Cathryn Atkinson
@cathrynatkinson.bsky.social
BOMPOETSE - Our first script reading. I began co-writing this feature in Dec. with writer-director Vincentè Baker of Morafe Pictures and producer Cindy AuYeung. It's Vin's passion project, set in Botswana - a poetic post-colonial ensemble piece #Screenwriters #Filmmaking
September 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
BOMPOETSE - Our first script reading. I began co-writing this feature in Dec. with writer-director Vincentè Baker of Morafe Pictures and producer Cindy AuYeung. It's Vin's passion project, set in Botswana - a poetic post-colonial ensemble piece #Screenwriters #Filmmaking
Trying to find an Andor script is like seeking a unicorn. Disney released episode 209 Welcome to the Rebellion for its 2025 Emmy nom.
The writing is as good as you'd expect, but now you can see how good the EDITING is
#screenwriting #andor #script #Emmys
assets.debut.disney.com/documents/An...
The writing is as good as you'd expect, but now you can see how good the EDITING is
#screenwriting #andor #script #Emmys
assets.debut.disney.com/documents/An...
https://assets.debut.disney.com/documents/Andor%20209%20--%20POST%20FINAL%20--%203.3.24[1].pdf
August 14, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Trying to find an Andor script is like seeking a unicorn. Disney released episode 209 Welcome to the Rebellion for its 2025 Emmy nom.
The writing is as good as you'd expect, but now you can see how good the EDITING is
#screenwriting #andor #script #Emmys
assets.debut.disney.com/documents/An...
The writing is as good as you'd expect, but now you can see how good the EDITING is
#screenwriting #andor #script #Emmys
assets.debut.disney.com/documents/An...
Someone should option this Vanity Fair story on James Baldwin in 1968 and write a hell of a script
“They Will Try to Kill You”: James Baldwin’s Fraught Hollywood Journey
In 1968 Palm Springs, as the author yearned for the would-be leading man of his Malcolm X screenplay, an era-defining act of violence fractured his world. An exclusive first excerpt from ‘Baldwin: A L...
www.vanityfair.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Someone should option this Vanity Fair story on James Baldwin in 1968 and write a hell of a script
Give Diego Luna the Emmy. #AndorSeason2
May 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Give Diego Luna the Emmy. #AndorSeason2
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“I really believe that people need to learn critical thinking skills to parse all this information that’s being thrown at them. I mean, it’s a barrage of stuff—how are they supposed to know what’s true and not true?” - Judy Muller, former ABC News correspondent
#NewsLiteracy
#FactChecking
#NewsLiteracy
#FactChecking
How to distinguish fact from fiction
People are inundated with a nonstop flow of information—some of it misleading or outright false—making it feel like trying to drink from a firehose.
www.telluridenews.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“I really believe that people need to learn critical thinking skills to parse all this information that’s being thrown at them. I mean, it’s a barrage of stuff—how are they supposed to know what’s true and not true?” - Judy Muller, former ABC News correspondent
#NewsLiteracy
#FactChecking
#NewsLiteracy
#FactChecking
Canadians -- If you need to check if your Elections Canada registration is up to date.
CANADIANS.
Make sure your info is up to date, and make sure to register for mail-in ballot if you can.
Make sure your info is up to date, and make sure to register for mail-in ballot if you can.
Registration – Elections Canada
All you need to know to register to vote in the Canadian federal election, 2025.
www.elections.ca
March 31, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Canadians -- If you need to check if your Elections Canada registration is up to date.
Having just watched episode 2 of The Studio, I'd like to give a shoutout to all the crew folks on FB who are talking about the PTSD that episode gave them.
March 30, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Having just watched episode 2 of The Studio, I'd like to give a shoutout to all the crew folks on FB who are talking about the PTSD that episode gave them.
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"Partner script submissions to the Academy will open in late July, and the deadline will be in late August. Nicholl fellows will be awarded in spring 2026. @theblcklst.bsky.social will serve as the portal for public submissions." www.indiewire.com/news/general...
