Extending their support to the ongoing strike by Writers Guild of America (WGA), India’s Screenwriters Association (SWA) has requested its members to halt their work on US-based films and web series. Members of the WGA went on strike early this week demanding better wages, higher minimum pay, more writers per show, and shorter exclusive contracts among other things. The SWA
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 1 (ANI/PNN): The 6th edition of the Indian Screenwriters Conference was recently announced by the Screenwriters Association. Registrations for this edition of the conference are now open. ISC - 6th Edition is poised to be bigger than ever and promises to cater to a much wider audience base across India. Mani Ratnam (Ponniyin Selvan: I, Guru, Iruvar), writer, director and producer in Tamil and Hindi cinema, will be the Chief Guest for the conference. The 3-day event shall take place on the 10th, 11th, and 12th of November 2022, at the St. Andrew's Auditorium, Bandra (West), Mumbai. Robin Bhatt, President, Screenwriters Association, had a few words of encouragement for the gala event. "The 6th edition of Indian Screenwriters Conference is a continued attempt of SWA to facilitate engaging and objective discourse on the art and craft of Screenwriting & Lyrics and it's evolving identity in the Indian film industry." For the first
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 19 (ANI/PNN): There would be no movie, song, serial or show on screen if someone did not write it before, screenwriting is a craft and the pathbreaking writers of the industry have been adding weight to this craft, time and again. To bestow the well-deserved honour to these writers, The Screenwriters Association has today announced the honourable Jury and Nominees for the third edition of the SWA Awards 2022 in Mumbai. Writers who have made the nation move to the tunes of their words through films, web series, songs and television were present at the announcement. Robin Bhatt, President, SWA, Zaman Habib General Secretary, SWA along with Dhananjay Kumar, Chairperson, SWA Awards 2022, Satyam Tripathy Convener, SWA Awards 2022, helmed the press conference. On the occasion of sharing the Jury and nominations of the SWA Awards,2022, Robin Bhatt, President, Screenwriters Association said, "SWA Awards was started as a dedicated effort to recognise,