Stowe Story Labs Announces 2nd Annual $50,000 Short Film Production Grant Quarterfinalists
The Stowe Story Labs $50,000 Curated Short Film Production Grant, developed in partnership with the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, and working with partners including 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, will award a grant of $50,000 to support the development, production, and distribution of a short film with a total run time of approximately 10 minutes.
Stowe’s Liz Cardenas will serve as lead mentor on the project.
We are proud to offer this grant to develop and produce a wonderful short film, and through this work to help screenwriters, filmmakers, and creative producers get work made and seen.
The review process has been an incredibly difficult one so far due to the quality and variety of the projects. Congratulations to these top quarterfinalists. We wish you all the best of luck in the next round.
SHORT FILM PRODUCTION GRANT QUARTERFINALISTS
Dami A — Hobson City Dreams
Philip Abrams – Not Yet
Autumn Adams – New Growth
Thomas Akins, Jr. – Sins of the Father
Ayla Amano – Hold Tight
Echo Andersson & Julian Brave NoiseCat – Black and Blue
Frank Armendarez – Seconds Out
Zach Bandler – Patient
Avivit Bar-Yosef & Jacob Alden Roa - Ultra
Léwuga Benson – Wake Up, Please
Arianna Blatt – A Shot at Friendship
Donna Bonilla Wheeler – Returns & Errors: Pets
Chloe Bostian – Thank You For Coming
Nick Brooks – Paper Plates
Derrion Brown – It’s Somebody’s Birthday!
Mugs Cahill – Jamie Dornan Is A National Treasure
Laura Campbell – Squirrel
Davon Cecil – Caged Bird
Keegan Ciarmello – Keeping Up
Caroline Connolly – I’m Fine
Najah Issata Diop – Veinwerk
Denise Deegan – Amy, What Are You Doing?
Diana Densmore – Selling Point
Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda & Dini Parayitam – Feels Like it’s About to Rain
Susan Dynner – The Last Shot
Ursula Ellis – Arlene in 5B
Kristen Falso-Capaldi – I Can’t Hear You
Lucy Fry – Reaching Through Ultramarine Blue
Gabriella Garcia – Her Road Trip
Aurelia Gold – The Last Mural
Michael Goyert – Lulubelle
Christopher Guerrero – Girl Afraid
Ana Guigui – Mumble Bumble
Kate Haley – The Last Believer
Dani Hanks – Plus One
Mike Hanson & Kelly Susan Moothart – The Revver
Sandhya Hermann – The Phone Call
Christine Hoang – Just Say Yes
Shana Hughes – Senior Moments
Peter Hunziker – Expiration Date
Mariel Iezzoni – Bad Boy
Spencer Jamison – Numina
Natalie Jasmine Harris – To Carry You with Me
Duran Jones – Busking
Anika Kan Grevstad – Copy Cat
Ivan Kander – Conversation Buddy
Joseph Kibler – Here Right Now
Laura Kindred – March Hare
Ali LaSov – Another Key
Jonathan Light – Business Need
Yilong Liu – Do You Still Hate Me?
Nat Livingston Johnson – The Pause
Zena Logan – The Ultimate Breakup
King K. Lu – Worth
JLee MacKenzie – The Graduation
Branko Maksic – Gearjammer
Dave Malone & Paulette Guerin – For Keeps
Jeffrey Martín – LunchShift
Mary McGloin – Colleen’s Choice
James Meiser - Turtleneck
Josh Miller - The Speech
Jessie Mills & Meagan Prahl – This is a Story about Love
Dark Mind – Campfire
Louise Monaghan - Bubbie
Mamoudou N’Diaye – Misery Business
Kwabena Nimo - Mavourneen
Eanoh None – Stage 9
Nene Nwoko – Peggy
KiAnna Nycole - In Good Hands
Gwen Ogle – Fifteen Minutes to Freedom
César Oyarzabal – Francis and Helen
Matthew Palmer – Radio Silence
Cole Quirk – I See You
Jennifer Rapaport – Pending
Elaine Rava – Here With You
Jeff Reese – Bud Burkett was All Set to Die
Cynthia Riddle & Peter Hunziker – Light
S. Riley Moneymaker – Baggage
R.B. Ripley - Simulcast
Natasha Rivera (Picture Story Studios) – Last On The Lot
Benjamin Samuel – Let Me Run
Francine J. Sanders – Cold
Francine J. Sanders – Congregation
Jonathan Santos – The Custody Agreement
David Schneiderman – Orphans
Lisa Scott – Flash Burn
Scott Sherman – The Set
Zoey Sidwell – …Now You Don’t
Santa Sierra - Forehead
Samantha Skelton – Austin Isn’t Real
Douglas Spaltro – The Signature
Kate Sullivan and Heather & Sera Barbieri – Are You There?
Maria Collette Sundeen – The Veil
Kevin Talley – Did You Have a Good Time?
Michelle Tattenbaum – Memory Care
Alfred Thomas Catalfo & Michael Dardis Walsh – Hold Your Horsemen
Frank Tremblay & JF Allaire - Breaking Claus
Maja Urukalo – Voicemail
Christine Weatherup – Setbacks
Christian Wisecarver – Artifacts
