The Academy has announced the five winners of the 2023 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting who each win a $35,000 prize and mentorship from an Academy member throughout their fellowship year.
The recipients will also be featured at the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards and Live Read on April 25 at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater (pictured), where an ensemble of actors will read selected scenes from the 2023 winning scripts.
The 2023 winners appear below listed alphabetically:
Brent Delaney, Brownie Mary
At the height of the AIDS crisis, Mary Jane Rathbun illegally distributes cannabis-infused brownies to heal thousands of gay men in...
The recipients will also be featured at the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards and Live Read on April 25 at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater (pictured), where an ensemble of actors will read selected scenes from the 2023 winning scripts.
The 2023 winners appear below listed alphabetically:
Brent Delaney, Brownie Mary
At the height of the AIDS crisis, Mary Jane Rathbun illegally distributes cannabis-infused brownies to heal thousands of gay men in...
- 3/4/2024
- ScreenDaily
Dave Cleeve and Brendan Pinches.
Who needs film schools? Not Brendan Pinches, whose documentary about an anonymous female street artist who paints portraits of train commuters won the main prize at Tropfest in Sydney on Saturday night.
The self-taught Pinches wrote, directed and produced Be You T. Fool, his first ever short, collaborating with Dave Cleeve as the editor and Dop.
Eric Bana, who presented the winner’s trophy, said the judges were unanimous in their decision and described the film as “entertaining, well-made, inspiring and emotional: It had everything.”
Now 32, Pinches spent the last 10 years working in sales and marketing for a family engineering company. He is moving to a part-time role at the company as he is embarking on a Masters of Film and TV at Vca.
Pinches left a note addressed to the mystery painter with his telephone number on the Chandler Highway bridge, which is adorned with her works,...
Who needs film schools? Not Brendan Pinches, whose documentary about an anonymous female street artist who paints portraits of train commuters won the main prize at Tropfest in Sydney on Saturday night.
The self-taught Pinches wrote, directed and produced Be You T. Fool, his first ever short, collaborating with Dave Cleeve as the editor and Dop.
Eric Bana, who presented the winner’s trophy, said the judges were unanimous in their decision and described the film as “entertaining, well-made, inspiring and emotional: It had everything.”
Now 32, Pinches spent the last 10 years working in sales and marketing for a family engineering company. He is moving to a part-time role at the company as he is embarking on a Masters of Film and TV at Vca.
Pinches left a note addressed to the mystery painter with his telephone number on the Chandler Highway bridge, which is adorned with her works,...
- 2/10/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
.Catherine Mack's 'Passenger'.
Tropfest has unveiled its 2017 lineup, and for the first time in the festival's 25 year history, half of the finalists are women..
Last year, the festival came under fire for having only one female finalist.(Angela McCormack for her film,.Tay Man). Tropfest founder and director John Polson called for more women to enter.the fest, pointing out that the number of female entrants (and not just female finalists) had traditionally hovered around the 20 per cent mark..
In June, as Tropfest announced a switch to a not-for-profit business model, it also promised the festival would have.a stronger focus on attracting female filmmakers.
Polson called the calibre of films submitted for 2017's festival .outstanding. and noted it was wonderful to see entrants reflecting a range of diversity and gender..
.Over the past 12 months, we.ve made a major effort to attract women to enter Tropfest.—.with help from...
Tropfest has unveiled its 2017 lineup, and for the first time in the festival's 25 year history, half of the finalists are women..
Last year, the festival came under fire for having only one female finalist.(Angela McCormack for her film,.Tay Man). Tropfest founder and director John Polson called for more women to enter.the fest, pointing out that the number of female entrants (and not just female finalists) had traditionally hovered around the 20 per cent mark..
In June, as Tropfest announced a switch to a not-for-profit business model, it also promised the festival would have.a stronger focus on attracting female filmmakers.
Polson called the calibre of films submitted for 2017's festival .outstanding. and noted it was wonderful to see entrants reflecting a range of diversity and gender..
