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 AmanoHold Tight

Echo Andersson & Julian Brave NoiseCatBlack and Blue

Zach BandlerPatient

Denise DeeganAmy, What Are You Doing?

Diana DensmoreSelling Point

Ursula EllisArlene in 5B

Maja Urukalo FranovVoicemail

Gabriella GarciaHer Road Trip

Mariel IezzoniBad Boy

Laura KindredMarch Hare

JLee MacKenzie Fenix

Jeffrey MartínLunch Shift

Jessie Mills & Meagan PrahlTomorrow, Mama (fka This is a Story about Love)

Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda & Dini ParayitamFeels Like it’s About to Rain

Kwabena NimoMavourneen

Matthew PalmerRadio Silence

Francine J. Sanders Cold

Kate Sullivan and Heather & Sera BarbieriAre You There?

Donna Bonilla Wheeler Returns & Errors: Pets


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