Difficult to believe I’m saying this but I’m honored that Garamba is a 2021 Nicholl Fellowship Finalist! Looking at the competition, I never thought I’d get this far. Huge congrats to all the finalists and thank you @TheAcademy! To learn more about my inspiration or to donate to the rangers who risk their lives everyday:…
Thank you Roadmap Writers for selecting Garamba to your Top 25 Features in the 2021 JumpStart Writing Competition!
Thank you Roadmap Writers for selecting Garamba to your Top 50 Features in the 2021 JumpStart Writing Competition!
Thank you, Austin Film Festival, for choosing Garamba as a 2nd Rounder for the 2021 competition!
Excited for Garamba to be selected for the Second Round in the 2021 Launch Pad Feature Competition!
My feature drama screenplay Garamba made it to Semifinals in The Screen Lab’s Free Screenplay Contest (2021)!
So grateful that Garamba is a Semifinalist in the 2021 Nicholl Fellowship!
While conducting research for my screenplay Garamba, I came across these two reports and their juxtaposition fascinates me. One is a video that documents a poacher becoming a ranger to protect the animals he once hunted. The other details a ranger on trial for being a poacher. While I do believe that the lives of…
My feature drama screenplay Garamba made it to Quarterfinals in The Screen Lab’s Free Screenplay Contest (2021)!
So honored to share that Garamba is a Quarterfinalist in the 2021 Nicholl Fellowship!
Very honored to have recevied a Quaterfinalist recgonition for my feature screenplay for Garamba. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend this year. I plan to submit again in the future with a new script and, hopefully, then I’ll be able to go.
Kind of a fun chart showing the connections among some major storytelling/scriptwriting theories: Original Source
Elephants (and so many animals) deserve much better than how we as humans treat them. This is a sweet story about several elephants receiving an easier life in their old age.
Amazing documentary. I have no idea how the filmmakers did it but it looks and feels more like narrative. Stunning cinematography. Not sure for how long but it’s currently available to watch for free on Documentary+. While some details are different, the trailer almost feels like it could be for my screenplay Garamba. Watched on…
Happy to announce that Garamba is a 2021 Screencraft Fellowship Semi-Finalist!
So excited to share that my feature screenplay Garamba was selected as the 2021 Stowe Story Labs Final Draft Honorable Mention, which means I get to attend their program later this year! If anyone has participated in the Stowe Story Labs in the past, I would greatly appreciate any advice on how to get the…
Happy to share that Garamba is a Semi-Finalist for the The Writers Room 5050 and Level 4 Press – The BIPOC Writers Fellowship: Adapting Books for the Screen (2021).
With SXSW canceled, you can see all the shorts that were going to play at the festival here. #SupportTheShorts
A Violent Noise Garamba is a Semi-Finalist in the Fall 2019 WeScreenplay Diverse Voices screenplay competition!
I don’t know how likely this is to do anything but signing a petition to save Filmstruck at least let’s the world know how important great cinema truly is: https://www.change.org/p/warnermedia-keep-filmstruck-alive
It still needs work and it’s really just a start, but my new website is live: aaroncwong.com If you get a chance, take a look around. If you see ways it could be better, or just think it’s pretty great, please let me know. This is all in preparation for the Writers Conference at the Austin Film Festival, which…
