2017 ScreenCraft Screenwriters Residency Program in Jamaica Semifinalists Announced

by ScreenCraft on May 31, 2017

Listed below are the semifinalists that remain in contention for the 4 full scholarships to the inaugural ScreenCraft Screenwriters Residency Program in Treasure Beach, Jamaica, presented by the Calabash Literary Festival and the Jamaica Film & Television Association (JAFTA). The program will provide four (4) screenwriters with free tuition to this six-day program in Jamaica, featuring mentorship with an all-star group of Hollywood professionals. Mentors include: Vanessa Ford from the Weinstein Company, screenwriters Peter Craig (THE TOWN, THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY), Geoffrey Fletcher (Oscar-winning writer of PRECIOUS), TV screenwriter and showrunner Zack Estrin (PRISON BREAK, new LOST IN SPACE on Netflix), Sony Pictures VP Eric Fineman and literary manager Hannah Ozer from Kaplan/Perrone Management.

Congratulations to the talented writers who have made it this far, and thank you to everyone who submitted.

Stay tuned for the winners announcement here and on our Twitter and Facebook pages within the next two weeks. We’re accepting ten additional tuition-paying applicants until June 15th, 2017. Click here to apply now!

Congratulations to these talented semifinalists:

Bamboo Paper	Su Ching	Teh
Becoming Aphrodite	Karin	Maxey
Beginner's History	Emily	Cheever
Belief	Kris	Kosaka
Blood Brothers	Peter	Hunziker
Blue On Blue	David	Dasilma
Bluefields	Mezan	Morrison
Broad Tree Gun Club	Luke	McKenzie
Broken Head	Clare	Sladden
Conversations with Gunner	Nadine	Truong
Default	Hannah	Dillon
Device	CJ	Pelham
Divine Providence	Ann	Rosen
Dreamlanders	Angela	Magnus
Enemyway	Patricia	Meyer
Fairhaven	Kurt	Wright
Little Con Lili	Gabriela	Garcia Medina
Mad Like Me	Melinda	Maerker
Martyr	Scott	Pittock
Meet Cute	Mariyam	Mahbub
Mercurial	Edison	Bailey
Mount Pleasant	Cat	Dale
Paradise Lost	Amy	Taylor
Pilgrimage	Heather	Huntington
Provenance	Tiffany	Ho
Rebel Junction	Anika	Jarrett
Ripple	Heather	Faris
Scattering Jake	Erica	Tachoir
Sedger Mor	Catherine	Wright
Shoot The Girl	Tony	Hendriks
Sinclair	Roddy	Williams
St. Claire	Jessica	Sieff
Stone Drive	Sylvia Marie	Llewellyn
The Consultant	Hannah	Fitzpatrick
The Dance of the Bull	Alex	Hodgson
The Division	Clea	Frost
The Jane Collective	Lisa	Romagnoli
The Lean	Pearse	Lehane
The Lions of Mesopotamia	Robin Rose	Singer
The Magdalene Ranch: Hustle Up, Buttercup	Charlotte	Winters
The Seashell Sutra	Matthew	Wanniski
Tucked	Dale	Winton
We Killed the Boss	Alana	Igbe
Western Approaches	Andrew	Judge
Wonderfully Extraordinary & Excitingly Strange	Forrest	Naylor
Yellow	Zara	Meerza