Stowe Story Labs is Proud to Announce the Finalists for its 2nd Annual $50,000 Curated Short Film Production Grant

Congratulations to these talented writers and filmmakers for advancing to the finalist round. It is a meaningful achievement to have advanced this far in the review process. We wish you all the best of luck in the final round.

The winning project will be awarded a curated grant of $50,000 to support the development, production, and distribution of a short film with a total run time of approximately 10 minutes.

This program is supported by partners including PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, HanWay Films, ARRI, Seed&Spark, Portrait, Film Fatales, Pan Up Productions, Film Pittsburgh, Seattle International Film Festival, The Free Speech Film Festival, Backstage, and WeShort. Stowe mentor, screenwriter, filmmaker, and creative producer Liz Cardenas will serve as lead mentor on the project.

We thank everyone for their support of this program.


SHORT FILM PRODUCTION GRANT FINALISTS

Autumn Adams – New Growth

Ayla Amano – Hold Tight

Echo Andersson & Julian Brave NoiseCat – Black and Blue

Zach Bandler – Patient

Denise Deegan – Amy, What Are You Doing?

Diana Densmore – Selling Point

Ursula Ellis – Arlene in 5B

Maja Urukalo Franov – Voicemail

Gabriella Garcia – Her Road Trip

Mariel Iezzoni – Bad Boy

Laura Kindred – March Hare

JLee MacKenzie – Fenix

Jeffrey Martín – Lunch Shift

Jessie Mills & Meagan Prahl – Tomorrow, Mama (fka This is a Story about Love)

Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda & Dini Parayitam – Feels Like it’s About to Rain

Kwabena Nimo – Mavourneen

Matthew Palmer – Radio Silence

Francine J. Sanders – Cold

Kate Sullivan and Heather & Sera Barbieri – Are You There?

Donna Bonilla Wheeler – Returns & Errors: Pets


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