Projects - Sloan Science & Film

Killling Jar Etzu Shaw, Galt Niederhoffer

Burdened by guilt after her mother’s abrupt death, an insect researcher decides to undertake her own forensic entomology investigation to uncover the truth.

CREDITS

Written and directed by Etzu Shaw
Produced by Galt Niederhoffer

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS

Biology

AWARDS

2023, Columbia University School of the Arts: Screenwriting Grant
2023, SFFILM: Science in Cinema Filmmaker Fellowship
2025, Film Independent: Sloan Fast Track Grant

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Short Films
Feature Films

A science focused teaching framework for short and feature films, all of which have received awards from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their depictions of scientific themes or characters.