It’s time for our annual update! Jamie, Olivia and Monique have now been a part of the Script to Screen team for over a year, a huge mihi to them all for their amazing work and support for the filmmakers and teams they have worked with.
This July has also been a busy time of change for us all with Jackie handing over the baton to Dale Corlett as the new Executive Director. Check out Dale’s message later in this post.
We thank Jackie for her huge amount of mahi and leadership over the past 7 years. We also acknowledge Esther Cahill-Chiaroni, Script to Screen’s Story Camp Aotearoa programme director who is moving on to take up her new role as development lead at NZFC. These two amazing women have given so much to Script to Screen over many years and we sincerely thank them on behalf of the thousands of filmmakers who have benefitted from their work and commitment.
We know you’ve all been eager to hear about the opportunities happening here at Script to Screen this year, with all these big changes we’re working hard to lock in our calendar. This year we are introducing a new programme and bringing back a selection of our most popular programmes. Here’s an idea of when and what to expect:
- Rainmakers Aotearoa (NEW) – An intergenerational knowledge transfer project
Individuals: Candidates can be from above or below the line or from across the value chain of content production, for example, but not limited to producers, filmmakers, actors, heads of department, post-production supervisors, agents, lawyers, insurers, accountants and film agency executives and many others.
Opened: 6th August 2024
Closes: 16th September 2024
Supported by: NZ Film Commission - Strength in Numbers – Building sustainable businesses
Businesses: Producers, Writers or Directors
Opened: 6th August 2024
Closes: 16th September 2024
Supported by: NZ Film Commission
- Story Camp – Feature film development lab
Writers or Writer/Directors, Producers
Opens: 20th August 2024
Supported by: NZ Film Commission - South Shorts – Short film development
Individuals: South Auckland based Writers
Opens: October 2024
Supported by: Foundation North
WORKSHOPS/TALKS *
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Online TALK
Date to be announced soon!
Supported by: NZ Film Commission - Christchurch Workshop
Date to be announced soon!
Supported by: Screen CanterburyNZ and Christchurch Creative Communities -
South Auckland Workshop
Date to be announced soon!
Supported by: Foundation North
2025 *
- Northland Youth Filmmaking Workshop
- Northland Adult Scriptwriting Workshop
* Dates and Programmes are subject to changes
Although we are busy trying to rustle up some more funding for our programmes, at this time we acknowledge that due to funding decisions, we are not able to confirm our Talks and Kōpere Hou Fresh Shorts programmes as yet. Watch this space.
In 2023 we were able to provide career and project development for 20 participants over the Waitaha Canterbury Incubator and Southern Pilots development programmes. If you’re interested in working with Script to Screen and see an opportunity for a programme, talk, workshop, or development programme in a specific region we’d love to hear from you.
We want to remind you all that Script to Screen is a not for profit reliant on funding to provide you with these opportunities. Thank you to everyone who attended workshops or talks and had applied for our programmes last year!
We look forward to continuing to support you in your endeavours this coming year.
Message from the incoming Executive Director:
“Tēnei te mihi nui ki te Poari o Te Tari Tuhi Kupu a Whakaahua ki te whakatau i te mahi nei – Huge thanks to the Script to Screen board for this invitation to take up this role.
Having returned to Aotearoa 9 years ago to take up the role of Head of Talent Development at the NZ Film Commission, I have been fortunate to work closely with Script to Screen and the previous Executive Directors on various programmes and initiatives. I have always been inspired by the work that this leading NZ screen sector organisation delivers and the impact its programmes make for our screen storytellers.
I want to send a big mihi to Dave Gibson, the then CEO of the NZFC, for providing me with an amazing opportunity to return to Aotearoa to take up the role at the NZFC. It has been a truly unique experience. I continue to be in awe of our filmmakers and their passion and commitment to tell their stories, our stories. It was a huge privilege to be able to fund and support you on your journey. I thank you for trusting me and our Talent Development team with your stories, your creativity and your unique world views.
I loved my time with the NZFC, but I am very excited about this opportunity to return into the industry and to work more closely alongside our screen storytellers and filmmakers to support their journey.
It is an honour to have been chosen by the board of Script to Screen to be the next Executive Director. I send a huge mihi to Jackie for her amazing work over the past 7 years, and to Esther Cahill-Chiaroni previously, I look forward to continuing and elevating this important mahi for our screen sector.
When I think about the significant transformational work and impact that Script to Screen makes in our screen sector, I am reminded of the Māori whakataukī:
Mā te huruhuru, ka rere te manu
Adorn the bird in feathers, so it will fly
I look forward to working with you all, and to continue to adorn feathers to our flying screen storytellers, enabling them to soar higher, for longer, and in their own unique styles and ways.
Tēna koutou, tēna koutou, tēna koutou katoa”.
Picture of the STS Team at NZIFF Opening Night in Tāmaki Makaurau.
L-R: Monique Gilmour, Jamie Irvine, Olivia Mahood, Dale Corlett
