IFC Media Lab Studios Red Bull After Hour Web Series Challenge
...and the winner is? Pushing Twilight by Steve Sprinkles
  • The Challenge

    Develop a pilot or trailer for a web series that explores what happens after hours.

  • The Prize

    A production deal with IFC.

  • The Winner's Blog

    Steve's behind-the-scenes production blog traces the process from the filmmaker’s point of view, in text and in photos. Read more...

Finalist #4 - Pushing Twilight by Steve Sprinkles
The Winner - Pushing Twilight by Steve Sprinkles

Pushing Twilight

by Steve Sprinkles & Stu Chait

A group of disenchanted twenty-somethings assembles a strange weekly meeting, seeking an outlet for their unfulfilled urges. Daring each other to complete a series of tasks, each participant soon finds themselves going to places - and lengths - they never thought possible. Read more...

Steve Sprinkles
Steve Sprinkles

Steve Sprinkles always loved movies but living in Northern California he didn't know that a career in film was possible, so instead he attended San Jose State and The Academy of Art with a focus on illustration and oil painting. Read more...

Stu Chait
Stu Chait

Stuart Chait hails from Rochester, New York, and moved to Los Angeles after graduating from Boston University with a Bachelor's in film and a Master's in playwriting. He's written several plays, including A Night with Edgar, which he directed in 2001, and Boundaries, which received a staged reading at Boston Playwrights' Theater in 2003. Read more...

The Finalists
  • 3:18 A.M. by Tony Samangy

    3:18 A.M.

    by Tony Samangy

    An awkward moment in a new relationship, or has time actually stopped? 3:18 A.M. considers the space time continuum and dating.

  • Diary of a Teenage Vampire by Michael Curtis Johnson

    Diary of a Teenage Vampire

    by Michael Curtis Johnson

    A look inside the secret diary of a teenage girl struggling with the complexities of changing from a young woman into a blood-sucking creature of the night.

  • Like So Many Things...Unsaid by this Thing films collective

    Like So Many Things...Unsaid

    by this Thing films collective

    Girl meets guy, with four hours 'til sunrise.

  • Young Gold by Mareesa Stertz and Joshua Sankar

    Young Gold

    by Mareesa Stertz and Joshua Sankar

    Young Gold explores the stories of 20-30 somethings seeking adventure in the rich and distracting after hour subcultures of San Francisco.