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StorySeeds is a 3-month fellowship designed to support emerging filmmakers and screenwriters to write a short narrative film screenplay, immerse in a collaborative film community, and grow their confidence.

  • $1000 Unrestricted Grant

  • Mentorship by established filmmakers

  • License of Final Draft 

  • Learn skills in Screenwriting and Storytelling

  • Meet a community of fellow BIPOC filmmakers

Applications will open in spring of 2027

2026 StorySeeds Fellows

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Bijoux

Josefina Gerónimo

Shinaana Secody

Keng Xiong

Mumina

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  • “I've learned the format, a little about the business aspects like treatments, and just feel 100% more confident in myself. I have a short screenplay now! I'm a screenwriter.”

    — Johanna Keller Flores, StorySeeds Fellow 2025

  • “It has been healing. I think I'm used to not receiving constructive feedback that was helpful or someone can help walk me through it or talk to me about it thoroughly. I would also say it's more structured which I do prefer.”

    —Txhee Xiong, StorySeeds Fellow 2025

StorySeeds Facilitator

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Raven Johnson is a Liberian-American filmmaker from Minnesota. Her work explores the realities of Black experiences in predominantly White spaces around the midwest.

Raven is an assistant professor of Moving Images at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.  She received her MFA in Filmmaking from NYU Tisch.