
Kyle Casey Chu (she/her) and Róisín Isner (she/her, pronounced “Rosheen”) are a filmmaking duo from San Francisco. They became best friends in high school playing in punk bands at local dives, and began their close filmmaking partnership in 2020. Kyle is a social worker and former elementary school teacher, co-founder of Drag Story Hour, and novelist (HarperCollins, 2025). Róisín is a political organizer, amputee, and drummer/vocalist for the band Strange Men. Their scripts have earned placement in labs and fellowships including Sundance Uprise and Trans Possibilities, Lambda Literary, Film Fatales "Fatales Forward," SFFILM's FilmHouse and Rainin Filmmakers with Disabilities, and the Kenneth Rainin Arts Fellowship. Their first short film After What Happened at the Library was an official selection of ten Oscar-qualifying film festivals in 2025-2026, and won the Florida Film Festival special jury award, best narrative short at Charlotte Film Festival, and Film Pipeline. Their second short film Betty St. Clair has so far been selected at five Oscar-qualifying fests in 2026.
The 14th Annual First Look Project searches for higher-concept material across MULTIPLE categories for film and TV, introducing select writers to reps and producers.
Scott Wagner, winner of the First Look Project (Drama) with his screenplay Intern of the Year signed with manager Aubrey Morgan at Adventure Media in 2026. Pipeline execs called Intern of the Year, loosely based on Scott's own experiences working in a hospital, as "one of the "most riveting dramas we've ever reviewed." The Pipeline […]
Screenwriting Competition winner Untitled Home Invasion Romance (formerly Getaway) was produced in the summer of 2024 released in 2026 and is now on streaming. Jason Biggs (American Pie, Orange is the New Black) makes his directorial debut with the crime/comedy. Stars Anna Conkle (Pen15), Arturo Castro (Broad City), Meaghan Rath (Hawaii Five-o), and Justin H. […]
A top 10 finalist in the 2023 Screenwriting Competition, Buzzkill by Colin McLaughlin is set to be produced! Joe Lynch will direct, with Billy Magnussen (Game Night) and Lulu Wilson (Becky) to star. Read more on Deadline. Colin's horror/comedy was lauded by Pipeline execs as "one of the freshest spins on a horror concept we've […]
