2017 TV/Digital Category Winners Announced

Below is a list of our category winners for the 2017 TV/Digital Retreat. All of our Winners will be considered for the CineStory TV Fellowship.

All 2017 TV/Digital Finalists Announced

2017 TV/Digital Semifinalists & Finalists Announced

We’re excited to announce the Finalists in the Spec and Digital Categories along with the Original Semifinalists. Congrats to all the writers!  

2017 TV/Digital Semifinalists & Quarterfinalists Announced

Congratulations to all our semifinalists and quarterfinalists for the 2017 TV-Digital Retreat, who are listed below.

Meet Michael Begg – Paulist Productions Scholarship Recipient

Michael Begg earned a master’s degree in Communications and English from the University of New Orleans and teaches writing and literature at the high school and college level while pursuing a screenwriting career. When Hurricane Katrina left New Orleans a shambles in 2005, recovery efforts benefitted from a transition school of over 1500 high school […]

Meet the 2016 2nd & 3rd Place Feature Winners

2nd Place Winner SAVION EINSTEIN – SUPERFECUNDATION Savion Einstein was born and raised in Israel. After her military service, she went into advertising and spent the next decade producing award-winning campaigns in Israel, EU and Asia for top domestic and international brands including The Coca-Cola Company, Unilever and P&G. But what Savion really wanted to […]

Meet the 2016 Feature Fellow

AMYN KADERALI – CHOKORA The best word one could use to describe Amyn Kaderali’s background would be: unique. As one of the few Indian-Americans in a Bay Area suburb with parents who were raised in Tanzania and Scotland, it was not unusual for Amyn to hear Swahili spoken at home while his Scottish grandmother made Indian […]

And the 2016 Feature Winners Are…

Our deepest thanks to all our talented finalists!  

2016 Feature Finalists Announced

Congratulations to the following Writers in becoming a Finalist for the CineStory Feature Retreat & Fellowship! We will be announcing the Fellowship Winner in mid-August. Each of these writers has earned an invitation to attend the Feature Retreat that will be held in Idyllwild, CA from October 15th through October 18th.

To All Writers, Mentors, Filmmakers, & Friends

A couple of months ago, the CineStory Foundation became aware that there’s a film festival in Arizona calling itself the CineStory International Film Festival. Let us be clear: we have NO AFFILIATION with this other organization. Since this is their first year in operation and we’ve been active for over 20 years, we consulted with a trademark attorney who […]