Grad Film Alumni Awarded 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting

Wednesday, Mar 25, 2026

Congratulations to Sara Crow '24 (MFA, Grad Film) and David Rafailedes '24 (MBA/MFA Grad Film Dual Degree) for receiving an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting for “Satoshi.”

Satoshi

After her family loses everything in the 2008 financial crisis, a teenaged anime-obsessed hacktivist realizes money isn’t fair…so she sets out to reinvent it with a new digital currency called Bitcoin.

The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting program has awarded 191 fellowships since 1986 as an international talent development program that supports non-professional screenwriters. Fellows receive direct support, ongoing resources and networking opportunities from the Academy and ongoing career advancement support.

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