Caspian Films Pitch Postponed + Storyteller Club Fellowships 🙌

Happy Tuesday! In this week's newsletter: Caspian Films Pitch postponed to October 19th and details about our Storyteller Club Fellowships!

Make sure to save the new date in your calendar: October 19th at 11AM ET / 4PM UK!

Applications to pitch Thembisa Cochrane, Co-Founder and Producer at Caspian Films are still open for 2 more weeks! 👏

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 19th 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.

17 New Members + Club Fellowships

We are so excited to welcome 17 new members to our Storyteller Club! 

@Club members: make sure to fill out the Member Matching form here, if you haven't already👌 

Thinking of joining the Club? 😍 We recommend for you to sign-up before the end of September to facilitate your pairing with the 38 current Club members. We will start setting up peer to peer groups for the year next week!

New to the Storyteller Club are:

• Lindsey Copeland (Film Fatales member)

• Katrina Eroen (LA-based Cherokee Nation screenwriter)

• Roxy Tlorino (NYC-based ukrainian filmmaker)

• Chantel Clark (NYC-based South African filmmaker)

• Jumai Yusuf  (List Nominee 2022)

• Kate Wilson (LA-based novelist & screenwriter)

• Ioana Uricaru (Vermont-based filmmaker)

• Nora Jacobson (List Nominee 2021)

• Vicki Speegle (NY-based screenwriter)

• Maren Curtis (Oakland-based screenwriter)

• Louise Brix Andersen (Barcelona-based filmmaker)

• Marion de Juniac (Geneva-based screenwriter & novelist)

• Anastasiya Sergienya (NYC-based Belarus filmmaker)

• Louise Geraghty (Irish screenwriter, Writers Guild of Ireland)

• Nikol Kollars (Barcelona-based Hawaiian screenwriter)

• Fany de la Chica (LA-based Spanish filmmaker)

• Bianca Jaeger Montobbio (Luxembourgish-Spanish filmmaker)

To celebrate the launch of our Club, Wscripted has decided to offer a limited number of fellowships to members who can benefit from joining the Club. Wscripted covers 40% of the subscription fee 😊 If you are interested, you can apply at the link below: 

First come first serve - deadline September 30th

By becoming a Club member, you will take part in bi-monthly script notes 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 free 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.

 FEMALE-FOCUSED CONTENT NEWS

🎬 Review of Women Talking in The Hollywood Reporter here

✍️ Interview with Dana Stevens, screenwriter of The Woman King here

🎭 Interview about the complex relationship between the 2 lead female characters in The Handmaid's Tale Season 5 (spoilers) here 

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• PRODUCER VIEWS NOTIFICATIONS: Watch demo here!!

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