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Six Screenwriters Selected For Inaugural Black List New Zealand Project

by Matt Grobar — 12.5.2021

Top row L-R: Anna Nuria Francino, Yamin Tun, Finnius Teppett, Bottom row L-R: Taratoa Stappard, Claire Barclay (with her director Jessica Hobbes), Shuchi Kothari

Six New Zealand screenwriters have been chosen to participate in the inaugural Black List New Zealand Project.

The project, stemming from a partnership between the Black List and the New Zealand Film Commission, is a professional development workshop and mentorship series. Bolstered by the presence of global screen industry executives, who will head up panels, mentor the writers and advise them on fine-tuning their scripts, its aim is to amplify the voices of underrepresented filmmakers, while promoting relationships between writers and producers, and creating international opportunities for New Zealand feature films.

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