MEET THE 2023 HUMANITAS
NEW VOICES FELLOWS
Photo by Shannon Cottrell
Julia Weisberg Cortés
Script: The Golden Children
Format: 1 Hour Pilot
Logline: Set on an isolated Romani compound where young girls are sold as brides, a 17-year-old Romani girl fights for agency and reform after being forcibly sold into marriage.
Pronouns: she/her
Mentor: Marissa Jo Cerar
Photo by Shannon Cottrell
Jordan Guingao
Script: Little Light
Format: Fantasy Feature
Logline: A young girl from a Philippine fishing village makes a pact with an ancient forest spirit to bring her father back to life.
Pronouns: he/him
Mentor: Charise Castro Smith
Photo by Jessica Osber
Terron Jones
Script: ibrahim
Format: Drama Feature
Logline: An undocumented African immigrant with a love of 90's R&B, dreams of becoming a recording artist but when a coup in his homeland threatens the existence of his wife and daughter, he must make a drastic decision that will forever change him.
Pronouns: he/him
Mentor: Reggie Rock Bythewood
Photo by Shannon Cottrell
Max Asayesh-Brown
Script: Home Away From Home
Format: Half Hour Pilot
Logline: A teen girl on a family trip to Iran reconnects with an old admirer, as they both plot ways to escape the country for their own reasons.
Pronouns: he/him
Mentor: Robb Chavis
Photo by Shannon Cottrell
Luis Antonio Aldana & Miguel Angel Caballero
Script: Angel in Retrograde
Format: Drama Feature
Logline: After being diagnosed with retrograde amnesia, Angel, a husband, and father, struggles to remember who he is. As memories and repressed feelings return, he realizes he’s been living his entire life in the closet, leading to an encounter with Joshua, an estranged high school friend he was once in love with.
Pronouns: he/him, he/him
Mentor: Roberto Marinas
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