EXCLUSIVE: Outfest has selected ten queer and transgender writers from diverse backgrounds for its 2022 Screenwriting Lab
“The Outfest Screenwriting Lab is a testament to the power of community. An all LGBTQIA+ experience, the entire Lab is for us, by us,” said Outfest Educational Programs Manager, Kieran Medina. “Across 25 years, Outfest has created a community of creative and professional support where queer, trans and nonbinary storytellers and stories can be held with care and understood in full bloom.”
“Outfest’s Screenwriting Lab is a critical part of the organization’s larger vision of cultivating belonging for queer, trans and nonbinary creators by facilitating mentorship to support a sustainable creative journey,” added the nonprofit’s Artist Development Director, Martine McDonald. “It’s care-driven storytelling like this that transforms our communities, creative industry and wider world.”
The 2022 Screenwriters Lab is being run in partnership with Netflix’s Fund for Creative Equity. It was developed by Outfest board members Zackery Alexzander Stephens, Kyle Schmitz, Ranard Caldwell and Valerie Stadler, along with former Outfest board member Cora Olson, Outfest Educational Programs Manager Kieran Medina and Outfest Director of Artist Development Martine McDonald.
Through its partnership with Netflix, Outfest has expanded access to the program by waiving submission fees for all applications, with the companies also to provide career sustainability grants to help financially support each of the fellows. Through this expanded access, the Outfest Screenwriting Lab received a record number of over 900 submissions, more than double the amount received in 2021. Bri J. Hernandez is a twenty-three year old Latine writer and director.
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