Krysty Wilson-Cairns is Eiff's first screenwriter-in-residence Glasgow-born writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns has been announced as the first Edinburgh International Film Festival screenwriter-in-residence.
Wilson-Cairns' credits including TV drama Penny Dreadful and short films All Men's Dead, The End Of An Era and Fink. She has a masters in screenwriting from the National Film and Television School and was named one of Screen International’s Stars of Tomorrow in 2014. She currently has several features in development, including The Voyeur's Motel, which is set to be directed by Sam Mendes, and the Darren Aronofsky produced The Good Nurse.
Between now and the festival's 71st edition in June next year, , when the film festival returns for its 71st edition, Wilson-Cairns will receive access to Edinburgh’s four universities, where she will have the opportunity to develop project ideas with science and humanities researchers.
A bursary of £7,500 is provided to allow her to take the time to.
Wilson-Cairns' credits including TV drama Penny Dreadful and short films All Men's Dead, The End Of An Era and Fink. She has a masters in screenwriting from the National Film and Television School and was named one of Screen International’s Stars of Tomorrow in 2014. She currently has several features in development, including The Voyeur's Motel, which is set to be directed by Sam Mendes, and the Darren Aronofsky produced The Good Nurse.
Between now and the festival's 71st edition in June next year, , when the film festival returns for its 71st edition, Wilson-Cairns will receive access to Edinburgh’s four universities, where she will have the opportunity to develop project ideas with science and humanities researchers.
A bursary of £7,500 is provided to allow her to take the time to.
- 10/7/2016
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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