2023 Fellowship Finalists Announced
STOWE STORY LABS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE 2023 BELLEM ENTERTAINMENT, FINAL DRAFT, FILM FATALES, LAW FIRM OF STACEY A. DAVIS, NYX HORROR COLLECTIVE, MAVEN SCREEN MEDIA, PAGE INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING AWARDS, SAGINDIE, SIDEWALK FILM FESTIVAL, STOWE DIVERSITY, STUDIO SKYFIRE, AND TANGERINE ENTERTAINMENT FELLOWSHIP FINALISTS TO THE 2023 NARRATIVE LABS.
BELLEM ENTERTAINMENT FINALISTS:
Briana Cox — Springfield, TN, USA — Indigent // Horror Drama Feature
Gina DeAngelis — Williamsburg, VA, USA — The Knocking at the Marsh // Horror Thriller Feature
Laura Hunter Drago — Valencia, CA, USA — Kaleidoscopes // Thriller Feature
Robin Farmer — Mechanicsville, VA, USA — Imprinted // Drama Feature
Emily James and Ashley George — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Volition // Action Thriller Feature
Shakthi Jothianandan — New York, NY, USA — Dentata // Body Horror Drama TV – 1 hour
Brenda LePage — Edmonton, Alberta, Canada — Peculiar // Horror Drama TV – 1 hour
Rae Shaw — Oakland, CA, USA — Hear Me Scream // True Crime Horror Feature
Sierra Smith — Dona Vista, FL, USA — Triggered // Dark Comedy TV – 1 hour
Lauren Sweet — Reseda, CA, USA — Brightside, Inc. // Drama Feature
FINAL DRAFT FINALISTS:
Whitni Resides and Mark Brown — Nashville, TN, USA — Redneck Army // Western Drama TV – 1 hour
Jeremy Craig — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Run the Storm // Action Feature
Peter Forbes — Grand Junction, CO, USA — Dream Kingdom // SciFi YA Fantasy Feature
Nina Hodge — Atlanta, GA, USA — Snow Way Out // Christmas Comedy Feature
Kate Imy — Denton, TX, USA — Captain Blood // Family Adventure Feature
Roisin Kearney — Dublin, Ireland — Spoke // Teen Drama Feature
Thomas Schrack — Washington, DC, USA — Natty Light — Coming-of-Age Comedy Feature
Vicki Speegle — South Orange, NJ, USA — Elvis Has Left the Building // Dark Comedy Feature
Matthew Stewart — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Cointelpro // Historical Drama TV – 1 hour
Andrea Walter — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Syncopation // Coming-of-Age Comedy Feature
FILM FATALES FINALISTS:
Claire Leona Apps — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Her Country Too // Dramedy Road Trip Feature
Alex Bush — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Thaw // Romance, Suspense Drama Feature
StormMiguel Florez — San Francisco, CA, USA — Welcome To Roswell // Mockumentary Comedy Feature
Marissa High — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Worst Time of Your Life // Horror Coming-of-Age Comedy Feature
Shanra J Kehl — Santa Monica, CA, USA — Duplicitous // Drama TV – 1 hour
Julia Maddox — Jackson Heights, NY, USA — More Than A Heart Can Hold // LGBTQ+ Family Drama Feature
Shehrezad Maher — Philadelphia, PA, USA — Theory of Colors // Coming-of-Age Drama Feature
Sarah Nocquet — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Second Nature // SciFi Drama Thriller Feature
Nicole Quinn — Accord, NY, USA — Bearing Witness // Coming-of-Age Thriller TV – Mini Series
Claudia Elena Rodriguez — Miami, FL, USA / Glendale, CA, USA — The Last Party Girl // Drama Feature
Eve Symington — Morro Bay, CA, USA — Sundown // Horror Feature
Dana Turken — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Yes No Hello Goodbye // Supernatural Drama Feature
LAW FIRM OF STACEY A. DAVIS FINALISTS:
Ellen Ancui — Pasadena, CA, USA — Long Island Girls // Dark Comedy Animation TV – ½ hour
Leslie-Ann Coles — Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada — Soiled Dove // Western Feature
Elisabeth Dale — West Hollywood, CA, USA — Unbecoming (Pilot) // Comedy TV – ½ hour
Sonya Davis — East Elmhurst, NY, USA — Honor // Historical Drama TV – 1 hour
Candace Egan — O Neals, CA, USA — Second Set // Comedy TV – ½ hour
Annie Gowen — Lawrence, KS, USA — The Barbershop Girls // Drama Feature
Melanie Jeffcoat — Hoover, AL, USA — Waiting for the Day // Drama Feature
Nancy Liu — San Francisco, CA, USA — Interlude // Coming-of-Age Drama Feature
Alicia Slimmer — Mystic, CT, USA — Bellringer // Drama TV – 1 hour
Rangeley Wallace — Bethesda, MD, USA — When Drew Died // Dark Comedy TV – ½ hour