The Academy Now Runs Nicholl Fellowship Submissions Through Global Program Partners
The Academy has now partnered will global university programs, screenwriting labs, and filmmaker programs for its prestigious Nicholl fellowship.
www.indiewire.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Partner script submissions to the Academy will open in late July, and the deadline will be in late August. Nicholl fellows will be awarded in spring 2026. @theblcklst.bsky.social will serve as the portal for public submissions." www.indiewire.com/news/general...
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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
Thread of health info resources, including from Canada and the UK
To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.
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February 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Thread of health info resources, including from Canada and the UK
Entire opening scenes ambush me, but then I pitch them to my co executive producer and she tells me to focus on the task at hand
Every once in a while (read "everything damned time") you'll be happily puttering away on one writing thing when out of the blue a great line for a totally different thing hits you like an empty coke bottle thrown over the fence from a neighboring yard.
*BOK*
"Wow..."
*BOK*
"Wow..."
February 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Entire opening scenes ambush me, but then I pitch them to my co executive producer and she tells me to focus on the task at hand
Finally saw A Real Pain. So simple a story, with all the complications coming out of the simplicity. Beautifully done
This week on Scriptnotes, I’m joined by Jesse Eisenberg, the talented actor/writer/director desperate to write headlines for The Onion. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
672 - Navigating Loss with Jesse Eisenberg
Podcast Episode · Scriptnotes Podcast · 01/21/2025 · 49m
podcasts.apple.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Finally saw A Real Pain. So simple a story, with all the complications coming out of the simplicity. Beautifully done
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Well done to I'm Still Here for receiving three Oscar nods, including Best Picture. This is a deeply political film about the repercussions of fascism. A movie the world needs right now.
Read our editor's musings here, written in Venice:
dmovies.org/2024/09/01/i...
Read our editor's musings here, written in Venice:
dmovies.org/2024/09/01/i...
I'm Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui)
In a career-defining performance, Fernanda Torres (with a helping hand from her mum) establishes Walter Salles's latest film as the ultimate Brazilian dictatorship drama - from the 68th BFI London, an...
dmovies.org
January 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Well done to I'm Still Here for receiving three Oscar nods, including Best Picture. This is a deeply political film about the repercussions of fascism. A movie the world needs right now.
Read our editor's musings here, written in Venice:
dmovies.org/2024/09/01/i...
Read our editor's musings here, written in Venice:
dmovies.org/2024/09/01/i...
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If anyone needs a laugh! 😂😂
TikToker hikhann_ seemingly had no idea he was interviewing a movie star when he stopped Dafoe on the street in New York City to ask him about what he does for a living.
Clueless TikToker Goes Viral After Randomly Asking Willem Dafoe What He Does For A Living
How do you not recognize Willem Dafoe?? 🤣
www.comicsands.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If anyone needs a laugh! 😂😂
Two hours of act two (pre mid-point) story breakdown with my director finished.
Dinner break. Now.
Then two hours of act two (post mid-point) story breakdown with my director to go.
Love this SO much. #screenwriting #treatments #gettingthere #deadline
Dinner break. Now.
Then two hours of act two (post mid-point) story breakdown with my director to go.
Love this SO much. #screenwriting #treatments #gettingthere #deadline
a man in a suit and tie is saying we gotta show the audience what it needs to see
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying we gotta show the audience what it needs to see
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Two hours of act two (pre mid-point) story breakdown with my director finished.
Dinner break. Now.
Then two hours of act two (post mid-point) story breakdown with my director to go.
Love this SO much. #screenwriting #treatments #gettingthere #deadline
Dinner break. Now.
Then two hours of act two (post mid-point) story breakdown with my director to go.
Love this SO much. #screenwriting #treatments #gettingthere #deadline
Yes I’m religious. I believe in the holy trinity.
November 30, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Yes I’m religious. I believe in the holy trinity.
