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Development Scheme Deadline one month away!
Thu, 29 Jul 2010
Would you be interested in getting a year-long support programme for you and your screenplay? Add in a £1,000 Bursary? How about a guaranteed meeting with BBC Films at the end of the year? Oh - and would you like to have a private lunch with screenwriter Peter Morgan along the way? Yes? Then The Script Factory's Development Scheme may well be just what you're looking for.
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Diamond geezer at BAFTA
Mon, 26 Jul 2010
Here's a chance to win a pair of tickets to attend an event that our partners over at BAFTA are staging this coming weekend which celebrates the work of the legendary Brit director Guy Hamilton. Hamilton is a brilliant actioner whose career began in the 40s as AD on The Third Man and The African Queen before he found his heart belonged to Bond, directing classic Bonds including Diamonds are Forever and Live and Let Die. Selected Script Factory Members can attend as our guests, but if you’re not a member you don’t have to miss out – read on to win tickets.
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Are you a TV Writer working in the Irish Language?
Tue, 20 Jul 2010
We’re delighted to be joining new partners, Irish language broadcaster TG4 together with Northern Ireland Screen's Irish Language Broadcast Fund & BBC NI, in helping to stage a new Scriptwriting Development scheme for new or experienced Irish language writers starting this Autumn. There are up to six places available to Irish speaking writers interested in writing drama for television who will take part in a training scheme over a 6-month period featuring workshops and mentoring from key industry professionals.
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Take your film from script to budget...
Fri, 16 Jul 2010
Our friends at BAFTA are planning an intriguing practical session next weekend as part of Rushes Soho Short Film Festival when the Line Producer of Bridget Jones Diary and Star Wars, Brian Donovan, will be stepping up help you demystify the route from Script to Budget. We've scooped a number of guest tickets to this invaluable session for our Members to attend, and we've set aside one of them so that non-members too have a chance of winning just by answering a simple question.
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Find us on Facebook & Twitter
Tue, 29 Jun 2010
Finally, we’ve decided to accept that we live in a modern world so we’ll be casting aside our parchment and quill for a short time in order to embrace the delights of Facebook & Twitter. Please Like Us & Follow Us in order to keep up to date with everything we have going on. That way you won't miss out on events, new training ideas, and things we think you might be interested in AND you'll get the chance to win tickets to events run by us and our partners.
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Win tickets to see Claire Denis
Wed, 16 Jun 2010
Our friends at London’s Curzon Soho have scored an excellent coup in arranging a preview of the riveting new feature from French auteur Claire Denis followed by a Q&A with Denis herself. Even better, they’ve set aside a number of tickets exclusively for Script Factory Members to attend for free – and they’ve given us an extra pair to be given to you if you can answer a simple question.
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