Turn Your Short Script Into a Career-Building Film
FREE WEBINAR
Thursday, June 18
What you'll learn
- Transform your short script into a film people can actually make, support, and champion
- Learn how shorts can become proof of concept for features, representation, and bigger opportunities
- Discover funding paths that help move your project off the page and into production
Build a festival strategy that does more than collect laurels - Plan your release so your short reaches the right audience and industry decision-makers
- Avoid the common mistakes that keep promising short films from creating career momentum
- Get real-world insights from producers John Trefry and Ramfis Myrthil
- Live Q&A included
About this webinar
Writing a great short script is only the beginning. The real challenge is turning that script into a film that can actually get made, reach the right audience, and create meaningful career momentum.
In this exclusive webinar, producers John Trefry and Ramfis Myrthil of Short Film Deep Dive will break down how to move a short film from the page into the real world with a clear strategy for funding, production, festivals, distribution, and long-term opportunity. Drawing from their experience producing award-winning short films, securing distribution, building festival momentum, and helping filmmakers turn shorts into larger opportunities, they’ll show writers how to think beyond the script and build projects people can support, champion, and take seriously.
Attendees will leave with a practical framework for using short films as career accelerators, whether the goal is to attract collaborators, secure representation, build momentum toward a feature, or create a stronger path into film and television. You'll walk away with actionable strategies to help transform your short script into a production-ready project designed to open doors.
About John Trefry and Ramfis Myrthil
John Trefry
Founder, 4WT Media
Award-winning producer with projects screening at 100+ festivals worldwide, including SXSW, Tribeca, and Raindance. He recently served as Co-Executive Producer on My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders for Paramount+.
Ramfis Myrthil
Founder, Ramfis Productions
Credits include Cicada (Strand Releasing) and A Boy, A Girl, and A Dream (Samuel Goldwyn Films). He guided Ricky from Sundance short to Sundance feature to theatrical distribution — the exact pathway this webinar is designed to support.
Together, John and Ramfis help filmmakers turn standout short scripts into production-ready film packages with the strategy, clarity, and execution needed to create opportunities beyond the page.
About Short Film Deep Dive
Short Film Deep Dive is an education, coaching, and community platform designed to help filmmakers turn ambitious short scripts into production-ready films with real career potential. Through courses, mentorship, and educational partnerships with organizations including NYU and Kickstarter, Short Film Deep Dive provides practical strategies for fundraising, packaging, production, festivals, distribution, and long-term career growth. Founded by producer John Trefry, the platform helps filmmakers use shorts not just as creative exercises, but as powerful launchpads for larger opportunities.
About Final Draft's Big Break Contest
https://www.finaldraft.com/big-break-screenwriting-contest/
If you’ve already written your first screenplay you are probably very familiar with Final Draft, the number-one selling screenwriting software on the planet. Used by both aspiring writers and professionals alike, Final Draft formats your screenplay to entertainment industry standards so you can focus on what you do best - writing. The Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest is one of the most respected in the business, with past winners going on to be repped by big agencies and managers and see their scripts optioned and sold.
About John Trefry and Ramfis Myrthil
John Trefry and Ramfis Myrthil are award-winning producers with deep experience helping filmmakers move projects from script to screen across short films, features, television, festivals, and distribution. John is the founder of 4WT Media, where he has produced work across film, television, documentary, and branded content, with projects screening at more than 100 festivals worldwide, including SXSW, Tribeca, and Raindance. He recently served as Co-Executive Producer on My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders for Paramount+. Ramfis is the founder of Ramfis Productions, with credits including Cicada, acquired by Strand Releasing, and A Boy, A Girl, and A Dream, acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films. He also helped guide Ricky from Sundance short to Sundance feature to theatrical distribution, reflecting the exact short-to-feature pathway this mentorship is designed to support. Together, John and Ramfis help filmmakers turn standout short scripts into production-ready film packages with the strategy, clarity, and execution needed to create opportunities beyond the page.
About Final Draft’s Big Break Contest
If you’ve already written your first screenplay you are probably very familiar with Final Draft, the number-one selling screenwriting software on the planet. Used by both aspiring writers and professionals alike, Final Draft formats your screenplay to entertainment industry standards so you can focus on what you do best - writing. The Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest is one of the most respected in the business, with past winners going on to be repped by big agencies and managers and see their scripts optioned and sold.