NY Elite: Congratulations on being an ISC finalist. What does it mean for your work to be selected at the International Screenwriting Competition in New York? Doug Williams: A lot. This is the kind of recognition that is essential to getting noticed for projects that might otherwise be under the radar or simply overlooked. It’s a great competition, with a meaningful impact, and can be … Continue reading Visionary Writer Doug Williams on “Black Star Rising”

NY Elite: Congratulations on being an ISC finalist. What does it mean for your work to be selected at the International Screenwriting Competition in New York?  Alexis Karl: It is so exciting to have The Apartment chosen as a finalist for this marvelous competition, which has applicants in the thousands! From what I understand, the ISC chooses amidst a very high caliber of scripts, so … Continue reading Filmmaker, Writer and Composer Alexis Karl on “The Apartment”

NY Elite: Congratulations on being an ISC finalist. What does it mean for your work to be selected at the International Screenwriting Competition in New York? Jaik Andino: Elated. Skited. (scared + excited) Perhaps a sprinkle of relief. I started writing this film 7 years ago after 3 nightmares. The 3rd one I found myself in my bathroom on the floor and didn’t know how … Continue reading An Interview with the talented Jaik Andino, Producer, Writer, Actor

Giovanni D’Amaro is a 36-year-old writer and director from Naples who lives in Rome. After his graduation with honors in Architecture at the University of Naples “Federico II” with a thesis about cinema and the city, he decided to pursue writing and filmmaking. He started by reading books on cinema, taking classes in acting, cinematography, writing, and directing at the National Film School in Rome, … Continue reading Exclusive Interview with the Well-known Director and Writer Giovanni D’Amaro on “The Guilt”

George Varsimashvili is a talented Georgian writer and director born in Tbilisi in 1986. After graduating university in Georgia, he went to study film making in Paris 8 university (bachelor’s and master’s degree) and ESRA Paris film school. During his studies he made a dozen of short films, which traveled on different film festivals. He shot his graduation feature film “Particulier a Particulier” in Although … Continue reading NY Elite Exclusive Interview with the brilliant George Varsimashvili, Screenwriter, Film Director and Photographer

What does it mean for your work to be selected at the International Screenwriting Competition in New York? Carlos Alex Ceni: It means a lot. Until my participation at ISC I had entered my scripts in generic festivals, not focused on writing. For this reason, being the first specific festival in this sense, and having been considered as a finalist leads me to think that, … Continue reading Carlos Alex Ceni on writing the script for “Watched”

Matt Lewis is a screenwriter from London. He has a Masters Degree in Screenwriting from the London College of Communication. Matt also works in education and is currently a Deputy Head at a primary school. This year, Matt intends to make the transition to become a full-time writer. He mainly writes feature film screenplays and was recently a winner of the Big Apple Film Festival … Continue reading Screenwriter Matt Lewis on the drama feature “Somewhere, Sometime in America”

NY Elite: Congratulations on being an ISC finalist. What does it mean for your work to be selected at the International Screenwriting Competition in New York?  Linda Fejzaj Jaupaj: Thank you …Undoubtedly, the selection of “Unaza” as a finalist in this competition is significant for me, and I am thankful and happy … ” The Ring ” is a project that took me, and I … Continue reading Screenwriter Linda Fejzaj Jaupaj on “The Ring”

Zsolt Pozsgai /1960/ writer, theatre and film director, screenwriter. Born in Pécs, Hungary, after high school he worked as an ambulance nurse, teacher, bar singer and much more. After that he entered the theatre world, where he still works as a playwright and director. Since 2005, he has also worked as a film director and scriptwriter. So far he has written and directed four feature … Continue reading Writer, Director, Producer Zsolt Pozsgai on “The Impairer”

NY Elite: Congratulations on being an ISC finalist. What does it mean for your work to be selected at the International Screenwriting Competition in New York? Edward Janis Gusts: It’s truly validating. In the past I have self-produced everything that I have written, so I could never be sure if things worked because of the writing, or in spite of it. To have a script … Continue reading Writer, Producer Edward Janis Gusts on “The Healed”