Story Camp Aotearoa is a residential development lab for feature film that fosters craft, voice and exceptional storytelling. The programme is designed to meet the development needs of each writer and project. It provides a framework and environment that enables films to be rigorously developed, elevated and supported. Over the week, the participating writers and their collaborators workshop their feature film projects with exceptional local and international advisors.
The selectors had an incredibly difficult job in assessing the feature films submitted. We thank and value all the filmmakers who took the time to apply for this opportunity. Thank you for sharing your stories and aspirations with us.
Script to Screen is delighted to announce the filmmakers and their projects selected for Story Camp Aotearoa 2025. Huge mihi to our funders Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission for continuing to support this unique development kaupapa.
This year, we are excited to announce that through Script to Screen’s partnership with VicScreen in Australia, we will have a ninth team, Melbourne-based film Scorpio writer/director Allanah Avalon and producer Gabrielle Pearson attending Story Camp. This welcome addition will add another aspect of collaboration and community within the programme, and we hope to bring more international collaborations to this kaupapa in the future.
The team at Script to Screen is humbled by the mahi that has already taken place across the selected projects, and we look forward to helping to support and uplift them and their filmmakers during this residential development lab.
Congratulations to the filmmakers whose feature film projects will be developed through Story Camp Aotearoa 2025:
- Hide the dogÂ
Jamie McCaskill, Nathan Maynard and Hamish Bennett – Writers
Angela Cudd and Richard Finlayson – Producers - Hudson & Halls
Kip Chapman – Writer/Director
Todd Emerson – Additional Writer
Emily Anderton – Creative Producer - In The Blood
Mia Maramara – Writer
Morgan Leigh Stewart – Producer - Not This Time
Sinead Lau – Writer/Director
Lesley Hansen and Rachel Fawcett – Producers - Scorpio
Allanah Avalon – Writer/Director
Gabrielle Pearson – Producer - Soft
Pulkit Arora – Writer/Director
Shuchi Kothari –Â Producer - Standing Up
Abby Howells – Writer - The Factory
Anapela Polataivao and Vela Manusaute – Co-Writers
Stacey Leilua and William McKegg – Producers - The Frogman
Matthew Saville – Writer/Director
READ MORE ABOUT THE TEAMS HEREÂ
Script to Screen is working in partnership with VicScreen in Australia, for Melbourne-based film Scorpio writer/director Allanah Avalon and producer Gabrielle Pearson to attend Story Camp.
Story Camp is made possible thanks to funding from the New Zealand Film Commission.
