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– Four individuals and one writing team have been selected as winners of the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. The Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee announced the winners via Livestream on Thursday, September 29. Each fellow receives a $35,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed at the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards Presentation and Live Read on Thursday, November 3, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The 2016 winners are Michele Atkins (“Talking About the Sky”), Spencer Harvey and Lloyd Harvey (“Photo Booth”), Geeta Malik, (“Dinner with Friends”), Elizabeth Oyebode (“Tween the Ropes”) and Justin Piasecki (“Death of an Ortolan”).
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– Four individuals and one writing team have been selected as winners of the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. The Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee announced the winners via Livestream on Thursday, September 29. Each fellow receives a $35,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed at the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards Presentation and Live Read on Thursday, November 3, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The 2016 winners are Michele Atkins (“Talking About the Sky”), Spencer Harvey and Lloyd Harvey (“Photo Booth”), Geeta Malik, (“Dinner with Friends”), Elizabeth Oyebode (“Tween the Ropes”) and Justin Piasecki (“Death of an Ortolan”).
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- 9/30/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Lloyd Harvey and Spencer Harvey.
Sydney-based siblings Spencer and Lloyd Harvey have been named one of the five winners of the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting for their script, Photo Booth.
Speaking to If about the win, the pair said they were thrilled to be amongst this year's group of talented writers.
"It is such an honour to join the ranks of the Nicholl fellows and to have had that news delivered this morning by the esteemed Nicholl committee, whose combined portfolio of work is truly humbling. It's been a good day!" said Lloyd.
The pair will receive $35,000Usd, the first installment of which will be presented November 3 at the Academy.s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The event will also involve a live read of selected scenes from the winning scripts.
The Academy established the Nicholl Fellowships competition to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters from around the world.
Sydney-based siblings Spencer and Lloyd Harvey have been named one of the five winners of the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting for their script, Photo Booth.
Speaking to If about the win, the pair said they were thrilled to be amongst this year's group of talented writers.
"It is such an honour to join the ranks of the Nicholl fellows and to have had that news delivered this morning by the esteemed Nicholl committee, whose combined portfolio of work is truly humbling. It's been a good day!" said Lloyd.
The pair will receive $35,000Usd, the first installment of which will be presented November 3 at the Academy.s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The event will also involve a live read of selected scenes from the winning scripts.
The Academy established the Nicholl Fellowships competition to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters from around the world.
- 9/30/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Plus: Samuel Goldwyn acquires Nerdland; Academy unveils Nicholl Fellows
Gianfranco Rosi’s Golden Bear winner Fire At Sea will screen under the umbrella of Berlinale Spotlight at the 14th Morelia International Film Festival in Mexico next month.
The initiative is part of a dedicated programme backed by the support of the Goethe-Institut that marks the Year Of Germany In Mexico 2016/2017,
The jointly curated selection includes films from all sections of this year’s Berlinale such as Mia Hansen-Løve’s Things To Come and Mahmoud Sabbagh’s Barakah Meets Barakah.
Programming covers a retrospective of filmmaker and actor Reinhold Schünzel, who directed Viktor Und Viktoria in 1933 before he emigrated to the Us in 1937, and selections by special guest Sebastian Schipper
Morelia runs from October 21-30. Click here for full details.
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights from UTA Independent Film Group to Tribeca selection Nerdland and will screen at this weekend’s Beyond Fest this weekend...
Gianfranco Rosi’s Golden Bear winner Fire At Sea will screen under the umbrella of Berlinale Spotlight at the 14th Morelia International Film Festival in Mexico next month.
The initiative is part of a dedicated programme backed by the support of the Goethe-Institut that marks the Year Of Germany In Mexico 2016/2017,
The jointly curated selection includes films from all sections of this year’s Berlinale such as Mia Hansen-Løve’s Things To Come and Mahmoud Sabbagh’s Barakah Meets Barakah.
Programming covers a retrospective of filmmaker and actor Reinhold Schünzel, who directed Viktor Und Viktoria in 1933 before he emigrated to the Us in 1937, and selections by special guest Sebastian Schipper
Morelia runs from October 21-30. Click here for full details.
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights from UTA Independent Film Group to Tribeca selection Nerdland and will screen at this weekend’s Beyond Fest this weekend...
