Meet the 2026 Film Independent Screenwriting Lab Fellows: Andrés Pérez-Duarte, Emma He, Maddie McCann, Sam Osborn, Rammy Park, Alissa Torvinen and Alejandra Vasquez! 🎉 Now in its 27th year, the Lab continues to support writers with individualized story + career development. This year, Alissa Torvinen receives the $25K Climate Entertainment Development Grant (in partnership with plotshiftmedia) for ‘Extinction of the Badger Duck’. 🌱 Some recent Lab successes include Adam Meeks’ ‘Union County’ and Jing Ai Ng’s ‘Forge’. Get to know the #FiFellows at the link in bio. ✍: John Squire