2017 ScreenCraft Screenwriters Residency Program in Jamaica Semifinalists Announced

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 |
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