Stowe Story Labs is Pleased to Announce the Participants for the 2026 Stowe Story Labs•Manchester Film Festival Development Workshop for Screenwriters, Facing Out: Sharing Our Stories
This program offers an exceptional opportunity for selected participants to learn new skills to apply to their film or TV script and to help them bring their work to market.
The program will be run by Stowe’s Co-Founder David Pope and features an in-conversation interview with Joe Jeffreys (Acquisitions Manager, HanWay Films).
Thank you to the team at the Manchester Film Festival for partnering with Stowe to present the Program.
We look forward to working with this talented group of screenwriters and filmmakers. Congratulations all.
PARTICIPANTS:
Chakira Alin — London, England — A Lad Insane // Comedy, Musical, Coming-of-Age Feature
Sam Arnold — London, England — A Neat Solution // Dark Comedy, Drama Feature
Jon Ayon — Oakland, CA, United States — In Dreams, I Am a Valley // Horror, Supernatural Feature
Mauricio Battistuci — Sao Paulo, Brazil — The Foundation // Drama, Psychological Satire Feature
Katie Bonham and Ray Wilson — Alton, England / Penarth, Wales — Romero and Juanita with a J // Comedy, Romantic Comedy Feature
Gokhan Bulut — London, England — The Pier // Coming-of-Age Feature
Eleanor Capaldi — Houston, Scotland — Project Trust // Drama, Teen Feature
Andrea R. Ciobanu — London, England — Of Dream & Darkness // Horror, Folk, Drama Feature
Tom Conway — Galway, Ireland — Come Down To Us // Drama TV Mini-Series
A.D. Cooper — London, England — The Inglenook Stone // Supernatural Thriller Feature
Jessica Ennis — Brooklyn, NY, United States — When We Lost Our Heads // Dark Comedy Feature
Beth Goldader — Henley-On-Thames, England — Cull // Drama TV 1/2 hr
Jack Henderson — East Kilbride, Scotland — An Artist // Drama, Biopic Feature
Nicholas Hogg — Leicester, England —Time's Arrow // Comedy TV Mini-Series
Maiya Jannah — New York, NY, United States — To Bear a Holy Name // Drama, Family Feature
Shay Kelly — London, England — Here’s The Thing // Drama, Comedy Feature
Katy Lynam — Coventry, England — The Edge of Memory // Horror Feature
Christopher Maudsley — York, England — Death Die // Horror Feature
Lucy McNulty — Vancouver, BC, Canada — The Ensemble // Comedy Feature
James Minett — Chelmsford, England — Shadows of Innocence // Drama Feature
KR Moore and Rob Illidge — Bury, England — Valerie // Comedy Drama Feature
Gabriella Moses — London, England — Ménage-à -Mort // Dark Comedy, Erotic Thriller Feature
John O'Connor — Reston, VA, United States — Enyo // Sci-Fi Feature
Tamara Orlova — London, England — Purely Obsessional // Drama Feature
Clare Perry — York, England — Dispossessed // Horror Social Realist Feature
Sara Rangooni — Toronto, Canada — A Very Brown Brown Wedding // Comedy, Romantic Comedy Feature
Lorna Riley — Macclesfield, England — My Bargain-Bin Life // Comedy, Romantic Comedy Feature
Kathryn Robinson — Bridport, England — Save our Souls // Thriller, Comedy Feature
Stephen Smart — London, England — The Spur // Thriller Feature
Nara Toktoshova — London, England — When It Rains // Comedy, Romance, Drama Feature
Christopher and Madeline Whiteside — Belfast, Northern Ireland — Tidelines // Drama, Fantasy Feature
Zoë Whittaker — Chesham, England — Turtle // Comedy, Romantic Feature
Pip Wright — Glasgow, Scotland — Boss Lads // Drama, Coming-of-Age Feature
SPEAKER:
Joe Jeffreys — London, England — Acquisitions Manager, HanWay Films
PROGRAM LEADER:
David Pope —UK — Screenwriter and Stowe Story Labs Co-Founder
