Netflix launches NextGen India Writers’ Program

Mumbai: Streaming service ‘Netflix’ introduced the launch of the NextGen India Writers’ Program, a expertise improvement initiative geared toward figuring out and mentoring rising screenwriters within the nation. The programme, being launched in India for the primary time, is open to writers with as much as three years {of professional} writing expertise.

India is the third nation after France and the Netherlands to host the initiative, the streamer mentioned in an announcement.

Chosen individuals will bear a two-month hybrid programme that includes mentorship, workshops and steering from trade consultants to develop authentic collection concepts into professionally structured collection bibles.

Monika Shergill, vice chairman of content material at ‘Netflix India’, mentioned the initiative is geared toward discovering and nurturing new storytelling expertise.

“Each nice story begins with a author. In a rustic as creatively wealthy and numerous as India, we all know there are numerous individuals with extraordinary tales to inform who merely haven’t had the chance but. The Netflix NextGen India Writers’ Program is our manner of discovering these voices early, investing of their potential and giving them the area to develop their craft and convey their tales to life,” Shergill mentioned.

She mentioned ‘Netflix’ believes the following part of Indian leisure will likely be pushed by storytellers with recent views and distinctive voices.

In response to the streamer, the programme will assist individuals perceive the method of creating an authentic thought right into a long-form collection for the display screen.