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!Palo Alto Bang & Burn
When idealistic professor Will Reynolds joins a clandestine government program researching remote viewing, his faith in science and reality unravels as he discovers truths that feel ripped from science fiction.
Bubbling Under the Surface
After a Holocaust survivor narrowly survives an assassination attempt in her nursing home, a wave of coordinated attacks reveals a covert network intent on erasing the last living witnesses, forcing a police task force into a race to stop history from being wiped out.
and The Devil called!
The Devil visits God‘s chosen-one five times, gives dates the world will end, "and you will be my bride".
Doors of Miracles
A young businesswoman trembles as she thanks God, anticipating another disaster.
Untouchable!
A blonde bombshell in stainless steel becomes a femme fatale, a relentless tiger with razor-sharp-toothed-pen spilling blood across the pages, leaving nowhere, for the perpetrators of the nation's greatest corporate crime to turn or hide - no 'out'.
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Under the suffocating pressure of a championship spotlight, a redlining linebacker must outplay a hijacked beta safety system that turns every 200lb impact into a lethal cardiac glitch.
meet The Devil!
An award-winning journalist unaccepting of the existence of God or the Devil, is assigned to interview the author of such a book, and finds himself in Hell calling for God.
Murder in Emergency!
A dedicated nurse fights to save her beloved hospital from closure until, she discovers it is murdering patients and on her having gained that knowledge, escalates a war against it.
God's Warrior
God chooses a young woman to be His Warrior, but fails to warn of the formidable opponents who will unite, to destroy her.
The Benefactor!
A young business woman attracts the wrath of bankers when she makes interest-free loans to farmers, in her attempt to stem the flow of murder/suicides on the land.
