Writing Movies

In a crumbling estate Harry, an accomplished but declining author slaves away on his latest novel. He is assisted by his sharp-tongued daughter, Syb....

Unable or unwilling to conform to the rigid atmosphere of Washington and Lee College as a freshman, Ed bailed out after a brief stint there to...

Ricardo Azolar is looking for the right words, the exact phrases that will give him literary glory. The days are sterile and lacking in those...

At the beginning of winter, a filmmaker retires for six months to a hermit's cabin in the middle of the forest, cut off from the world and its means...

In a future without imagination, storytelling means recycling the past. A vintage tutorial, narrated by an AI, guides creators in combining fragments...

Elisa has not seen her father Luis for nine years, but she receives a telegram from her sister Isabel in a moment of crisis in her marriage with...

A writer tells a joke. Complications ensue.

Mason Mecartea and Rob Hull push their brains to the limits in order to make the perfect film submission for Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show Film...

Dark and humorous, this extremely short film features a stream-of-conscious look at the writing process, told with animated images straight from the...

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.

Documentary tracing the extreme life of outlaw writer, performance artist and punk icon, Kathy Acker. Through animation, archival footage, interviews...

This landmark documentary reveals the tragic life of a gifted young woman who was executed for speaking out during the height of Chairman Mao’s...

A writer becomes obsessed with creating the greatest novel.

When Roger Lee slips on his front steps, he has no idea the fall will send him spiralling into the darkest chapter of his life. Injured, and drowning...

Two brave young men set out to create the greatest film drama of all time. What comes next turns out to be much bigger than they ever expected.

After being discovered by a top writer online, a high schooler learns that his idol isn't who thought him to be.

Two writers work to generate story ideas for their next film against the deadline of their pitch meeting in the morning.

Oli wants to finish her book. Jo wants to get over her breakup. What they don't want is to share a house.

A writer turns his sense of alienation and isolation during a party in the house of the woman he loves into an astronaut's lonely journey to an...