Zoje Stage is in the process of creating a series of scripts which she intends to direct that reflect her specific cinematic influences and goals. Primarily, this involves combining what she has learned from European realism with sci-fi fantasy elements to create films that are as intellectually rewarding as they are entertaining.

THE MACHINE WHO LOVED (Drama/Sci-Fi) Winner 2009 Screenplay Live!; Top 7% 2008 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
A lonely woman forced into early retirement uses her life savings to create the man of her dreams - an artificial life form tailored to her every specification. But when he begins displaying a range of turbulent emotions she is forced to choose between soldiering through with the relationship, or having him destroyed.
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GRAND CANYON (Drama)
A young woman tries to survive her vacation after a poorly planned backpacking expedition reveals her family's deep, dysfunctional rifts.

LITTLE COLD FEET (Drama/Horror)
A recovering alcoholic leaves his young daughter in the care of his aging parents, but when she vanishes within their house he returns home and discovers he must finally confront the depths of his family's dysfunctions in order to find her.

EASTER ISLAND (Part 1): TEDDY BEAR (Drama) Winner: 2008 Fellowship in Playwriting/Screenwriting from the New York Foundation for the Arts
A 70-year old man confronts the medical system, his own demons, and his wife's ongoing mental health problems while trying to regain normalcy following her attempted suicide.

NINOVAN (Adventure/Fantasy) Semifinalist: The Writer's Network
After their father's fatal mishap, two children become lost in a forest, only to discover that their presence there is part of an ancient lore that demands their participation in solving a riddle; if they fail, the world will end in a matter of days.

THE JUDITH SHIFT (Action/Drama) Semifinalist: The Writer's Network
A woman learns to appreciate her liberties only after she finds herself trapped in a parallel world where she is a wanted criminal.

THE OPPOSITE OF SECRET (Drama) Semifinalist: The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
A young woman is released from prison for a horrific crime she committed as a child, hoping for a fresh start with the father she never knew. But rehabilitating her life under the magnifying lens of media scrutiny proves as difficult as facing the truth about her past, especially for someone who grew up in prison.

MONSTER (Drama) Semifinalist: The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
In 1956 West Germany, a young boy questions his father - who has just returned home after serving time for war crimes - about his involvement with the Nazis. When the father refuses to admit his guilt - and the mother pretends nothing happened - the ghost of a concentration camp victim begins to haunt the entire family.



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