Apply to Pitch Caspian Films + 16 New Club Members 🤩

Following the launch of Wscripted's Storyteller Club last week, we are thrilled to welcome 16 new members and open the call for applications to pitch Caspian Films early, before heading to the Toronto International Film Festival to meet producers! 🖐

We are pleased to open the applications to pitch Thembisa Cochrane, Co-Founder and Producer at Caspian Films early! 👏

Storytellers with a feature film with strong casting potential are invited to apply before September 30th at 6PM ET. Preferred genres include drama, literary adaptations, romance and romantic comedy, history, adventure, political and action thrillers, and smart science fiction. Only the 4 selected writers will be notified on Friday October 7th.

This virtual event is free for all Wscripted's members to attend. We strive to create a productive forum in which writers can practice their pitches and the opportunity for constructive networking. Whether you applied to pitch or are interested to attend the event, make sure to RSVP and save the date: October 11th at 11AM ET / 4PM UK

Caspian Films is a London-based production company producing female-led films with unique voices and fresh perspectives for international audiences. Credits includes THE COLOUR ROOM for Sky Cinema and Creative England, US AMONG THE STONES, which premiered at BFI London Film Festival 2019.

Meet the 16 New Club Members!

Thrilled to welcome 16 new members to Wscripted's Storyteller Club! We can't wait to set-up the peer to peer groups and kick-off the 1on1 networking events mid-September! 🥳

Club members include fellow nominees from Wscripted's Inaugural Cannes Screenplay List and Second Cannes Screenplay List, as well as screenwriters from the WGA, WGGB, Film Fatales to name a few!

New to the Storyteller Club are:

• Onyinye Egenti (List Nominee 2022)

• Lidiya Korotko (List Nominee 2022)

• Lucy Powers (List Nominee 2021)

• Swati Srivastava (LA-based filmmaker)

• Linda Walton (List Nominee 2021)

• Ariane Hahusseau (List Nominee 2022)

• Farah Merani (List Nominee 2022)

• Nina-Marie Gardner (Paris-based screenwriter)

• Abbesi Akhamie (List Nominee 2022)

• Tamika R. Guishard (List Nominee 2021)

• Denise Deegan (List Nominee 2021)

• Suzy Miller (London-based screenwriter, WGGB)

• Vicki Speegle (New York-based screenwriter)

• Lisa Franek (List Nominee 2022)

• Julie Sharbutt (List Nominee 2022)

• Deborah S. Esquenazi (List Nominee 2021)

We are very excited about the potential of Wscripted's Storyteller Club for the numerous learnings and collaborations that can arise from it. By collaborating with each other, we know women move mountains!

Make sure to join the Club if you are interested in connecting with fellow list nominees, women and non-binary screenwriters from around the world! By becoming a Club member, you will take part of bi-monthly script note meetings with a working group of 3 women, an incredible opportunity to receive feedback from other women to hone your story and participate in 1on1 monthly networking zooms to build collaborations 🙌

The Club membership runs for 12 months and also includes applications to Wscripted's exclusive call for entries and producer view notifications 💃

Steps: click on your top right corner profile icon, followed by Become a Premium Member, then the update button before selecting Yearly to sign-up to the Storyteller Club membership ($250/year). Demo here.

TIFF is just around the corner!

While the Venice Film Festival is buzzing, the Toronto International Film Festival is just around the corner — and Wscripted's team will be attending!

TIFF is an amazing film festival for women filmmakers, and also a market where industry executives, producers, filmmakers meet to sale projects and build collaborations.

We made a shortlist of TIFF's must-see and world premieres directed by women this year:

• Our friends at Babe Nation Films' ALICE, DARLING, starring Anna Kendricks, directed by Mary Nighy.

• CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY by Lena Dunham (the “Girls” creator), starring “Game of Thrones” breakout star Bella Ramsey.

• Apple TV and A24 produced's CAUSEWAY, directed by Lila Neugebauer, starring Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence.

• Netflix's THE SWIMMERS, by Egyptian director Sally El Hosaini, acclaimed for her first feature My Brother the Devil in 2012. A pick from TIFF's CEO Cameron Bailey.

• PRISONER'S DAUGHTER, by Thirteen and Twilight's director Catherine Hardwicke, starring Kate Beckinsale and Brian Cox (we are obsessed with Succession!)

• WOMEN TALKING by Sarah Polley, produced by Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment, starring Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley.

• THE WOMAN KING by Gina Prince-Bythewood, featuring thrilling performances from Oscar winner Viola Davis.

NEW ON WSCRIPTED'S PLATFORM!

• OPPORTUNITIES: Apply to Wscripted's call for entries directly on the platform

• CANNES SCREENPLAY LIST NOMINEES: Discover fellow nominees on the platform

• PRODUCER VIEWS NOTIFICATIONS: Watch demo here!!

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