Museum of the Moving Image and Sloan Foundation Announce 2024 Sloan Student Prize Finalists (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comEmiliana Betancourt The Museum of the Moving Image and the Sloan Foundation have selected nine Sloan finalists, granting them the opportunity to work with mentors year-round and complete a science-themed screenplay.
Two winners will receive a $20,000 prize. The program’s mentors include author Graham Slack (“The Harvard Computers,”) screenwriter Gillian Weeks (“Let There Be Light”), writer and director Temi Ojo (“A Man with a Missing Face”), filmmaker Chadd Hatbold (“The Wrath of Becky”) and Jordan McCray (“Committed”).
The foundation partners with six film institutions: the American Film Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, New York University, University of Southern California, and UCLA.
Finalists from these schools will compete for the Sloan Grand Jury Prize. Simultaneously, finalists from six other schools will compete for a separate prize, the Sloan Discovery Prize, still working with mentors for guidance.
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