International Screenwriters' Festival
international screenwriter festival founded annual event held midyear manor lake cheltenham gloucestershire england international screenwriter festival shut succeeded london screenwriter festival international screenwriter festival created exbbc producer david pearson way bring together current prospective scriptwriter first festival held june cheltenham film studio manor lake delegate producer director developer financier attended four day networking debate panel discussion guest speaker included ashley pharoah writercocreator life mar bonekickers guillermo del toro writerdirectorproducer devil backbone pan’s labyrinth hellboy ii golden army david thompson head development bbc film steven moffat writer jekyll doctor coupling second festival running july drew attendee speaker included michael goldenberg writer harry potter order phoenix contact peter pan alison owen producer brick lane shaun dead sarah smith head feature development aardman animation event scheduled july attendance expected surpass people three day scheduled guest speaker include jane tranter head bbc fiction tanya seghatchian coproducerdevelopment executive harry potter film – terry pratchett novelist discworld series fourth festival moved date venue took take place cheltenham lady college monday th thursday october according festival director david pearson festival shown need appetite welcoming open forum screen writing fact several writer reported u festival gave help impetus move project onto success really make proud festival screenwriting festival web site dp bill nicholson screen writer festival ready register british film magazine london screenwriter festival