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 Hermon – 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


THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS, FRIENDS, AND COLLABORATORS

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