Application deadline: 5pm, Mon 29th July 2024
Write Room is returning in 2024/25 and we are seeking this year’s Producer Intern to be part of the selection and development process on the program!
Write Room Wellington is a screenwriter residency program offered in partnership with POP Film and the Wellington City Council Aho Tini 2030 Arts, Culture and Creativity Strategy.
Each year an emerging or mid-career Film Producer is selected to shadow the process of selecting a screenwriter to undertake their 12-week residency at the Toi Pōneke Arts Centre to develop a draft of their feature film screenplay with the support of a group of experienced industry mentors.
A stipend of $2500 will be awarded for the producer internship.
Mentors have included Robert Sarkies (Scarfies, Out of the Blue, Consent: The Louise Nicolas Story), Desray Armstrong (Juniper, Millie Lies Low, Coming Home in the Dark), Briar Grace Smith (Cousins, Waru) and Vicky Pope (Gardening with Soul, Savage).
Previous producer interns have included Kate Goodwin (The Turning Point, Self Help, Rohe Kōreporepo), Francesca Carney (Song for Serbia), Thomas Coppell (Into the Pickle Jar, Little Apocalypse, Conspiraseries) and Jaimee Poipoi (He Kakano Ahau, Krystal, Conspiraseries).