FilmForward and script consultant Sarieke Hoeksma present a new series on the professionalisation of script development in film and television. The first edition is a Masterclass and Deep Dive with Swedish script consultant Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten.
Congratulations — you’ve been selected to participate in this Deep Dive! Please finalize your application by ordering your ticket through this page.
Practical information
Location: De Brakke Grond (Nes 43, Amsterdam).
Time schedule:
9.30 Walk-in
10.00 – 11.30 Masterclass Script Consulting with Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
12.00 – 13.00 Vegetarian lunch
13.00 – 17.30 Deep Dive Script Consulting with Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
17:30 drinks
Costs: €150 excl. VAT, including vegetarian lunch and drinks. The Deep Dive ticket includes the Masterclass.
There is a partial fund available through the platform Werktuig PPO. See for more information and eligibility the website of Werktuig PPO.
About Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten is an international script consultant and screenwriter. Over the past 17 years, she has collaborated with leading development programs including Sundance Labs, Binger FilmLab (Amsterdam), Feature Expanded (Manchester, Florence), Hezaya (Doha), TIFF Studio (Toronto), Cinelink Drama Sarajevo, Bridging the Dragon, Talent Campus, Midpoint, Fly Film lab (Philippines, Korea), Locarno Open Doors and Myanmar Script Fund. She is currently a consultant for Cristian Mungiu’s script program for film and TV, works on a recurring basis with Biennale College Venice since 2012 and is a mentor with Torino ScriptLab since 2008. Furthermore, she co-founded The Write Retreat together with Anthea Devotta in 2017. The films she has consulted on have premiered and won awards at international festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Locarno, and Sundance, including titles such as The Babadook, Too Late to Die Young, Family Time, and Last Shadow at First light.
Next to her work as a script consultant, Marietta has participated as a screenwriter in writers’ rooms alongside creators such as Adam Price (Borgen) and has written for the Netflix series Ragnarok. She wrote The Swedish Torpedo which was nominated for Best Script at the Swedish Film Awards in 2024. Her earlier feature Call Girl, which she wrote and coproduced, won, among others, the FIPRESCI Award in Toronto and was nominated for a European Film Award.