2023 Fellowship Semifinalists 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, STUDIO SKYFIRE, AND TANGERINE ENTERTAINMENT FELLOWSHIP SEMIFINALISTS TO THE 2023 NARRATIVE LABS.
BELLEM ENTERTAINMENT SEMIFINALISTS:
Jennifer Cardinal — Martinez, GA, USA — Winning // Sports Drama TV – 1 hour
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
Christin Hanly — Calgary, Alberta, Canada — Bitches // Fantasy Period Drama TV – 1 hour
Pamela Harris — New York, NY, USA — Caligari // Horror Feature
Angel Hilson — Atlanta, GA, USA — My Happy Place // Family Crime Drama TV – 1 hour
Shakthi Jothianandan — New York, NY, USA — Dentata // Body Horror Drama TV – 1 hour
Alyssa Katalyna — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Towards the Setting Moon // Family Horror Drama
Brenda LePage — Edmonton, Alberta, Canada — Peculiar // Horror Drama TV – 1 hour
Lauren LoGiudice — New York, NY, USA — Honestly // Comedy TV – ½ hour
Meghan McGuire — Chicago, IL, USA — The Way Life Should Be // Comedy TV – ½ hour
Dee Mick — Portland, OR, USA — Something Has To Be Done About Mother // Horror Feature
Amanda Minchin — State College, PA, USA — No Place for Us // Historical Gothic Horror TV – 1 hour
Julie Sharbutt — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Salvaged // Horror Comedy TV – ½ 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 SEMIFINALISTS:
Melissa Alfredson — Kildeer, IL, USA — Unbecoming // Dramedy Feature
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
Dale Janda — Indio, CA, USA — Finding Tyler Greene // Coming-of-age LGBTQ+ Drama Feature
Roisin Kearney — Dublin, Ireland — Spoke // Teen Drama Feature
Justin Nishioka — New Canaan, CT, USA — The Formula for Finding Mr. Right // Family Rom-Com Feature
Thomas Schrack — Washington, DC, USA — Natty Light — Coming-of-Age Comedy Feature
Adam Sheridan — Seattle, WA, USA — A Proper Wife for Sam — 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
Toby Tieger — Philadelphia, PA, USA — The Illuminati Kid // Fantasy Family Drama TV – 1 hour
Andrea Walter — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Syncopation // Coming-of-Age Comedy Feature
Christopher Wright — Silver Spring, MD, USA — MacGuffin // Dark Comedy Mystery Thriller Feature
Tatyana Yassukovich — Philadelphia, PA, USA — Evocation // Drama Biopic Feature
FILM FATALES SEMIFINALISTS:
Claire Leona Apps — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Her Country Too // Dramedy Road Trip Feature
Laina Barakat and Sarah Sandback — Marlborough, NH, USA — Mouth of the Bull // Magical Realism Drama Feature
Alex Bush — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Thaw // Romance, Suspense Drama Feature
Lisa Cole — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Filthy // Dramedy Feature
Scout Durwood — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Random Acts // Dark Comedy Feature
Kyle Sosa Frederick — Clifton, VA, USA — What Is Meant For You Will Find You // Mystery Horror Thriller Feature
Christine Fugate — Santa Ana, CA, USA — The Virgins // Historical Drama TV – 1 hour
Malerie Grady — Atlanta, GA, USA — Under Contract // Romantic 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
Amy Omar — New York, NY, USA — Kismet // Comedy TV – ½ hour
Claudia Elena Rodriguez — Miami, FL, USA / Glendale, CA, USA — The Last Party Girl // Drama Feature
Sofia Simanovich — Toronto, Ontario, Canada — The Last Lightkeeper // Romance Drama Mystery Feature
Eve Symington — Morro Bay, CA, USA — Sundown // Horror Feature
Dana Turken — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Yes No Hello Goodbye // Supernatural Drama Feature
Alana Waksman — Glendale, CA, USA — She Falls Like Water // Drama Thriller Feature
