Feature film script mentoring programme

GALWAY Film Centre, in partnership with the Western Development Commission (WDC), has announced a feature film script mentoring programme.

The aim of the programme is to provide professional script development for six participants over a period of six months, from treatment stage to a first draft screenplay, to create a fiction feature film script (90-110 pages).

The training will involve participation in a workshop process overseen by script supervisor Mark McIlrath. Workshops will take place over three weekends (Friday to Sunday inclusive) spaced in two-month intervals, beginning in September and based in Galway.

Participants will have ongoing online access and feedback from the tutor between workshops. The workshops are spread out over a period of months to allow the participants to develop their work and to refine and rewrite their screenplays to deadlines.

Central to the process is that all participants are exposed to each other’s work and are privy to the feedback given in each case, plus the continued re-drafting and progress of each participant’s work.

The participants will be selected on the basis of a treatment and a short CV to be submitted to Galway Film Centre by July 31. The treatment should be a maximum of five pages and outline the main characters in the film, how their story develops and the key relationships within their story.

To apply for this programme participants must be based in one of the seven western counties: Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Galway or Clare. More details on the application process are available on www.galwayfilmcentre.ie.

The WDC is a regional development agency promoting the economic and social development of the western region. It actively supports the region’s creative sector through the WDC Micro-Loan Fund for Creative Industries (www.wdc.ie) and the MyCreativeEdge website (www.mycreativeedge.eu).