She Writes
She Writes was a year-long development lab for ten women screenwriters, co-presented by BEV and The Script Factory, and supported by Skillset, Scottish Screen and Grange Hotels.
This Lab was designed to address the statistic that only 12% of British films are written by women. Over the course of a year, ten participants worked on a full length feature film screenplay, whilst enjoying a residential retreat, specialist workshops and in depth training on Story Development, personal guidance from expert industry mentors, the chance to workshop their project with actors, networking with industry VIPs and special access to the Birds Eye View Film Festival where they benefitted from master-classes and Q&As with leading international talent.
One of the completed screenplays, Saint Joan by Kate Bingham & Grace Banks, was performed as a celebratory public script reading at BAFTA during the BEV 2011 Film Festival, with a stellar cast including Celia Imrie.
Participants
The She Writes participants were Laura Anne Anderson, Rosy Barnes, Kate Bingham & Grace Banks, Tracy Brabin, Avril Evans, Sally El Hosaini, Rosanne Flynn, Oonagh Kearney and Rachel Tunnard.