First Nations Feature Development
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander screenwriters with drama credits can ask Screen Australia's First Nations Department for money to write the next draft of a feature.
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Screenwriting deadlines and events in May 2027
Everything with a deadline in May 2027, or an event that runs during it. 7 of them close for entries this month.
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First Nations TV Drama Development
Telemovies and drama series by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers can get development money here for scripts, a series bible, research and work toward finance.
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Senaryo ve Diyalog Yazımı Desteği, 2027 support year (Screenplay and Dialogue Writing Support)
Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism pays writers to write feature fiction screenplays through this state grant, and the writer, not a producer, is the applicant.
closes in 3 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
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
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
2027 Screenwriting Contest (25th Annual Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest)
Now in its 25th year, this feature contest is judged only by Script Pipeline's own development staff, with no volunteer or intern readers.
closes in 71 days
2027 TV Writing Contest (20th Annual Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest)
For original pilots and unproduced indie series, this contest reaches its 20th edition in 2027 and turns away specs of shows already on air. Every round is read by Script Pipeline staff.
closes in 71 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
Conseiller.ère.s à la scénarisation : les spécialistes du multi-tâches
Writers who want to work as script consultants can spend two days in Montreal, in French, on what the job asks: reading a project with distance, spotting structure problems and giving…
closes in 150 days
SCREEN FOREVER 41
Australia's screen producers hold their 41st annual conference and market at The Star Gold Coast over three days in May.
starts in 196 days
Developing and Pitching Drama
Peter Ansorge, a former head of drama at Channel 4, runs three online days on shaping a drama idea and pitching it out loud.
starts in 197 days
Talent LAB
Emerging teams making a first or second low-budget feature can apply to this two-stage program from the Austrian Film Institute and Filmfonds Wien.
closes in 209 days
A Practical Guide to Writing Comedy Drama
Screenwriter and script consultant Hannah Robinson, who has worked with Lenny Henry and Russell T Davies, teaches two days in Leeds on writing comedy drama: why audiences laugh, comic tone…
closes in 211 days
Écrire pour une série quotidienne
A course in Paris on writing for French daily soaps, taught by the writers, script editors and producers behind shows such as Demain nous appartient and Ici Tout Commence.
starts in 220 days