FINALISTS

SEMIFINALISTS

Litza Bixler,  Blood, Water, Dust (1-hour horror, EN)
Mai Davies,  Prime  (1-hour drama, WS)
Liz Gill,  English Rose (1-hour drama, IE)
Simone Glover,  Dirt (feature, historical, EN)
Vanessa Haynes,  McIntyre (1-hour dramedy, NI)
Marie James,  Great Swingford (feature, drama, EN)
Kerena Marchant,  Ben Johnson Day (½-hour drama, EN)
Niamh O’Connor,  A Murder of Crows (1-hour drama, IE)
Stella Papamichael,  Green Lanes (1-hour thriller, EN)
Jenny Roche, Dysphoria (feature, dramedy, IE)
Carolyn Saunders & Shelagh McLeod,  Invisible (1-hour sci-fi, EN)
Jaye L. Swift,  The Lost Beacon (feature, horror, WS)

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Tara Byrne, Head (½-hour, comedy, EN)
Dee Chilton, Darken Ship (feature, thriller, EN)
Rebecca Crookshank, Morag (½-hour drama, EN)
Mai Davies, The Truth Post (1-hour drama, WS)
Rebecca Ellson, Ark (feature, sci-fi, EN)
Emily Harris, Ronnie Vee (feature, drama, EN)
Maggie Innes, Death Nell (1-hour drama, EN)
Sidra Khan, Untold Story of the Rebel Muslim Women (½-hour drama, SC)
Gillian McCormack,  Rewind (½-hour comedy, SC)
Sophie Merlo, The Punch (feature, action, EN)
Nicola Mills, Up Yours! (feature, drama, EN)
Raman Mundair, Skin Deep (1-hour drama , SC)
Francesca Nider, The Sins of Our Mothers (feature, drama, EN)
Sarah Olley, The Wingspan of an Albatross (feature, drama, EN)
Carina Rodney, Faithless (½-hour thriller, EN)
Charlotte Thompson, Tuesday (1-hour drama, EN)
Charity Trimm & Anne-Marie Draycott, Shelf Life (½-hour comedy, SC)
Carol Younghusband, The Truth (1-hour thriller, EN)

The Writers Lab programs nurture the voices
of women in their prime whose stories have
not been told. At our labs, writers work intensively on their features and pilots with
the support of established film professionals.

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THE WRITERS LAB US
Since 2015 TWL has presented a yearly 4-day retreat where Mentors and Writers engage in a rigorous process of intensive script development through one-on-one meetings, panel discussions, peer workshops, and at informal gatherings. Interactions are designed to inspire the artists; to prompt creative exploration; and, through revision, to cultivate first-rate cinematic stories. In 2020 we presented our first virtual lab. This year, we hope to safely present our 7th retreat in-person, in October, welcoming both feature and pilot writers.

THE WRITERS LAB UK & IRELAND
The Writers Lab founders have joined forces with Untamed Stories to serve women and nonbinary writers over 40 who reside in England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, and Scotland, as well as all Welsh nationals. With a team of partners, we will present a virtual 4-day lab this June, during which Mentors and Writers will engage in rigorous script development through one-on-one meetings, panel discussions, peer workshops, mock writers rooms and more, followed by 5-months of post-lab development, support and mentoring.