Austin Fest Annouces Wonder Project | Stand Together Fellowship
The Austin Film Festival has announced a new Fellowship opportunity for drama or comedy feature length screenplays that capture a sense of wonder, hope, and optimism. The Fellowship winner(s) will receive approximately 40-weeks of employment, where they’ll have the opportunity to develop concepts and work on scripts overseen by Wonder Project and Stand Together, who are looking for strong writers to develop high-stakes, brave, and compelling stories with a sense of heart, humor, and spectacle. Themes can be underlying, but all scripts considered should ultimately capture an optimistic lens on the human condition and a deep belief in people. Comparable films include The Pursuit of Happyness, Field of Dreams, The King’s Speech, Stand and Deliver, Erin Brockovich, Miracle, Father of the Bride, and While You Were Sleeping.
Updated: 04/08/2025
Additional Contest Info: Austin Film Festival Script Competition
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Post Your Script Here!Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their eccentric neighbor over morning coffee.
PITTSBURGH PHIL
Biopic of Harry Strauss, a.k.a.
Bowl 145 to Stay Alive
(6 CHARACTERS AND 1 LOCATION) Four men have been bowling together for fifty years when one of them learns his sister was maimed decades ago by one of the other three - but which one? The accuser holds the alley hostage as he tries to force a confession.
Motherkiller
Based on a true story. Two young boys watch their mother's boyfriend beat her.
Ajeeta the Invincible
To chase her dream of becoming a pro soccer player, a 12-year-old orphan escapes from her cruel reformatory and sets out on a dangerous trek from New Delhi to a soccer academy near Kolkata.
Bad Lies
A feisty and revered old attorney in bad health takes on one last case - a libel trial - after a magazine accuses a famous pro golfer of cheating.
Horse Up a Tree
Swashbuckling action as a charming black pirate captain plunders the high seas with his talkative, cranky parrot.
Fighting Johnny O'Brian (female lead)
BASED ON A TRUE STORY. For a parole board hearing, a 53 year-old black civil rights attorney gets appointed - despite her protests - to represent a white man who's been in prison 20 years for killing 2 black police officers.
Fighting Johnny O'Brian
BASED ON A TRUE STORY. For a parole board hearing, a young civil rights attorney gets appointed - despite his protests - to represent a white man who's been in prison twenty years for killing two black police officers.
Xanadu Shores: Proof of Concept (PoC)
Two ex-pilots become embroiled in a kidnapping and gold heist, after an employer's scheme escalates from theft to kidnapping.
