Announcing ScreenCraft's Global Storytelling Panel at the 2017 Shanghai Film Festival!

We're excited to announce our Global Storytelling panel in partnership with the 2017 Shanghai International Film Festival. Our guests this year are James Gunn, writer-director of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 1 & 2, Max Borenstein, screenwriter of KONG: SKULL ISLAND and GODZILLA, and Peter Chan, director of AMERICAN DREAMS IN CHINA, THE WARLORDS and DRAGON. The was hosted by ScreenCraft co-founder John Rhodes and moderated by ScreenCraft's Emily Dell.

When: June 20th, 2017

Where: Shanghai International Film Festival

Pictured above are James Gunn (writer-director of Guardians of the Galaxy) and Max Borenstein (writer of Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island) at ScreenCraft panel on global storytelling in partnership the Shanghai Film Festival in 2017. Photo credit: Ryan Murphy.

Pictured below: Our past 2016 ScreenCraft / Shanghai Film Festival Collaborations included panels with Game of Thrones producer Vince Gerardis and TV showrunner Zack Estrin, moderated by ScreenCraft's Emily Dell.

Sponsors of our Shanghai activities include Variety, PacGate Law Group, Twilightstar Entertainment, and Beijing Writers Group. Special thanks to JW Marriott Tomorrow Square and the Shanghai International Film Festival for hosting our events!

We'll be sharing a recap of the event here on our website, as well as full video from the event on the ScreenCraft YouTube channel.

After the panel, we'll be celebrating with a cocktail reception and a VIP dinner to honor the winners of our inaugural China-Hollywood Screenwriting Fellowship in partnership with Orb Media Group!

Last year ScreenCraft hosted a panel with the Shanghai Film Festival which included Zack Estrin (showrunner, writer of PRISON BREAK and LOST IN SPACE), Vince Gerardis (executive producer of GAME OF THRONES) and David U. Lee (producer of THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM and SHANGHAI).