FILM ACADEMY HONOURS 5 SCREENWRITERS
Beverly Hills: Five emerging screenwriters gained the film academy’s stamp of admission into Hollywood with help from an ensemble of actors that included Tyrese Gibson and Rosa Salazar. The Academy of
Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences honored each screenwriter at the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting awards and presentation on Thursday night. The five individuals each received $35,000 fellowships and had their work brought to life through live readings by Gibson, Salazar, Amandla Stenberg and Wes Studi. The event was held at the academy’s headquarters in Beverly Hills, California. The five screenplays selected include: Aaron Chung’s Princess Vietnam, Karen McDermott’s Lullabies of La Jaula, Renee Pillai’s Boy With Kite, Sean Malcolm’s Mother and Walter McKnight’s Street Rat Allie Punches Her Ticket. “I want to write scripts in Hollywood. What kind of fool would want to do that?” asked Pillai, sarcastically.