.Over the past 12 months, we.ve made a major effort to attract women to enter Tropfest.—.with help from...
- 1/25/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Michael Noonan.
Aussie writers are among those vying to take out the 2016 Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest, with the winner to be announced in Los Angeles this weekend.
The competition, now in its 14th year, aims to discover up-and-coming writers and connect them with producers, agencies, and managers across studio and independent markets.
Finalists are given exposure to Script Pipeline industry partners — approximately 200 qualified contacts — and circulation.
The winning script receives $25,000 and the runner-up gets $1,500. Both receive development consultation.
According to Script Pipeline, over $6 million in specs have been sold from its alumni since 2000.
Brisbane.s Michael Noonan, who is currently teaching film at the University of Monterrey in Mexico, has two scripts in the mix, Alternate Ending and #Escape.
Both scripts were also semi-finalists in the Academy Nicholl Fellowships for Screenwriting; Alternate Ending in 2014, and #Escape in 2015 (then titled The Lupis Escape).
Alternate Ending is a thriller that follows a political candidate who,...
Aussie writers are among those vying to take out the 2016 Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest, with the winner to be announced in Los Angeles this weekend.
The competition, now in its 14th year, aims to discover up-and-coming writers and connect them with producers, agencies, and managers across studio and independent markets.
Finalists are given exposure to Script Pipeline industry partners — approximately 200 qualified contacts — and circulation.
The winning script receives $25,000 and the runner-up gets $1,500. Both receive development consultation.
According to Script Pipeline, over $6 million in specs have been sold from its alumni since 2000.
Brisbane.s Michael Noonan, who is currently teaching film at the University of Monterrey in Mexico, has two scripts in the mix, Alternate Ending and #Escape.
Both scripts were also semi-finalists in the Academy Nicholl Fellowships for Screenwriting; Alternate Ending in 2014, and #Escape in 2015 (then titled The Lupis Escape).
Alternate Ending is a thriller that follows a political candidate who,...
- 7/22/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Michael Noonan.
Aussie writers are among those vying to take out the 2016 Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition, with the winner to be announced in Los Angeles this weekend.
The contest, now in its 14th year, aims to discover up-and-coming writers and connect them with producers, agencies, and managers across studio and independent markets.
Finalists are given exposure to Script Pipeline industry partners — approximately 200 qualified contacts — and circulation.
The winning script receives $25,000 and the runner-up gets $1,500. Both receive development consultation.
According to Script Pipeline, over $6 million in specs have been sold from its alumni since 2000.
Brisbane.s Michael Noonan, who is currently teaching film at the University of Monterrey in Mexico, has two scripts in the mix, Alternate Ending and #Escape.
Both scripts were also semi-finalists in the Academy Nicholl Fellowships for Screenwriting; Alternate Ending in 2014, and #Escape in 2015 (then titled The Lupis Escape).
Alternate Ending is a thriller that follows a political candidate who,...
Aussie writers are among those vying to take out the 2016 Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition, with the winner to be announced in Los Angeles this weekend.
The contest, now in its 14th year, aims to discover up-and-coming writers and connect them with producers, agencies, and managers across studio and independent markets.
Finalists are given exposure to Script Pipeline industry partners — approximately 200 qualified contacts — and circulation.
The winning script receives $25,000 and the runner-up gets $1,500. Both receive development consultation.
According to Script Pipeline, over $6 million in specs have been sold from its alumni since 2000.
Brisbane.s Michael Noonan, who is currently teaching film at the University of Monterrey in Mexico, has two scripts in the mix, Alternate Ending and #Escape.
Both scripts were also semi-finalists in the Academy Nicholl Fellowships for Screenwriting; Alternate Ending in 2014, and #Escape in 2015 (then titled The Lupis Escape).
Alternate Ending is a thriller that follows a political candidate who,...
- 7/22/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Eighteen film and TV screenplays have been shortlisted for the inaugural Gateway La Script Development Program launched by Australians in Film (AiF).