Jenny Waldo — Sugar Land, TX, USA — Martha’s Mustang // True Story Dramedy Feature
LAW FIRM OF STACEY A. DAVIS SEMIFINALISTS:
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
Nina-Marie Gardner — Paris, France — A Certain Age // Drama Comedy TV – 1 hour
Annie Gowen — Lawrence, KS, USA — The Barbershop Girls // Drama Feature
Robin Hackett — New York, NY, USA — Domino // Family Dramedy Feature
Melody Herr — Fort Mill, SC, USA — Tapped Out // Drama Comedy TV – 1 hour
Melanie Jeffcoat — Hoover, AL, USA — Waiting for the Day // Drama Feature
Nancy Liu — San Francisco, CA, USA — Interlude // Coming-of-Age Drama Feature
Jodi Lustig — New York, NY, USA — Mad Hadley // Comedy TV – ½ hour
Cindy Marcus — Valencia, CA, USA — Unveiled // Dramedy Feature
Glenna Meeks — New York, NY, USA — A Date with the Champ // Comedy Feature
Kari Mote — Portland, OR, USA — è MORTO! // Fantasy Horror Drama TV – ½ hour
Alicia Slimmer — Mystic, CT, USA — Bellringer // Drama TV – 1 hour
Carrie Spellman — Arden, NC, USA — See You Next Tuesday // Female Buddy Action Feature
Tammy Lynne Stoner — Lake Oswego, OR, USA — Sugar Land // Drama TV – 1 hour
Rangeley Wallace — Bethesda, MD, USA — When Drew Died // Dark Comedy TV – ½ hour
V.R. Marianne Zahn — Pasadena, CA, USA — Sam Katt, Detective // Animated Film Noir Feature
NYX HORROR COLLECTIVE SEMIFINALISTS:
Merridith Allen — Studio City, CA, USA — SENSEI // Psychological Horror Drama Feature
Katherine Allen — Brooklyn, NY, USA — The Mardorom // Magikal Surrealism Horror Feature
Victoria Charters — Santa Barbara, CA, USA — American Maya // Psychological Horror Feature
Alyscia Cunningham — Silver Spring, MD, USA — Surveyance // Supernatural Horror Feature
Bethan Gibbs — London, England — The Prepper // Horror Feature
Shelley Gustavson — Oak Park, IL, USA — Muse // Supernatural Horror Feature
Ellen Ireland — Banning, CA, USA — Crow House // Horror Feature
Maria Deanna Laquian — Union City, CA, USA — Magdalena // Elevated Horror Gothic TV – ½ hour
Liz Maestri — Brooklyn, NY, USA — P.R.O.M. // Horror Feature
Phet Mahathongdy — Hawthorne, CA, USA — Go To Sleep // Dramatic Thriller Feature
Ariella Papa — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Crone: A Christmas Story // Horror Folklore Feature
Agnes Peel-McGregor — Slawin, Poland — 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
Alyssa Stevens — Poway, CA, USA — The Corruption // 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 SEMIFINALISTS:
Kate Chrisman — Berlin, Germany — Outsourced // Comedy Drama TV – ½ hour
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
Katharine Densmore — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Death & Detroit // Drama TV – 1 hour
Jeanette Dilone — New York, NY, USA — Cheat Code // Teen Crime Dramedy TV – ½ hour
Elyse Dolbec — Holmdel, NJ, USA — Disordered // Horror Drama TV – ½ hour
Heidi-Marie Ferren — Manhattan Beach, CA, USA — Orphan Child // Dramedy TV – 1 hour
Rachel Fisher — Maplewood, NJ, USA — Roots & Branches // Family Drama TV – 1 hour
Ruth Fowler — Inglewood, CA, USA — Topangry // Drama TV – 1 hour
Suzanne Griffin — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Blood and Dreams // Historical Adventure Drama TV – 1 hour
CoCo Harris — Greenville, SC, USA — Dopamine // Comedy TV – ½ hour
Jolie Huang — New York, NY, USA — Rule of Law // Drama TV – 1 hour
Stephanie Jacobs — Long Beach, CA, USA — JoyRide // Dramedy TV – ½ hour
Savannah Lucas — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Spokes // Comedy Drama TV – ½ hour
Christine McKeever — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Fresh Hell // Dark Comedy Action TV – 1 hour
Christine Medrano — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Flop // Dark Comedy TV – ½ hour
