Congratulations to our selected Filmmakers and Scriptwriters! (Please note that 2025 submissions are awarded in 2026. To avoid confusion, from now on we will name the year of the announcement on our laurels.) While we are excited to announce our long-listed Scripts and Films, we also wish to take a moment to express our appreciation for all our writers and filmmakers.   We fully acknowledge the effort behind each project and value the passion invested in each. You are all warmly welcomed as...

- When and how did you get into writing? I’ve always loved reading and writing was a natural progression. I’m late to the party and didn’t start writing seriously till I was nearly 60, but felt that I’d got a lot of life experience to write about.    I completed an Undergrad course at Oxford and an MA in Creative Writing and wrote a first novel as part of that course, going on to be published and shortlisted by Bristol Short Story Prize, Brick Lane Short Story Prize, Oxford Flash Fiction, Fly...

- Could you please tell us about yourself and your daily routine? My routine tends to shift, but has recently settled into a lovely slow morning start involving getting outside (I live on a hill in rural southwest France) very first thing, doing a yoga session, outside or in, then writing time. How long it lasts depends on the demands of the day job (translation – a lot less demanding since AI began devouring the industry!) and other obligations and activities. Even if I can only get 10...