The Filmmakers for the Future Screenwriting Workshop is an opportunity for students, grades 5 to 12, to practice writing their own spec scripts. Our team of media industry professionals will teach our students the fundamentals of storytelling, world-building, and character development, and then guide them through the process of writing their own short screenplays in Hollywood-standard format.

At the end of the program, students in the Screenwriting Workshop will have the opportunity to pitch their scripts to a panel of media industry judges at a public event in front of their family, friends, and community members.

The winning script will be purchased by the Filmmakers for the Future production company. The purpose of the Filmmakers for the Future Screenwriting Workshop is to empower young people to tell their own stories and provide them with the skills they need to be successful writers by teaching and critiquing them at a Hollywood-standard level.

The Filmmakers Screenwriting workshop meets both the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts, and the National Core Arts Standards, while also providing a creative and engaging approach to addressing low literacy rates.

Our Screenwriting Workshop curriculum has been approved by multiple New York-based Boards of Education, and we have been contracted to teach the program in multiple Upstate New York school districts.

To learn more, email Filmmakers for the Future Executive Director, Eden Strachan at info@filmmakersforthefuture.com