SFFilm Rainin Grant Finalist

SFFILM is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2024 SFFILM Rainin Grant, the flagship artist development program offered by SFFILM Makers in partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. Twenty-three filmmaking teams have been shortlisted as contenders to receive funding and professional support for their narrative projects at different stages of production.

The SFFILM Rainin Grant program is the largest granting body for independent narrative feature films in the US. It supports films that address social justice issues—the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges—in a positive and meaningful way through plot, character, theme, or setting. Awards are made to multiple projects once a year, for screenwriting, development, and post-production. Recipients are offered a cash grant of up to $25,000, residency at FilmHouse, and SFFILM’s premier artist residency space.

Warner Bros. Television Writers’ Workshop

EXCLUSIVE: The Warner Bros. Writers’ Workshop has selected nine up-and-coming writers from more than 2,500 applicants for the 2021–22 edition of the annual training program.

The new writers, announced today by Warner Bros. Television Group, will participate in the program running now through March 2022. In its more than 40 years, the Workshop has been considered a premier industry training program, introducing participants to the studio’s writers, producers, and executives with the goal of securing staff writing positions on WBTV–produced series.