CineStory TV Retreat & Fellowship 2027
This pilot contest leads to a five-day retreat in Idyllwild, California, in late April 2027, where the writers invited from the top rounds work one-on-one with industry mentors.
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Screenwriting deadlines and events in April 2027
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VdR-Pitching 2027
Documentary makers with a feature-length film close to shooting can pitch it at Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland, in April 2027.
closes in 13 days
ScriptLab 2027
For writer-directors at the idea or treatment stage, this nine-month lab develops a feature story in small peer groups led by script consultants.
closes in 14 days
Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Out of each year's pool the Atlanta festival picks five scripts: three features, one pilot and one short.
closes in 17 days
Expertiser un scénario de fiction (cinéma ou série)
La Fémis runs this part-time course in Paris for experienced readers, consultants and writers who want to sharpen how they assess and give notes on feature and series scripts.
closes in 28 days
Television Writing Conservatory
Eight writers spend most of 2027 in this live Zoom class from UCLA Extension, meeting two evenings a week to write two original pilots, each with an outline, a pitch and a bible.
closes in 41 days
Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition
Features are ranked in seven genres, from family to historical, and a separate shorts track has lower fees.
closes in 42 days
Green Narratives 2027 - Feature Films
This online lab helps feature writers and directors build climate and social awareness into a story while it is still a treatment.
closes in 45 days
Concurso de Guion (Premio DAMA Mejor Guion), Skyline Benidorm Film Festival
Benidorm's short film festival holds a contest for unproduced short scripts written in Spanish or Valencian, with EUR 1,500 for the winner.
closes in 49 days
Hot Docs Deal Maker 2027
Deal Maker books private pitch meetings at Hot Docs for documentary and factual projects that still need money, wherever they come from.
closes in 51 days
Hot Docs Forum 2027
Documentary teams whose project is already partly financed can apply to pitch it live at Hot Docs in Toronto during the April 2027 industry conference.
closes in 51 days
JEONJU Cinema Project: Next Edition (19th JEONJU Project)
Jeonju's festival invests its own money in low-budget features through the JEONJU Cinema Project, and this call looks for the next ones.
closes in 57 days
Drehbuch- und Stoffentwicklung für Autor:innen (script development and work grants)
Experienced screenwriters with at least two years of tax residence in the Canton of Zurich can apply in their own name for script development money or a work grant.
closes in 83 days
Hambidge Creative Residency
A residency center on 600 wooded acres in Georgia's northern mountains, where screenwriters apply under Writing with a 10 to 15 page sample.
closes in 87 days
Jeonju Lab (19th JEONJU Project)
Aimed at new filmmakers, this development lab from the Jeonju festival takes six feature projects and up to two shorts, pays development or production money, and pairs each with mentors.
closes in 87 days
Cartoon Next 2027
Built around animation properties planned for several platforms, this Marseille event takes projects such as a series that will also become a game, or a book being turned into an animated…
closes in 99 days
Feature Film Lab
Writers with a feature idea meet online every Wednesday evening for ten weeks to turn it into a four-page treatment and a finished first act, reading each other's pages along the way.
starts in 106 days
London Screenwriters' Festival (LondonSWF)
Three days of talks, pitching and networking for screenwriters at Regent's University in central London, with every session also streamed online.
starts in 164 days
Wisconsin Screenwriters' Symposium 2027
Held each spring on the UW-Madison campus, this three-day gathering brings visiting industry guests to work with writers, with a focus on stories from Wisconsin.
starts in 171 days
Rio2C 2027
Held at Cidade das Artes, this six-day event covers screen, music, games and publishing through a summit, a three-day conference, business markets and a student strand called Festivalia.
starts in 174 days
Le moteur dramatique d'une série
A two-day class in Paris, in French, on finding the engine that keeps a series going and planning a season around it.
starts in 177 days
Sundance Institute Development Track (Screenwriters Lab, Screenwriters Intensive, Sloan Fellowship and Commissioning Grant)
One application to Sundance Institute's Feature Film Program puts an unfinished fiction feature up for the January Screenwriters Lab, the online Screenwriters Intensive in March, and the…
closes in 182 days