The Dark Art of Writing

In what may be an intensely personal and long-term journey for the artist, taking an idea from script to screen takes enormous courage, determination, trust and at times considerable compromise. In some instances, scripts may become a life’s work or at the least an obsession that can invigorate, enlighten and torment.

In this session we explore a range of experiences and strategies to get you through and allow your work to shine, get into the right hands and reach the screen in (almost) the way you intended.

Chaired by the sparkling Shaun Miller.

Panelists:

Karin Altmann (Head of Development at ScriptWorks; former Project Manager at the Australian Film Commission and Screen Australia)

Kelly Lefever (screenwriter including “The Circuit”, “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries” and “House Husbands”)

Jane Allen (screenwriter including “The Heights”, “Last King of the Cross” and “In Our Blood”)