Ariella Stoian is a multi-award-winning screenwriter, playwright, librettist and interactive storyteller. Their plays have been recognised by the BBC Writersroom Popcorn Award, Paines Plough’s Women’s Playwriting Prize and Theatre503’s International Playwriting Award. Their feature screenplay Life as a Mesoplankton is a PAGE International finalist, placed second in the SHORE Features Contest and won BlueCat’s Fellini Award for Best International Screenplay.