Stowe Story Labs Inaugural Curated Short Film Production Grant Announces Semifinalists
STOWE STORY LABS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE 2024 SEMIFINALISTS FOR THE INAUGURAL CURATED SHORT FILM PRODUCTION GRANT PROGRAM
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 ARRI, the Galway Film Fleadh, Seed&Spark, the Sidewalk Film Festival, Portrait, Film Pittsburgh, Seattle International Film Festival, Empact, 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 Mentor Liz Cardenas will serve as Executive Producer on the project, both to administer the grant and to be available to provide mentoring.
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.
A terrific list of projects and talent. Congratulations to these top 50 semifinalists. We wish you all the best of luck in the next round.
SHORT FILM PRODUCTION GRANT SEMIFINALISTS
Allen Adkins — A Simple Question
Bianca Ahonor — By Proxy
Yasmine Askari — A Wink from the Moon
Yoni Azulay — Hourglass
Hiroki Berrecloth — Canvas Playgrounds
Steven Bogart — Leslie and Milton
Melissa Brides — Room B
Aaron Chalke — Forever 27
Briana Cox — To the Family of Verlean Banks
Sharona D'Ornellas — Keep My Brother
Denise Deegan — Questions
William Dempster — Sugar Rush
Amy DePaola — Left, Right, Center
Esme Douglas — The Test
Jasmine Elist — Shaum
Andrew Esam/Jake Fairnie — Stuck
Anthony Estrada — Will
Daniel Fabelo/Maria Mealla — This Will Be Our Year
Charlene Fisk — Call and Response
Chaseedaw Giles — Skin
Jack Gill — How Are We, Mum?
Sid Gopinath — Only Children
Sara Hallowell — Hello I Must Be Going
Kim J.Y Han — Mottainai
Sarah Beth Huntley — Family Vacation
Dena Hysell-Cornejo — Mockingbird
La'Chris Robinson Jordan — The Ridge
Michele Koop — Otsuchi
Julia Maddox — Slip Away
Bryce Marrero/Tevin Simpson — Of What Grows Through Fire
Pier Paolo Piccoli — The Elephant King
Suzanne Riley Moneymaker — Cemeteries
Dave Schilling — Can't Float
Nick Fituri Scown — Time Enough
Scott Sherman — Royal Water
Joffre Faria Silva — Aging Queens
Cathriona Slammon — We Could Not Survive Without Bees
Sarah Steeves — Written in the Scars
Nikki Taylor — Ella
Nell Teare/Joy Kecken — The Nature of Magic
Cameron Thrower — Fun Lady
Ilana Turner — Right Hand Red
Christine Vartoughian — A (Mostly) Human Girl
Teresa Warner — Dating With Dead Parents
William Winston — Cheekbit
David Woll — Ramona
Edward Worthy — Scars That Define Us
Steve Young/Dava Whisenant — The Faucet
Joshua Yunis — Waste King
Ali Imran Zaidi — The Boy with the Dinosaur Head
