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Promise of Your Premise w/ Lifetime VP, Kimberly Chessler Itskowitch

On this episode of Curious About Screenwriting, we switch focus a bit in this interview and bring on Kimberly Chessler Itskowitch. Kim is the VP of Non-Fiction Programming at Lifetime and is responsible for developing and overseeing production of non-fiction projects for the network. To give a brief background of her extensive experience and career....

Cleveland International Film Festival

In March 2015 at the 39th CIFF, Ohio's premier film event featured over 430 films originating from 60 countries and an attendance of over 100,000.....

Imago Film Festival

The Imago Film Festival seeks to showcase independent film that deals with faith issues, emphasizing image and story. The festival selects films capture the full spectrum of emotions.....

RiverRun International Film Festival

The RiverRun International Film Festival is a regional festival based in Winston-Salem, NC and is principally known as a filmmaker-friendly event dedicated to showcasing the year's best....

Boomtown Film and Music Festival

For nine years, film and music lovers have come together in Southeast Texas at the Boomtown Film & Music Festival to hear cutting-edge bands, see fiercely independent films and panels.....

Move Me Productions Belgium - Short Film Festival

Move Me Productions vzw, located in Antwerp, Belgium, is the organization behind this series of short film festivals. Our goal is to have a contest every three months.....

Interview with Director / Screenwriter L. Gustavo Cooper

Episode 97Director / Screenwriter L. Gustavo Cooper Talks About His New Horror Film June Starring Casper Van Dien....

Interview with Screenwriter, Dan Kay

Episode 98 Screenwriter Dan Kay Talks About His Career And His Latest Film, Pay The Ghost (Nicolas Cage) ....

Interview with Director / Screenwriter, Trey Nelson

Episode 99 Screenwriter / Director Trey Nelson Talks About His New Film, Lost In The Sun, Starring Josh Duhamel, And How He Got It Made....

SYS Host, Ashley Scott Meyers, Q&A

Episode 100Screenwriter Ashley Scott Meyers answers listener submitted questions and ponders the best way to start and have a long lasting screenwriting career.....

Interview with Screenwriters Alistair Legrand & Luke Harvis

Episode 101Screenwriters Alistair Legrand & Luke Harvis talk about their new film The Diabolical and how they got their careers started.....

The Art & Science of Comedy with Steve Kaplan

Five of the top fifteen movies in 2015 were out-and-out comedies, and another four had combined strong comedy elements with another genre. Comedy is serious business, and in this live podcast we talk about the art and science of comedy with script consultant, author, and truly a comedy expert, Steve Kaplan. We discuss what the difference is between....

Industry Basics Q&A w/ ISA's Max Timm & The University of Illinois

With technology today, we are able to connect with so many people so easily. This podcast in particular is an example of how easy it is for the ISA to get in touch with students, and offer support and guidance. Max Timm was asked by the University of Illinois to speak to the screenwriting and entertainment students there, and to gi....

Developing Your Brand As A Writer

I recently had a student ask me a pretty interesting question: "What do you do when you realize that even though you think you're writing all these different projects, you're really just writing the same script over and over again?" And this made me think about a couple of different questions facing writers as they move into ....

Art, Joy, and the Business of Inspiration with Virginia Madsen

We are going to use an obvious pun in our introduction here, but at least we're warning you all first. It was an absolute JOY to have the lovely Virginia Madsen on our podcast series, and the bits of advice she offers can be considered not only creative advice for all of us creative people, but life-affirming advice that can go....

5 Key Elements That Create A Sellable Script with Rhonda Bloom

It's important to zoom out now and then, and see your project from a bird's eye view. We writers tend to get caught up in the minutiae of the script when at times we need to understand what it is about the project that will draw potential buyers. So with this podcast interview, we bring in long time manager and development executive, Rhonda....

Golden Point

Move maker....

Indie Film Financing & Distribution - The Real Deal

In this day and age where virtually anyone can shoot a movie on their iPhone, edit it on their iMac and self-distribute it through platforms such as "Distribber" and "Reelhouse," it would be a gross understatement to say that the independent feature film market has experienced a seismic paradigm shift ov....

Fix your Pitch - How To Sell It

Award winning screenwriter Jacob Krueger will take YOUR pitches and help you reconstruct them! If you need to learn how to pitch and/or are currently pitching your script to producers, and it still hasn't sold, then join the call and you may be one of the lucky ones to get FREE advice on how to improve your delivery. Not only will Jacob give yo....

Build Out Your Script with Jacob Krueger

Over his years in the entertainment industry, Jacob Krueger has worked with thousands of writers, actors, and other artists in pursuit of their artistic goals. Jacob is an award winning screenwriter, playwright, producer and director. Jacob's screenplay, The Matthew Shepard Story (2002) won him the Writers Guild of America Paul Selvin Award and....