The Woman’s Angle educates, mentors and promotes women directors.
Overview of TWA’s Directing Program
Each year up to ten women directors are selected to participate in The Woman’s Angle’s Directing Program. The short film or video each participant completes during the program can be a narrative, documentary or experimental short. Participants enter the program with a short script or a documentary or experimental treatment. Over a ten-month period they attend a series of intensive workshops emphasizing script/treatment revisions, preproduction, production and post-production. At the completion of the program, finished shorts will be promoted and screened for the public.
All participants in the Directing Program must be women and must be the director of the proposed short. To be considered for selection to participate in TWA’s Directing Program, the applicant must submit a completed application. In addition to the application, they must also submit either a standard format script of no more than 10 pages or a documentary or experimental treatment of no more than 5 pages.
TWA encourages applicants to submit scripts written by someone other than the applicant. However, scripts written by the applicant will be considered. If the author of the script is someone other than the applicant or if the script is adapted from another author’s work, the applicant must obtain all the necessary rights from the author(s) before submitting the script along with the application.
The Woman’s Angle 2008 Program Application Schedule
Application Postmark Deadline February 25, 2008
The Woman’s Angle. Inc.
PO Box 93009
Atlanta, Ga. 30318-9989
Applicants must submit the following:
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1.completed application
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2.signed agreement
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3.two copies of script/treatment, one copy with name and contact information and one without. Electronically submitted script/treatments must be a PDF file.
Participants Notified March 31, 2008
TWA 2008 Directors Program Application2.pdf
TWA Director's Program Rules.pdf
Narrative script of no more than 10 pages in standard script format or a documentary or experimental treatment of no more than 5 pages. Scripts that are not in proper script format or do not comply with the page restrictions will not be considered. For more information on standard script format, please refer to The Screenwriter’s Bible, by David Trotter.
Selection Process
The selection process involves two steps. First, submitted scripts and treatments will be evaluated by a committee comprised of film and television industry professionals based on the perceived merit of the proposed short. At this stage, scripts/treatments will be reviewed anonymously by the evaluation committee. Second, participants will be chosen by a selection committee based on recommendations from the evaluation committee and review of the applications. Up to ten participants may be selected.
Application Postmark Deadline February 25, 2008