The winner will get a cash prize to facilitate development of the script, a flight to Los Angeles, meetings with producers and executives and table reads.
AiF will announce the winner and runners-up, who will form an .Aussie List., determined by a panel of expert judges, and the value of the cash, in a month.
The projects were selected from more than 500 scripts submitted to the L.A.-based Australian entertainment industry guild. The program aims to provide Australians living and working in the Us with more opportunities for support and resources and to help Australian projects secure exposure to the best networks in the business.
"We're incredibly proud of the projects coming out of Australia and thrilled to be able to offer writers an opportunity to showcase...
The winner will get a cash prize to facilitate development of the script, a flight to Los Angeles, meetings with producers and executives and table reads.
AiF will announce the winner and runners-up, who will form an .Aussie List., determined by a panel of expert judges, and the value of the cash, in a month.
The projects were selected from more than 500 scripts submitted to the L.A.-based Australian entertainment industry guild. The program aims to provide Australians living and working in the Us with more opportunities for support and resources and to help Australian projects secure exposure to the best networks in the business.
"We're incredibly proud of the projects coming out of Australia and thrilled to be able to offer writers an opportunity to showcase...
- 3/22/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australia short film fest reveals 16 finalists.
Tropfest 2014 (Dec 7) has announced 16 finalists for this year’s festival held in Sydney.
Local actors to appear in films include Steve Vizard, Pia Miranda, Roy Billing and Cassandra Magrath.
The judges will pick the winner live on the Festival Night, with the first prize-winning filmmaker taking home a Toyota, $10,000 cash, a trip to Los Angeles for a week of meetings with film executives (courtesy of Motion Picture Association and the Australian Screen Association), a Nikon D810 and Dslr camera and $2,000 Rrp worth of Nikkor lenses and accessories.
“It’s been twenty three years since Tropfest first began and every year the films entered into the competition remind me of why I started this in the first place - to raise the profile of creative filmmakers and to share stories that, without this platform, might not otherwise be told,” said Tropfest founder and director John Polson.
The festival...
Tropfest 2014 (Dec 7) has announced 16 finalists for this year’s festival held in Sydney.
Local actors to appear in films include Steve Vizard, Pia Miranda, Roy Billing and Cassandra Magrath.
The judges will pick the winner live on the Festival Night, with the first prize-winning filmmaker taking home a Toyota, $10,000 cash, a trip to Los Angeles for a week of meetings with film executives (courtesy of Motion Picture Association and the Australian Screen Association), a Nikon D810 and Dslr camera and $2,000 Rrp worth of Nikkor lenses and accessories.
“It’s been twenty three years since Tropfest first began and every year the films entered into the competition remind me of why I started this in the first place - to raise the profile of creative filmmakers and to share stories that, without this platform, might not otherwise be told,” said Tropfest founder and director John Polson.
The festival...
- 11/12/2014
- ScreenDaily
Lemonade Stand has won Tropfest 2012. The Alethea Jones-helmed movie, which tells the story about friendships and a neighbourhood lemonade stand, took the first prize at the 20th Australian short film festival on Saturday. Director Alethea Jones admitted that she hoped the honour would lead to more work for her, telling ABC: "I registered for Centrelink two weeks ago, so maybe, maybe I might get a job this year as a director. Maybe. Just one job will be awesome." Second place went to Boo by Rupert Reid, which also won the 'Crowd Pleaser' award. Third place was won by Michael Noonan for his film Photo Booth. Celebrities including Nicole Kidman, Toni Collette, Geoffrey Rush, Asher Keddie and Cate Blanchett braved storms in Sydney's Domain to make up the Tropfest judging panel. (more)...
- 2/20/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Alethea Jones won Tropfest.s 20th birthday competition last night, where heavy rain and intermittent lightning failed to dampen the spirits at the country.s biggest short film festival.
Jones' film Lemonade Stand was awarded first prize by a judging panel of Oscar Winners . Geoffrey Rush, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett and acclaimed actresses Toni Collette and Asher Keddie.
