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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Our deepest thanks to all our talented finalists!
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.
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 […]
Please take note that our Feature Retreat has moved from the end of September to October 15th through October 18th. For years, we’ve wanted to move the Retreat into October because the weather in Idyllwild tends to be a little cooler. Subsequently, since the Retreat dates have changed, it’s allowed us to adjust our submission deadlines […]
Congratulations to the writers who have advanced to the Quarterfinalist round. All these writers are still in the running to earn an invitation to our Feature Retreat and year-long Fellowship. To all the writers who submitted, it was an extremely competitive year, so if you didn’t advance, don’t get discouraged… KEEP WRITING!
JARED RONIN – SPEC DRAMA: BETTER CALL SAUL “DOMINGO” Jared Ronin began writing scripts after reading A Streetcar Named Desire at his Tennessee high school. His work drew him to New York where he graduated with a BFA in Dramatic Writing from Purchase College in 2009. After writing commercials for various companies around the country, television production […]
From a talented field of writers, we’re proud to announce L.M. Harter as the 1st ever CineStory TV Fellow! L.M. grew up in an old coal miner’s house and was first runner up Little Miss Parade of the Hills Pageant (to this day she still believes the other girl cheated.) She took her driver’s exam […]