The Silver Lake Shorts Fellowship is designed to support Los Angeles-based artists making bold, distinct, and personal work. Our intention with this fellowship is to provide filmmakers with the financial resources to fund short films (animated or live action) that they otherwise would not be able to make.

Though the Silver Lake Shorts Fellowship will be highlighted within the film, the work created will be entirely owned by the creator. We will screen it, help get it seen by our industry partners and contacts, and assist with the submission process to other festivals.
 

Part of the fellowship will also include connecting the recipients with a mentor who will help guide them through the filmmaking process from pre-production to post-production. Each filmmaker will receive $5,000 per film. The $5,000 must go towards the full completion of the work with the Silver Lake Shorts Fellowship serving as the sole financing of the work. The film must be no shorter than one minute in length and no longer than five minutes in length. All films must be completed within a year from the date of receiving the grant money.

This sponsorship is made possible thanks to the support of Paramount's Content For Change, GIPHY Arts, Titmouse, The Animation Guild Foundation and Toon Boom.

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Our 2024 Fellows have been selected. 

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They are: 

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Jewell Karinen

Luis Reyes 

Christina Fidler 

Arius Ziaee 

Kat Messing 

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We are so incredibly proud of the work that they put into their applications and pitches and can't wait to update you guys on their work through out the process! Thrilled to be able to empower these amazing artists with the support of our community. We did this together! 

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More info on the 2025 Silver Lake Shorts Fellowship Application process will be released later this year. For more updates, we highly recommend you follow us on instagram at @silverlakeshorts! Let's make more art! 

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