Tropfest founder and director, John Polson said: .Lemonade Stand is an incredibly well made film and a favourite amongst the judges. There was intense discussion in the judging room, and some really interesting debates. Alethea should be very proud to have been selected by some of the industry.s greatest talent..
The winning film, a comedy about a man and his grandfather whose efforts to sell lemonade bring a clash with an officious neighbour, has changed everything for Jones, who revealed she had signed up to the dole only two weeks ago...
Jones' film Lemonade Stand was awarded first prize by a judging panel of Oscar Winners . Geoffrey Rush, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett and acclaimed actresses Toni Collette and Asher Keddie.
Tropfest founder and director, John Polson said: .Lemonade Stand is an incredibly well made film and a favourite amongst the judges. There was intense discussion in the judging room, and some really interesting debates. Alethea should be very proud to have been selected by some of the industry.s greatest talent..
The winning film, a comedy about a man and his grandfather whose efforts to sell lemonade bring a clash with an officious neighbour, has changed everything for Jones, who revealed she had signed up to the dole only two weeks ago...
- 2/20/2012
- by Aleksandra Popovic
- IF.com.au
Short film competition Tropfest has announced its top 15 finalists for 2012.
The line up of directors includes a actors, comedians, If Award winners, second generation filmmakers and the youngest ever Tropfest finalist.
Tropfest is also opening the voting up to the audience to select a 16th film through Youtube.
Tropfest founder and director John Polson said: “Increasingly each year, I’m stunned by the quality of films entered into Tropfest from people all over Australia and the world, many with budgets of just a few dollars. Last year the quality was so strong, we let our audience decide on the 16th film for the first time, so we’re incredibly excited to be bringing our YouTube competition back this year. I want to congratulate all our filmmakers, and I want to thank our supporters for once again enabling Tropfest to take place Free for the Australian – and now New Zealand – public – in particular our biggest partner,...
The line up of directors includes a actors, comedians, If Award winners, second generation filmmakers and the youngest ever Tropfest finalist.
Tropfest is also opening the voting up to the audience to select a 16th film through Youtube.
Tropfest founder and director John Polson said: “Increasingly each year, I’m stunned by the quality of films entered into Tropfest from people all over Australia and the world, many with budgets of just a few dollars. Last year the quality was so strong, we let our audience decide on the 16th film for the first time, so we’re incredibly excited to be bringing our YouTube competition back this year. I want to congratulate all our filmmakers, and I want to thank our supporters for once again enabling Tropfest to take place Free for the Australian – and now New Zealand – public – in particular our biggest partner,...
- 2/3/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Nothing says holiday spirit like a four-hour Stephen King horror-fest on A&E!
King's latest TV event, based on his novel "Bag of Bones," began Sunday night. A&E is calling it a mini-series, though it's only a two-night story, with four hours of programming split over Sunday and Monday nights.
Keeping in mind the always difficult task of transferring over 500 pages of prose to the screen, "Bag of Bones" had more difficulties in pacing than some of King's previous made-for-tv adaptations. The most obvious problem, as we meandered through the first two hours of the series, was one of pacing.
Pierce Brosnan plays Michael Noonan, a novelist plagued by writers' block after his wife's sudden death and some strange circumstances surrounding it. In a novel, you can pull off scene after scene of a writer staring at a blank page, since there's the benefit of an inner monologue. In the mini-series,...
King's latest TV event, based on his novel "Bag of Bones," began Sunday night. A&E is calling it a mini-series, though it's only a two-night story, with four hours of programming split over Sunday and Monday nights.
Keeping in mind the always difficult task of transferring over 500 pages of prose to the screen, "Bag of Bones" had more difficulties in pacing than some of King's previous made-for-tv adaptations. The most obvious problem, as we meandered through the first two hours of the series, was one of pacing.
