***Thank you for your interest in this challenge. Due to demand, we have filled the screenwriting portion of the challenge and are no longer able to accept registrations.***
The screenwriting portion of our Filmmaker Fusion Challenge is now open for registration! The kickoff for the screenwriting will take place on Wednesday, August 5th with our live panel event from 7-9pm.
Registration will be open until Friday, August 14th, but sign up now to guarantee your spot!
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Attention screenwriters and actors! From our co-hosts of Filmmaker Fusion, we are happy to present a new challenge sure to spark your creativity in these socially distanced times! We are going virtual for this challenge, so there will be three online events including a kickoff panel with screenwriters, live actor auditions, and it will all culminate as a live table read on Zoom of the winning scripts. Registration for the screenwriting portion of the challenge is now open. Read on for specific details about each portion of the challenge.
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Our latest episode of Direct Chat features Marcus A. Stricklin. He’s an aspiring screenwriter whose determination to get into a writer’s room by the end of the year is starting to show progress. He’s also made the most of quarantine time by making creative, funny, and informative TikTok videos. Check out the YouTube link for the video replay.
Read moreOur latest episode of Direct Chat will feature Marcus A. Stricklin. Marcus is an aspiring TV writer who has made incredible use of his time during social distancing. Not only has he seen notable advancement of one of his TV projects, he used some of the home time to get creative and make some very funny Tik Tok videos that saw him grow his following. He then pivoted to making informative videos helping educate people about what makes good allies for black people. We’ll chat with him about all of this on our next episode.
Read moreFor our fifth episode of Direct Chat we interviewed filmmaker Lorenzo Cuevas. He chats with us about his varied art background, directing fiction versus documentary, and some of his influences, including Starship Troopers!
Read moreOur latest episode of Direct Chat will feature our first doc filmmaker! Lorenzo Cuevas’ short doc The Revitalization of Central City South is a selection of the 2020 Phoenix Film Festival. Join us for our chat at 11am on Friday, May 22nd live.
Read moreFor our fourth episode of Direct Chat we interviewed the filmmakers behind Raising Buchanan. Amanda Melby (Producer/Actor) and Bruce Dellis (Writer/Director) have been longtime supporters of independent filmmaking in Arizona and it was a great conversation.
Read moreOur latest episode of Direct Chat will feature two filmmakers from Raising Buchanan, the 2019 AZ Feature Film of the Year at the Phoenix Film Festival. Amanda Melby (Producer and Star) and Bruce Dellis (Director and Producer) will come on and talk to us about their film, things they’ve learned, and answer our fun questions about other filmmaking topics. Join us at 10am on Thursday, April 30th live.
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While we’re staying home to help flatten the curve, let’s make sure we still have the “chops” when this is all over! Every week on Monday we will give you a challenge to complete or tryout and we can feature them in a playlist on youtube.
Read moreOur latest episode of Direct Chat will feature Angela Houston. Her short film, June Heist, is a selection of the 2020 Phoenix Film Festival. Angela will talk about her approach to filmmaking, as well as talk about some fun stuff like streaming recommendations. Join us at 10am on Thursday, April 23rd live.
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Independent Feature Project: Phoenix (IFP/PHX) supports and develops the growth of independent filmmaking in Arizona through comprehensive training, networking, exhibition and filmmaking opportunities. Additionally, the organization aspires to continually reach out with support for all other filmmaking-friendly organizations in Arizona and be the resource that helps connect everyone in our filmmaking community.