Workshop or class Online

Feature Film Lab

Run by National Film and Television School

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. Writer-director Stéphanie Joalland, whose film The Quiet Hour went to Sky Cinema and Netflix, teaches it.

Starts Feb 3, 2027 (starts in 106 days)

Dates

It runs Feb 3 to Apr 7, 2027.

At a glance

Cost
From £950Freelance rate; corporate rate GBP 1,900
Formats
Feature
Held in
English
Where
Online
Who can attend
Writers at any stage who bring a feature film they want to develop, even if it is only a one-line premise so far.

What to send

Also asked for
Application form with a CV attached.

Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.

What it gives besides money

Ten Wednesday evening sessions (7 to 10 p.m. UK time) with weekly assignments, peer reading and feedback from the tutor, ending with a four-page treatment and a first act.

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