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Exclusive: Wscripted has unveiled the projects and talents selected for its fourth Cannes Screenplay List supporting scripts by women and non-binary writers.

This year’s list, which is presented in collaboration with long-standing partner Mubi, was curated by an international jury featuring Bafta-winning and Oscar-nominated actress Vanessa Kirby, Costa Rican-Swedish director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén (Clara Sola) and writer and filmmaker Nathalie Marchak.

Marchak was a nominee on the inaugural Cannes Screenplay List of 2021 with her second feature A Beautiful Journey, which is produced by Anonymous Federation and Gabman Films.

The 2024 list features 10 female filmmakers and screenwriters looking for producing and financing partners from the U.S., Canada, Australia and India.

They include Nominees include Cuban-American filmmaker Marissa Chibás, a 2022 Sundance Screenwriting Fellow who received the inaugural Sundance/Gold House Accelerator Grant, for her immigrant family drama 1972; Indigenous Australian filmmaker...

The New York Television Festival has named its 2018 independent pilot competition selections to be screened for industry executives and fans at the 14th annual Nytvf running from July 14 to July 20. A total of 59 television and digital pilots were chosen spanning a range of themes and topics, from demons to beer.

This year, a record 72% of the selected projects include persons of color above the line, an increase from 56% at the 2016 festival. Additionally 70% of the pilots feature a woman in an executive creative role, with 53% created by women. This number marks the highest number of women in creator roles in the festival’s history, up from last year’s 50%.

The pilots will compete in multiple categories, including best comedy and best drama, judged by a mix of Nytvf screening committee members and Nytvf-hrts Next Generation committee members. The jury will crown the winners at a closing awards brunch on July 20.

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Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/description for their upcoming "NCIS" episode 13 of season 13. The episode is entitled, "Deja Vu," and it turns out that we're going to see some very interesting and shocking stuff take place as a major human trafficking operation that was believed to be wiped out, gets discovered by the NCIS team, and more! In the new, 13th episode press release: A Seaman's Murder Investigation Leads The NCIS Team To An International Human-trafficking Ring Believed To Have Been Shut-down Years Prior, On "NCIS," Tuesday, Jan. 19. Press release number 2: While investigating the murder of a seaman who was set to testify before a grand jury, the NCIS team will end up uncovering the resurgence of an international human-trafficking ring. Also, McGee is going to hope to spend the night at a colleague's home after a storm causes massive power outages in the city. Guest stars...

Christine Garver pops up on two hit network shows in May: ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" and new CBS drama "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior". She talks about these new projects, what’s up next for her and her love of chocolate and horror movies, I knew there was something else I liked about her! Check out my latest Versus with the very cool and funny, actress Christine Garver.

Brian S- First off how'd you get into acting?

Christine Garver- I've been performing since I could talk (maybe before). I would recite nursery rhymes to my family at the dinner table, I would force my cousins to be in skits at family events, and every time my parents would film me I was sure to put on a show. Eventually I realized that this was called "acting" and that there were vast untapped audiences of total strangers I could convince to watch...