Learning to Write Screenplay Coverage is designed to increase the diversity of script readers, assessors and selectors in Aotearoa.
For the programme in 2021 six filmmakers were selected to receive a scholarship to take part in UCLA’s 10-week online training course Writing Screenplay Coverage and wrap-around support from Script to Screen.
They will participate in two workshops, one before the course starts and one after it finishes. The workshops will give context to the US-based course, with guest speakers demonstrating how the learning can be applied to the New Zealand screen industry. The participants will also form a study group to support each other during the learning.
2021 recipients are: Albert Belz, Catherine Bisley, Malinna Liang, Marc Laureano, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Matilda Poasa