We are honored to announce the Grand Prize Winner of our 2024 Fall Season Short Film Fund, which awards a $15,000 cash production grant. I AM A GENTLEMAN written by Nicky Rudolph Calloway is set in a society that rationalizes violence against women where high schooler Max faces the harsh reality and consequences of his new, hormonal compulsions when he has his first crush on a girl after taking the school's mandatory sexuality test.
The grant's prize package also includes industry guidance from two-time Oscar-nominated producer, Maria Gracia Turgeon (FAUVE, Brotherhood), camera equipment rental provided by ARRI Rental, film festival strategy consultency from Tribeca programmer, filmmaker, and Academy member Kimberley Browning, and more.
The 2nd Place Finishing Funds Prize of $2,500 cash was awarded to Kiah Clingman for Her Pretty Vagina which follows Kaleigh, who is plagued by the physical and emotional tolls of endometriosis and HPV, when her relentless quest for empathy drives her to desperate measures.
Shore Scripts' first Short Film Fund grant was awarded in 2016 for Salam, written and directed by Claire Fowler, which premiered at Tribeca in 2018 and went on to win a BAFTA Cymru in 2020. Recent alumnus Alexandra Qin's short Thirstygirl was an Official Selection at Sundance 2024, won the inaugural Shorts to Features Honor at Gotham Week, and is in development as a feature film of the same name, produced by Carlos Lopez Estrada of Antigravity Academy and Valerie Bush (Didi), and Asher Goldstein (Just Mercy, American Born Chinese).
To check out the Top 5 Finalists, visit:
https://www.shorescripts.com/2024_shortfilmfund2_winners/
THE 2025 SPRING SEASON OF THE SHORT FILM FUND WILL OPEN ON JANUARY 15TH and will award another $15,000 cash production grant to one short script and $4,000 in finishing funds to one short film in post-production.
The grant's prize package also includes industry guidance from two-time Oscar-nominated producer, Maria Gracia Turgeon (FAUVE, Brotherhood), camera equipment rental provided by ARRI Rental, film festival strategy consultency from Tribeca programmer, filmmaker, and Academy member Kimberley Browning, and more.
The 2nd Place Finishing Funds Prize of $2,500 cash was awarded to Kiah Clingman for Her Pretty Vagina which follows Kaleigh, who is plagued by the physical and emotional tolls of endometriosis and HPV, when her relentless quest for empathy drives her to desperate measures.
Shore Scripts' first Short Film Fund grant was awarded in 2016 for Salam, written and directed by Claire Fowler, which premiered at Tribeca in 2018 and went on to win a BAFTA Cymru in 2020. Recent alumnus Alexandra Qin's short Thirstygirl was an Official Selection at Sundance 2024, won the inaugural Shorts to Features Honor at Gotham Week, and is in development as a feature film of the same name, produced by Carlos Lopez Estrada of Antigravity Academy and Valerie Bush (Didi), and Asher Goldstein (Just Mercy, American Born Chinese).
To check out the Top 5 Finalists, visit:
https://www.shorescripts.com/2024_shortfilmfund2_winners/
THE 2025 SPRING SEASON OF THE SHORT FILM FUND WILL OPEN ON JANUARY 15TH and will award another $15,000 cash production grant to one short script and $4,000 in finishing funds to one short film in post-production.