Vicky Pope and Rob Sarkies - Write Room mentors
call for submissions:
Application deadline: 5pm, Mon 11th Dec 2023
Residency Dates: 25 March – 16 June 2024 (12 weeks)
Write Room Wellington is a screenwriter residency programme offered in partnership with POP Film, and the Wellington City Council Aho Tini 2030 Arts, Culture & Creativity Strategy.
Each year a Wellington screenwriter is selected to undertake a 12-week residency to develop a draft of their feature film screenplay with the support of experienced industry mentors. This year’s mentors are Robert Sarkies (Scarfies, Out of the Blue, Consent: The Louise Nicolas Story) and Vicky Pope (Gardening with Soul, Savage, Went Up The Hill), along with the Write Room Producer Intern.
Write Room Wellington recognises the challenges for New Zealand screenwriters to create space in their lives to write and find a place to do their work. This opportunity is for a Wellington-based screenwriter hailing from film, television, web-series, theatre, radio, journalism or other literary backgrounds, with a feature film project at a stage that will benefit from focused development towards completion of a draft of the script. You do not need a completed script to apply.
The aim of the programme is to support a writer to develop their screenplay to a level where it can be pitched to a producer and secure further development funding and a pathway towards production. Over the first 6 years of the programme 4 projects have been identified and supported to a stage where they successfully accessed further development support from the NZ Film Commission.
what’s on offer
The screenwriter will be provided with:
Private office space at Toi Pōneke Arts Centre in Wellington for 12 weeks between 25 March and 16 June 2024.
Grant of $9,750
Experienced creative support from the Write Room mentors.
Script read through at the end of the residency.
More info and to apply
For questions or assistance with the application process, contact:
sascha.perfect@wcc.govt.nz | 021 971 186
Industry read through 2021
Abi King Jones and Vicky Pope