First Draft of “Faith Hope Love” - Done!

​I met my May 10th deadline :-) and I am very happy with the results! It came out at 92 pages! The 2nd Four Corners workshop is approaching rapidly, and it remains to be seen what the feedback will be. London, here I come (once again)!

I am also submitting the script for script development funding at New Danish Screen (@ the Danish Film Institute) next week. Fingers crossed x

My short film script “Queen For A Day” - which I completed the 2nd draft of last month - has passed the first round at The Film Workshop @ The Danish Film Institute. I have a development meeting tomorrow at 13:30. I will find out in June whether the project ultimately is a go or no go. To date I have been rejected twice at the Film Workshop with two other projects. In hindsight this was understandable - they were much too ambitious and ill-suited for a short film format. One is now a feature, the other a TV series. “Queen For A Day” is a whole different beast. A very simple, small idea that can be nothing but a short film. Hopefully three’s the lucky number. Fingers crossed again x

This month has been the month of applications. Apart from the above, I also applied to Danske Dramatikere for script funding, and is in the middle of the application for the same at Danske Filminstruktører. I also submitted a writer’s proposal for a rewrite assignment. Amazon Studios has a project in development called “I Think My Facebook Friend Is Dead” and had an open call for rewrite proposals that closed this week. If one is picked, there’s a handsome fee of $33000 - apparently this is below the WGA minimum and hence union writers are not allowed to apply. But that’s A LOT of money to me and I would only be too happy to rewrite the script, which I think has a great premise and I could definitely come up with a great new draft. Fingers crossed here too x

What really amazed me, though, was that I was able to put together a proposal in three days! I didn’t see the rewrite assignment until a few days before the close of the open call. I’ve actually never put together a writer’s proposal, and I am really proud of myself that I managed to come up with a new plot (that I can vouch for) and write a sharp 5-page proposal in such a short amount of time. It was intense.

I was not picked for Torsdagspitch at The Danish Film Industry in April. I do realise “Faith Hope Love” is not a high concept premise and therefore a very difficult sell pitch-wise. Better luck next time.

I am also rewriting my producer’s pet project. Gabriela has had a short film project called “Jomana” in development for a while now that is very close to her heart. She and director Søren Grau is submitting it to the DOHA film institute for production funding in mid July and has asked me to rewrite the script for them by mid June. Embracing the challenge with gusto :-)

That’s all, folks! Catch you again soon xx

GABRIELA UWEIS & MARIANNE HANSEN UP TO NO GOOD AT BARCELONA AIRPORT, MARCH 2012