Story Camp Aotearoa is a residential feature film workshop that cultivates exceptional filmmaking by fostering voice, honing craft, and clarifying vision and kaupapa. Selected storytellers workshop their film project with esteemed advisors from here and abroad.
Storycamp will accept applications for feature films projects in both Development and Advanced Development. The submission requirements are different for the two stages.
Advanced Development means the film is nearly production-ready: the script is well-developed, there is a writer, director and producer attached, there is a realistic plan in place for financing your film, and you are very close to market-ready or already have market partners attached.
If you are not at this stage, then you are in Development. If you are a writer without other team members attached, you are eligible to apply under Development.
Who applies?
- Development: writers developing a feature film
- Advanced Development: the team’s writer, director or producer can apply
Up to eight selected writers or teams will participate in a rigorous four-day experience designed specifically to meet the development needs of their project.
Recent films that have been through Story Camp include Ms Information, Cousins, The Justice of Bunny King, There Is No I In Threesome, Juniper and Nude Tuesday.
Applications close: Monday, 13 November 2023, 11:59PM
Shortlisted applicants will be notified in early December. Selected applicants will be contacted in February 2024.
The residential development lab will take place 6-9th May 2024.