
storytelling
as conduit
as nourishment
as medium
as message
as medicine
as magic






Film Spells is a radical resource web, created by and for QTBIPOC+disabled storytellers. We hold filmmaking as a sacred practice with the power to expand, awaken, vanquish, protect, connect, and heal.
✨What’s up with this writing group?✨
Who: 12 or so QTBIPOC+disabled* writers / artists / astrologers / tarot readers / musicians / caregivers / pattern-seekers / meaning-weavers 🕯
What: An 11-week divine screenwriting workshop where we can show up as our full selves and experiment with storytelling-as-spellwork in supportive community (see also: NO industry pipeline fuckery) 🔮
Where: Virtual (Zoom + Discord), with option to hold safe IRL meetups for holding rituals, writing together, film-viewing, etc 💻
When: December 18, 2021 — March 5, 2022. Venus in Capricorn. Weekly on Saturdays. 11am-1pm PT // 2-4pm ET. Activities to be (loosely) aligned with the moon and planetary transits. Visual calendar with meeting descriptions to come. Any breaks or changes will be reflected on Google Cal and Discord ♑️
Why: Have you been sitting on a golden egg of a film or show idea for ages? Are you ready to incubate and hatch said egg, in a comfy, playful, yet structured space? Do you crave community and accountability in your screenwriting practice? Have you never written a script before in your life? Do you make movies but wish they could feel magical again? Do you fantasize about abolishing capitalist grind-time and yearn to realign with the cycles of the stars, moon, and planets? Great. Then this is for you. 🐣
Suggested energy exchange + investment in yourself/your story: $63/month (which is $15.75/week). This includes a personalized ritual kit and printed certificate, sent to you by mail, for use in our closing ceremony. If the suggested amount feels for any reason compromising, or does not feel conducive to your creative accountability and material well-being, please don’t hesitate to get in touch! We’ll work it out ☺️
Confirmation and payment details will be emailed once we get your survey. Thank you!
Any questions? Reach out!
➡️ portal@filmspells.com
* acknowledging the limits of language re: “QTBIPOC” and/or “disabled”, and how common identifiers don’t always resonate. I don’t like these; I want fuller words. We can all say who we are and what matters to us whenever / if we feel like it. This is an ongoing conversation. Language is clay. Let’s talk about it.

Convenings
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Zoom10am-12pm PT • 1pm-3pm ET ✨
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Discord chat + optional Zoom TBD pm ✨
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Zoom10am-12pm PT • 1pm-3pm ET ✨
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Discord chat + optional Zoom • TBD pm ✨
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Continue with alternating weeks, writing rituals tailored per lunar cal and astro transits
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Final class details TBD
