The Screen Arts Institute is running a series of half-day workshops in association with Working Title Films & the director, Oliver Parker. Thursdays August 7th and August 14th, at Ideastap, 54 Bermondsey Street, in central London 10.30am-1.30pm & 2-5pm The Screen Arts Institute is a totally pragmatic organisation helping film-makers to shorten the…

  Three of Steve May’s alumni have formed a dream-team and won a place on this year’s iFeatures scheme. Director Dan Kokotajlo, Writer Charlotte Wise and Producer Marcie MacLellan are in development on “Apostasy”.  Big congratulations team! http://www.ifeatures.co.uk/apostasy1.html http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/ifeatures-sets-development-slate/5073644.article?referrer=RSS&utm_source=1%26WT.tsrc%3Dtwitter%26WT.mc_id%3Dtwitter_twitterfeed_productionnews&utm_medium=twitter NEXT ROUND OF SAI PROGRAMMES START SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2014.  APPLY!    

  Chatting last week with my agent and SAI Governor, Nick Marston, at the Curtis Brown offices.  Curtis Brown’s in-house production arm, Cuba Pictures, goes up a gear as they cement a production deal with the BBC.  They are filming the adaptation of Susanna Clark’s bestselling novel “Jonathon Strange & Mr Norrell” with Toby Haynes…

If you’d like to attend a free half-day script development workshop with Stephen May, Director of The Screen Arts Institute, then send us your details. These half-day workshops are a free taste of our longer programmes (see our Programmes drop-down list on our website). Tell us what programme interests you and why you should be…

Start the Autumn on a blast of creativity.  The SAI is launching September-start programmes.   If you’re accepted on our Storytelling for the Screen, Directing for the Screen, Major Project or Professional programmes in July we’re offering a 10% Summer Discount.  The other big perk is that, this year, most of our September-start programmes run for 4 months longer…

We spent a great morning at the BFI today where the SAI is running some film-maker case studies for the next couple of months (email us if you are a film-maker and would like to attend).  Today it was worshiping at the alter of Aaron Sorkin and his work on The Social Network.  The movie…

  Which movie of these three sold most DVD’s in the USA last year?  Skyfall, Fast & Furious 6, or Pitch Perfect? For us creatives, particularly in the UK, money can seem like a dirty word.  But this, as we all know, is show BUSINESS, not show hobby.  Or rather it might just be your…

  LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP! “Without doubt the best!”  Read other reviews. http://storytellingforthescreen.blogspot.co.uk/p/nice-comments-from-grads-and-industry.html Stephen May, Director of The Screen Arts Institute, is running a weekend workshop/retreat giving you a chance to develop your movies and pitch them to the best in the industry.  Steve is a writer/producer/actor/director who has worked with the best on…

Clive Bradley, SAI Mentor, is on a roll.  His Icelandic thriller series, Trapped, goes to Principal Photography in November with director Baltasar Kormakur (2 Guns; Denziel Washington and Mark Wahlberg). Clive’s Lawrence of Arabia project moves on with Roland Emmerich producing and looking at a Spring 2015 start.  And Clive’s passion project, Pharaoh, is heading…

Writer/producer Ernest Riera, SAI alumnus from our programmes (and now a Mentor), has sold no less than three of his feature projects in the last month! Fox Searchlight bought “The Other Side Of The Door” (which Ernest co-wrote with his writing/producing/directing partner Johannes Roberts) and Johannes is now shooting in India; the Weinstein Company has…