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Best known for his horror and supernatural novels, as all Constant Readers know, Stephen King has also written extremely sensitive stories: “The Reach” bewitched me because it delicately addresses deep themes such as memory,...

Making a Stephen King’s Story Into a Southwest Folktale. The motivation behind my project is to shoot a story that holds personal importance to me as it was one of the first short stories...

The Road Works in Mysterious Ways Choosing from the selections of the Dollar Babies that were available, it wasn’t hard to land on Mute, because I had always wanted to tell a hitchhiker story....

Helplessly In the Deathroom  The Director’s Vision Statement of “Na Câmara da Morte” (In The Deathroom) Thiago Ramos During the making of Na Câmara da Morte, one thought was always in mind: “This movie...

Anna Shapiro, Derailed. A Visionary Statement Choice of Story. I was always passionate about images and stories that lie between reality and unreality. What if what we are looking at is not what it seems...

The Power Of Feminine Rage, A Visionary Statement As I wasn’t the director, but the writer/producer, I hope it’s okay that I say my vision from those perspectives and the shared vision I had...

Once Upon A Time (Again) In Colorado It’s a fairly un-fairytale’d fact of life, that none can deny, all things end. And just in case we ever forget this universal truth, the fates have...

Director’s Statement (That Feeling, The One You Can Only Say What It Is In French) As a lifelong fan of King’s work, I’ve always been drawn to the way that he weaves supernatural elements...

“I’m no Stephen King, but…” by Mathew Bonta A big take away from adapting a Stephen King work is that I’ve come to realize that my own writing style matches Stephen King’s very closely....

Director’s Visionary Statement – Mute (Pablo Knappe Rodriguez) I found out about the Dollar Baby Program on some random instagram post. It was late and I was already in bed – I had to...