NYX HORROR COLLECTIVE FINALISTS:
Merridith Allen — Studio City, CA, USA — SENSEI // Psychological Horror Drama Feature
Shelley Gustavson — Oak Park, IL, USA — Muse // Supernatural Horror Feature
Ellen Ireland — Banning, CA, USA — Crow House // Horror Feature
Ariella Papa — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Crone: A Christmas Story // Horror Folklore Feature
Agnes Peel-McGregor — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Storm // Psychological Horror Feature
Jenny Deiker Restivo — Santa Monica, CA, USA — Blood Boy // Horror Feature
Mai and Kim Spurlock (The Spurlock Sisters) — Irvington, NY, USA — Good Sisters // Horror Feature
Nanea Taylor — Charlotte, NC, USA — To the Bone // Horror TV – ½ hour
Jennifer Trudrung — Asheville, NC, USA — Biter // Horror Thriller Feature
Nil Unerdem — Novato, CA, USA — Human Stalk // Horror Comedy Feature
MAVEN SCREEN MEDIA FINALISTS:
Rebekah Covington — North Hollywood, CA, USA — Missing Girls Club // Drama TV – 1 hour
Katie Crone — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Cult Town // Dark Comedy TV – ½ hour
Margaret Lazarus Dean — Knoxville, TN, USA — Space Oddities // Drama TV – 1 hour
Elyse Dolbec — Holmdel, NJ, USA — Disordered // Horror Drama TV – ½ hour
Jolie Huang — New York, NY, USA — Rule of Law // Drama TV – 1 hour
Christine McKeever — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Fresh Hell // Dark Comedy Action TV – 1 hour
Denise Meyers — Mars Hill, NC, USA — Del Rio // Crime Drama TV – 1 hour
Rebecca Louise Miller — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Catch & Release // Dark Comedy TV – ½ hour
Stacey Russell — Mount Juliet, TN, USA — Like You Stole It // SciFi Western Drama TV – 1 hour
Alison Weaverdyck — Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany — No Rest for the Wicked // Paranormal Drama TV – 1 hour
PAGE INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING AWARDS FINALISTS:
Marlena Brown — New York, NY, USA — True Falls // Mystery Drama TV – 1 hour
Kelly Cochran-Yzquierdo — Alexandria, VA, USA — Club Drama // LGBTQ+ Drama TV – 1 hour
Katy Dore — San Luis Obispo, CA, USA — Piper // Historical LGBTQ+ Drama Feature
Drina Connors Kay — Wilmington, NC, USA — Lilium Effect // Grounded SciFi Drama Feature
Colin Matthews — Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada — Alice Diamond & The Forty Elephants // Historical Action Drama TV – 1 hour
Pauline McAlonan — Finksburg, MD, USA — Saints & Scholars // Period Drama Feature
Sarah Mokh — New Brunswick, NJ, USA — Diary of a Muslim Cynic // Coming-of-Age Drama Feature
Todd Scheiperpeter — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Par 3 // Drama Comedy Feature
Steve Smith — Thousand Oaks, CA, USA — Under Pressure // Drama Thriller Feature
Jane Therese — Revere, PA, USA — The Navajo and The Astronaut // Satirical Dramedy Feature
SAGINDIE FINALISTS:
Arayna Eison — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Perdido // Period Drama TV - 1 hour
Teri Elam — Augusta, GA, USA — Living Your Best Wife // Comedy, Drama Feature
Chaseedaw Giles — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Final Cut // Drama Feature
Kaci Hamilton — Sherman Oaks, CA, USA — A Jamaican in Alaska // Screwball Dark Comedy TV - ½ hour
Donna Hull — Austin, TX, USA — The Guardian // Family Drama Feature
Isabella Jackson — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Powerhouse // Psychological Horror Drama Feature
Terron Jones — Bronx, NY, USA — ibrahim // Drama Feature
Benjamin Mulholland — Oakland, CA, USA — The Lake Merritt Monster // SciFi Monster Adventure Feature
Jennifer Rossi — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Pedaling Pursuants // Drama Thriller Feature
Jess Waters — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Gleason’s // Historical Drama TV – 1 hour
SIDEWALK FILM FESTIVAL FINALISTS:
Tiffany Albright — Greensboro, NC, USA — Wild Territory // Drama Feature
Patrice D. Bowman — New York, NY, USA — Father’s Shadow // Psycho-Supernatural Horror Feature
Hymnson Chan — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Dai Lo // Grounded SciFi Action TV – 1 hour
Kendra Christel — Douglasville, GA, USA — In His Image // Drama Feature
