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Heidi Hayward – 2022 Feature Finalist

Heidi Hayward – 2022 Feature Finalist

The character of Bunny is loosely based on my mom. Diagnosed with Bipolar disorder at 50, with no understanding of the importance of medication, and a system that ignores and criminalizes mental illness, she ended up homeless. My brother and I ultimately found her...
Laurie Jones – 2022 Feature Finalist

Laurie Jones – 2022 Feature Finalist

I’m well versed in obsessive worry. My family is a pu pu platter of mental health issues. I spent a long time in denial of that, and then over time, began to embrace it, even finding the humor in it and what the beneficial, beautiful side of mental illness could be....
Alexander Blum – 2022 Pilot Finalist

Alexander Blum – 2022 Pilot Finalist

I’ve always believed that stories are found, not made. Plucked from the empyrean above, fully-formed, we can only fail them and inevitably struggle to find the details in the act of making. The imperfections are ours, not theirs. Perhaps the same is true of a dream,...
Sergio Cervantes – 2022 Pilot Finalist

Sergio Cervantes – 2022 Pilot Finalist

Hello there. My name is Sergio Cervantes. I am a LatinX artist, educator, storyteller, and a dad. I’m drawn to the type of stories that are overlooked — untold histories intrigue me. To bring these stories to light, I find ways to entwine fiction with reality. That’s...
Michael Zammit – 2022 Pilot Finalist

Michael Zammit – 2022 Pilot Finalist

  HONK! is a comedy drama that explores identity and race through a hard-up actress that is both East Asian and white yet struggles to land Asian or white roles, often missing out to people more blatantly their race or “casting bracket”. In an industry and...