• The English edition of the 2021 Script Revision Lab will be held online from August 1st through September 3rd
  • The lab will be facilitated by Christian Routh, Helena Medina, Pavel Jech and Jessie Keyt
  • 24 independent filmmakers from around the world have been selected to participate in the lab

July 28th, 2021

Cine Qua Non Lab is pleased to announce the participants selected for the English edition of its 2021 Script Revision Lab.

The Script Revision Lab gives independent filmmakers from around the world the opportunity to work intensively on their feature length narrative scripts in an environment structured to foster professional collaboration and high-quality script development.

The English edition of the Script Revision Lab will be held online and will have a duration of 15 consecutive days. The lab sessions will take place from August 1st through September 3rd, 2021, with a follow-up session in November/December 2021.

The lab will be facilitated by Christian Routh, Helena Medina, Pavel Jech and Jessie Keyt.

The 24 participants in the English edition of the 2021 Script Revision Lab come from Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, France, India, Ireland, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, the Philippines, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and were selected based on the quality, freshness and originality of their projects. Below is the list of the participants and their projects:

GROUP 1

(Facilitator: Christian Routh)

José Lomas Hervert (Mexico) — White Rabbit

Maggie Briggs (USA) — Prone to Wander

Nani Sahra Walker (Nepal/USA) — Shakti (The Silence of Birds)

Nicole Elmer (USA) — The Shepherd

Payal Sethi (India) — Kurinji

Yoonha Park (USA) — Amarillo

* * *

GROUP 2

(Facilitator: Helena Medina)

Emil Benjamin (USA) — It Would Have Been Enough

Jade Edwards (United Kingdom/Ireland) — Cicada

Masami Kawai (USA) — Valley of the Tall Grasses

Nabil Viñas (USA/Dominican Republic) — Los Malos (The Bad Ones)

Ricardo Mendonça de França (Brazil) — Bestiary

Taylour Chang (USA/Hawai’i) — Ka Makani

* * *

GROUP 3

(Facilitator: Pavel Jech)

Benjamin MulHolland (USA) — The Lake Merritt Monster

Charlotte Rabate (France) — Samir, the Accidental Spy

Isabel Dreán (Canada/France) — Love Letter to Laos

Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz (Chile) — Karukinka

Lisa Cole (USA) — Queen of Newburgh

Quamé Hamlin (USA) — Park Kidz

* * *

GRUPO 4

(Facilitator: Jessie Keyt)

Alexandre Moratto (USA/Brazil) — Ale and the Boxer

Edwin Alexis Gómez (USA/Nicaragua) — Joyride

Gabriela Paciel (Cuba/Mexico) — Yuliet’s Quinceañera

Lola Blanche (United Kingdom) — Kissy and the Shark

Mary Evangelista (USA/Philippines) — Burning Well

Nancy Kates (USA) — Bound by Ice