When it comes to contests and film festivals, choosing the right one for you and your work can seem super overwhelming. And when you do decide to enter one, what can you expect? And how do you navigate the festival once you're there if you do attend?
To help you strategize, Roadmap has gathered five of our favorite webinars from the past six years!
This On-Demand Bundle Includes:
- Navigating Film Festivals
- Festivals, Markets, and Acquisitions - Oh My! w/ Andrew Borden
- Choosing the Right Festivals and Contests for You w/ Daniela Gonzalez
- Demystifying Contests w/ Bev Neufeld
- A Guide to Networking
Purchased individually, these webinar recordings would total $170, but with this bundle, you can have all five for just $55 (a savings of $115)!
Roadmap Writers is a talent training and discovery platform for screenwriters ready for a guided path to success. Our programs are hosted by working industry executives and are designed to empower writers with actionable tools and insights to elevate your craft and cultivate relationships with industry professionals. Since 2016, we have helped hundreds of writers from all over the world sign to representation, staff on series, and option and produce their projects. Our writers have been staffed on BRIDGERTON, THE FLASH, CHICAGO PD, THE FIRST LADY, NIGHT COURT, THE GOOD DOCTOR, THE RESIDENT, REACHER, SUBJECT TO CHANGE, MAYANS and POKERFACE. Writers have sold, set up and been produced by Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, MGM, American High, New Republic Pictures, Maven Screen Media, Lifetime, Will Packer Studios and Roku.
Daniela Gonzalez is a literary manager at Good Fear, a feature film & television production and management company with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Daniela identifies as a TCI – a third culture individual: Venezuelan-born, with a childhood in South East Asia, Daniela’s found her roots in the United States. Her international background informs her taste as she builds her roster of clients who have unique voices and backgrounds. Daniela holds a BA in Film Production with a minor in Film Producing from New York University.
Beverly Neufeld received her MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA where she won first place in the Samuel Goldwyn competition for her feature, Brown Widow. She also won Slamdance’s TV pilot competition judged by Norman Lear’s Act III Productions for her original one-hour pilot, The Claytons. This script landed her both a manager and an agent. Other TV pilots and specs have won or placed in the Nicholls, the Warner Brother’s competition and more. Beverly has written for the children’s web show, The Gummy Bear Show, the series The Dating Chronicles, and has been hired to rewrite over six features, including the independent film,Wajdja, by the first Saudi Arabian female filmmaker, Haifaa al Mansour.
She has also just co-written a film in pre-production, Action! Action!
Beverly has also worked in development and as a reader and screenplay consultant for over 5,000 scripts. She was the Director of Development for Juntobox Films under Nina Yang and Forest Whittaker, and worked for such companies as Slamdance Films, CAA, FOX, Gersh, Coverage Ink, The Page Competition, and Roadmap Writers, etc. She also does private consultations and judges screenwriting competitions. Beverly has taught coverage workshops online, contributes to writing blogs and magazines, and has spoken on quite a few panels.
Her upcoming book: I Got You Covered: The Premiere and Fun Guide to Giving Script Coverage, Notes, and Story Analysis So Everybody Wins is set for publication in May, 2022.
Beverly loves writing and also helping others find, hone and express their vision and voice - all in an empowering and fun way.
Born in Colorado and raised in numerous states around the US, Andrew Borden has called California home for the last decade. Since graduating from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Film & Digital Media, he has worked various stints in the entertainment industry, including marketing, publicity, distribution, acquisitions, and as a production assistant on short films. Currently, he works for the independent film distributor, The Orchard, as a Manager in Acquisitions where he evaluates projects in various stages from script reading to screening finished films at festivals. Before that, he worked in International Sales and Acquisitions for Cohen Media Group.
Kyle is a writer/director based in NYC. At a young age, Kyle found a creative outlet in film that led him to the School Of Visual Arts. Kyle’s third-year film, a documentary titled “Mumford’s Law” was accepted into the Heartland Film Festival in 2009 and was nominated for the Jury Award. His then thesis film, "His Naked Mind" was an award-winning feature at SVA's Dusty Film Fest.
Since graduation in 2010, Kyle has worked in film and TV as an editor and in the locations department. He later became assistant for writer/director Tom Gormican, then later directed music videos appearing on Nick Jr, MTVu, and Fuse TV. Soon after he became involved in the NYC theater scene. His three short films, “Making Friends”, "The Door", and "Jamie & Jonathan”, were accepted into Palm Springs International ShortFest, Florida Film Fest, Portland Film Fest, along with many others. Kyle has written numerous screenplays, making it to the second round in such competitions as Sundance Labs and six times at Austin Film Festival.
In 2021, Kyle’s play entitled “The Victims” was accepted into the Actor’s Studio Playwright and Directors Unit.
Questions?
If you have any questions or any trouble accessing the recordings, email our Director of Education Alexandra Davies at alex@roadmapwriters.com!