- 9/29/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the six winners of the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition Thursday — and two-thirds of them are women. The winners, four individuals and one writing team, are: Michele Atkins, “Talking About the Sky” (Seattle, Wa) Spencer Harvey and Lloyd Harvey, “Photo Booth” (Balgowlah, Australia) Geeta Malik, “Dinner with Friends” (Los Angeles, CA) Elizabeth Oyebode, “Tween the Ropes” (Sunnyvale, CA) Justin Piasecki, “Death of an Ortolan” (Los Angeles, CA) Also Read: Top Student Academy Awards Go to AFI, USC, Berkeley, Columbia Each winner will receive a $35,000 prize, the first part of which...
- 9/29/2016
- by Matt Pressberg
- The Wrap
Four individuals and one writing team have been selected as winners of the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. The Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee announced the winners via Livestream today. The fellows will each receive a $35,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed at the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards Presentation & Live Read on Thursday, November 3, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. For the fourth consecutive year, an ensemble of actors will be reading selected scenes from the winning scripts.
The 2016 winners are (listed alphabetically by author):
Michele Atkins, “Talking About the Sky” (Seattle, Wa)
Spencer Harvey and Lloyd Harvey, “Photo Booth” (Balgowlah, Australia)
Geeta Malik, “Dinner with Friends” (Los Angeles, CA)
Elizabeth Oyebode, “Tween the Ropes” (Sunnyvale, CA)
Justin Piasecki, “Death of an Ortolan” (Los Angeles, CA)
A total of 6,915 scripts were submitted for this year’s competition. Eleven individual screenwriters and one...
The 2016 winners are (listed alphabetically by author):
Michele Atkins, “Talking About the Sky” (Seattle, Wa)
Spencer Harvey and Lloyd Harvey, “Photo Booth” (Balgowlah, Australia)
Geeta Malik, “Dinner with Friends” (Los Angeles, CA)
Elizabeth Oyebode, “Tween the Ropes” (Sunnyvale, CA)
Justin Piasecki, “Death of an Ortolan” (Los Angeles, CA)
A total of 6,915 scripts were submitted for this year’s competition. Eleven individual screenwriters and one...
- 9/29/2016
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Lloyd Harvey and Spencer Harvey.
Spencer and Lloyd Harvey, a Sydney-based sister-brother filmmaking team, have been shortlisted for the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting for their script Photo Booth.
The Academy established the Nicholl Fellowships competition in 1986 to both identify and encourage talented new screenwriters from around the world.
The twelve scripts shortlisted this year were selected from a staggering 6,915 entries.
Photo Booth, set in Sydney, follows a successful performance artist who, after trying and failing to adopt a baby through the system, decides to adopt the unborn baby from her husband.s one night stand with a waitress.
.On a broader note, it is about choices and how near to impossible it is to pinpoint the moment, the choice, that defined who we are and how we got here. It is also about how women can be judged and often limited in choices when it comes to family versus career,...
Spencer and Lloyd Harvey, a Sydney-based sister-brother filmmaking team, have been shortlisted for the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting for their script Photo Booth.
The Academy established the Nicholl Fellowships competition in 1986 to both identify and encourage talented new screenwriters from around the world.
The twelve scripts shortlisted this year were selected from a staggering 6,915 entries.
Photo Booth, set in Sydney, follows a successful performance artist who, after trying and failing to adopt a baby through the system, decides to adopt the unborn baby from her husband.s one night stand with a waitress.
.On a broader note, it is about choices and how near to impossible it is to pinpoint the moment, the choice, that defined who we are and how we got here. It is also about how women can be judged and often limited in choices when it comes to family versus career,...
- 9/14/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Ten women and two white males over 60 are this year's honorees for the WGA's Feature Writers Access Project, the guild's diversity screenwriting program for women, minorities and writers over 60. The women being honored are Jill Isaacs, for her screenplay Angel's Flight; Syrie James for Romancing Jane; Bo Yeon Kim for The Last Rocket Home; Elizabeth Oyebode for Sexton; Cynthia Riddle for Curtains; Kat Smith for The Line; Carley Steiner & Chelsea Steiner for Pole Position…...
- 10/21/2015
- Deadline
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