La construction de personnages et de dialogues
Quebec's screenwriters' guild runs this six-day French-language course on building fiction characters for film and TV and on what dialogue does, from function to subtext.
closes in 3 days
Workshop or class Bern, Switzerland
Schreiben im Dokumentarfilm (Von der Idee zur Drehvorlage)
Run by FOCAL, Foundation for professional training in cinema and audiovisual media
Taught in German in Bern, this three-day course looks at how to write for documentary when the shoot cannot be fully planned. Screenwriter Ben Bräunlich and director Ruth Olshan combine fiction and nonfiction techniques while each participant turns a project idea into a first outline and a pitch that funders can follow.
Deadline Dec 13, 2026 (closes in 54 days)
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Dates
| Deadline | Date | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Registration | Dec 13, 2026 | CHF 450 |
It runs Jan 18 to 20, 2027 in Bern.
Deadlines are as the organizer states them. Check the time zone on the official page.
At a glance
- Cost
- From CHF 450Course fee
- Formats
- Documentary
- Held in
- German
- Where
- Bern, Switzerland (in person)
- Who can attend
- 10 to 15 places for documentary directors with at least one released feature, or for writers who work on documentaries. The page sets no nationality or residence rule.
What to send
- Also asked for
- A current CV, a motivation letter and a project idea.
Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.
What it gives besides money
Three days of exercises and group feedback on your own idea, ending with a first outline for a shooting script.
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