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Athena Film Festival

Athena Film Festival

March 2 - 5, 2023

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Alfred P. Sloan Athena List Development Grant

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Athena List Development Grant is a $20,000 award given to an Athena List winner or finalist for a screenplay that focuses on a woman in a science-themed project. This grant places emphasis on stories dedicated to showcasing the diversity and resilience of women in STEM.

In addition to the grant, the Athena Film Festival hosts a reading to help widen exposure for the award-winning script.

Alfred P. Sloan Athena List Development Grant Winner What the Eyes Don’t See – 2020

The 2020 Alfred P. Sloan development grant was awarded to writer-director Cherien Dabis’ What The Eyes Don’t See. A 2020 Athena List winner, Dabis’s moving and powerful script tells the true life story of Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a courageous woman in science who alerted the nation and exposed public officials when her research found dangerous blood lead levels in children from Flint, Michigan.

Previous Winners

Inaugural Alfred P. Sloan Athena List Development Grant Winner Lucky 13 – 2019

Photo from Lucky 13 Script Reading Event

Lucky 13 by Denise Meyers was a 2016 Athena List finalist and tells the incredible true story of the only all-female airbase in American history, powered by unforgettable women who came from all walks of life to play a significant role in the war effort, sacrificing everything to save the B-26 Marauder aircraft from the scrap heap before being unceremoniously disbanded to make room for male civilian pilots hoping to avoid the draft.

 

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