Writers campus 2025

The Writers Campus is an intensive week-long workshop for professional screenwriters with a live-action project in development. This programme focuses on :

Objectives:

• Prepare participants to pitch their project to the audiovisual industry at the Series Mania Forum.
• Acquire skills in project development, pitch preparation and networking.
• Participate in intensive mentoring sessions, masterclasses and networking events.

Methods :

• 4 days of intensive mentoring (group and individual sessions) with renowned experts.
• Participation in masterclasses and networking events with renowned professionals (Charlotte Brandström, Ron Leshem, Bryan Elsley, etc.).
• Preparation for the final pitch session at the Series Mania Forum.

The Writers Campus is aimed at professional scriptwriters with a live-action fiction project. The project must not be attached to a production company or television channel/broadcasting platform.

Eligibility criteria :

• Have a live-action drama project in development (without a production company or broadcaster attached).
• Proof of professional experience (project broadcast on television, on a platform, online, in cinema or at a festival, or in the process of being broadcast).
• Work in English, with documents in English for the application.
• Screenwriters from all over the world can apply.

Application procedure :

Submission of applications via the form at the end of the page.

Documents to be provided for application (in English) : A pitch deck (10 pages max.) including :

• Logline (2 sentences max.)
• Detailed pitch (format, arena, story arcs, tone)
• Synopsis of the pilot and subsequent episodes (if available)
• Profiles of the main characters
• Author’s statement of intent
• A short CV
• A cover letter explaining how the programme will help you develop your project
• (Optional) Proof of agreement with a broadcaster if the project is about to be broadcast