FEM Script Lab

04/02/2022

Prepping for some weekend writing?

30/01/2022

Have you heard of "Astrid and Lilly Save the World" yet? This wonderful new show is written by some amazing Canadian talents like Alexandra Mircheff, Alix Markman, Veronika Paz, and Dev Raha.

On top of that, the show boasts a line up of talented Canadian directors: JJ Stevens, Jill Carter, Danishka Esterhazy, Jordan Canning and Audrey Cummings.

Together, they present you the goofy series full of kickassery and demon-hunting that you didn't know you needed! Available to watch from Canada on Crave.

https://youtu.be/crvlmR4uGC4

Check out the new Astrid & Lilly Save the World Season 1 Trailer starring Jana Morrison and Samantha Aucoin! Let us know what you think in the comments below...

04/01/2022

Some words of inspiration to start 2022. Happy New Year!

24/12/2021

Celebrating for - She was a talented prose writer AND also co-wrote screenplays, including the version of A Star Is Born starring Barbara Streisang. You can watch a documentary Netflix did about her called The Center Will Not Hold.

16/12/2021

Remembering a great soul today

02/12/2021

19/11/2021

An in-depth discussion about the role of a Story Coordinator in the Canadian television industry.

14/11/2021

We are proud to support the 25th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival this year as a Community Partner in presenting an outstanding film by director Sujata Day; Definition Please. You can watch all the amazing programming at this year's festival until November 19.

https://www.reelasian.com/festival-events/film-definition-please/

Monica (Sujata Day), a former spelling-bee champion, lives at home with her ailing mother and tutors young spelling-bee hopefuls whose parents hover around, in hopes that their children will follow in her footsteps. When she is offered a dream job in another city, she considers accepting it, until h...

29/10/2021

! We're celebrating Zoe Hopkins and her gorgeous, tear-inducing film Run Woman Run which just won the Audience Choice Award at the 2021 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival ! Congratulations!

27/10/2021

20/10/2021

The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is on now! They opened last night with the amazing "Night Raiders" and have an incredible line-up of features, documentaries, shorts and many interviews and other events that you can stream online or view in person (including "Beans" at the drive-in at Ontario Place !)

08/10/2021

Highlighting Shannon Fewster and her upcoming webseries "Lady Ada's Secret Society" this Check out the trailer:

A series of pranks you shouldn't do IRL. So we did them. For Science. You're Welcome.AKA The Girl Code======= FOLLOW US! ===========Instagram --- ...

29/09/2021

Attend Generations in Film’s (https://www.geninfilm.com/) Reality TV: Behind the Scenes Perspective Panel on Thursday, September 30, at 6 PM EST and learn from high-achieving directors and producers within the unscripted and reality TV industries. This event is FREE and open to everyone.

Panelists include:

Harbinder Singh is a freelance television Director/Producer best known for his work on Family Feud Canada and the Olympic Sports/Esport Television.

Merissa Simonian is a Toronto-based Director and Producer best known for her work on Wall of Chefs, The Amazing Race Canada, and The Bachelor Canada.

Sebastian Cluer is an accomplished Director, Producer and Show Creator, best known for Still Standing, Kenny vs. Spenny, and Paranormal Nightshift.

Jen Markowitz is a Producer, Writer, and Director who specializes in q***r tv and is best known for Canada's Drag Race, Big Brother Canada, and Shine True.

The panel will be moderated by Dan Gladman, who in the past 6 months, has produced the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics on CBC, as well as the Canadian Elite Basketball League national broadcasts.

Register for this FREE event now and join us for a chance to win a $50 Canada Film Equipment gift card! Canada Film Equipment is a film and TV equipment rental company based in Toronto. They are committed to playing their part in making their clients’ productions the best they can be, no matter how big or small.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/reality-tv-behind-the-scenes-perspective-tickets-178243831097?aff=Email

29/09/2021

28/09/2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 28, 2021

The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) is launching its full slate of new funding programs immediately. The new funding will support Indigenous screen-based storytellers through two funding streams: the Story Fund and Sector Development.

The Story Fund will support creators in the development and production of Indigenous-made content, as well as enhanced support for post-production, marketing and distribution. The Sector Development component will support projects that increase Indigenous training, participation and representation in all roles across the screen sector.

READ MORE: https://iso-bea.ca/indigenous-screen-office-launches-new-slate-of-programs-and-announces-new-funding-team/

PLEASE NOTE: While we are super excited to launch our new website and grants, some of the website is still working out kinks. We are working hard to get it flawless for you!

27/09/2021

With September coming to an end, you're a month away from If you're struggling to find the motivation/time to write, it might be the push you need to get going or set up good habits. October is a great month to start thinking about it/prepping.
https://catapult.co/dont-write-alone/stories/on-writing-with-a-day-job-how-to-write-working-9-to-5-richard-mirabella #

There are many kinds of writing lives, and yours includes a day job.

24/09/2021

Celebrating Canadian talent today!

Celeste Yim was the only new writer hired by 'SNL' during the pandemic and is now an Emmy nominee. Here, they break down their favorite season 46 sketches.

19/09/2021

At the past two Toronto festivals, features from a new wave of Indigenous filmmakers — notably Jeff Barnaby’s “Blood Quantum,” Tracey Deer’s “Beans,” Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ “The Body Remembers Wh…

18/09/2021

10/09/2021

Are you a fan of ? Then we recommend you watch Netflix's created by Tima Shomali and Shirin Kamal. It's serious and funny, heartwarming and heartbreaking, all in one.

At the prestigious Al Rawabi School for Girls, the outcasts are the ones with the daring plans to take down the bullies. streaming 12t...

08/09/2021

03/09/2021

This , we celebrate Rayka Zehtabchi
and her (and Sam Davis) short film "Are You Still There?" - Watch the short film at https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2021/08/31/are-you-still-there/ thanks to Short of the Week

Watch Are You Still There? by Rayka Zehtabchi & Sam Davis on Short of the Week—a Drama about Loss in Live-Action—USA, 15 min

29/08/2021

With Jean Smart as an aging comic, the series showrunners keep the focus on the woman, not the stand-up act.

20/08/2021

For , we'd like to highlight Carmine Pierre-Dufour's short film: Mahalia Melts in the Rain, which you can find at https://shortoftheweek.com/2021/08/17/mahalia-melts-rain/ thanks to Shortoftheweek

A 9-year-old black girl gets her hair straightened for the first time in Carmine Pierre Dufour & Émilie Mannerging's Mahalia Melts in the Rain short film.

14/08/2021

Are you as excited as we are about this announcement?

https://deadline.com/2021/08/hbo-max-comedy-series-sort-of-1234813798/

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HBO Max said Thursday that it is launching a new eight-episode half-hour comedy series Sort Of this fall. The series stars Bilal Baig (Acha Bacha) who, along with Fab Filippo (Save Me) created the …