Christin Finch — USA — Raised by Dogs // Drama Feature
Noah Glenn — Memphis, TN, USA — Bike Lane Ends // Family Adventure Feature
Daniel Maldonado — New York, NY, USA — The Pounding Echo Of The Cucubana & The Coqui // Magical Surrealism Drama Feature
Kathryn Orwig — Michigan, USA — Casus Belli // Mafia Murder Action Mystery TV 1 – hour
Ricardo Varona — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Second Jansens // Dark Comedy Drama TV – 1 hour
Michael Wells — Bronx, NY, USA — Children of The South // Supernatural Drama TV – 1 hour
STOWE DIVERSE VOICES FINALISTS:
Emma Barrow — Portland, OR, USA — Other Plans // Dramedy Feature
Alan Mah Baxter — Valencia, CA, USA — Emergent // SciFi Drama Thriller TV-1 hour
Mark Bowes — Palm Springs, CA, USA — Life During Wartime // Drama TV – 1 hour
Dante Desmond — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Charlotte // Historical Horror Feature
Stacie Hawkins — Carson, CA, USA — Midnight Marauders // Historical Drama Action TV – 1 hour
Goldie Jones — North Hollywood, CA, USA — Russian Dolls // Action Crime Thriller Feature
Ward Kamel — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Tarab // Drama Thriller Feature
Miguel Orozco — Camarillo, CA, USA — Mixteco Kid // Drama Feature
Natasha Rivera — Bronx, NY, USA — Cannon // SciFi Action Drama TV 1 – hour
Amy Bin Tiong — Brooklyn, NY, USA — When You’re Ready To Go // Coming-of-Age Horror Feature
Brandon Vedder — Auburn, CA, USA — Miracle Man // Drama TV – 1 hour
STUDIO SKYFIRE FINALISTS:
Christine Autrand Mitchell — Tigard, OR, USA — Anning Station // SciFi Thriller TV – 1 hour
Kylie Boersma — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Once and Future // Historical Drama TV – 1 hour
Jessica W. Chen — Brooklyn, NY, USA — The Legend of the Chow Chow Heroes // Action, Adventure YA TV – 1 hour
Cassidy Civiero — Waterloo, Ontario, Canada — She Started Getting Messages from the Center of the Earth // SciFi Climate TV – ½ hour
Thomas Huisking — Culver City, CA, USA — The Rest of Reality // SciFi TV – 1 hour
Irene Jiang — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Torchlight // SciFi Thriller TV – 1 hour
Ruth Jiang — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Hand // SciFi Drama TV – 1 hour
Marcus Tappan — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Nubarium // Animated SciFi TV – ½ hour
Sarah White — South Salem, NY, USA — Ungodly Hours // Horror Comedy TV – ½ hour
Trevor Zhou — Alhambra, CA, USA — Untitled Slasher // Horror Comedy Feature
TANGERINE ENTERTAINMENT FINALISTS:
Alessandra Bautze — Decatur, GA, USA — Racing the Wolf God // Sports Drama Feature
Julia Bergeron — Woodland Hills, CA, USA — Austen Time // Romantic Comedy Feature
Andrea Berting — Chicago, IL, USA — Breast in Show // Dark Comedy Feature
Lauren Ferebee — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Brilliance // Drama Feature
Jonquil Goode — Redondo Beach, CA, USA — Minnesota Nice // Dark Comedy Feature
Kelsey Jones — Prospect, KY, USA — Dating Emily Park // Romantic Comedy LGBTQIA+ Feature
Jessica Mollo — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Suture // Thriller Crime Drama Feature
Samantha Moody — Worcestershire, England — Witch Tits // Drama Comedy TV – 1 hour
Geneviève Paiement — Toronto, Ontario, Canada — Helen’s War // Drama Feature
Sarah Tihany — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Ghost Flower // Western Thriller Feature
CONGRATULATIONS! WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE FINAL ROUND.
OUR UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FELLOW WILL BE ANNOUNCED WHEN WE COMPLETE ALL OTHER FELLOWSHIP REVIEWS IN EARLY APRIL.
The semifinalists and finalists for fellowships to our programs are decided through a competitive application review by the Stowe Story Labs Review Team. This year the NYX team selected the finalists.
The final selection for the Bellem Entertainment, Film Fatales, Law Firm of Stacey A. Davis. Maven Screen Media, Nyx Horror Collective, SAGindie, Sidewalk Film Festival, Studio SKYFIRE, and Tangerine fellowships are made by our partners for those fellowships. Congratulations again to all who advanced in these reviews.
