workshop

Fri 24 Sept, 10.00 a.m –12.00 p.m. (est)
location: online via Zoom
tickets: TT$300/ US$45, click here to buy your ticket; early registration required

As all screenwriters know, there is no easy path to breaking into the film and TV industry. While there are many talented writers across the globe, what usually sets the successful apart is insider knowledge and endless hard work. Knowing and utilising the many different paths to ‘breaking in’ can give a screenwriter the edge needed to actually create a sustainable career, whether you’re from the Caribbean or anywhere else. Screenwriter/actress, Kyra Jones, has a wealth of information to share with motivated screenwriters who would like to take their careers to the next level. After winning multiple competitions over the last few years, she has secured herself representation by the well-regarded Echo Lake Entertainment and has recently been staffed on two TV shows. In this workshop, Kyra will share her wealth of experience, focusing on the fundamentals required to win a screenwriting or pitch competition, insight into what readers and judges may look for, and essential strategies for submitting to festivals.

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facilitator: Kyra Jones

Kyra Jones (she/her) is a Chicago-based Black feminist screenwriter, filmmaker and actor whose work focuses on Black women’s experiences of intimate relationships, sex and liberation. She received her degree in Theatre and Gender Studies from Northwestern University. She is currently a staff writer on the Hulu series “Woke”, and the upcoming ABC series “Queens”. Her award-winning web series “The Right Swipe (OTV)” was an official selection at the Austin Film Festival, Urbanworld Film Festival and many others. Her upcoming feature, “Go to the Body”, won ‘The Pitch’ at the 2020 Chicago International Film Festival and Screencraft’s Virtual Pitch competition. As an actor, she has appeared in “Empire” (Fox), “The Chi” (Showtime) and “Chicago Justice” (NBC).

Fifteen local filmmakers and writers have been selected to participate in a trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) screenwriting workshop, to be held in partnership with the Canadian High Commission.

The three-day intensive workshop will be facilitated by Canadian-Jamaican film professional, Annemarie Morais, from March 24-26. Under her guidance, participants will be supported in further developing their screenwriting skills, to international industry standards.

THE trinidad+- tobago film festival (ttff) has joined forces with the Canadian High Commission to offer a three-day intensive, basic screenwriting workshop for emerging film-makers who have already written at least one short screen play (film script). The workshop will be held from March 24 to 26.

Under the guidance of Canadian-Jamaican film professional, Annmarie Morais, ten to 15 participants will be given the opportunity to develop the craft of screenwriting to international standards.

The trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) has joined forces with the Canadian High Commission to offer a three-day intensive, basic screenwriting workshop for emerging filmmakers  who have already written at least one short screen play (film script). The workshop will be held from 24 – 26 March 2017.

Under the guidance of Canadian-Jamaican film professional, Annmarie Morais, ten – fifteen participants will be given the opportunity to develop the craft of screenwriting, to international standards.

According to Bruce Paddington, founder and festival director of the ttff: “The overall aim of the workshop is to provide support in an area that has been identified by local filmmakers, and to strengthen the capacity of Caribbean films to hold their own in an international market.”

The trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) has joined forces with the Canadian High Commission to offer a three-day intensive, basic screenwriting workshop for emerging filmmakers who have already written at least one short screen play (film script). The workshop will be held from 24 – 26 March 2017.

Under the guidance of Canadian-Jamaican film professional, Annmarie Morais, ten – fifteen participants will be given the opportunity to develop the craft of screenwriting, to international standards.

According to Bruce Paddington, founder and festival director of the ttff: “The overall aim of the workshop is to provide support in an area that has been identified by local filmmakers, and to strengthen the capacity of Caribbean films to hold their own in an international market.”