Pierce Brosnan plays Michael Noonan, a novelist plagued by writers' block after his wife's sudden death and some strange circumstances surrounding it. In a novel, you can pull off scene after scene of a writer staring at a blank page, since there's the benefit of an inner monologue. In the mini-series,...
- 12/12/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Bag of Bones was one of my very favorite books by Stephen King, but my excitement for the A&E miniseries was tampered because I know bringing an adaptation of a tom to the screen can be the difference between night and day.
After this opening installment, I won't discuss the two together again. All I will say is that the initial credits did a disservice to the viewers.
In an attempt to whet your appetites, in shots meant to shock and awe you into wanting to watch, producers took some of the fun out of King's journey in to Michael Noonan, even if it was an adventure that was quite different that that of my old favorite.
As most things in the world of King, this story takes place in the upper east coast and features a fair integration of character drama and the supernatural. I was a little...
After this opening installment, I won't discuss the two together again. All I will say is that the initial credits did a disservice to the viewers.
In an attempt to whet your appetites, in shots meant to shock and awe you into wanting to watch, producers took some of the fun out of King's journey in to Michael Noonan, even if it was an adventure that was quite different that that of my old favorite.
As most things in the world of King, this story takes place in the upper east coast and features a fair integration of character drama and the supernatural. I was a little...
- 12/12/2011
- by modwild@gmail.com (Carissa Pavlica)
- TVfanatic
Stephen King was a big part of horror television in the 90’s. Networks weren’t really pushing the limits of TV at the time, so Stephen King-based miniseries always stood out as something special. With bigger budgets and usually a movie actor or two, Stephen King miniseries were huge TV events.
There have been a dozen or so Stephen King-related TV projects, and director Mick Garris has been involved in a number of them, having directed The Stand, The Shining, Desperation, and his most recent project, Bag of Bones.
Unfortunately for Bag of Bones, the TV landscape has changed quite a bit and a TV miniseries doesn’t have the same impact it used to. When TV shows on basic cable have movie-like budgets, talented actors, and quality special effects, how does a miniseries stand out? In the case of Bag of Bones, they hired Pierce Brosnan to...
There have been a dozen or so Stephen King-related TV projects, and director Mick Garris has been involved in a number of them, having directed The Stand, The Shining, Desperation, and his most recent project, Bag of Bones.
Unfortunately for Bag of Bones, the TV landscape has changed quite a bit and a TV miniseries doesn’t have the same impact it used to. When TV shows on basic cable have movie-like budgets, talented actors, and quality special effects, how does a miniseries stand out? In the case of Bag of Bones, they hired Pierce Brosnan to...
- 12/11/2011
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Michael Noonan, gameplay engineer on Visceral Games' "Dead Space 2," has crafted a trailer for the multi-million dollar project with "Minecraft," the open world indie game produced on a shoestring budget.
The result: spooky.
Noonan spoke with Kotaku about his approach: "I didn't want to copy any 'Dead Space' trailers, most of them show off the monsters which I just can't do in 'MineCraft,' but it was definitely inspired by the Twinkle Twinkle and Ring Around the Rosie trailers."
"Minecraft" handles blocky architecture swimmingly. Noonan's decision to focus the trailer on the frightening Marker, the monolithic statue at the center of "Dead Space 2"s story delivers with its eery, rigid, ominous mood.
Now if we could just see some of that "Minecraft" creativity in more big budget games.
The result: spooky.
Noonan spoke with Kotaku about his approach: "I didn't want to copy any 'Dead Space' trailers, most of them show off the monsters which I just can't do in 'MineCraft,' but it was definitely inspired by the Twinkle Twinkle and Ring Around the Rosie trailers."
"Minecraft" handles blocky architecture swimmingly. Noonan's decision to focus the trailer on the frightening Marker, the monolithic statue at the center of "Dead Space 2"s story delivers with its eery, rigid, ominous mood.
Now if we could just see some of that "Minecraft" creativity in more big budget games.
- 2/1/2011
- by Chris Plante
- ifc.com
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