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Script Winner talks writing from personal experience, inspiration, and why she's moving to La

Our latest script competition winner, 'Birds Of A Feather', a well-structure, layered and intricate story, where both plot and characters...

British social realism: anxiety & loneliness - award-winning short script 'MOUSE' needs director

Tormented by her ex, a working-class mother battles the pains of separation, inadvertently dragging her son and his new pet mouse along...

First-time writer wins script competition, challenging gender roles and domestic abuse with 'MAN'

Set in contemporary Ireland, 'MAN', follows a woman struggling to make ends meet, who has flashbacks to a recent episode of domestic...

"Sparrow is me!" Based on life experience, an Irish construction worker writes script winner

Set against a crumbling inner city council estate, 'The Hill' follows Tony "Sparrow" Ryan as he wrestles with resentment and hostility...

IN THE FACE OF ISIS, COMPETITION WINNING LGBT SCRIPT 'FRIENDS' BEGINS PRE-PRODUCTION IN KURDISTAN

'In an idyllic remote countryside in mountainous Kurdistan, three young boys' peaceful routine is threatened by the arrival of a man on...

A Bird's-Eye View Of Suicide 'Shiny Things' Wins Script Competition - Q&A with Mario

Marion McDowell is a freelance scriptwriter from Juneau, Alaska, where the rugged weather gave her a deep desire to not be out in it....

A Screenwriter's Dream - An Interview With Rafael Neves

Rafael Neves always dreamt of working with movies. His latest short script, 'A Time Traveller's Dream' won Sunday Shorts' Script...

From "absolutely terrible first draft" to award winning screenplay - An interview with Con

In Connor Thorpe's short script, Audrey clears out her estranged mother's home after she passes away, but her grief for someone she never...

Short Film Writing 101 - An interview with Randy Zuniga

How do you prove a suicide was actually murder when the victim was already suicidal? "Suicide 101", written by Randy Zuniga, is about a...

Going Your Own Way - An interview with Adam Harris

Adam Harris, a film production student at Brooklyn College, wrote 'Go Your Own Way', a short script about a former...