Creative Room · Animation Writers Room

A residential week,
scene by scene.

Applications open·6 seats·Free. Stay covered

Placeholder brief. Which project this room is working on, and which scenes are not playing yet.

Six seats, no fee, seven days residential with stay and food covered. Applications close 26 Oct 2026.

Dates
9–15 Nov 2026
Closes
Format
7 days, residential
Where
In person
Seats
6
Cost
Free. Stay covered
Language
English or Hindi

What the room is

A room works through a set of tasks on one project — a scene that plays flat, a sequence with no joke in it, a beat that works on the page and dies on screen. Everyone takes on the same scenes, pages are read against the boards, and what holds gets folded into the script and broken down shot by shot. Anything made in the room, and any idea from it that is used, is owned by the studio; credit is agreed with you if it is used.

What the room works on

Scenes

Making them play

A scene can be correct and still be dull. The room finds what the scene is actually about and writes it again until it holds.
Business

Jokes and behaviour

The gags, the physical business, the small choices a character makes. In animation this is most of what an audience remembers.
Shots

Breaking it down

The scenes that hold get broken down shot by shot, so the writing carries into layout instead of stopping at the page.

Who can apply

  • Anyone who writes. Animation experience helps but is not required.
  • 18 or over.
  • Able to make every day — the room only works if it stays the same six people.
  • Comfortable working in English or Hindi.
  • Able to travel to the residency. Stay and food are covered.

What comes with it

  • Credit if a scene or idea from you is used in the final script, agreed with you.
  • No fee to attend. Stay and food covered.
  • Feedback on your scenes from the room.
  • Terms and conditions apply, based on the engagement agreed before anything begins.

How to apply

  1. Send one scene you have writtenOne scene that plays is worth more than a whole script. Any form, produced or not. A link or an attachment both work.
  2. Say why this projectTwo or three lines. Not a cover letter.
  3. Confirm the datesSay plainly that you can make all seven days.
  4. Wait for a replyEveryone hears back within two weeks of the deadline, either way, with a reason. Applications close 26 Oct 2026.
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