Cheryl Meyer — Toronto, Ontario, Canada — Chronic Elle // Dramedy 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
Gina Mingione — Astoria, NY, USA — Sea Legs // Comedy TV – ½ hour
Daisy Rosato — Brooklyn, NY, USA — On The Edge // Drama TV – 1 hour
Stacey Russell — Mount Juliet, TN, USA — Like You Stole It // SciFi Western Drama TV – 1 hour
Molly Stark-Ragsdale — Missoula, MT, USA — Leonard’s Fourteen Lives // Dark Comedy TV – 1 hour
Alison Weaverdyck — Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany — No Rest for the Wicked // Paranormal Drama TV – 1 hour
PAGE INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING AWARDS SEMIFINALISTS:
Marlena Brown — New York, NY, USA — True Falls // Mystery Drama TV – 1 hour
Nick Taylor Buck — Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England — Stub // Techno-thriller Feature
Kelly Cochran-Yzquierdo — Alexandria, VA, USA — Club Drama // LGBTQ+ Drama TV – 1 hour
Caroline Connolly — Boston, MA, USA — Bad Influencer // Comedy TV – ½ 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
Alison McGrath — Sausalito, CA, USA — Middlehood // Comedy Feature
Sarah Mokh — New Brunswick, NJ, USA — Diary of a Muslim Cynic // Coming-of-Age Drama Feature
Karen Pluemer — Platteville, WI, USA — The Business of Love // Romantic Comedy Feature
Hilari Scarl — Burbank, CA, USA — Om // Magical Realism Musical 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
Laurie Whitaker — Palm Springs, CA, USA — The Wind Chimes an American Musical // Period Musical Drama Feature
SAGINDIE SEMIFINALISTS:
Nine Blackmon — Chicago, IL, USA — His Eye Tooth // Horror, Black-Period Piece Feature
Andre Cherry — Philadelphia, PA, USA — Gentry // Sports Drama Feature
Kaydx — Atlanta, GA, USA — Unalive // True Crime, Thriller Drama TV Miniseries
Arayna Eison — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Perdido // Period Drama TV - 1 hour
Teri Elam — Augusta, GA, USA — Living Your Best Wife // Comedy, Drama Feature
Travon Epps — New York, NY, USA — Crossing // Comedy, Drama TV - 1/2 hour
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
Jordan Hannah — Houston, TX, USA — A World with No Heroes // Coming-of-Age Drama Feature
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
Brooke Obie — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Closer to Love // Dramedy Feature
Nicole Quinn — Accord, NY, USA — Bearing Witness // Coming-of-Age Thriller TV – Mini Series
Mohana Rajakumar — Springfield, VA, USA — Grades Before Spades // Comedy Feature
Jennifer Rossi — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Pedaling Pursuants // Drama Thriller Feature
Jess Waters — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Gleason’s // Historical Drama TV – 1 hour
Tyler Young — Alpharetta, GA, USA — Remember the Time // Dark Comedy TV - ½ hour
Alex Bijan Zandi — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Saffron Threads // Social Thriller Drama Feature
SIDEWALK FILM FESTIVAL SEMIFINALISTS:
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
Nehemias Colindres — Berlin, Germany — Vida Eterna (Eternal Life) // Dark Comedy Feature
Christin Finch — Denver, CO, USA — Raised by Dogs // Dramedy Feature
StormMiguel Florez — San Francisco, CA, USA — Welcome To Roswell // Mockumentary Comedy Feature
Noah Glenn — Memphis, TN, USA — Bike Lane Ends // Family Adventure Feature
Howard Hong — Draper, UT, USA — Sex, Religion, and Uncle Willy // Dark Comedy TV – ½ hour
Jenna Larson — Los Angeles, CA, USA — VIPs // Dramedy TV – ½ hour
Daniel Maldonado — New York, NY, USA — The Pounding Echo Of The Cucubana & The Coqui // Magical Surrealism Drama Feature
Lucas Miller — Arden Hills, MN, USA — Always, Forever // Family Drama LGBTQIA+ Feature
Kathryn Orwig — Michigan, USA — Casus Belli // Mafia Murder Action Mystery TV 1 – hour
