We are honored to announce the Winners of the $15k Production Grant and $4k in Finishing Funds, as well as the Top 5 Finalists of the production grant.
This season, our Finalists in both categories represented <1% of all submissions, and our Semi-Finalists represented approximately 4% of all submissions.
We will now be collaborating with our Grand Prize Winner to support their project from development, to pre-production, through post-production, and into their festival run. And we will be helping the Finishing Funds Winner wrap up post and begin their distribution journey.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER - PAPER DAUGHTER
WRITTEN BY CAMERON KWAN
A young Chinese woman grapples with the guilt of using the identity of a deceased girl to immigrate to the United States via Angel Island in 1926.
FINISHING FUNDS WINNER - THE TRUTH ABOUT SPACE
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY JEREMIAH TOWOLAWI
A young man is released from prison and has to face up to the lie that his estranged daughter has been led to believe - that he was in space.
Both Winners will connect with two-time Oscar-nominated producer MARIA GRACIA TURGEON for project and career guidance, receive a film festival strategy package from Tribeca programmer KIMBERLEY BROWNING, and have the opportunity to have their completed films circulated to select members of our Industry Roster.
Also, check out the Top 5 Script Finalists:
https://www.shorescripts.com/2025_shortfilmfund1_winners/
The Fall Season of our Short Film Fund will open on July 15th!