenwriters Intensive.

Sundance Lab Spotlight: Brett Weiner and Emma Fletcher

July 6, 2018

Each year, Sundance Institute labs bring together aspiring writers and directors who want to take their projects to the next level. Notable projects that evolved in these labs include Damien Chazelle's Whiplash; Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre and Ryan Co...