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Often #newbies' pilots have things untethered to story or characters. Great analogy:
The Pope asked Michelangelo: What's the secret of your genius? How have you created David, masterpiece of all masterpieces?
Michelangelo: It's simple. I removed everything that wasn't David. #scriptsky #screenwriter
The Pope asked Michelangelo: What's the secret of your genius? How have you created David, masterpiece of all masterpieces?
Michelangelo: It's simple. I removed everything that wasn't David. #scriptsky #screenwriter
November 22, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Often #newbies' pilots have things untethered to story or characters. Great analogy:
The Pope asked Michelangelo: What's the secret of your genius? How have you created David, masterpiece of all masterpieces?
Michelangelo: It's simple. I removed everything that wasn't David. #scriptsky #screenwriter
The Pope asked Michelangelo: What's the secret of your genius? How have you created David, masterpiece of all masterpieces?
Michelangelo: It's simple. I removed everything that wasn't David. #scriptsky #screenwriter
We're about to get a bomb cyclone/nameless category 1 hurricane (but it's the Pacific), and I don't think the kid with the leaf blower outside my place knows anything about it...
a man is standing next to a pile of leaves and the letters afv are visible
ALT: a man is standing next to a pile of leaves and the letters afv are visible
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2024 at 12:21 AM
We're about to get a bomb cyclone/nameless category 1 hurricane (but it's the Pacific), and I don't think the kid with the leaf blower outside my place knows anything about it...
For reading later, when there are 100 examples...
Ok. Question for you… in your opinion, what movie has the most interesting, well written protagonist?
November 18, 2024 at 6:23 AM
For reading later, when there are 100 examples...
Thrilled my #screenplay THE NONSENSE OF WAITING is a finalist for the Screen BC Short Film Award pitch competition.
Director Vincenté Kabo Baker pitches against 4 films at Whistler Film Festival on Dec 7.
The winner receives $15,000 cash & in-kind services up to $100,000
#filmmaking #screenwriting
Director Vincenté Kabo Baker pitches against 4 films at Whistler Film Festival on Dec 7.
The winner receives $15,000 cash & in-kind services up to $100,000
#filmmaking #screenwriting
10 BC-made shorts, 2024 Power Pitch Talent Lab participants » Whistler Film Festival
(Whistler, BC) – The Whistler Film Festival is known as a champion of Canadian cinema and is thrilled to showcase 10 BC-made films in its ShortWorks progra…
www.whistlerfilmfestival.com
November 17, 2024 at 5:06 AM
Thrilled my #screenplay THE NONSENSE OF WAITING is a finalist for the Screen BC Short Film Award pitch competition.
Director Vincenté Kabo Baker pitches against 4 films at Whistler Film Festival on Dec 7.
The winner receives $15,000 cash & in-kind services up to $100,000
#filmmaking #screenwriting
Director Vincenté Kabo Baker pitches against 4 films at Whistler Film Festival on Dec 7.
The winner receives $15,000 cash & in-kind services up to $100,000
#filmmaking #screenwriting
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November 16, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Watching 4 Little Girls (1997) by Spike Lee, on the Civil Rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, before & after the murders of Addie May Collins, Carol Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Rosamond Robertson @ 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Important for now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebuK...
Important for now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebuK...
4 Little Girls - Spike Lee Documentary
YouTube video by VT H
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November 16, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Watching 4 Little Girls (1997) by Spike Lee, on the Civil Rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, before & after the murders of Addie May Collins, Carol Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Rosamond Robertson @ 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Important for now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebuK...
Important for now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebuK...
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this mass blocking thing Bluesky got going on is CLUTCH
for a minute I was like “damn I’m gonna have to convince myself that I like this place more” but…
nah no pretending needed 🤣🤣
for a minute I was like “damn I’m gonna have to convince myself that I like this place more” but…
nah no pretending needed 🤣🤣
November 16, 2024 at 12:06 AM