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2016 Joplin Winners Chad J. Nelson & Alexander Ellerston

2016 Joplin Winners Chad J. Nelson & Alexander Ellerston

After meeting at film school in Sydney, we both worked on various projects before developing Parody. Our goal was simple – to write a thought-provoking challenge to social convention whilst maintaining complex, authentic characters and a tightly-strung plot that...
2016 Roshan Winner Paras Borgohain

2016 Roshan Winner Paras Borgohain

I’ve been writing since 2006 for the Indian SESAME STREET, among other short films, documentary narratives and radio shows. I was part of the 5th Berlinale Talent Campus of India in 2008, where we attended a masterclass with Paul Schrader (TAXI DRIVER) I was thrilled...
2016 Short Screenplay Finalist Nikki Tran

2016 Short Screenplay Finalist Nikki Tran

“When We Run” is a story born from experiences in my family’s history as well as current global events concerning refugees and the mass exodus of peoples fleeing war and oppression. I wrote “When We Run” as an attempt to understand the fear and hardship my parents and...
2016 Short Screenplay Finalist Nic Yulo

2016 Short Screenplay Finalist Nic Yulo

In my very first screenwriting class, a Professor gave me this advice: ‘Write the story that only you can tell; the story for the little girl that you were, that you needed but could never find.’ Those words, to this day, encapsulate everything that drives me to make...
2016 Short Screenplay Winner Elizabeth Capot

2016 Short Screenplay Winner Elizabeth Capot

My name is Elizabeth Capot (or Betty, if you’re not one of my family members or a telemarketer or a barista when they catch me off guard). I’m currently a senior at Emerson College, where I major in Writing for Film and Television and minor in Fiction. I live in...