Film Independent Announces Participants for 2008 Screenwriters Lab

- Meg LeFauve to Serve as Lab Instructor -

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Film Independent announced today the
selected fellows for its annual Screenwriters Lab, which runs in Los Angeles
from August 4-September 11, 2008. Writer/producer Meg LeFauve will teach the
Lab, which is sponsored by the Writers Guild of America, west, and Final
Draft.
"We have a remarkable group of screenwriters and screenplays in the Lab
this year," said Josh Welsh, Director of Talent Development at Film
Independent. "It's so gratifying to see the scripts develop over the course
of the Lab and then make it to the screen. Scott Prendergast's Kabluey, which
opened theatrically this summer, was developed in an earlier Screenwriters
Lab."
"Meg LeFauve brings a wealth of experience to the Lab, as a writer and as
a creative executive working in the independent and studio worlds alike," said
Dawn Hudson, Executive Director of Film Independent. "We're so happy to have
her guiding this year's program."
The Screenwriters Lab is an intensive six-week program designed to assist
writers working in independent film improve their craft and take their current
scripts to the next level. This session's guest speakers will include
writer/director Zach Helm (Stranger than Fiction), writer/producer Dianna
Ossana (Brokeback Mountain), writer/director Jonathan Levine (The Wackness),
writer Howard Rodman (Savage Grace), writer/director Jay Duplass (Baghead),
and writer/director Kasi Lemmons (Talk to Me).
The Film Independent Screenwriters Lab participants were chosen based on
the strength of screenwriter's submitted script and application. The
participants and their projects are:

John Benton and Alexandra Brodsky, BUST

Soo-Hyun Chung, GROUPIE

Darian and Desha Dauchan, KALFOU

Wade Gasque, HALF TRUTH

Xochitl Gonzalez, THE (MOSTLY) TRUE STORY OF THE CRAZY FU*%ED UP SH*%T I
DID AT UNI HIGH
Jonathan Hludzinski, CLOSE TO ME

Cedar Sherbert, UNTITLED "BISCUIT" PROJECT

Mia Trachinger, WHAT REMAINS

Michael Urban, DIFFICULT CHILD

David Zeiger, OTHERWISE PANDEMONIUM

Past Screenwriters Lab participants include Scott Prendergast, whose debut
feature Kabluey was released theatrically this summer; Lance Hammer, director
of the critically-acclaimed Ballast; Suzi Yoonessi, who is currently in
production on her debut feature Dear Lemon, Lima; Beth Schacter, whose debut
feature Normal Adolescent Behavior premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film
Festival; Scott Coffey, who wrote and directed Ellie Parker; and Minh
Nguyen-Vo, whose film Buffalo Boy was Vietnam's official entry for the 2006
Academy Awards(R).
ABOUT FILM INDEPENDENT
Film Independent is a non-profit membership organization that champions
independent film and supports a community of artists who embody diversity,
innovation, and uniqueness of vision. Film Independent helps filmmakers make
their movies, builds the audience for their projects, and works to diversify
the film industry. Anyone passionate about film can become a member, whether
you are a filmmaker, film industry leader, or a film lover.
With over 250 annual screenings and events, Film Independent provides
access to a network of like-minded artists who are driving creativity in the
film industry. Film Independent also offers free Filmmaker Labs for selected
writers, directors, and producers; provides cut-rate services for filmmakers;
and presents year-round networking opportunities. Film Independent's
mentorship and job placement program, Project:Involve, pairs emerging
culturally-diverse filmmakers with film industry professionals.
Film Independent produces the Los Angeles Film Festival, celebrating the
best of American and international cinema, and the Spirit Awards, a
celebration honoring films and filmmakers that embody independence and dare to
challenge the status quo.
For more information or to become a member, visit FilmIndependent.org.
SOURCE Film Independent

Julie Siegel of Film Independent, +1-310-432-1287