Margaux Poupard — Oakland, CA, USA — White Lies // Comedy TV – ½ hour
Dalila Ali Rajah — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Magickal Thinker l Blossoming Wisdom // Dramedy TV – 1 hour
Abitha Ramachandran — London, England — Ashoka the Great // Historical Fiction Drama TV – 1 hour
Cecelia Ticktin — Roosevelt, NJ, USA — Chronic // Dark Comedy TV – ½ 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
Dominic White — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Polaroid Joe // Coming-of-Age Drama Feature
STUDIO SKYFIRE SEMIFINALISTS:
Christine Autrand Mitchell — Tigard, OR, USA — Anning Station // SciFi Thriller TV – 1 hour
Yohanna Baez — Bronx, NY, USA — All Night Deli // SciFi TV – ½ hour
Kylie Boersma — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Once and Future // Historical Drama TV – 1 hour
Nisha Burton — Ashland, OR, USA — Stillness // SciFi Drama Feature
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
Lance Edmands — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Dead River // Historical Horror Feature
Ashley Green — New York, NY, USA — Gully // Crime Drama TV – ½ hour
Shelley Gustavson — Oak Park, IL, USA — The Coyote // Fantasy Family Feature
Marie-Emmanuelle Thomas Hartness — Cambridge, MA, USA — Asia // SciFi Drama Feature
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
Mandi Maxwell — Toronto, Ontario, Canada — Metagame // Fantasy YA LGBTQ+ Feature
Marcus Tappan — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Nubarium // Animated SciFi TV – ½ hour
Jessica Vance — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Nightingales // SciFi TV – Miniseries
Sarah White — South Salem, NY, USA — Ungodly Hours // Horror Comedy TV – ½ hour
Alia Zeid — Campbell, CA, USA — GreyHats // Crime Thriller TV – 1 hour
Trevor Zhou — Alhambra, CA, USA — Untitled Slasher // Horror Comedy Feature
TANGERINE ENTERTAINMENT SEMIFINALISTS:
Roisin Agnew — London, England — Hit Where It Hurts // Thriller Feature
Alessandra Bautze — Decatur, GA, USA — Racing the Wolf God // Sports Drama Feature
Julia Bergeron — Woodland Hills, CA, USA — Austen Time // Romantic Comedy Feature
Kate Bernstein — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Jess & Mike // Psychological Drama Thriller Feature
Andrea Berting — Chicago, IL, USA — Breast in Show // Dark Comedy Feature
Shannon Lee Clair — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Above Snakes // Drama Feature
Jade Edwards — London, England — Fermata // Music, Family Drama
Lauren Ferebee — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Brilliance // Drama Feature
Jeanine Frost — South Newfane, VT, USA — A Vermont Story // Romantic 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
Susan Polk — Belleville, NJ, USA — Amen & Ameen // Drama Feature
Ashleigh Rains — Toronto, Ontario, Canada — A Good Death // Drama Feature
Selin Sevinc — Bend, OR, USA — Home Sounds // Dark Comedy Feature
Sarah Street — Queens, NY, USA — The Mustache Ride // Comedy Feature
Sarah Tihany — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Ghost Flower // Western Thriller Feature
Kel Vance — Austral, NSW, Australia — Wrong Shade of Blue // Drama Feature
CONGRATULATIONS! WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE NEXT ROUND.
PLEASE NOTE OUR FINALISTS FOR THE STOWE DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND OUR UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FELLOW WILL BE ANNOUNCED WHEN WE COMPLETE ALL OTHER FELLOWSHIP REVIEWS.
The semifinalists and finalists for fellowships to our programs are decided through a competitive application review by the Stowe Story Labs Review Team. 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.
