16 WEEK REMOTE PROGRAM

Feature Campus

Write a new feature screenplay, develop skills, and master a process to create story.

The 2025 Application Season for the Feature Campus is now open! Apply Here.

FOR WRITERS WANTING TO WRITE A NEW FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY. DEDICATED NUMBER OF PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE BASED ON MERIT AND NEED.

Goals and details about the Program.

Writers may have experience writing short films, projects in other mediums (short stories, novels, plays, etc.), or have written a feature screenplay before, and are now looking to develop their process experientially through writing a new project.

This program is not designed for workshopping existing feature film projects.

GOALS + RESULTS

By the end of the sessions, writers will have written a first draft, a logline, and a synopsis of a new narrative feature script.

PROGRAM FOR NEW SCREENPLAY DEVELOPMENT

  • Build stories from a character-centered approach focusing on internal conflict as the touchstone for development.

  • This program consists of a weekly 3-hour group online session for about 12 weeks. Participants should plan to allocate appropriate writing time in between sessions to meet program deadlines.

  • Additionally, over the course of the program, each participant can expect 3 separate one-on-one meetings at key points in the process with David Pope.

  • Each Feature Campus offers approximately 12 participant slots.

“What started out an almost terrifying, insurmountable mountain to climb has been an impressive journey within a supportive group led by a skilled leader…I feel more confident and equipped to achieve my scriptwriting goals.”

ROS JONES, 2021 Feature Campus, ‘18 & ‘22 Writers Retreats

KEY DATES AND TIMES FOR WINTER/SPRING 2025 PROGRAM RUN

Sessions begin at 12:00 PM Eastern Time on Mondays:

  • February 10, 17, 24

  • March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31

  • April 7, 14

  • May 5, 12

  • Individual sessions with David Pope will be scheduled separately

*Dates are subject to change

INVESTMENT

Remote Program: $2,650

“Feature Campus has helped me develop my script in ways I didn’t believe possible. The insightful feedback made me think about screenwriting in a new way. genuinely dedicated to helping find early career screenwriters the necessary support and visibility to launch their careers. Stowe has given me the opportunity of a lifetime to get my film from script to screen.”

EMILY RAY REESE, Inaugural Feature Campus, Inaugural Stowe Launch, Narrative Lab

Meet Stowe Program Consultant David Pope

David Pope is a script consultant and screenwriter working internationally.

Script consultation projects include TIGER STRIPES, winner Jury Prize Critics Week Cannes Film Festival 2023 and candidate for Best International Film Academy Award 2024, TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, a candidate for Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award 2019 and TRUTH OR JUSTICE, a candidate for Best International Film Academy Award 2020.

Other recent projects as script consultant include the feature films NATATORIUM, 2024, LAST SENTINEL, 2023, SPLENDID ISOLATION, 2022, MAGIC MOUNTAINS, 2021 and the drama series’ IMPERIAL SPY for Fremantle (AMERICAN GODS, DEUTSCHLAND 83).

David was Creative Producer on feature film THE GOAT, 2023, Cast including Mira Sorvino, John Savage and Nelly Karim.

In addition to consulting Stowe Story Labs, he is the long standing annual advisor and facilitator for Rotterdam Lab at IFFRPro for producers.

David has been a creative consultant on Rawi Screenwriting Lab for Royal Film Commission – Jordan, facilitates the CONVERGENCE program funded by Screen Scotland and British Film Institute and is a regular script consultant for both MIDPOINT Institute and BoostNL.

He sits on the film committee of the Writers Guild of Great Britain and is an external expert for the Council of Europe Eurimages fund.

Recent screenwriting commissions include writing the latest draft of feature film TEMPELHOF, the feature film RULIN from source material and rewriting the latest draft of the feature film SUMMER OF 81. David has a slate of projects in development through advance films.

Previous development and training clients include Creative Europe, BFI, Screen Scotland, New Horizons Studio+, Cannes Cinefondation, Creative England, Polish Film Institute, UK Film Council, BBC, BAFTA, Fremantle, National Theatre, British Council, Warp Films, Allfilm, KulturaTV, Cannes Film Festival, Film London, Lionhead Studios, Xingu Films, Irish Film Board, FAS Screen Training Ireland, and Estonian Film Institute amongst many others.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Apply here.

  • There are a dedicated number of partial scholarships and payment plans available. If admitted, applicants can request partial scholarships and payment plans by submitting a statement of need. Scholarships awarded based on merit and need.

  • A team of two may apply and if admitted the team will share meetings with David Pope and any peer group sessions.

  • Yes!

  • Just email us at info@stowestorylabs.org.