Realness Institute is looking for 6 screenwriters for the Episodic Lab in partnership with Netflix

The South Africa-based Realness Institute is looking for 6 African screenwriters for the Episodic Lab, a program it is developing in collaboration with Netflix. the deadline for applications is January 31, 2021.

The Realness Institute founded in 2016 is a platform whose mission is to shed light on African stories honestly told by African filmmakers. Since its creation, the institute has organized several programs (Realnes Residency, Creative Producer Indaba) for filmmakers from the continent and supported around twenty films in 13 African countries. Among the notable films she has accompanied we can mention Rafiki (Kenya / 2018) by Wanuri Kahiu, I’m Not A Witch (2017) by Rungano Nyoni, Akasha (Sudan) by Hajooj Kuka.

As part of its Episodic Lab program that it organizes in partnership with the American streaming giant Netflix, Realness Institute is looking for 6 African screenwriters. Note that these writers must come exclusively from Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa. The program will extend over 3 months during which each screenwriter will be supervised by script-doctors and producers in order to develop serial projects. At the end of the program, during which each candidate will receive a monthly endowment of $ 2000, each screenwriter will have the opportunity to pitch their project to Netflix. Successful projects will be developed for production.

If you are interested in the program, you can have more details here.

Rostand Wandja

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