The Accelerate Fellowship is a four-month rewriting sprint that gives disabled film and television writers $30,000 in funding and bespoke mentorship to develop a spec script to market. Through writers groups, one-on-one mentorship, guidance from the Inevitable Foundation staff, and access to leading film and television writers, the program offers disabled writers everything they need to get their script ready to take to market.

Each year, the Academy Nicholl screenwriting competition awards up to five $35,000 fellowships to amateur screenwriters. Fellowship winners are invited to participate in awards week ceremonies and seminars, receive individualized Academy member mentorship and are expected to complete at least one original feature film screenplay during their Fellowship year.

During the program, writers develop an original pilot to which they retain all rights. They are paired with NBCUniversal development and current programming executives who mentor them and polish samples for staffing consideration. At the conclusion of the program, participating writers will be considered for available staff writer positions on NBCU Television and Streaming as well as Universal Studio Group series.

Half Initiative is a mentoring program for emerging and mid-career women, BIPOC, LGBTQ, non-binary and minority directors. Accepted mentee directors are placed on a Ryan Murphy Production to shadow the director from pre-production through post, on a single episode and receive a stipend. After shadowing, mentees continue their education through workshops and networking opportunities to learn from Ryan Murphy Production producers, writers, directors and key department heads.

The Black List and Tubi have expanded their partnership with a new initiative to provide both emerging and established writers with the opportunity to submit feature scripts within the horror genre with the intention for Tubi to produce and distribute the selected script.

Founded by George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, Decentralized Pictures (DCP) is a nonprofit organization created to enable the next generation of independent filmmakers. DCP has partnered with Sofia Coppola to identify and celebrate a filmmaker with a distinct creative point of view, confident visual sensibility, and an instinct for storytelling that feels personal and unmistakably their own. The award Package includes, $20,000 to produce a short film, mentoring support, and distribution of completed film on DCP+.

Sundance Collab has partnered with TikTok to launch From Script to Screens: Writing Your Micro-Series: a four-week live online course for creatives ready to write story-driven verticals that stop the scroll and keep audiences coming back. This course is for emerging writers who've written at least one screenplay and mid-career writers looking to pivot or experiment in a new medium. Learn to identify your concept, genre, shape, characters, write your first episode, and develop a pitch. This is a free course, but requires an application.

The Warner Bros. Discovery Access Writers Program provides a pathway for writers seeking to enhance their skills in the episodic television writing space, learn about the business of television from executives and industry guests, and attend a master class on storytelling and collaborative creative writing.

Each year, 30 filmmakers from diverse backgrounds are given the opportunity to hone skills, form creative partnerships, create short films and gain industry access needed to succeed as working artists. Participants are paired with mentors at the top of their respective fields, and receive personalized guidance to help move their projects and careers forward.

The TV Writing Lab in partnership with the Next50 Foundation seeks unproduced 20-45 minute pilots that challenge the perception of aging and scripts must be void of stereotypes traditionally associated with aging. Seeking series that move beyond outdated or one-dimensional portrayals. Instead of familiar tropes, we’re excited to see nuanced, authentic, and surprising representations of older adults.

Superfest | June 20, 9:30AM-5PM

In-person event, $35

SUPERFEST is designed for BIPOC, underrepresented, and culturally minded creative professionals looking to reconnect with their craft, find inspiration and build meaningful connections. Through an immersive day of film screenings, hands-on workshops, restorative wellness experiences and candid conversations with industry leaders, attendees will leave feeling creatively energized and deeply connected. Presented by writer, director, and producer Amy Aniobi (Insecure, Survival of the Thickest, Silicon Valley).