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IFP MN Announces 2008 McKnight Screenwriting Finalists
IFP Minnesota and the McKnight Foundation are proud to announce the
finalists for the 2008 Screenwriting Fellowship competition!
Thirteen panelists, all from outside of Minnesota, chose seven finalists. A
separate panel will select the two winning McKnight Screenwriting Fellows in
June.
MCKNIGHT SCREENWRITING FINALISTS, 2008
Ted Dewberry, “THE LAST MEAL PROJECT”
A prominent chef loses everything when his drug habit causes him to sicken customers. His punishment -- cooking last meals for death row inmates – changes him forever. The Last Meal Project is a bittersweet tale of facing inner demons and accepting redemption even at great cost.
Daniel S. Elliot, “WHEN GOD SLEEPS”
Based on actual events in the Congo in 2001, a vicious renegade leader and his child soldiers kidnap ten-year-old Jabi and his sister Musabi and force them to become child soldiers. Kate, an American relief worker, attempts to save the children and in the process loses her life.
Karen Frank, “GRAVE MATTERS”
Ally wants to make sure her sister Dani has the wedding of her dreams. Her father Leo wants to escape debt, and if he accomplishes one small task, he’s home free. Two events are on a collision course: the world’s most perfect wedding, and the world’s most imperfect grave robbery.
Daniel Laurence, “KINDRED”
A socially liberal, eccentric farmer’s wife struggles to raise her polarized “at risk” teenage sons as socially progressive young men amidst the intolerance of their remote township.
Matt Osterman, “PHASMA EX MACHINA”
A supernatural mystery with strong elements of science fiction, Phasma Ex Machina follows the lives of two brothers, a physics professor, and a detective trying to decipher an unsolved murder. Everything changes when the brothers discover that the distance between the living and the dead isn’t all that far.
Alan W. Porter, “THE SAINT OF DENMARK FALLS”
While investigating a routine accident in rural Minnesota, an African-American insurance investigator discovers that picturesque Denmark Falls may not be what it appears. He endeavors to uncover the secrets guarded by the town’s inhabitants, but when he receives bad news from home, he must choose between his marriage and solving the riddle.
Matthew Stenerson, “JUNK DRAWER”
Genevieve Odegaard, a high school junior living in Follesdal Falls, Minnesota, is struggling to make her life perfect, despite the fact that her family lives in a garbage house.
2008 McKnight Screenwriting Fellowship Round 1 Judges:
IFP MN SUPPORTS FILMMAKERS AND SCREENWRITERS
With funding from the McKnight Foundation IFP MN annually selects four individuals based on merit to recive a $25,000 fellowship. Two are specifically for filmmakers and two for screenwriters.
Here are the winners for 2007! Click on the names below to view more information about each artist:
Emily Goldberg
Jon Springer
Michael Starrbury
Wenonah Wilms
Click below to watch an interview with our winners featured on a segment of MTN's monthly arts program, Access to Art, produced by John Akre and Beth Peloff.
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IFP Minnesota and The McKnight Foundation will award four $25,000 fellowships to Minnesota filmmakers and screenwriters in 2008. The fellowships honor the professional and artistic accomplishments of Minnesota artists writing and directing for the screen. Writers are required to submit one feature-length screenplay. Directors are required to submit two work samples in feature or short length in any of the genres of narrative, documentary, experimental, or animation.
Minnesota residents who meet the criteria are strongly encouraged to apply for this outstanding program.
Deadlines for submission:
McKnight Fellowships for Screenwriters 4:00 PM on Monday, February 4, 2008
McKnight Fellowships for Filmmakers 4:00 PM on Monday, March 3, 2008
For more information, please contact Lu Lippold, 651-644-1912 x106, llippold@ifpmn.org
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