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April 2021

Stowe Story Labs Announces Brummie Filmmaker Finalist

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Stowe Story Labs has announced their Fellowship Finalists to the 2021 Narrative Labs. Among them is Birmingham filmmaker Brendan O’Neill, with his project ‘The Little Winding Road’, a war drama, action feature. Brendan, along with filmmakers Jack Irwin from London and Sean McConville from Watford are finalists for the 2021 Irish Film London Fellowship, which is awarded to a top emerging UK based screenwriter or filmmaker (director or creative producer) who is Irish, of Irish descent, or a member of the Irish diaspora. Other British filmmakers have made the finals for the Final Draft Fellowship, Maven Screen Media Finalists and Tangerine Entertainment Finalists.

About Stowe Story Labs

Stowe Story Labs is a non-profit effort to bring screenwriters, filmmakers and creative producers together with seasoned, working industry professionals to get work made and seen.

The annual Stowe Narrative Lab is an intensive four day program from June 5 – 8, 2021. It features skill development and focus on story structure, character and theme; conversation about story; packaging; elements of creative production; casting; adaptation; and finance and distribution. Participants will also again direct access to working industry professionals, network with talented peers, and benefit from workshops and roundtables.

Stowe Story Labs is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. See the full list of finalists here.

 

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West Midlands Mayor Challenges Region to Win an Oscar

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The region’s film-makers have been challenged to make an Oscar or Bafta-winning film or TV series within the next five years by the current mayor. This follows the success of shows such as Peaky Blinders. And Andy Street has said the region’s part in the industrial revolution is an obvious choice for a West Midlands story he would like to see on film. He mentioned the work of historical figures including Abraham Darby and Matthew Boulton at a time when the “world’s future changed”.

You can read the Oscar challenge in a 168-page document setting out his plans for a second term. Mayor Andy Street became the first West Midlands mayor in 2017. His April 6th manifesto for re-election pledges to “open the new Mercian Studios and the Creative Content Hub in Digbeth”. He also says he wants to help BBC in their relocation to the West Midlands. This move promised to create many new jobs for local people.

 

Source: www.birminghammail.co.uk

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