The Writers Guild Foundation, in partnership with Final Draft, Variety and The Black List, present Beyond Words, our annual celebration of the 2022 Writers Guild Award nominees for screenwriting. Join us for a lively double-panel virtual discussion about this year’s acclaimed films.

We are splitting the virtual event into two back-to-back live panels on Thursday, February 10: The first features Adapted Screenplay nominees and the second features Original Screenplay nominees. Both panels are hosted and moderated by The Black List founder and CEO Franklin Leonard.

You can purchase individual tickets to each panel or the Combo ticket, which gives access to both panels. All proceeds benefit the Writers Guild Foundation Library and community outreach programs.

If you’re a member of the WGA West or WGA East, click the WGA Member button below for your complimentary ticket to both panels.

Click here to download the screenplays for most of the Adapted and Original Screenplay nominees on The Black List’s Go Into The Story blog.

Adapted Screenplay Panel

4:00pm to 5:00pm PST

Panelists:

Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan - Nightmare Alley, Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham
Sian Heder - Coda, Based on the Original Motion Picture La Famille Belier, Written by Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carree de Malberg, Eric Lartigau and Thomas Bidegain
Steven Levenson - tick…tick…BOOM!, Based on the play by Jonathan Larson
Tony Kushner - West Side Story, Based on the Stage Play, Book by Arthur Laurents, Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Play Conceived, Directed and Choreographed by Jerome Robbins
Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth - Dune, Based on the novel Dune Written by Frank Herbert