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A network of screenwriting podcasts powered by world-class storytellers.

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Short-Fi is, a curated collection of great short screenplays written by a global community of screenwriters. Each screenplay is brought to life by a voice actor, cinematic music and atmospheric sound to create an experience that sits between watching a movie and listening to an audio book. It's cinema for your ears.

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Andy Dillon and John Finnegan put the Star Wars universe under a microscope to better understand the creative directions of one of the most beloved and divisive movie franchises in history. From The Script Department, this is The Creative Force.

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Welcome to The Phantom Premise, where each week we explore a parallel universe of unproduced screenplays as well as tinkering under the hood of some of Hollywood’s most famous and infamous movies.  So, if your curious to learn about the unproduced Indiana Jones scripts of old, the Ben Affleck Daredevil sequel that never was, or get the low down on Robert Rodriguez' unproduced Predator movie, then join us.

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Each week, Fiona Georgiou Hunt and her guests explore a different screenwriting archetype from the trickster, to the villain and everyone in between. An essential listen if you want to brush up on your screenwriting skills or just fancy learning a little bit more about what makes your favourite characters shine.

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Helen Tompson and company tackle the IMDB Top 250 list of films and, one episode at a time, decide whether or not they still deserve their place in the annals of screenwriting history.

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Stepping into Frame: Women in Screenwriting

Stepping into Frame: Women in Screenwriting is a weekly discussion series from The Script Department which explores the achievements of women in film and television, from a screenwriting perspective.

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