The 29th eQuinoxe screenwriting workshop will run June 3-9 in Evian, France. After years of a nomadic existence, this marks the beginning of a partnership with the town of Evian. eQuinoxe president Noelle Deschamps says the aim is that the workshop will now be based in Evian for the foreseeable future.

Danielle Thompson will preside over this edition of the workshops with participation from Laurent Tirard, Mary Sweeney, Robert Wade, Martin Sherman and Susan B. Landau. In total, eight scripts have been chosen from the 250 submitted. Writers will work with industry professionals to hone their projects over the five-day session which will terminate in a 'pitch day.' Following the event, the association will continue to work with the screenwriters in an effort to find directors, producers and distributors.

eQuinoxe was created in 1993 and organizes two workshops per year. From the total 10,000 scripts received over 14 years, 300 writers have been selected to take part in the workshops while 90 films have been completed including Frederic Fonteyne's La Femme De Gilles, Omar Naim's The Final Cut, Japanese Story by Alison Tilson, Nalin Pan's Samsara, Rachid Bouchareb's Little enegal, Sur Mes Levres by Jacques Audiard, Lodge Kerrigan's Claire Dolan, James Huth's Serial Lover and Manuel Pradal's Marie Baie Des Anges.

For this edition, the selected screenplays are Le Bananier Islandais by Monique Marnette, Une Famille Francaise by Christophe Ruggia, Palais Brongniard by Noe Debre, Box Of Hope by Harry Floter, The Wall by Julian Posler, Harisma by Christina Ioakeimidi, David's Birthday by Marco Filiberti, Sleepwalkin by Laura Pugno and Alien Lives by Nacho Faema.

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