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Previous residency advisors and mentors included:
Roger Corman | Producer (Death Race 2000,Scream 3, The Fantastic Four)
Suzanne Warren | Producer (Last King of Scotland, Hacksaw Ridge)
Susan Batten | Writer-Producer-Actor (Showing Roots, Love Once and Always)
Alessandro Camon | Writer (The Messenger)
Scott Budnick | Producer (The Hangover)
Sean Covel | Film Producer (NapoleonDynamite, Beneath, Cafe)
Jib Polhemus | Producer-Manager (Tomb Raider, The Mechanic, Expendables 2)
Vince Gerardis | Producer (HBO Games Of Thrones)
Nate Kohn: Professor (The University of Georgia), Associate Director (The George Foster Peabody Awards)
The 2019 panel of judges and mentors will be announced at a later date.
Benefits
Writers have four full days of mentorship, receiving feedback and a read-through of the script, with mentors, fellow writers, and local actors filling out the cast. On the final day of the program, each writer will have one specific scene workshopped with the cast, to get their creative juices flowing.
After Six (6) winners are announced in October, BIFF will accept applications for Four (4) additional screenwriters to join us for the full price of tuition: $1,500. If you are selected, a non-refundable deposit of $500 will be required to reserve your spot.
Entrance
Up to Four (4) will be selected for Tuition (2 TV and 2 Film)
Tuition Opportunity
$1500 (flight not included)
DIRECT SUBMISSION
Please put your name and title of the script as reference.
BIFF has acquired a highly esteemed partner: The Department of Entertainment and Media Studies at the University of Georgia. Ranked as having one of the top mass communication schools in the United States, the University of Georgia has produced very successful alumni, including Ryan Seacrest (television personality and producer) and Kyle Chandler (television and film actor).
“I have been working with BIFF since the festival’s beginning,” said Dr, Kohn. “It’s a vibrant festival with a strong educational mission – and that includes mentoring some exceptional screenwriters.” said Dr. Nathaniel Kohn professor at the University of Georgia and Associate Director of the George Foster Peabody Awards, the most prestigious award in electronic media and he is the director of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival.
Prizes
Cash Prize
Contributed by Source Management and Production
In Kind Prize
InkTip: Where producers go for scripts and writers.
Winners of the Writers Residency Program will receive an InkTip Script Listing to promote themselves and their scripts to InkTip’s entire network of producers, managers, and agents.
Companies who are InkTip members include: ABC, Anonymous Content, APA, CBS Films, HBO Films, ICM, Paradigm, Paramount Pictures, Hallmark Channel, FX, Universal, WME, Echo Lake, Zero Gravity, Bad Robot, 20th Century Fox, and many more.
Producers have made more than 375 films from scripts and writers found through InkTip.
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