The Selection Committee is proud to announce the Screenwriters Colony Class of 2011:

GEORGIA LIN SUNDLING is a graduate of UCLA's MFA screenwriting program and lives in Los Angeles. She will be working on her script, THE LONG SHORT DROP.

KAITLIN MCLAUGHLIN holds a BFA from NYU and is the winner of Showtime’s Tony Cox Screenplay Competition at the 2011 Nantucket Film Festival. She will be working on her script, MIRRORS.

DAVID ROBERT MITCHELL wrote and directed THE MYTH OF THE AMERICAN SLEEPOVER which played the Cannes Film Festival and is being distributed by IFC Films. He will be working on part three of his SUMMER TRILOGY.

HOSSEIN KESHAVARZ studied film at Columbia University; his debut feature, DOG SWEAT was nominated for a Spirit Award and is being released theatrically in November. He will be working on his script A PEBBLE OF LOVE IN THE SHOE OF MY LIFE.

And congratulations to our finalists:

Jonathan Caren - THE RECOMMENDATION
Emily Carmichael - ARROW
Bill Gullo - YOU AGAIN
Ken Kristensen - FIREWATER
Mozhan Marno - WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT
Jennifer Schuur - UNTITLED GIRL GANG PROJECT
Peter Warren - THE HOUSE OF HORRORS