Online Producers’ Labs

The two labs are designed for emerging producers looking to produce their first or second, micro-to-low budget ($100,000 - $2,500,000) feature film.

Each program is capped at 16 Participants. Producers’ Lab participants should demonstrate general knowledge of the industry, life or work experience suited to producing, and present a feature film project they intend to workshop at the Labs (project may be at very early stage).

2026 APPLICATIONS CLOSED

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TWO ONLINE LABS IN 2026

APRIL 28 - MAY 1

OCTOBER 27 - 30

GOALS + RESULTS

The goal of these intensive, four-day labs is to help participants develop creative vision, market knowledge, practical skills, and leave the lab with a concrete plan and action items to push the work forward.

The labs feature:

  • Direct access to working industry professionals, top in their fields. Past mentors have included Jenny Halper, Executive Vice President of Development & Production at Maven Screen Media; Darrien Michele Gipson, Executive Director of SAGindie; Patrick Fischer, Producer and Managing Director of Creativity Capital; and Jonathan Duffy, Creative Producer (Sorry To Bother You, The Sound of Silence, BlueBack)

  • Opportunities to build knowledge, skills, and insights to navigate the film industry

  • A network of talented peers, vital in this collaborative art and business

  • One-on-one mentor consultations

  • Mentor roundtable discussions

  • Peer-to-Peer sessions

  • Workshop time

Darrien Michele Gipson (Producer, Executive Director of SAGindie) mentors in a one-on-one project consultation at the 2024 Producers’ Lab.

2025 Producers’ Lab Alum: Shilpa Sunthankar

“I came to the Stowe Producers’ Lab confused and daunted by all the directions my film could take for financing. By the end of the Lab, after talking to our incredibly experienced mentors and my wonderfully talented cohort, I had a solid plan to get my film to production, actionable next steps to start moving on, and a new community of filmmaker friends to share wisdom with. It really provided the wisdom I needed to move the project forward.”

Producers’ Lab Content

  • Market knowledge

  • Sales and distribution

  • Pitching and packaging

  • Project selection

  • Creative Vision

  • Development

  • Financing

  • Practical skills

  • Leadership

Producers’ Lab mentors are drawn from across the value chain to inform the different stages of a producer’s journey with a project, and typically will include a sales agent, producers, and financiers.

INVESTMENT

The fee for an Online Producers’ Lab is $1,800.

Producer and participant Cecile George (right) in a one-on-one project consultation with mentor Jenny Halper (left), Executive Vice President of Development and Production at Maven Screen Media at the 2025 Producers’ Lab in Stowe, VT. Photo by Jesse Schloff.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • 2026 Applications are closed. Subscribe to our newsletter to be notified of future application seasons.

  • A team of two may apply, and if admitted the team will share mentor meetings and peer group slots (not take separate meetings or seats).

  • Yes!

  • Just email us at info@stowestorylabs.org.

By humans for humans. We do not use AI in reviewing applications or scripts, and do not accept submissions generated by AI.