The Black List
Annual Black List Feature Lab
2021
Active Since 2016
The Black List invites six to eight promising non-professional writers as identified by the Black List to a week-long, intensive writers workshop.
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2021 Official Selections on Coverfly
Top 6%
Feature
· Drama
· 89 Pages
With a cross country trip less than a week away, two homeless punk rockers come to a crossroads when sexual exploration and street violence test their complicated friendship.
Pratt, Kansas
Patrick Clement is a former newspaper editor and a graduate of the University of Kansas. In 2015 he began the prestigious Screenwriting/Directing MFA Program at Columbia University in New York City.
His short film Rabbits won Best Student Short at the New Hampshire Film Festival and Best Film at the Knoxville Film Fest. Most recently, his thesis ...
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Top 3%
Feature
· Drama
· 92 Pages
Yaneris, a Dominican teenager, plots a way to escape her hometown of Sosúa, where becoming an escort seems to be her only fate. After unexpectedly falling in love with her boss's son, she decides he may be the ticket to a new life — for both her and her disabled sister.
Brooklyn, NY
Gabriella A. Moses is a director, writer, and production designer based in Brooklyn, NY. She is a NYU Tisch graduate. Gabriella has received support from Sundance, Tribeca, NY Women in Film & TV, Cine Qua Non, SFFILM and IFP for her features in development. She believes in sharing stories with underrepresented protagonists that test viewer’s perc...
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Top 1%
Feature
· Drama
· 111 Pages
A widowed stepdad struggling to make ends meet while caring for his rebellious stepdaughter takes her on a road trip from California to Nebraska, where an obscure loophole in the safe haven law allows parents to abandon a child of any age.
Sherman Oaks, CA
A dual-citizen of the U.S. and Canada, David is a graduate of the University of Michigan. David has written for shows on the Travel Channel, and his script, KEEPER OF THE CUP, is in pre-production with Auroravista Entertainment. David is a 2020 Nicholl Fellowship finalist for his screenplay, SAFE HAVEN. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two ...
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