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Event Highlights
Our inaugural 2023 AuthenticA screenwriters share their excitement at the Series Mania Festival
The Netflix Episodic Lab and The Development Executive Traineeship gathering in Johannesburg.
Our Programmes
Creative Producer
Indaba
A year-long professional fellowship for producers in Africa.
Development Executive Traineeship
Designed for film professionals with an interest in being trained as story consultants.
Episodic Lab
A lab for African writers to fully develop their story concept in the episodic form.
Realness African Screenwriters Residency
An incubator for African filmmakers. The residency combines scriptwriting seminars, research masterclasses and financing workshops.
Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy
A development programme for film professionals working in exhibition, sales and distribution