MEET THE 2022 HUMANITAS
NEW VOICES FELLOWS
Cick here to view the New Voices Fellowship Talent Guide, which offers individual bios, resumes, and project information on the 2022 fellows.
Photo by Shannon Cottrell.
Myra Aquino
Script: Lamb
Format: Feature
Logline: Set in the island of Guam in 1996, a young CHamoru boy tries to save his grandfather from dying of a broken heart.
Pronouns: she/her
Mentor: Ligiah Villalobos
Photo by Shannon Cottrell.
Albert M. Chan
Script: Incarnations
Format: Feature
Logline: In the wake of his four‐year‐old son's death, a distraught biologist discovers a mysterious marker that could be scientific proof of the afterlife, launching him on a quest to prove his theory and reunite with his son.
Pronouns: he/him
Mentor: Deborah Goodwin
Photo by Bre McGee/Uncommon Collaborative
Shannon TL Kearns
Script: Transformed
Format: 60-Minute Pilot
Logline: Ayden worries that his wife will leave him, Jim worries he's going to lose his kids, and Sam feels he has nothing left to lose. It's 2008 in NYC and a group of men with nothing in common but the fact that they're all transgender try to figure out how to support one another.
Pronouns: he/him
Mentor: Steven Canals
Photo by Shannon Cottrell.
Devon Kerr
Script: Antipope
Format: 30-Minute Pilot
Logline: In 1378, The Catholic Church is thrown into chaos when a vulgar, homosexual, commoner priest runs to become Pope. Based on a true-ish story.
Pronouns: he/him
Mentor: Justin Noble
Photo by Shannon Cottrell.
Maurizio Ledezma
Script: Hard Light
Format: Feature
Logline: After a climate catastrophe wipes out most of humanity, a stranded astronaut and a highly advanced AI must work together to repower a desolate space station before they're stuck in space forever.
Pronouns: he/him
Mentor: Scott Z. Burns
NEW VOICES FELLOWS AT THE
46TH ANNUAL HUMANITAS PRIZES
PAST NEW VOICES FELLOWS, MENTORS,
AND SUCCESS STORIES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Check back soon for updates!
Questions?
Please email us at info@humanitasprize.org or use the contact form below.