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Movie Academy Names Winners Of 2024 Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowships
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named four individuals and a writing team as recipients of the 2024 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
Selected from 5,500 scripts representing 80 countries, the new fellows and their screenplays are Alysha Chan and David Zarif ( Miss Chinatown), Colton Childs ( Fake-A-Wish), Charmaine Colina ( Gunslinger Bride), Ward Kamel ( If I Die in America) and Wendy Britton Young ( The Superb Lyrebird & Other Creatures). Each of the five fellows will receive a $35,000 prize, along with mentorship from an Academy member throughout their fellowship year, which will see them complete a feature-length screenplay. Ward Kamel (Brooklyn), If I Die in America After the sudden death of his immigrant husband, an American man’s tenuous relationship with his Muslim in-laws reaches a breaking point as he tries to fit into the funeral they’ve arranged in the Middle East.
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