Apply Now: WIF Packages for Writers, Administrators, & Cinematographers

Pay attention up, writers, administrators, and cinematographers! Girls in Movie (WIF) is now accepting candidates to 4 of its filmmaking packages uplifting ladies and non-binary trade newcomers. The group introduced in a press launch that functions are open now for 4 of its profession acceleration packages for the 2023 yr: the Episodic Lab, the Function Residency, the Director Fellowship, and the Cinematographer Fellowship.

WIF acknowledges that “reaching equal cultural illustration inside our media narratives requires a consultant variety of expert storytellers.” To this finish, the collective has collaborated with The Black Listing, a platform the place scribes can have their writing showcased and evaluated, to create the WIF Writing Labs, which embody the Episodic Lab and Function Residency.

The Episodic Lab selects “six to eight promising non-professional tv writers who’re of underrepresented genders“ for its four-week in-person program with periods on script growth and pitching. The Lab additionally features a mock writers’ room and roundtables with skilled scribes and trade execs. Advisors and masterclass instructors have included scribes from collection comparable to “Watchmen,” “Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D,” and “Parenthood.”

Candidates can submit as much as three TV pilot scripts for consideration, for which they’re the only real and unique creator. The applicant should not have obtained greater than $25,000 in combination up to now as compensation for TV writing work.

Recipients of the in-person Function Residency will obtain one-on-one mentorship with screenwriters, peer workshopping periods, and trade recommendation. Through the 12 month program, “writers will probably be supported by means of further occasions as nicely organized conferences with illustration, manufacturing firms, and fellow writers to raise their initiatives and profession trajectories,” per program particulars. Residency mentors have included screenwriters of movies comparable to “Legally Blonde,” “Carry It On,” and “Wadjda.” 

Candidates can submit as much as three characteristic screenplays, for which they’re the only real and unique creator. The applicant should not have obtained greater than $100,000 in combination up to now as compensation for movie or TV writing work.

As of 2023, all contributors of WIF’s discipline-specific profession packages, together with the Episodic Lab and Function Residency, can even be WIF Fellows of their respective specialties. 

The Director Fellowship and Cinematographer Fellowship are a part of WIF’s collection of Fellowship packages. Offering yearlong government mentorship, group constructing, and networking help, WIF Fellowships are “dedicated to advancing the careers of girls and all folks of underrepresented genders.” Fellows throughout packages can even obtain entry to trade specialists and particular occasions. All fellowships will probably be held just about till additional discover.

Submissions should embody a press release that articulates a transparent profession focus. Candidates have to be native to the Los Angeles space.

Since its inception in 1973, WIF has “[advocated] and [advanced] the careers of girls working within the display industries — in entrance of and behind the digital camera, throughout all ranges of expertise—to attain parity and rework tradition,” per the organization’s web site.

Head over to WIF for extra info on the Writing Lab or Fellowship packages. Click on to use to the Episodic Lab, Function Residency, Director Fellowship, or Cinematographer Fellowship.

The deadline to use to all of those packages is November 7, 2022. All functions require a charge of $40 for non-members whereas WIF members can apply for membership charges.

Purposes for WIF packages supporting different positions in leisure, together with producers, enterprise roles, craft, and below-the-line roles, will open December 12.