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The 2026 Screenwriting Lab Fellows have arrived, and they're ready to embark upon a very special storytelling journey.

Meet the Fellows

Where Arts Meet Science

Those who took part in the 2026 Sloan Salon learned about "discovering the story in the science" – and you can too.

Creativity + Chemistry

Big Ideas, Bold Voices

In partnership with Netflix, these are the six wildly talented Fellows taking part in the 2026 Amplifier Fellowship.

Meet the Fellows

Events

Tue

Apr

Programs

NanoWave: The Microbudget Film (r)evolution, Part 2

Time 5:30 pm PT

Location Online

Tickets FREE for Members

Over the course of NanoWave: The Microbudget Film (r)evolution, we’ll dive into ultra-microbudget filmmaking and the filmmakers who are producing independent films with budgets under... Read More

Tue

Apr

Programs

Climate Storytelling: Warming to New Narratives

Time 5:30 pm PT

Location Online

Tickets FREE for Members

Issues of climate change have been the subject of education specials, TV series and documentary films since the threat of CO2 emissions became known more... Read More

Tue

Apr

Programs

Spotlight Your Story: Applying to Our Artist Development Programs

Time 7:30 pm PT

Location Film Independent HQ

Tickets FREE and open to the general public

With so many stories to tell, and so many people to tell them, how do you get noticed in a crowd and access the resources... Read More

Blog

Why now? If you’ve ever pitched a movie, you’ve heard this question posed before. For anything to happen in the film business, it sometimes feels as if the stars have to align. Luckily for seven screenwriters– Andrés Pérez-Duarte, Emma He, Maddie McCann, Sam Osborn, Rammy Park, Alissa Torvin...

Write Place, Write Time

Where Arts Meet Science

Big Ideas, Bold Voices

Events

NanoWave: The Microbudget Film (r)evolution, Part 2

Climate Storytelling: Warming to New Narratives

Spotlight Your Story: Applying to Our Artist Development Programs

Blog

Write Place, Write Time: Meet the 2026 Film Independent Screenwriting Lab Fellows

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