The Cohort Film Lab is a 14-day creative production incubator that takes a room of St. Louis filmmakers, musicians, photographers, writers, and actors and ships a finished short film in two weeks. Night 1 is the kickoff and crew formation. The 14-day production window is the build. Night 2 is the showcase screening with the full cohort, friends, and invited guests.
Each lab runs roughly 14 days. Night 1 is the kickoff. The middle 14 days are the production window. Night 2 is the showcase screening of every finished short.
No. Cohort labs are designed so emerging and established creatives collaborate on the same crew. Bring the discipline you want to practice and we will match you to a crew that needs it.
Per-lab participation fees are listed on each event page. Most labs use a $1 authorization hold for verification that releases automatically within seven days.
A finished, color-graded, sound-mixed short film with your name in the credits, a portfolio-ready cohort archive, and a working network of St. Louis creatives you have already shipped with.